Use your copies of the play to find out who said the following – choose from: Hardy / Osborne / Trotter / Hibbert / Stanhope / Raleigh and fill in the missing words:
Act one
| 1 |
‘A dugout got blown up and came down in the men’s ……tea.. . They were frightfully annoyed’ |
P2 |
| 2 |
‘He’s a long way the ….best… company commander we’ve got.’ |
P4 |
| 3 |
‘Other men come over here and go home again ………ill……, an young Stanhope goes on sticking it…’ |
P6 |
| 4 |
‘It’s a frightful ……..bit……. of luck’ |
P11 |
| 5 |
‘He’s a ….splendid…. chap.’ |
P11 |
| 6 |
‘You know Raleigh you mustn’t expect to find him – quite the ….same… It tells on a man rather badly.’ |
P13 |
| 7 |
‘If you notice a ….difference….. in Stanhope – you’ll know it’s only the strain…’ |
P13 |
| 8 |
‘There’s something rather …romantic…. about it all.’ |
P16 |
| 9 |
‘Go… and ask Captain Willis, with my compliments, if he can lend me a little ….pepper…...’ |
P20 |
| 10 |
‘I ‘ate …..ruins…… in No Man’s Land.’ |
P21 |
| 11 |
‘You don’t want a walking stick. It gets in your way if you have to ….run…. fast.’ |
P22 |
| 12 |
‘Sleep?- I can’t …..sleep…...’ |
P24 |
| 13 |
‘Another little worm trying to ….wriggle…. home.’ |
P25 |
| 14 |
‘She is waiting for me – and she doesn’t ….know….…’ |
P27 |
| 15 |
‘It was that awful affair on Vimy ridge. I knew I’d go mad… I couldn’t bear being fully ….conscious…. all the time.’ |
P28 |
| 16 |
‘God I’m bloody ….tired….; ache all over; feel sick.’ |
P31 |
Act two
| 17 |
‘Standing up there in the dark last night there didn’t seem a thing in the world ….alive….…’ |
P34 |
| 18 |
‘We did feel a lot of silly poops – putting on ….gas masks…. because of a damn may-tree.’ |
P36 |
| 19 |
‘I suppose you’ve got to talk quietly when you’re so near the German front line – only about ….seventy…. yards, isn’t it?’ |
P37 |
| 20 |
‘The Germans are really quite ….decent…. aren’t they? It all does seem rather – silly doesn’t it?’ |
P37 |
| 21 |
‘Well I’m glad it’s coming at last. I’m sick of ….waiting…..’ |
P41 |
| 22 |
‘You could have heard a pin drop in the quiet; yet you knew thousands of guns were hidden there all ready, cleaned and oiled… thousands of Germans, waiting and ….thinking…..’ |
P43 |
| 23 |
‘and then later Dennis came in. He looked ….tired…. but that’s because he works so frightfully hard and the responsibility.’ |
P47 |
| 24 |
‘he’s always in the front line with the men, cheering them on with ….jokes….…I’m awfully proud to think he’s my friend.’ |
P48 |
| 25 |
‘Our orders are to stick here. ..you don’t make …plans…. to retire.’ |
P50 |
| 26 |
‘I could send an officer from …another… company.’ |
P53 |
| 27 |
‘I tell you I can’t – the pain’s nearly sending me …..mad…..…I’m going… you can’t stop me’ |
P55 |
| 28 |
‘Better die of the pain than be shot for ….deserting…..’ |
P55 |
| 29 |
‘it’s most frightfully ….exciting…..’ |
P65 |
Act three
| 30 |
‘Look here Stanhope I’ve done all I can, but my ….report’s…. got to be at headquarters by seven this evening….I’ll watch from the trench just above. ‘ |
P67 |
| 31 |
‘Cheero’ [for a second their eyes meet; they ….laugh….…] |
P70 |
| 32 |
‘I’m glad it’s you and I – ….together…. …’ |
P75 |
| 33 |
‘Yes. I was afraid – er – … Well done Raleigh …I’ll get you a …..Military Cross….. for this. Splendid’ |
P79 |
| 34 |
‘We were having a jolly decent evening till you started blabbing about the …..war…...’ |
P85 |
| 35 |
‘I won’t let you ….down…..’ |
P87 |
| 36 |
‘you think you’re the only ….soul…. that cares?’ |
P91 |
| 37 |
[…turns wildly upon Raleigh] ‘Oh get out…get …..out…...’ |
P91 |
| 38 |
[…takes a cigarette and lights it with a ….quavering…. hand.] |
P96 |
| 39 |
‘You’ve got a Blighty one ….Jimmy…..’ |
P101 |
| 40 |
‘All right Broughton, I’m ….coming…..’ |
P103 |
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