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| Play | Blasted |
| Premiere | 1995 in the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. |
| Characters | Three
characters. Ian, Cate and the soldier. Plus a baby. Ian is described as 45, Welsh born but lived his
life in Leeds.
Mum and Dad represent what Les, Mike and Sylv will become if they do not escape their surroundings. Sylv is the only one who will escape. |
| Staging | "An
expensive hotel room A large double bed, a minibar, champagne and ice, a telephone, a large bouquet of flowers. |
| Scenes | 5 scenes, generally no interval. |
| Overview | Scene One Scene Two Scene Three Scene Four Scene Five |
| Scene One | Ian and Cate |
| Vocabulary | |
| Scene Two | Ian and Cate, then Ian and the soldier |
| Vocabulary | |
| Scene Three | Ian and the soldier |
| Vocabulary | |
| Scene Four | Ian and Cate, a baby, the dead soldier |
| Vocabulary | |
| Scene Five | Ian and Cate, the dead baby |
| Vocabulary |
Blasted
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