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Conversation 1
Mark: Have you got your tickets for the play?
Kate: What play?
Mark: The play which OUDS are producing. You know, the play I'm in at the Oxford Playhouse.
Kate: Oh, that play! Well, er ...
Mark: What about you, Janet?
Janet: What's the play called?
Mark: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett. You are coming, aren't you?
Kate: Beckett?
Janet: Why not?
Kate: Well, um, I'm sure you'll be totally brilliant, Mark ... but I wish I could understand the play. It doesn't make sense.
Mark: If only you were more patient, Kate. Beckett's a fascinating writer. You'll come though, won't you, Janet? You really ought to see something like this at least once during your stay in Oxford.
Janet: Well, I'm not sure.
Mark: Oh, come on! Please!
Janet: But if Kate doesn't understand the play, there's no way I'll be able to follow it.
Kate: Do you want to go?
Janet: Well, I love going to the theatre, and I'd really like to see Mark acting. And actually, yes, I think I should see a play by Samuel Beckett.
Mark: Good! So you're coming, Janet. I wish you'd come, too, Kate. It's a really good performance.
Kate: Well, OK, but I'm only doing it because you're in it. When is it on?
Mark: Next Tuesday to Saturday.
Janet: How about going Friday night?
Mark: That's great. But you'd better get your tickets soon, because we're expecting a full house.
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name of play | Waiting for Godot |
by | Samuel Beckett |
from | next Tuesday |
to | next Saturday |
at | Oxford Playhouse |
produced by | OUDS |
acted by | Mark |
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1 Neither of them.
2 They don't make sense.
3 He's a fascinating writer.
4 She loves going to the theatre and wants to see Mark acting.
5 Only because Mark's in it.
6 Friday night.
