Copyright © Barnaby Martin 2014

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A hillock at stage centre. It is the only lit area in a dark space.At the hillock's apex is a tree. The tree is bent at an extreme angle from stage right to left.At the base of the tree sits a man, facing as if into the wind. He is in his late fifties, balding, bearded - the INSPECTOR. Barnaby MartinShaun Gardiner

On Harrowdown Hill

ENO Mini-opera competition

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Inspector

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When

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my cue comes, Call

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me, And I will an swer.- Wind

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rags the smooth cloud; fins break the calm wa

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a mil li- on- ed ges- bloom with in- a cir cle.- I will an swer.-

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Inspector

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They wan ted- a war, when a war was not nee ded-

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Inspector

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They nee ded- the facts, which weren't there to be found!

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A man emerges around the hill stage left.He is the JOURNALIST. He carries a notepad and follows pages of writing on the floor.He stops occassionally to pick up the sheets.

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Journalist

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Dull!

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Dull! Dull, dull dull!

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They found the means: du bi- ous- proofs, re por- ted- true

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Journalist

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Chip wrap- pers. 'Du bious',- that's dull! Some thing- with, a bit more tooth, a

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bit more eye, a bit more bite is what we need to tell, to make the sto ry- -

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