The Spanish Prisoner and the Winslow Boy by David Mamet

Author:David Mamet [Mamet, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-49118-3
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1998-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

ANGLE, INS. ON THE DESKTOP, IN THE DRAWING ROOM.

An old magnifying glass, next to it a box of matches.

CATHERINE’s hand takes the matches.

ARTHUR: More to the point, whichever animal was responsible for the posture which I found you and your friend in last night …

GRACE clears her throat.

ARTHUR: (Cont’d.) Or let me say, to make an end, that I doubt, I doubt the gramophone aids you in what you call your studies.

GRACE: (At the window) Yes. It’s raining.

She casts a glance at CATHERINE, who looks out at the rain and down at a small watch pinned to her shirtwaist, then shrugs at her mother.

DICKIE: Ah ha … ah ha …

ARTHUR still feeling in his pocket.

ARTHUR: … has anybody got a coin? (He inclines his head toward the workman setting up the tree.)

DICKIE: … and at this Festive Season, Father, at this Festive Season—to throw it to me, to bring that up again …

GRACE: Nobody’s bringing that up …

VIOLET comes in, takes a drinks tray and newspapers from a MAID, and brings it forward. The MAID leaves.

DICKIE: Yes, they are. Ronnie. Ronnie. Ronnie Got Into Osbourne, as I did Not. Why? As he Applies himself … and Ronnie …

ARTHUR looks at DICKIE, indicating the presence of VIOLET, and DICKIE subsides.

VIOLET: Good sermon, Miss?

CATHERINE: (Looking out the window) Mmm? “Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams.”

VIOLET: Oh, Lord, it’s coming down …

CATHERINE walks to the bookcase and takes down a book, looks out the window, and sits. VIOLET leaves.

ARTHUR: Anybody got a coin …?

DICKIE: If I may, sir, I’m, going to my room.

ARTHUR: (Of the gramophone) Might I suggest you take that object with you?

DICKIE: May I ask why?

ARTHUR: It’s out of place in a drawing room.

He walks DICKIE to the door of the drawing room. DICKIE leaves, and ARTHUR, GRACE, and CATHERINE move through to the study.

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