THE CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARENCE.

Dozerdust, Volume 2, Issue 2, 11 December 1943, Page 6

THE CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARENCE.

/ pad Heffadust.......A Cock*/ Eliza .His Wifu. Simon Deed 5........ A rascal lawyer. , - Flossie Heffadust.. Their daughter. Tho scene is of a poorly furnished farm kitchens The only furnituxo is an old table boaring the remains of the evening meal; and c®&ndaV' x three delapidated chairs* On the wall is a Loan & Mercantile,*, and a •Photogravure of Phar Lap. A faded patch over the mantel piece was where Unclc S Scrim had tho place of honour, but his photo has been taken down. «'?♦ When the curtain rises Dad is sitting at tho table filling his pipe , and Eliza is busy at tho stove. ELIZA i Did you got that fencin’ finished ?. ' DAD : Yes. Thom damn cows o’ Scotts can find their own feed fcermorrer®, ELIZA : Won, that’s a good job® DAD • Yog, it was worsen I thought. By gee, with all those repairs 9 wo wont make much outer tho fans this year. This game has gone to boll jonco tho Govt. got in again. ; . ELIZA : Well, never mind. We can save a bit by puttin’ in for this Army labour. An we’ve saved up the mortage money so tho . place will be freehold anway. Wonder Deeds hasn t been over; it was due today. A DAD : (Uncomfortably) Well we would ’ave been able to but I did ■k*'\most of it in on Gladynev /at the Cup, ELIZA : (Seriously- she turns and faces him) Why you poor cockeyed little squirt.. ..What the hell are we going to do now ? DAD « Dont go me El. I did it all for the best. 11 things ’ad gorn right we would of been able to buy them lambs from the new chap down the road what had his appeal dismissed. ELIZA : Dont give me that lamb stuff. You orter ( There is a knock at the door and Simon Deeds comes in. Ho is a tall lean bird who should have been in the Army but got out on a Public Interest appeal) DEEDS : Well, you know what I’ve coma for. , • DAD : Er - yes. We was wonderin’ if you might care to extend it for a month or two. With the Govt, callin’ for more production it seems everybody’s duty to grow more wool an - rDEEDS : So you can pull it over my eyes, eh. Everybody knows that that production stuff is just a good stunt to appeal. on. DAD • But Mr, Deedsr-— ' DEEDS : Dont Mr. Deeds me. You know the terms. Money up or foreclose. A ■ • . . • / • •

The door opens and In comes Flossie.

YOU’VE GOTTA BE GOOD

She is pretty, in a vacant sort of way, but has an Al. figure like the. blonde down the street back home that you used to watch and undress with your eyes when tho wife wasn't looking. ELIZA? » Why Flossie 3 What ever are y&u doing down here ? / FLOSSIE; I’m on vacation. The . Lob tenant-, said I could have a couple ' days off ’ . ' . x 1 .■ • ELIZA • The Loo tenant ? What Lootenant? Doni you wrk for tho - Dormers anymore ? \ > p • ' V ■ ‘ ‘ *’ ' ’ '■ ■' 3 a • ; ’ * ■ . FJOSSIE? (Scornfully) The Farmers J I go- real .job new J Aty boy . 7 : D./.'friend got me a job with * the Yankee Lovely placet ,i ( t- : io too® A big 'sort of pink building down by- the harbour. a ( .’ ’. ■ ' ' ( 1 ( ■■ '• 'fl »' . C " ' ELIZA • Your boy friend. I didn’t know you had a*boy friend. , Flossies Yes. Hq <s a thrill too. He’s a marine. l ? DAD : Is ho one of the fellers what always has everything in hand? ?■;■•■’ ' ’ : -.?v7'77M -, r . >:7'. ■ -7’ ■ : ELIZA : Shut up:' Dad. ( To Floss). Is he going' to marry you ? .FLOSSIE: (Regretfully) Everything's on a lease-lond basis at present. , (She changes the subject hurriedly ) What Deeds doing , ' ' here ? * ” \ 1 DEEDS ■- : I come for the mortage money and as your dear parents ‘ ? ..icant pay. up# you’ll have to get out in the morning. '• ... ■■“ r ’’■. < J '/• <■?• ■■■■•'■■ ■ ’ . FLOSSIE: How much is it ? ' . Dad : '7' >- A . < n ‘< . . Eliza /■: Five hundred; ■ ■ ; D D ■ '. Deeds : '■.'■'■■ •/ . 7 '/' ‘■"M ' FLOSSIE: Well if that’s all ( fiw lifts up her. skirt and extracts a roll from the leg of her knickers. No brother, she de’nt wearing scanties. It's still " chilly down in little oldfN.Z.) r, tl . DAD : Five hundred 1 Where did you get five hundred ? ■ ’ . .'■'.' . ■' ’.■ ’ r - ■ \ " ' ■ ■ ;'■''■*■ D,"- '■ ’■■ ■ ''■'' ' ■■'■/••■<■• ’’'‘■'* 7/ '■ ’■'' 3" • ' ELIZA • (Brokenly) Oh Flossie! I hope you’ve been good A girl. -7 \ '■7AD-■ 77-7 ■7 :; ' ; 777 7• 77? ; '■' M / FLOSSIE: ' Let me tell you that to earn five hundred’ in the city 7 ; you’ve got to be damn good® • *