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\nWandsworth  \n# BASEMENT STOCK\n\n06/006 JUN2DUo  \nBattersea District Library  \nLavender Hill London SW111JBTelephone 01-8717466  \nTHIS BOOK SHOULD BE RETURNED ON OR BEFORETHE LATEST DATE SHOWN ON THIS LABEL  \nLATEST DATE SHOWN ON THIS LABEL OR THE CARDINSERTED IN THE POCKET.  \n200147937 DF  \n# KNIGHTSBRIDGEA Play\n\nbyJOHN MORTIMER  \nFRENCH  \nSAMUEL  \nLONDONNEW YORK TORONTO SYDNEY HOLLYWOOD  \n200147937  \n◎1973 BY ADVANPRESS LTD  \nThis play is fully protected under the copyright laws of the BritishCommonwealth of Nations,the United States ofAmerica,and all countriesof the Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions.  \nAll rights are strictly reserved.  \nIt is an infringement of the copyright to give any public performance orreading of this play either in its entirety or in the form of excerpts withoutthe prior consent of the copyright owners.No part of this publication maybe transmitted,stored in a retrieval system,or reproduced in any form or byany means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,manuscript,typescript,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permission of the copyright owners.  \nSAMUEL FRENCH LTD,26 SoUTHAMPTON STREET,STRAND,LONDONWC27JE,or their authorized agents,issue licences to amateurs to giveperformances of this play on payment of a fee.The fee must be paid andthe licence obtained before a performance is given.  \nLicences are issued subject to the understanding that it shall be madeclear in all advertising matter that the audience will witness an amateurperformance;and that the names of the authors of the plays shall beincluded on all announcements and on all programmes.  \nThe royalty fee indicated below is subject to contract and subject tovariation at the sole discretion of Samuel French Ltd.  \nBasic fee for each and everyperformance by amateursCode Ein the British Isles  \nIn theatres or halls seating 600 or more the fee will be subject tonegotiation.  \nIn territories overseas the fee quoted above may not apply.Applicationmust be made to our local authorized agents,or if there is no such agent,to Samuel French Ltd,London.  \nApplications to perform the play by professionals should be made toPETERS &RAMSAY LTD,14a Goodwin's Court,London,WC2.  \nW-A  \nISBN 0573121303  \n8292  \n 580427.  \nCHARA CTERS  \nHenry BulstrodeFrancesca StokesMuriel StokesA Man in a Mackintosh  \nThe action of the play passes in the sitting-roomof Muriel Stokes’flat,somewhere behindHarrods  \nTime-the present  \n1  \n# KNIGHTSBRIDGE\n\nMuriel Stokes'middle-class sitting-room.An afternoon in summerThere are three doors,one to the entrance hall,one to the kitchen,the third to another room.The hall door is ajar.The room containsantiques mixed with Harrods'furniture.There are photographs ofa man in uniform,Muriel with a dog,her daughter,Francesca,as aschoolgirl  \nAs the CURTAIN rises there is the sound of the front door knocker,then voices in the hall.The door opens,Henry and Francesca enter.Francesca is about nineteen,with an upper-class voice.She is short-sighted,very pretty,wearing jeans and abig sweater into which shealways seems to be trying to hide,when not cowering apologeticallybehind her hair.Henry is in his forties,with greying hair,youngclothes,a flowery shirt with matching tie.He is a successful tele-vision interviewer who specializes in laying bare the human heart  \nHenry What's your mother do exactly?  \nFrancesca(over her shoulder,to whoever has let them in)Thankyou,Mrs B.We'd better wait for Mummy.Don't stop yourironing.(She shuts the inner door)Did you say what does shedo?  \nHenry Yes.  \nFrancesca Well—she's just Mummy.(With an apologetic laugh)Awfully boring,actually.  \nHenry(after a pause)How's she going to take it?Francesca Take what?  \nHenry The idea of us.I mean,she knows I've taken you out.She  \nmust be starting to wonder if we'll ever...  \nFrancesca I’m afraid she's pretty sure we have...  \nHenry I mean get married.Will she approve of 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