Escape was written on a theatre Board Fellowship, was workshopped by
Playworks and had four productions in the late 80's : Interact Theatre
Canberra, Melbourne Universal Theatre, Albury, Newcastle Playhouse and
was adapted for ABC Radio Drama in 2000.
AN EXCERPT
Sunday
morning - two characters, George (career woman) and Georgy (house
husband) have locked the kids (they don't remember how many they have)
out of their bedroom until 11 am so they can have 'special mummy and
daddy'. Exhausted from the week G&G fall in and out of sleep and
conversation in a bid to 'connect'. At the same time each is trying to
escape while the other sleeps.
They have disconnected conversations like
GEORGE - Put your sock on
GEORGY - Huh
GEORGE - Put your sock on
GEORGY - Huh
GEORGE - Put your sock on!
and
GEORGY - do you want peanut butter or vegemite?
GEORGE - huh
GEORGY - do you want peanut butter or vegemite?
GEORGE - huh
GOERGY - do you want peanut butter or vegemite!!!
and
GEORGE - I love you
GEORGY - Uh Huh
GEORGE - No, what I mean is I really love you.
GEORGY - Uh huh
GEORGE - I love you in a way you probably wouldnt understand
GEORGY - Uh huh
GEORGE - I should hate you I know you so well. But I don’t. I love you.
GEORGY - Uh huh
GEORGE
- I love all the things I hate about you. God, I’d hate you to love
all the things you hate about me, but then you probably do don’t you?
GEORGY -Uh huh
GEORGE - So you’re not leaving? You’ll stay?
GEORGY - Uh huh
(c) Jan Cornall 1987
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