Sure, there were Holocaust survivors. But not all of them got out alive.

ANGEL HAIR

First performances Etcetera Theatre and Bird's Nest Theatre, London, March 1999

Original cast and crew

Most recent performance directed by Emily Field (student, examination piece) 

 

 

SET

LIGHTING:

 Whole stage, quite dull. The theatre. Preset ‘body’, covered by a blanket, 2 chairs. DC Riggs preset, talking to phone. Maggie preset, hidden at back of audience, covered with blanket.

DS Phillips:

Enters.
(To audience). I’m sorry, but I must insist that nobody leaves..
Looks at body on floor.
We’re going to have to take statements from you all..
Looks under blanket........

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(To Riggs)*Still on ‘phone. Makes entry in notebook. Some overlap with DS Phillips’ next speech.
.………..and can you get another car over here. Yes of course it needs a driver, how else are you going to get it here?…….Yes, DS Phillips has reported the breakdown..Poor old bugger. Some evening out. You mentioned one of the performers?................................................
Yes sir. An actress. A Ms Maggie Kent.............................................
Have we managed to trace where she went?...............................................
We’re just checking the theatre now. Everyone got up in a panic when it happened..We don’t think anyone left, but we can’t be certain..............................................
What about the staff? Did they see anyone?.................................................
Just the technician here. He might have been able to see from his box, but he didn’t .because he was too busy telephoning the emergency services...............................................
OK – so what about this actress woman? Is she known to us?..................................................
No sir, not really famous, as far as I know. She may have been in Grange Hill or something...............................................
Any link to the victim?..................................................
I don’t know, Sarge. There was no ID, we’re just going on the name the suspect apparently repeated as she attacked him................................................
Do what you can...................................................
I’m checking with the station to see if we know anything about him, try to find his next of kin...............................................
Good. The, erm incident - it actually happened while a show was in progress?..................................................
The Mosquito’s Kiss never made it to the end of its first performance.................................................
Not a comedy, I take it?...................................................
A study of the vampire within us all.................................................
Lovely, I’m sure. What I don’t understand is….well, there must have been a long and violent struggle. A person, not even an old man, doesn’t give up life that easy.....................................................
It took a few minutes. And there was quite a struggle. You can see from the ripped clothing and the bruising.................................................
And with all this going on nobody lifted a finger to help?...................................................
This is a theatre..................................................
So what’s so special about that?....................................................
They, the audience, thought it was part of the performance...................................................
I get the picture. I’m dealing with a bunch of voyeuristic perverts. They all sat here passively and watched a murder take place for their entertainment. Just a minute - so all of these people…......................................................
Yes sir.
Passes notebook to DS Phillips
Witnesses, every one of them.

 

 

PICTURES IN YOUR DREAMS HOME

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...............................Maggie Kent ...............................Madeline Muir-Wyett
...............................D.S. Phillips ...............................Ean Ravenscroft
...............................D.C. Riggs .............. . . ..............Anthony Hall
...............................Director............................... .......David Cottis
...............................Lighting ......................................Dominic Burnham