Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page246 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n (Offstage in the right wing are KRISTALCLEAR and CONNING, members of the stage crew.)<\/p>\n CONNING<\/strong> (KRISTALCLEAR – the Prompt – has a full copy of every script for every Act.)<\/em><\/p>\n KRISTALCLEAR<\/strong> (On stage GORDON BENNETT acknowledges the applause, but is anxious to leave, aiming to return to the right wing. He watches as the curtain begins to close. Each side moves only one metre and then shudders to a halt.)<\/em><\/p>\n SCENE 6<\/strong> HAYWIRE<\/strong> (Walking backwards, bent forward a little, entering stage left, pulling the end of a taught rope, ignoring the audience and focusing only on the rope.)<\/em><\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page246 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page246 \u2013 Next (Offstage in the right wing are KRISTALCLEAR and CONNING, members of the stage crew.) CONNING (Whispering.) That was amazing. So much better than his \u2018buttercups\u2019! He couldn\u2019t have written that himself though! (KRISTALCLEAR – the Prompt – has a full copy of every script for every Act.) KRISTALCLEAR (Whispering.) … Continue reading “Chapter 28 Talent Contest246”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1849,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/1849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n(Whispering.)
\nThat was amazing. So much better than his \u2018buttercups\u2019! He couldn\u2019t have written that himself though!<\/p>\n
\n(Whispering.)
\nIt\u2019s the Scott Rochester version from 2025 not 1875. AuntSylvie found it in the library!<\/p>\n
\n(The mock fiasco with the curtain is part of the show. The stagehands HAYWIRE and NUTJOB are in the left wing. Over in the right wing the pantoesque characters BALDMAN and DOGMAN, first seen at the bathtub regatta, are ready. Ham fisted melodrama ensues.)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Loudly, whilst offstage left.)
\nI can\u2019t! It won\u2019t move!<\/p>\n
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