A Girl in a Car with a Man
As Stella leaves her job at the shopping channel, Alex prepares for a night out and Paula can't stop thinking of the girl that's gone missing, her face all over the news. Slowly the missing girl weaves her way through all their lives in the course of a very wet and wild night.
First produced by The Royal Court in 2005 and published by Faber & Faber, A Girl in a Car with a Man has been translated into German and Swedish and produced in the UK, Germany and Australia.
In 2006 Andrew Scott was the winner of the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his role of Alex in the play.
In 2006 Andrew Scott was the winner of the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his role of Alex in the play.
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STELLA: We’ll just say you’ve found me, in the woods, my hair’s wet, see, and I’m lying in a clearing. My skin’s white, that’s how you first see me. You spot me because you’ve gone off the normal path, you can’t find your way back. The air’s still and the water’s just hanging off it. You’re completely alone and you don’t know what to do with this girl you’ve found, so you look around and do the one thing you can. You take the photo. You get out your camera from its leather case and the click of the film as it winds on... .You look at her through the lens and focus on her face turned away from you. It’s turned away and you need a better shot. You reach down to pull her head round (David turns Stella’s head to him) and when you do she has her eyes still open. You’ve heard how dead eyes are empty, but you didn’t know till now. They’re empty and looking right into the lens, she’s staring at your photo before it’s even made and then the shutter opens and… (he takes the photo, there is a flash like lightning. A rumble of thunder. We see water begin to drip down through the ceiling onto Stella and David.) DAVID: Shit! |
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Royal Court Production:
Director - Joe Hill Gibbins Design by Ultz Lighting design by Johanna Town and Ultz Sound by Paul Arditti Cast: Claudie Blakley, Mark Bonnar, Mark Leadbetter, Andrew Scott (Olivier Award for his role as Alex), Sukie Smith |
