<< *171 GILES COOPER : HAPPY FAMILY . LONDON , PINGUIN BOOKS
, 1967 , 95 P. . FIRST PERF. : 100566 . CHAR. : 01 DEBORAH
SOLSTICE , 02 MARK , 03 SUSAN , 04 GREGORY BUTLER . >> $
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< DEBORAH'S SITTING-ROOM IS A PLEASANT ROOM , A COSY ROOM WI
TH OAK BEAMS AND GAY CHINTZES , BUT THE CHINTZES ARE NOT AS
GAY AS THEY ONCE WERE AND ON A FINE DAY THE COSINESS HAS A F
ROWSTY , DUSTY QUALITY . $
A DOOR LEADS OUT TO THE KITCHEN , RIGHT . $
UPSTAGE LEFT CAN BE SEEN A HALL WITH A STAIRCASE LEADING TO
THE NEXT FLOOR . $
TO THE LEFT IS THE MAIN WINDOW LOOKING OUT ON TO THE GARDEN
. $
THERE IS RATHER TOO MUCH FURNITURE , THE MAIN PIECES BEING A
TABLE RIGHT , A SOFA CENTRE , AND A SECRETAIRE LEFT . $
DEBORAH SOLSTICE IS SITTING ON THE SOFA . $
SHE IS DOING NOTHING ELSE , JUST SITTING . $
OUTSIDE IT IS SPRING AND THE BIRDS ARE SINGING BUT DEBORAH S
ITS ON , CENTRE STAGE , STARING INTO THE AFTERNOON . $
A KETTLE WHISTLES , OFF . $
SLOWLY SHE LOOKS TOWARDS IT AND BACK AGAIN . ) > $
01 T . . .
