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Blue Sky (NHB Modern Plays)
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An exhilarating, challenging new play by Amnesty Award-winning playwright Clare Bayley.
Isolated airports, midnight landings, secret assignations...how much do we know about what our governments are involved in? And do we want to know - or is it easier to turn a blind eye? Blue Sky is a gripping political thriller about justice, journalism and what might be happening in the English countryside in the dead of night.
'Bayley shifts fluently between the morality of high politics and the personal variety... painfully convincing.' - Telegraph
'Skilfully shatters any image of sleepy, bucolic England... the roar of planes will never sound so innocent again.' - The Arts Desk
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JANE. Ray!
RAY. What are you doing here?
JANE. I phoned the house. Ana said Iād find you here.
RAY. Has something happened? Your mumā¦?
JANE. No, no. I just wanted to look you up.
RAY. Itās great to see you. Hey.
What a surprise!
He tries to give her a kiss ā his large lens gets in the way.
JANE. Thatās a very large lens youāve got there, Ray.
RAY (embarrassed). Yeah, well ā ah, itās a good one, yes.
JANE. And whatās all this kit youāve got here?
RAY. Oh, thatās just someā¦
JANE. This oneās even bigger!
RAY. Yes, thatās for long-distance shots.
JANE. Whatās with the little ladder?
RAY. Itās quite useful, to get up above the perimeter fence.
JANE. Ray, has this plane-spotting thing of yours got a bit out of hand?
RAY. No, itās just aā¦
If you think this is bad, you should see what some of the blokes have!
JANE. Really?
RAY. Oh yes. This is nothing compared to ā
JANE. Thereās one coming in now, Ray. Donāt miss it!
RAY. Never mind that. How are you?
JANE. But look, Ray. What is it?
RAY. Yes, thatās a nice little Cessna. I think itās a Citation Mustang.
JANE. Something special?
RAY. Theyāre about the only one of the very light jets to have an onboard toilet.
JANE. Iām glad I know that.
This is some serious equipment youāve got here, Ray. Even your thermos is massive ā
RAY. You must think Iāve turned into a bit of a ā
JANE. Thatās a hell of a thermos, Ray. For an amateur.
RAY. I do sell some of my pictures, to specialist magazines.
JANE. Donāt you still work at the garage?
RAY. I do roadside rescue nowadays. It gives me flexibility.
JANE. Youāre one of those blokes who you call when you break down?
RAY. Yes. This plane thing is just a hobby, really.
JANE. This is a funny little place, isnāt it? I never knew it was here.
RAY. Itās lovely ā not like a big international airport. I know all the blokes who work here, itās very informal. You can get up really close. And if itās raining I can have a cup of tea with Pete in the control tower.
JANE. Look ā thereās one!
RAY. Never mind about that. Itās good to see you!
You look just the same.
JANE. Youāre looking pretty fine yourself, Ray.
RAY. If Iād known you were coming, Iād have put on my best anorak.
JANE (watching the plane). What is that then?
RAY (lining up his shot in spite of himself). Thatās actually an aerobatic plane.
JANE. How do you know?
RAY. You see the wings? They go out from the fuselage at ninety degrees. Most small planes have wings at an angle, to give them greater stability.
JANE. Okayā¦
RAY. And this one hasnāt got a nose wheel, just a small tail wheel.
JANE. Letās see. You pleased with that picture?
RAY. Not bad. Nice light.
JANE. And the tail number is clearly visible.
RAY. Youāve been doing your homework.
JANE. The tail number tells y...
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- Contents
- Original Production
- Characters
- Blue Sky
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information