Act 1 Scene 1
The action starts in an English Country House
Harold: We seem to be out of lemons!
Laura: Really?
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Harold: Yes! I wanted ‘ice and a slice’ in my drink!
Laura: Oh, Harold! If you really need a lemon I can send out.
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Harold: No, Laura- if a man wants something done properly he should just get on and do it.
Laura: Really? Harold…?
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Harold: Yes, Laura, what is it, old bean?
Laura: Oh! Nothing, I’ll make you a drink.(aside) It will be your last!
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Laura: (hands Harold a drink) Here you go. Bottoms up!
Harold: Thanks, old sausage! (takes a large swig) Aaaaaaargh!
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Harold keels over – dies.
Laura: A little concoction of mine – A very stiff drink – Gin with a side order of starch!
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A man enters the scene
Man: You called for a doctor?
Laura: No!
Man: I came anyway. Is this the stiff?
Laura: Yes…
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Man: He’s dead!
Laura: You ‘are’ a doctor!
Man: I know! I went to Doctoring School for an absolute age. It was Hell!
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Laura: What are we to do?
Man: I think that we should call another doctor.
Laura: Protocol?
Man: Yes! Dr. Protocol!
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Another man arrives
2nd Man: You called?
Man: We did.
2nd Man: I am here. Is this the stiff?
Man: No, that’s Laura!
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