书城英文图书Press Conference
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第1章 Press Conference(1)

Press Conference was first presented as part of an evening of sketches on 8 and 11 February 2002 at the Royal National Theatre, London.

The MINISTER was played by

Harold Pinter

The PRESS were played by

members of the company.

The company included

Linda Bassett, Danny Dyer, Douglas Hodge, Patrick Marber, Kika Markham, Catherine McCormack, Corin Redgrave, Samantha Robson, Gary Shelford, Andy de la Tour, Frances de la Tour, Penelope Wilton, Susan Wooldridge, Henry Woolf

Directed by

Gari Jones

PRESS

Sir, before you became Minister of Culture I believe you were the head of the Secret Police.

MINISTER

That is correct.

PRESS

Do you find any contradiction between those two roles?

MINISTER

None whatsoever. As head of Secret Police it was my responsibility, specifically, to protect and to safeguard our cultural inheritance against forces which were intent upon subverting it. We were defending ourselves against the worm. And we still are.

PRESS

The worm?

MINISTER

The worm.

PRESS

As head of the Secret Police what was your policy towards children?

MINISTER

We saw children as a threat if – that is – they were the children of subversive families.

PRESS

So how did you employ your policy towards them?

MINISTER

We abducted them and brought them up properly or we killed them.

PRESS

How did you kill them? What was the method adopted?