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Eltonjohn wrote:
angelenroute wrote:I have my copy of the script here, so I'll write it.
Just curious... How were you able to your hands on a script? Lucky you!
It's not like a stapled together, notes-in-the-margins copy previously owned by a cast member, it's just an official script you can buy. =) I got mine at the Broadway Cares Flea Market this past fall. $10.
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Thanks everyone! I truly appreciate it!

I saw Drew Minard as Billy. I loved the entire play and cast!
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When Billy has finished packing his suitcase, and Dad help him into his ubiquitous green/orange 1980s jacket, the last thing Dad gives him is something that looks like a rolled paper which Billy stuffs into his pocket. This is immediately before Billy leaps into his arms. I cannot work out what it is. The morning's copy of the 'The Morning Star'? The Sun? The London Underground map? The bus ticket? The seventeen pesos?

Any suggestions?
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I have never seen Dad give Billy anything after the jacket. Is this something only in the London version?
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In North American shows, Dad gives Billy his pair of ballet slippers just before giving him the coat. Billy puts the slippers in the suitcase.
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As far as I know nothing like this happens in the London show, although Dad does give Billy the ballet shoes when packing the suitcase.
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Yes he does. But they are then packed in the suitcase, not put into his coat pocket.
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LiamM wrote:In North American shows, Dad gives Billy his pair of ballet slippers just before giving him the coat. Billy puts the slippers in the suitcase.
Just 'shoes' apparently.

I thought this was a nice touch (along with the brass miners lamp from Tony) symbolizing Mr. Elliot senior's support for his son's future endeavors is complete, i.e. he said he was 100% in support when challenged and interrogated by the audition panel. So actions in this scene spoke just as loudly as his earlier words.
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I'm pretty sure it's "Read it out."
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Having seen the London show 'a few times' ( ha ha), I have always heard the line as ''Read it Out''.
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