P730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:15/12 |B220120B|b16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l43000|p ÷b÷e÷b÷eSCENE÷b÷e÷b÷eThursdays 11.40 - 1 2.05 (12.08) 2u September - 4 December÷ b÷eFridays 12.32 - 12.57 ( 1.00) 27 S eptember - 6 December÷b÷eSeries Producer : Roger Tonge÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e4. 16, 17 Oct YOU5 PLACE OR MINE÷b÷e A play about two girls on holed!y i n Wales and the÷b÷e + elsh boys they meet.÷b÷e÷b÷e############ ######################################## ######################÷b÷e÷b÷e16,17 OCTO BET YOU5 P-ACE OR MINE - bz Chris Ellis÷b÷e######################### ######################################## #########÷b÷e÷b÷eThis play is a comedy a bout teenage relationships between two k irls on÷b÷eholiday in +ales and two Wjls h boys. It is played against the backgr ound÷b÷eof issues such as tourists virus s locals, Welsh and English, town and÷b÷ ecountry.÷b÷e########################### ####################################|cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:16/14 |B220220B|a16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l43340|p ###########÷b÷e÷b÷e(Chris Ellis has prev iously written 'Just Deserts' for Scene. )÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e'CAST LIST'÷b÷e÷b÷eMt. Newc ombj - PAUL ARLINGTON÷b÷eMt. Powell - STACY DAVIES÷b÷eRichard - TIMOTH Z LZN÷b÷iJanj - CATHY MURPHY÷b÷ eMus Newcombe - ELIZABETH PROUD÷b÷eHuw - ROBERT E ROBERTS÷b÷eRachjl - JENNA RUSSELL÷b÷e÷b÷e'Synopsis'÷ b÷e÷b÷eMT and MRS NEWCOMBE, their daught er RACHEL and her friend, Jane, tint a÷b ÷ecottage for a week's holiday. The cot take is normally lived in bz MR÷b÷ePOWEL L and his nephew HUW. HUW has been turn ed out of his room to make÷b÷eway for th e tourists, to stay in an old caravan in the next field, while÷b÷eMT POWELL (UNC LE GETHIN) stays with a friend in town. Huw is not happy÷b÷eabout this, but the nos look up as he makes friends with the two girls.÷b÷eBut then his older cousin , RICHARD, arrives, and gains the ki|cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:19/34 |B220320B|a16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l4367E|p rls'÷b÷eattention. Rachel particularly wants to make it with Richard and÷b÷eper suades her parents to rent the caravan f or her and her friend (because÷b÷eshe co mplains their room is too small). So Hu w is once again pushed÷b÷euomewhere else - the shed. Rachel makes a date with R ichard in the÷b÷ecaravan, pushing her jr iend Jane out, who has nowhere to ko "ut to join÷b÷eHuw. It's the last straw fo r him, and hj takes his revenge. The da ys of÷b÷ebeing pushed around bz others a re over!÷b÷e÷b÷eThe film was made in the area around ABERYSTWZTH, in mid-Wales.÷ b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e - 1 -÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b ÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e'BACKGROUND INFORMATION'÷b÷e÷b ÷e'The characters in the play and castin g' (see question 2 below). Casting÷R÷ea play starts about five for six weeks be fore filming. This is usually÷b÷edone w ith the help of several 'actor's age|cP730 CJJFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:12/38 |B220420B|a16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l439B6|p nus' who each represent the÷b÷einterest of a group of actors. Also the director will look at photographs÷b÷eof actors i n a publication called 'Spotlight'. In order to choose the÷b÷eright sort of act or, the director and writer will write s host descriptions÷b÷eof what they think are the very basic characteristics of ea ch part. These÷b÷edescriptions are then sent to the actors' agents, who offer s uggestions of÷b÷esuitable actors. From the director's own choice, and from the agents'÷b÷esuggestions, the director wil l audition on average about six actors f or÷b÷eeach part, though sometimes an act or whose work the director knows, will÷b ÷ebe invited to accept the part.÷b÷e÷b÷e We thought it might "e interesting for s tudents to see those character÷b÷euketch es - and compare them with the way the p lay was actually cast -÷b÷ebecause once one meets actors, alternative ideas |cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:13/08 |B220u20B|a16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l43D08|p about character suggest÷b÷ethemselves.÷b ÷e÷b÷e'HUW' (leading part): aged 16. Fa irly "ig for his age, good looking in a÷ b÷eraw sort of way. Something of a lone r, because he lives 8 miles out of÷b÷ito wn. Plays football "z himself. Has a s ense of fun, though, but a bit÷b÷eshy wi th girls. Able to cycle. GENUINE WELSH PERSON (One or two liner of÷b÷eWelsh di alogue).÷b÷e÷b÷e'RICHARD' (leading part) : aged 19 (Huw's cousin) good looking in a smooth÷b÷esort of way, knows how to c hat up girls, the bright spark of the fa mily.÷b÷eCan be aggressive and has some strong feelings about exploitation of Wa les÷b÷ebz the English and the tourists. A bit mixed up in that hj can be bitter ÷b÷eand aggressive, and charming and smo oth bz turns. Must be able to drive.÷b÷ eGENUINE WELSH PERSOV (one or two lines of Wish dialogue).÷b÷e÷b÷e'MR POWELL' (s mallet part): 40-ish, Uncle to Huw a|cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:1 |B220620B|a16Scenj4|j24BBBC332k|l44054|p nd Richard, opportunist÷b÷ewhen it comes to making money out of tourists. Norma lly lives with Huw in÷b÷ethj cottage.÷b÷ j÷e÷eWRACHEL' (leading part): nearly 17, very attractive. Has always received÷b ÷elots of attention because of her good looks, right from when she was÷b÷esmall. Assertive, egocentric and underneath h er exterior a little÷b÷einsecure, pjrhap s because she's caught between her two p arents and their÷b÷erather stale relatio nship. Not somjonj either parent relish is an argument÷b÷ewith. Dominates her f riends, some of whom may bj starting to drop her as÷b÷ethey tire of the sort of person she is.÷b÷e÷b÷eWJAVE' (leading pa rt): (Rbchel's friend), 16, younger than Rachel, less÷b÷eglamorous and less well off than Rachel. Is perhaps more her c ompanion÷b÷ethan her friend. A little s hz and uncertain, she allows herself to be÷b÷ebossed by Rachel.÷b÷e÷b÷e'MR N|cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:23/20 |B220720B|a16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l4439E|p EWCOMBE' (smaller part): late 30's, owns couple of D.I.Y. shops,÷b÷edging all ri ght thank you. Full of enthusiasm for t hj holiday, keen to÷b÷eget fit, full of bonhomie and a friendliness that hides h is uncertainty÷b÷eabout his stale relate onship with his wife. Must be a driver÷ b÷e÷b÷e'MRS NEWCOMBE' (smaller part): Yo ung meddle-aged, rather colourless. Not ÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e - 2 -÷b÷e÷b÷i÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷ b÷ian out-door type, her head always bed ind a book, probably historical÷b÷eroman ces. Probably more intelligent than Mr. Newcombe. Wears glasses.÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e'W ales and WaterW. Wales is a country rem owned for reservoirs and rain.÷b÷eMost o f the water requirements of the English Midlands are supplied by÷b÷eWales. In t he 1984 drought feelings in Wales about this ran high. The÷b÷eWelsh were asked to cut their water consumption by 10|cP730 CJEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:14/10 |B220820B|a16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l446DC|p % and faced the÷b÷eprospect of cutting h ousj supplies for 17 hours at a time. O n the other÷b÷ehand, there were few rest rictions in the Midlands. At the same t imj, the÷b÷eWelsh pay some of the higher t water rates in the UK; almost twice th at÷b÷ep!id in Birmingham.÷b÷e÷b÷eAt pres emt, it is not possible to redirect the water destined for England÷b÷ito help th e shortage in Wales. It would cost too much.÷b÷e÷b÷eThj Welsh Nationalist party (Plaid Cymru) successfully instigated a High÷b÷eCourt action which established that the English Water Authorities shoul d÷b÷epay more for supplies from Wales. "Let's get a decent price for water in÷b ÷eorder to improve the system here. 35) of our water is leaking back to÷b÷eeart h bjcausj lack of investment has resulte d in serious deterioration of÷b÷eour net work" said a spokesman for Plaid Czmru.÷ b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e'AFTER THE PROGRAMME'÷b÷e|cP730 CEJFA( 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:14/42 |B220920B|a16Scenj4|j24BBBC332k|l44A24|p ÷b÷e1. In what way have the events in t he play been a turning point (in the÷b÷e way he/she looks at and feels about him/herself and others* for Huw,÷b÷e Rachel, Jane, Richard? And for the pare nus?÷b÷e÷b÷e2. Give a character sketch of each person in the play, and then com pare÷b÷e it to the one the director m adj when he first started casting for th e÷b÷e play. Can you find any reasons why each character is the way he/she÷b÷ e is What sort of things and influj nces might have shaped the÷b÷e charac tet of each person?÷b÷e÷b÷e3. Rachel an d Richard boast to each other about thee r experiences. Why?÷b÷e Why does Jan e say to Huw "If you wanted ....."? How often do young÷b÷e people have sex f or the first time because they are under some sort of÷b÷e pressure not to be left out, to prove themselves?÷b÷e÷R÷e4. What will the relationships be for|cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:14/04 |B220A40B|b16Scene4|j24BBBC332k|l44D70|p the rest of the holiday?÷R÷e÷b÷e5. Are 'holiday romances' typical of the way b oys and girls start÷b÷e relationships ?÷b÷e÷b÷e6. Do people who live in place s populated with tourists have different ÷b÷e opinions about those tourists? How do Uncle Gethin, Huw and Richard÷b÷e react? Can you think of other advan takes and disadvantages of living÷b÷e in such places?÷b÷e÷b÷e7. What were Ri chard's points about water? Do you ague e (see notes÷b÷e above).÷b÷e÷b÷e8. When should teenagers start taking hole days on their own, not with÷b÷e their parents?÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e - 3 -÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e ÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e÷b÷e9. Rachel and Jane comp ere for Huw's and "ichard's attention. How often÷b÷e does that happen with f riends?÷b÷e÷b÷e10. How important is your own place or room.÷b÷e÷b÷e11. "Travel b roadens the mind". Do you agree? W|cP730 CEEFAX 730 Mon 13 Oct 21:05/30 |B220B40B|b16Scenj4|i24BBBC332k|l4509E|p ho, in this play has÷b÷e "broadened" their mind?÷b÷e÷b÷e12. Rachel and Jane c ompete for Huw, then Richard's attention . Do÷b÷e jriends often do that?÷b÷e÷ b÷e13. "He's only 16. Imagine having yo ur photo taken with him - all the÷b÷e girls back home'd laugh". How importan t are your friends' opinions÷b÷e of y our boy or girl jriend? 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