Introduction

Act 1: ‘This is the tricky one’ (p. 3)

Act 1: ‘I am far gone in age and decrepitude’ (pp. 3-6)

Act 1: ‘We’re all going in for Oxford and Cambridge’ (pp. 6-7)

Act 1: ‘Think charm. Think polish’ (pp. 8-9)

Act 1: ‘L’Anglais, c’est interdit’ (pp. 12-17

Act 1: ‘So why are we bothering?’ (pp. 18-22)

Act 1: ‘The new man seems clever’ (pp. 22-23)

Act 1: ‘How come you know all this by heart?’ (pp. 23-34)

Act 1: ‘It’s higher than your stuff, sir’ (pp. 34-39)

Act 1: ‘Mr Hector would just have given me a quotation’ (pp. 40-44)

Act 1: ‘This is a school and it isn’t normal’ (pp. 44-53)

Act 1: ‘It brings a sense of being out of it’ (pp. 53-57)

Act 2: ‘It’s a chance to tell your side of the story’ (pp. 58-63)

Act 2: ‘There’s nothing of me left’ (pp. 63-69)

Act 2: ‘Are we scarred for life, do you think?’ (pp. 70-77)

Act 2: ‘Hector would say it’s the only education worth having’ (pp. 77-81)

Act 2: ‘It’s just one f–––– thing after another’ (pp. 82-91)

Act 2: ‘Boys have become work’ (pp. 91-96)

Act 2: ‘I had family connections’ (pp. 96-102)

Act 2: ‘There is no barring accidents’ (pp. 102-6)

Act 2: ‘Pass it on’ (pp. 106-9)