Act Two

Question 1

I’m going to draw a picture of Trotter being blown up in four pieces” 44

Answer 1

Stanhope (S1)

Question 2

“He looked at me (…) as if id spat on him” 47

Answer 2

Stanhope (S1)
. About Raleigh

Question 3

” [Stanhope clutches Raleigh’s wrist and tears the letter from his hand] Don’t Denis me!” 48

Answer 3

Stanhope (S1)

Question 4

“I’d have you shot - for deserting” 56

Answer 4

Stanhope (S2)

Question 5

“because I feel the same - exactly the same! Every little noise up there makes me feel - just as you feel” 57

Answer 5

Stanhope (S2)

Question 6

“stay here and try and be a man” 56

Answer 6

Stanhope (S2)

Question 7

“You don’t deserve to be shot by accident - but I’ll save you the disgrace of the other way” 56

Answer 7

Stanhope (S2)
. To Hibbert

Question 8

“We’ll go out together and hold each other’s hands” 58

Answer 8

Stanhope (S2)

Question 9

“If you went (…) could you ever look at a man straight in the face again - in all your life” 58

Answer 9

Stanhope (S2)

Question 10

“it’s the only thing a decent man can do” 58

Answer 10

Stanhope (S2)

Question 11

“I can’t imagine - the end of six days here -“ 40

Answer 11

Raleigh (S1)

Question 12

“What! For England!” 41

Answer 12

Raleigh (S1)

Question 13

“The Germans are really quite decent (…) outside the newspapers?” 42

Answer 13

Raleigh (S1)

Question 14

“But its - its private. I didn’t know” 48

Answer 14

Raleigh (S1)

Question 15

“Denis is the finest officer in the battalion, and the men simply love him” 49

Answer 15

Raleigh (S1)

Question 16

“I’m awfully proud to think he’s my friend” 49

Answer 16

Raleigh (S1)

Question 17

“It’s most frightfully exciting!” 64

Answer 17

Raleigh (S2)

Question 18

“I used to cycle out to the woods and get primroses” 39

Answer 18

Osborne (S1)

Question 19

“I played for the English team”
“It doesn’t make much difference out here!” 41

Answer 19

Osborne (S1)

Question 20

“The German officer fired some lights for them to see by” 42

Answer 20

Osborne (S1)

Question 21

“Next day we blew each other’s trenches to blazes” 42

Answer 21

Osborne (S1)

Question 22

“I’m glad it’s coming at last. I’m sick of waiting” 44

Answer 22

Osborne (S1)

Question 23

“I never knew the sun could rise in so many ways before I came out here (…) Extraordinary isn’t it?” 46

Answer 23

Osborne (S1)

Question 24

“We pretended there wasn’t any war at all - till my two youngsters made me help in a tin-soldier battle” 46

Answer 24

Osborne (S1)

Question 25

"Good heavens, Stanhope!" 48

Answer 25

Osborne (S1)

Question 26

"I suggest Osborne, for one. He's a very level-headed chap. He can direct it" 53

Answer 26

Colonel (S2) . About Osborne

Question 27

"Oh [there's another pause] why Raleigh?" 59

Answer 27

Osborne (S2)

Question 28

" There's no need to tell him it's murder -" 62

Answer 28

Osborne (S2)

Question 29

"[Alice's adventure in wonderland]"

Answer 29

Osborne (S2)

Question 30

"Put a bucketful of ‘is stew in a bathtub and pull the plug, and the whole lot would go down in a couple of gurgles" 37

Answer 30

Trotter (S1)

Question 31

"makes you feel young and 'opeful" 37

Answer 31

Trotter (S1)

Question 32

"Too damn quiet. You can bet your boots the Boche are up to something " 38

Answer 32

Trotter (S1)

Question 33

"Funny about that bird. Made me feel quite braced up. Sort of made me think about my garden of an evening - walking around in me slippers after supper, smoking my pipe." 38

Answer 33

Trotter (S1)

Question 34

"But 'e's only just come!" 61

Answer 34

Trotter (S2)

Question 35

"Joking apart. It's damn ridiculous making a raid when the Boche are expecting it" 62

Answer 35

Trotter (S2)

Question 36

"This neuralgia of mine. I'm awfully sorry. I'm afraid I can't stick it any longer" 54

Answer 36

Hibbert (S2)

Question 37

"Ever since I came out here I’ve hated and loathed it. Every sound up there makes me all - cold and sick." 57

Answer 37

Hibbert (S2)

Question 38

"go on then shoot! You won't let me go to the hospital! I swear I'll never go into those trenches again. Shoot! - and thank God-" 56

Answer 38

Hibbert (S2)

Question 39

"I'm different to - to the others - you don't understand" 57

Answer 39

Hibbert (S2)

Question 40

"It's all so - so beastly - nothing matters" 58

Answer 40

Hibbert (S2)

Question 41

"you - you won't say anything, Stanhope - about this?" 58

Answer 41

Hibbert (S2)

Question 42

"can't understand that little feller, can you?" 64

Answer 42

Trotter (S2) . About Hibbert

Question 43

"if you ask me, 'e's been crying -" 64

Answer 43

Trotter (S2) . About Hibbert

Question 44

"do you ever get a sudden feeling that everything's going further and further away - till you're the only thing in the world (...) and you struggle to get back" 45

Answer 44

Stanhope (S1)