Page 176 - Student: dazed And Confused

Kath I know you’re going to be O.K. Now you have a place of your
own to go to.

Shane What a stroke of luck they changed their minds.

Kirsty The landlord would have really kicked you out?

Kath Who knows? But now we won’t have to find out will we?

Deano enters

Shane You’re somewhat off your territory, aren’t you.

Deano I’m done with all that stuff.

Shane Me too.

Deano I came to wish you luck. But then, with a chic like that, you sure
are lucky.

Shane walks over and offers Deano his hand.

Shane You look out for my mum Deano. We could have been mates. If
only you’d lived on my side of the street.

Deano Or if you’d lived on mine.

Shane (turning to audience) Please Kirst. Say it was me.

Kirsty No say it was both of us.

TELLING was a collective effort by Maureen Hinckley, Lynne Diane Holland, Steve
Jones, Wendy Maddocks, Ambrus Verez and Keith Yatea.

TUTOR NOTES -
Joint writing - This was a well told short play. It was moving to watch - and to read
- particularly in the characterization of Shane and \kirsty (played by me and my
student crush); it used humour effectively in the interplay of charavcters - Kath aNd
Dennis - and in the commentary of Harriet, the Housing Officer, it displayed a range
of different theatrical styles to good effect (cool, I wasn’t even trying to) and had a
genuine story arc which was properly resolved in the time available.
The language is often quick and vivid - as I remember \Kath, it was up yours - and
the housing officers stylized refrain ‘whatever happened to innocence’ and we’ve got
no stock’ were very effective. The world of the play was well established and the