<< *220. ARNOLD WESKER : THE FRIENDS . PLAYS AND PLAYERS , O
CTOBER 1970 , FIRST PERF. : 190570 . CHAR. : 01 ESTHER , 02
MANFRED , 03 CRISPIN , 04 TESSA , 05 SIMONE , 06 MACEY , 07
ROLAND . >> $
#67 $
< ACT ONE > $
< SCENE ONE > $
IN A LARGE BED , RICHLY COVERED AND COLOURED MAROON , LIES E
STHER . $
THOUGH ILL AND TIRED FROM HER ILLNESS , YET SHE IS AT WORK S
LOWLY CUTTING WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS ROUND THE SHAPE OF AN
ENLARGEMENT OF AN OLD SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF HER MOTHER - DATE
ABOUT 1911 . $
THIS TO BE ADDED TO A MOSAIC OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS - SOME ENLAR
GED , SOME THEIR ORIGINAL SIZE - WHICH SHE IS BUILDING UP ON
AN OLD SCREEN TO THE LEFT OF HER BED . $
EACH PHOTOGRAPH IS OF A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY : AUNTS , UNCLE
S , COUSINS , GRANDPARENTS . $
IT IS AN AREA OF THE SET RICH IN BROWN , BLACK AND WHITE TON
ES AND NOSTALGIA . $
HELPING HER IS HER LOVER ROLAND . $
MANFRED , HER BROTHER , SITS READING AND WRITING NOTES BY A
LARGE OLD CARVED DESK . $
CRISPIN , A FRIEND AND PARTNER , SITS REST . . .
