A strange encounter
ELEANOR MARGOLIS SHARES THE SCRIPT TO HER HAIR-RAISING AFTERNOON
ELEANOR MARGOLIS
Characters
Eleanor: A pyjama-clad lesbian in her late 20s. Hank: A cat.
Pauline: A Jehovah’s Witness.
Setting
A London ex-council house, middle class-ified with mid-century furniture and ironic cacti.
Time
Late afternoon, the point at which being in pyjamas has well exceeded social acceptability.
Act I
Eleanor is in her bedroom, strewn with crisp packets and empty mugs. The floor is just clothes. She’s lying on the bed, a laptop on her stomach. The sound of an episode of Most Haunted emanates from the laptop.