SILENT GRACE
Screenplay by
Maeve Murphy
Based on Play/Screenplay Now at the Hour of our Death
by Murphy and Trouble and Strife.
5th September 2001
(c) Follower Productions 2000
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CAPTION:
ARMAGH WOMEN'S PRISON
NORTHERN IRELAND 1980
THATCHER (V.O.):-
There can be no question of
political status for someone
who is serving a sentence for
crime.
MUSIC: IN THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
EILEEN (V.O.):-
And march.
THATCHER (V.O.):-
Crime is crime is crime.
EILEEN (V.O.):-
About turn, march.
THATCHER (V.O.):-
It is not political, it is
crime.
EILEEN:-
About turn, march.
THATCHER (V.O.):-
There can be no question of
granting political status.
EILEEN:-
At ease. A moment's silence
now for our comrade Michael
O'Sullivan, who was killed in
the fight for Irish freedom.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX: HELICOPTER
EILEEN (Cont):-
Amen. Fall out.
FX:
FX:
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MAIN TITLE CARD:
SILENT
GRACE
FX: CAR
PATSY (V.O.):-
Pass us that glue.
AINE (V.O.):-
No. You're too young.
PATSY (V.O.):-
I'm not too young. You were
taking it at my age.
AINE (V.O.):-
Shut up, will you?
AINE:-
(TO BONES) Kick him fucking
out, will you?
BONES:-
Would you leave ... just
fucking leave him alone for
five fucking minutes. You're
on his back constantly.
AINE:-
Come here
BONES:-
No, get the fuck ... fuck off.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE:-
Come here. Don't be like
that.
BONES:-
No, no.
AINE:-
Don't.
BONES:-
No.
AINE:-
Fuck you, then.
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BONES:-
Oh fuck, I'm sick of you.
Here.
AINE:-
All right then, I don't care.
(CHUCKLES)
BONES:-
Don't be listening to her. (TO
AINE) Gimme that glue.
FX:
AINE:-
Portrush was meant to have
been for us. Why d'you have
to bring him along?
BONES:-
My ma says the sea air's good
for his chest.
FX: RADIO
AINE:-
Since when have you ever done
what your ma told you? -- It
was supposed to have been
romantic. Having your spastic
brother along is not romantic.
BONES:-
(INTERRUPTS) Don't call my
fucking brother a spastic.
PATSY:-
I'm not a spastic.
AINE:-
Why d'you keep your hood up
all the time then?
MUSIC: CONTINUES
PATSY:-
Fuckin' slut.
AINE:-
I'm not a slut. Pansy Patsy.
PATSY:-
Whore.
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BONES:-
Oh fuck.
AINE:-
Pansy Patsy plays with dolls.
SOLDIER:-
All right, mate.
PATSY:-
Your fanny's as wide as
central bus station.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
SOLDIER:-
Driving licence, please.
BONES:-
Shit.
SOLDIER:-
Come on, mate.
AINE:-
Pathetic pansy. Come here you
...
BONES:-
I can't find it.
SOLDIER:-
All right, come on, out of the
car.
BONES:-
Fuck off.
FX:
CAR: SCREECHES
SOLDIER:-
(SHOUTS) Stop! Stop!
FX: GUNFIRE
FX: CAR
FX:
AINE:-
Kevin!
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MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX: RADIO
AINE:-
I thought he had a driving
licence.
SOLDIER:-
Out of the car now.
DEFENCE LAWYER (V.O.):-
I gather from your
statement ...
DEFENCE LAWYER:-
... that you thought you were
going to Portrush and you had
no idea you were travelling in
a stolen car. Is that
correct?
FX:
DEFENCE LAWYER (Cont):-
Aine.
MUSIC: OUT THRU FX:
AINE:-
I don't recognise the
authority of this court.
DEFENCE LAWYER:-
Only Republicans say that.
AINE:-
I am a Republican. (TO JUDGE)
I am. I'm in the IRA.
MRS QUINN:-
Aine!
FX:
FX: CHATTER
FX:
EILEEN:-
What's goin' on?
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PRISON WARDER:-
Cell search, for illegal
paramilitary uniforms.
FX:
FX: SHOUTS
AINE (O.S.):-
(SHOUTS) Get out of my cell.
FX: HELICOPTER
AINE (O.S. - Cont):-
(SHOUTS) Get out.
FX:
FX:
EILEEN:-
You're going grey.
FX: HELICOPTER
CLERK:-
Could the defendant please
stand. Could the defendant
please stand.
FX:
JUDGE:-
For the aiding and abetting of
a stolen car, this court
sentences Aine Quinn to twelve
months imprisonment. Court
dismissed.
MRS QUINN: CRIES
FX:
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
FX:
EILEEN:-
Look, come on, let us out.
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
MARGARET:-
Open the door.
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FX: CHATTER
FIRST PRISONER (O.S.):-
The po's overflowing, I don't
know what to do.
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
EILEEN:-
(SIGHS) Oh God.
FIRST PRISONER (O.S.):-
What's happening?
EILEEN:-
Will you just let us out now?
FIRST PRISONER (O.S.):-
For fuck's sake, you bastards,
will you let us out?
EILEEN (V.O.):-
We need to empty the po.
CHATTER: CONTINUES
SECOND PRISONER (V.O.):-
What are we doing in our
cells?
FIRST PRISONER (V.O.):-
I mean, this is crazy. What
do they think they're doing?
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
FIRST PRISONER (V.O. - Cont):-
... the po's overflowing. Will
you let us out, for Christ's
sake?
EILEEN: SIGHS
EILEEN:-
Gonna have to.
MARGARET:-
No.
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
FX:
FX: VAN
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FX:
MUSIC: OUT THRU FX:
FX: CHATTER
MARK:-
Visitor.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Eileen.
FX:
FATHER MCGARRY (Cont):-
(SINGS) Nuts, whole hazelnuts!
EILEEN:-
(CHUCKLES) C'mon, where is
it?
FX:
FATHER MCGARRY:-
You two are obsessed. I don't
think it's healthy.
EILEEN:-
How is he?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Oh, as okay as you can be for
someone sitting in a pile of
shite.
FX:
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Where's, er, Margaret?
EILEEN:-
Er, she's on a visit.
FX:
FATHER MCGARRY:-
I take it this is Conor's
return post? I said, I take
it this is the return post?
Eileen?
FX: SILENCE
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EILEEN:-
Er, yeah. Yeah.
FX:
MUSIC/SONG: IN THRU PREVIOUS
FX:
AINE:-
All right. I'm coming.
SONG:-
Breaking rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law
won
(UNDER) I fought the law and
the law won
EILEEN:-
Well, you have us on twenty-
three hour lock-up. We've no
access to toilet facilities.
What do you expect?
CUNNINGHAM:-
Well, I didn't expect this --
Okay look, um, we're willing
to give you an extra food
parcel and possibly in the
future, negotiate an extra
visit.
EILEEN:-
We're prisoners of war. We're
looking for political status,
not a bloody bar of chocolate
and an orange.
CUNNINGHAM:-
You're a terrorist. Now that
parade in the yard was a
paramilitary display.
EILEEN:-
Aye. And did you really need
male warders to come and
search our cells?
CUNNINGHAM:-
Miss McCauley, please see the
prisoner back to her cell.
FX:
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CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
(TO EILEEN) I, er, hear Conor
McFadden has terminated your
relationship.
MUSIC/SONG: CONTINUES
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
We will break you, Eileen.
FX:
SONG:-
A-robbin' people with a zip
gun
I fought the law and the law
won
I fought the law and the law
won
AINE: SHOUTS
MUSIC/SONG: CONTINUES UNDER
AINE:-
(SHOUTS) No, I will not calm
down. Get your hands off me.
ANN BATES:-
She says she's a Republican
prisoner. She doesn't want to
be with the O.D.C.'s.
FX:
SUSAN:-
Take her to B Wing. (TO AINE)
You'll thank me for this.
AINE:-
And stop telling me to calm
down.
CUNNINGHAM:-
No. Take her to A Wing.
AINE:-
Get off.
EILEEN:-
She's not one of us.
CUNNINGHAM:-
She is now.
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MUSIC/SONG: BUILDS
SONG:-
I fought the law and the law
won
I fought the law and the law
won
AINE:-
Who's the OC?
EILEEN:-
I am.
AINE:-
I'm with youse then. (CHANTS)
The people are the Provos, the
Provos are the people, the
people are the Provos, the
Provos are the people. (TO
EILEEN) What's your name? I'm
talking to you, you ignorant
bitch.
MUSIC/SONG: OUT THRU FX:
FX:
AINE:-
That's disgusting. Youse are
disgusting.
EILEEN:-
They're saying we're
criminals.
AINE:-
Well youse are. Youse run
rackets and rob banks. Sure
half the Lower Falls are
payin' out to youse.
EILEEN:-
You know what, if you're gonna
stay on this block with us,
you're gonna have to join the
protest.
AINE:-
No.
FX:
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MARGARET:-
What did you do that for?
EILEEN:-
Leave her, Margaret, she's not
worth it.
MARGARET:-
Who the hell does she think
she is?
FX:
MARGARET(Cont):-
Sewer rat stare. Stop it,
you're scarin' me. (TO EILEEN)
She could be an informer.
EILEEN:-
Aye, she could. And you know
what we do to informers.
AINE:-
(TUTS) I want to be with the
ODC's.
MARGARET:-
(CHUCKLES) Now she wants to be
an Ordinary Decent Criminal.
EILEEN:-
Oh, too late. (PAUSE) You
know what, though, seeing as
we don't really want her here,
why don't we just pretend she
isn't here?
FX:
ANN:-
Someone's just been released.
You're being moved in now with
Geraldine.
AINE:-
I want to be moved with the
ODCs.
ANN:-
Cunningham won't let you.
FX:
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AINE:-
(TO CUNNINGHAM) Fuck you,
wanker.
ANN:-
Come on. Come on.
CUNNINGHAM:-
(INTO PHONE) Oh yeah, yeah. I
... it's remarkable. (PAUSE)
No, no, no, no, everything's
under control here. Yeah,
although I might have to
invoice you for a few extra
boxes of Dettol. (PAUSE -
CHUCKLES) Yeah. All right,
sir, okay. Goodbye.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM: SIGHS
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
AINE: VOMITS/COUGHS
AINE: GROANS
EILEEN:-
I just can't fuckin' believe
they went ahead and did that
without us.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
I'm sure they know what
they're doing.
EILEEN:-
Yes, but I'm the Armagh OC.
They shouldn't have taken a
decision on the hunger strike
without consulting me.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
There's two hundred men in
Long Kesh.
EILEEN:-
Are you saying we're less
important?
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FATHER MCGARRY:-
I'm saying, there's not as
many of you. Really, it's not
my business.
EILEEN:-
No, it isn't actually. And
you know what, there's a
young girl in the next cell,
who's really disturbed. So
maybe you should go and talk
to her.
MARGARET:-
I still think she could be a
plant.
EILEEN:-
No, she's not. Cunningham
thinks he's set a cat amongst
the pigeons. She's a
destabiliser, that's all she
is.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Any messages?
EILEEN:-
Um, no.
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
FX:
MARK:-
Oh God, filthy pigs.
FX:
GERALDINE:-
Motorhead. You're not a
rocker, are you?
AINE:-
Mmm-hmm.
GERALDINE:-
That guy's the ugliest man
I've ever seen.
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AINE:-
Lemmy's not ugly, and
Motorhead are a bloody
brilliant metal band, so they
are.
FX:
GERALDINE:-
I'm not supposed to be talking
to you.
AINE:-
Don't then -- My ma's managed
to get a visit straight away.
GERALDINE:-
That's cos you're a criminal.
AINE:-
How come your face isn't
dirty?
GERALDINE:-
Sweat cleans it.
AINE:-
Well, how come you're not
wearing a prison uniform?
GERALDINE:-
We're prisoners of war. We're
not criminals.
AINE:-
Well, how come youse are down
here, not upstairs with the
rest of them?
GERALDINE:-
Cos we're prisoners of war.
We're not criminals.
AINE:-
Well, how come there's only
five of youse?
GERALDINE:-
Cos we're five prisoners of
war.
FX:
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GERALDINE (Cont):-
How come you're allowed to
have make-up?
AINE:-
The governor said I could, cos
I'm not a prisoner of war.
(PAUSE) I wonder if me ma had
her hair permed. She said to
me she was thinking about
getting it done. Trish was
gonna do it for her, you know,
in the house, cheap like.
GERALDINE:-
Do you think I'd suit a perm?
AINE:-
Sure your hair is wavy enough
as it is. I had a perm once
when I was fifteen. God, it
was desperate. Turned out a
real granny perm. Ashamed to
go out of the house with it.
(PAUSE) Nah. I don't think me
ma would suit a perm. Her
face is too small.
FX:
AINE (Cont):-
So, how long are you in here
for?
GERALDINE:-
Nine years.
AINE:-
And how long have you done
now?
GERALDINE:-
Two and a half.
AINE:-
My God. So when was the last
time you had any lipstick on?
GERALDINE:-
Ages.
AINE:-
Do you want some now? Here,
try on some. Here. Go on.
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FX:
AINE (Cont):-
There. (PAUSE) Eileen's a
witch, isn't she?
GERALDINE:-
No, she's not. (PAUSE) Stop
staring at me.
MUSIC: IN
AINE:-
How do you become a member?
GERALDINE:-
Well, you go to Woolies and
you get your photos took, you
know the wee passport ones.
AINE:-
Uh-huh.
GERALDINE:-
Then you look up "I" in the
phone book, you get a form,
you send off a stamped
addressed envelope and Bob's
your uncle. We've got family
membership.
AINE:-
Wise up.
FX:
GERALDINE:-
I'm not telling you. It's a
secret.
DOOR: OPENS
ANN:-
Quinn, you've got a visit.
GERALDINE:-
Try and get us some smokes,
will you?
AINE:-
Aye, all right.
FX:
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CELL DOOR: CLOSES
FX:
GERALDINE: COUGHS
FX:
MUSIC: OUT THRU FX:
AINE:-
So, how are you?
MRS QUINN:-
Fine.
AINE:-
I mean, you didn't get your
hair done.
MRS QUINN:-
No. (CHUCKLES) What's the
food like? Is it all right?
Your face looks a lot thinner.
AINE:-
Oh.
FX:
AINE (Cont):-
It's disgusting. Hard-boiled
potatoes instead of chips.
MRS QUINN:-
Oh well. You sleeping okay?
AINE:-
Aye. What with being on a
twenty-three lock-up, plenty
of time to rest. (PAUSE) Look
ma, I know it's horrible, you
know, you seeing me in here
like this.
MRS QUINN:-
You'll always look beautiful
to me.
AINE:-
Ma, please don't.
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MRS QUINN:-
No, it's true. You're
turning into a beautiful young
woman.
AINE:-
Mum, please, no. What's the
crack?
MRS QUINN:-
Well, Marie still hasn't had
her baby and Kathleen's just
got engaged, at last.
AINE: CHUCKLES
MRS QUINN (Cont):-
I've seen Mrs Ryan, she said
to say hello, she hopes you'll
keep up with your studies.
AINE:-
Oh, so has she had the
operation yet?
MRS QUINN:-
No, that's next week.
AINE:-
Oh, well tell her I said
good luck. So, any more
crack?
MRS QUINN:-
Oh that band you like, er,
Motormen.
AINE:-
Motorhead.
MRS QUINN:-
They were in the town last
night. Apparently they caused
a real rumpus.
AINE:-
Shit, I wish I'd been there.
Any more news?
MRS QUINN:-
There is, darlin'.
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AINE:-
What? (PAUSE) Oh, what's
wrong?
MRS QUINN:-
Kevin Wheelan's dead.
AINE:-
What?
MRS QUINN:-
Thrown down the lift-shaft by
the Provos.
AINE:-
What?!
EILEEN:-
Who plays Hutch in "Starsky
and Hutch"?
MUSIC: IN THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
MARGARET:-
And for a bonus, who plays
Huggy Bear?
EILEEN:-
I dunno. D'you know the
answer to that?
MARGARET:-
No, I thought you'd know.
FX:
MUSIC: CONTINUES
EILEEN:-
Who's better looking?
MARGARET:-
Hutch.
EILEEN:-
Starsky.
MARGARET:-
Hutch.
EILEEN:-
Starsky.
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MARGARET:-
Okay, we'll have to agree to
disagree.
FX:
MARGARET:-
But we can't ask that twice.
EILEEN:-
Why not?
MARGARET:-
We can't. Anyway, it's too
obvious. Paul Newman.
EILEEN:-
It's Robert Redford.
MARGARET:-
Paul Newman, Eileen. There's
no comparison.
EILEEN:-
Robert Redford. You're
telling me you want to shag
Paul Newman?
FX:/MUSIC: CONTINUES
GERALDINE:-
So how was your visit? How's
your mum's perm? (CHUCKLES)
AINE:-
You murdering bitches.
(SHOUTS) You sick murdering
bitches. Sick as the shit on
these walls!
FX:
AINE: SOBS
GERALDINE:-
That's my radio, Aine.
FX:
GERALDINE:-
(SHOUTS) Stop it, Aine, right
now.
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AINE:-
(SHOUTS) Don't tell me what to
do. I don't take orders from
you or from anyone.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Geraldine?
GERALDINE:-
Stop it right now.
AINE:-
Let go of me, you bitch.
GERALDINE:-
Calm down, d'you hear me?
Calm down.
AINE: SOBS
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Geraldine, tell me
what's going on.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE: CONTINUES
GERALDINE:-
(INTO PIPE) We've just killed
somebody she knows.
AINE:-
(SOBS) My boyfriend.
GERALDINE:-
(INTO PIPE) Her boyfriend.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Aine, it's Eileen
here.
AINE: CONTINUES
GERALDINE:-
Oh, come on, Aine. Eileen
wants to talk to you.
EILEEN:-
(THRU PIPE) Aine. Aine.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Aine, this is
Eileen. D'you hear me?
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EILEEN:-
(THRU PIPE) I want you to
leave Geraldine alone.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) I know what you're
going through.
EILEEN:-
(THRU PIPE) I lost someone
too.
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE - SOBS) Who?
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Look, Aine, you
can join us.
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) Who have you lost?
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) My boyfriend too.
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE - SOBS) He only
ever stole cars.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
EILEEN:-
(THRU PIPE) He must have been
warned.
AINE:-
(THRU PIPE) He never hurt
anyone.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) He must have been
warned. It must have been ...
EILEEN (O.S.):-
(THRU PIPE) ... a last resort.
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE - SOBS) You didn't
have to kill him. He didn't
have to die. Is your
boyfriend dead?
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EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Aye, he may as
well be.
AINE:-
(THRU PIPE) He ran off ...
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) ... and left me.
He just left me alone.
EILEEN:-
(THRU PIPE) I know.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) I know. I know,
it's all right.
AINE: SOBS
EILEEN:-
Transfer her.
CUNNINGHAM:-
She says she's a political
prisoner.
MUSIC: OUT THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
EILEEN:-
She's traumatised. Transfer
her to the ODCs.
CUNNINGHAM:-
I'd rather see her share a
cell with you.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
Word is Conor McFadden is
about to go on hunger strike.
So, what, scrap the wedding
plans, let's discuss funeral
arrangements instead? Shall
we get buried together or
separate ...
EILEEN:-
(INTERRUPTS) Stop it.
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CUNNINGHAM:-
Look, Eileen, you're not so
stupid as to go on hunger
strike three months before
your release. Now if you'd
sign the form, you could be
out now.
EILEEN:-
Aye, but the form says I'm a
criminal, and I'm not.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Put her back in her cell.
FX:
DOOR: OPENS/CLOSES
FX:
MARK:-
Hands up.
FX:
MARK: TUTS
FX:
FX: FOOTSTEPS
FX:
MARK (Cont):-
Enjoy your stay.
CELL DOOR: SLAMS
FX:
FX: FOOTSTEPS
FX: HELICOPTER
FX:
EILEEN:-
Here, you'll need a jumper.
AINE:-
No.
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EILEEN:-
Go on.
AINE:-
Get that off my bed. I'm not
putting on your bloody Provo
jumper.
EILEEN:-
Put it on.
AINE:-
(SHOUTS) No.
EILEEN:-
I said, put it on.
AINE:-
I'm not putting it on.
EILEEN:-
Come on.
AINE:-
Piss off.
FX:
EILEEN:-
All right, then. Freeze to
death.
AINE:-
(UNDER BREATH) Bitch.
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
FX:
MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX:
EILEEN (V.O.):-
Listen, Aine.
MUSIC: OUT THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
EILEEN:-
You're here now. You're gonna
have to join the protest.
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AINE:-
It's gross.
EILEEN:-
I know. But if you're gonna
survive, you have to.
AINE:-
It's disgusting.
EILEEN:-
Aye. Which is why we have to
do it with dignity.
FX:
FX:
AINE: RETCHES
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
AINE: GROANS
FX:
AINE: SOBS
FX:
MARK:-
Quinn's done it. (PAUSE) You
all right, Susan? You don't
look the Mae West.
SUSAN:-
The smell's making me wanna
puke.
MARK:-
Look, why don't you go and sit
down. I'll cover for you.
SUSAN:-
Cheers.
FX: FOOTSTEPS
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
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FX: SHOUTS/LAUGHTER
AINE:-
Look at Ann Bates. What does
she look like? (TO ANN) What
do you look like?
GERALDINE:-
Ssh. You're not supposed to
talk to them.
AINE:-
Bloody Michelin Man.
FX:
MUSIC: OUT THRU AINE: BREATHES
HEAVILY
GERALDINE:-
You shouldn't do that.
AINE:-
(BREATHES HEAVILY) I'll do
what I want.
FX:
GERALDINE:-
My sister's friend went away
on holiday. To Spain, it was.
She got bitten by something,
came up in a big spot. She
didn't take much notice of it
until a scab came up on it,
like that. Very much like
that actually. Anyway, one
day she was brushing her hair,
she knocked the top off the
scab and all these spiders
came out.
AINE:-
That's disgusting.
GERALDINE:-
Something had laid eggs in her
skin.
AINE:-
Eggs?
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GERALDINE:-
The eggs hatched and all these
spiders came out, and they
were eating off her flesh.
AINE:-
Oh, you're lying.
GERALDINE:-
Swear to God, it's true.
FX:
ANN:-
Right, c'mon. Back inside.
AINE:-
I wish I was still with you,
Geraldine. I can't talk to
Eileen. Bloody ice-queen.
GERALDINE:-
Oh, she's not really.
FX: FOOTSTEPS
GERALDINE:-
Spotty!
AINE:-
(CHUCKLES) Smelly!
GERALDINE: CHUCKLES
FX:
CUNNINGHAM:-
So the old mattresses will be
removed tomorrow and replaced
with new ones.
EILEEN:-
I haven't agreed to that yet.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Well, it's a matter of
welfare.
FX:
EILEEN:-
Who made that decision?
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CUNNINGHAM:-
Well, I decided.
EILEEN:-
Did you? Or the big boys in
London make it for you?
CUNNINGHAM:-
Look, it doesn't really matter
who decided it, the fact is
it's a gesture.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
I had a dream about you last
night.
FX:
EILEEN:-
So anyway, we'll get back to
you as soon as possible with a
decision.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Well, don't you wanna know
what happened?
EILEEN:-
No, I don't.
FX:
EILEEN:-
The thing is, they won't get
anything out of it.
MARGARET:-
It undermines our resolve.
EILEEN:-
Yeah, well flea-infested
mattresses are gonna undermine
our resolve.
GERALDINE:-
They'll get propaganda from
it.
EILEEN:-
They'd look like fools, making
a song and dance out of clean
mattresses.
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PRISONER:-
D'you think that's why our
periods have stopped?
EILEEN:-
More than likely. I mean, the
thing is there's gonna be a
cholera epidemic unless we
take precautions.
AINE:-
I, I think the healthier we
are, the longer we'll be able
to keep going.
MARGARET:-
There's no question of us not
keeping going.
EILEEN:-
Yes, but if our health gives
in, they'll be no protest.
FX: HELICOPTER
MARGARET:-
I think it's a mistake.
EILEEN:-
There has to be unity. Are we
in agreement?
FX:
MARGARET:-
Aye.
EILEEN:-
Good.
FX:
EILEEN (Cont):-
You should all know that Ann
Bates has been shot outside
the prison gates this morning.
So, they'll probably be some
trouble for the warders in the
next few days.
MUSIC: IN THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
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EILEEN (Cont):-
Aine. Aine. What d'you think
of that?
AINE:-
What d'you mean?
EILEEN:-
That shootin', what d'you
think?
AINE:-
Great.
EILEEN:-
Yeah? I thought it was
terrible.
AINE:-
Really?
EILEEN:-
Aye. Why d'you think it was
great?
AINE:-
I don't think it was great, I
think it's desperate actually.
EILEEN:-
You don't have to agree with
me. I don't mind if people
disagree with me. It gives me
something to discuss. So why
do you think it was great?
Come on, use that muscle.
AINE:-
Well, as far as screws go, she
seemed all right and now she's
just been shot.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
EILEEN:-
That is emotion. I'm asking
you to use your critical
faculties.
AINE:-
What?!
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EILEEN:-
Look, we're fighting a war.
You can't afford to be
sentimental. I'm asking you
whether this was an effective
form of military action.
AINE:-
I don't think I like effective
military action from you or
from anyone.
EILEEN:-
That's emotion again. Give me
some clear thought on this.
AINE:-
(SIGHS) In the short term, it
gives us the upper hand. In
the long term, it'll cause
even more of a hardened
attitude towards us from the
prison authorities. But from
the point of view of our
long-term aim of political
status, it means ... well,
what it actually means is that
it'll make it less likely that
they'll negotiate with us, and
that.
EILEEN:-
Very good. That's very well
argued.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX:
FX: FOOTSTEPS
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
CUNNINGHAM:-
Come.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
Sit down.
EILEEN:-
So we're agreeing to your
offer of clean mattresses.
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CUNNINGHAM:-
Good. (TO WARDER) Get her out
of here.
FX:
MUSIC: OUT THRU FX: FOOTSTEPS
EILEEN:-
Which year was the Anglo-Irish
agreement?
AINE:-
1921.
EILEEN:-
And which year was partition?
AINE:-
For God's sake, it was the
same year. Right, that's
enough now.
EILEEN:-
You're right. Which party in
the south is traditionally
associated with being
anti-treaty?
AINE:-
Fianna Fail.
EILEEN:-
And which people who took part
in the Easter Uprising were
not executed?
AINE:-
Countess Markieviech and Eamon
de Valera.
EILEEN:-
Why?
AINE:-
Because she was a woman and he
was a Spanish citizen.
EILEEN:-
No, he was American. Not bad,
all the same. Gonna ask you
to read a chapter of this.
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AINE:-
D'you know, I know a woman
like you. She goes to mass
every day, she's a fanatic.
She was the head nun at our
school.
EILEEN:-
You have to have discipline,
Aine, if you're gonna get
anywhere in life.
AINE:-
Yeah, but what, what about
having a laugh? What about
... sex? (CHUCKLES) Was Conor
a good shag? Was he?
MUSIC/SONG: IN THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
FX: LAUGHTER
AINE:-
The man with the biggest cock
in the Kesh. Whooah!
SONG:-
(UNDER) A-breakin' rocks in
the hot sun
AINE:-
Watch them doors. Whooah!
SONG:-
(UNDER) I fought the law and
the law won
I fought the law and the law
won
MARGARET:-
What's going on in there?
What's Eileen doing?
AINE:-
(AS EILEEN - BREATHES HEAVILY)
Ireland unfree will never be
at peace.
SONG:-
(UNDER) I needed money cos I
had none
I fought the law and the law
won
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MARGARET:-
She should be isolated. She's
not one of us.
AINE:-
(AS EILEEN) Yes, yes, yes!
SONG:-
I fought the law and the law
won
FX: LAUGHTER
SONG:-
I left my baby and it feels so
bad
I guess my race is run
She's the best girl that I
ever had
FX:
SONG:-
(UNDER) I fought the law and
the law won
I fought the law and the ...
SUSAN:-
You've got a visit.
FX:/MUSIC/SONG: OUT
GERALDINE: SIGHS
FX: FOOTSTEPS
ROISIN:-
There's your mummy.
FX:
MARGARET:-
Marie, Marie, it's mummy.
That's a lovely wee cardigan
you got on. Who gave you that
then?
MARIE:-
My mummy.
FX:
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ROISIN:-
That's your mummy, love. I'm
your auntie. That's your
mummy.
MARGARET:-
Did you get sick on the bus?
MARIE:-
My tummy's sore.
ROISIN:-
Will you stop your gurnin'.
MARGARET:-
Oh, it's okay love. Don't
worry.
ROISIN:-
Sorry.
MARGARET:-
You ask the driver to let you
sit at the front on the way
back.
FX:
ROISIN:-
She's not normally like this.
She's just really shy.
Honestly.
MARGARET: MUMBLES
WARDER:-
Your time's up.
FX: FOOTSTEPS
MARGARET:-
Maybe you shouldn't bring her
up again.
ROISIN:-
You sure?
FX: B.G. CHATTER
ROISIN (Cont):-
Right then, say goodbye to
your mum.
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MARGARET:-
Take her home.
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
FX:
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Anois a chaillini.
Tonight we bring you the
well-known programme,
University Challenge.
FX: APPLAUSE/CHEERS
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) Ta me Oxford.
MARGARET (O.S):-
(THRU PIPE) You can't say
that, dumbo, it's "Is Oxford
me".
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Anyway, shut up,
Geraldine. You're University
of Ballymurphy.
FX: CHUCKLE
EILEEN (Cont):-
(INTO PIPE) Now remember, you
have to put your fingers on
the buzzer and say your name
before you answer. Tonight's
prize will be two roll-ups.
FX: CHEERS/APPLAUSE
EILEEN (Cont):-
(INTO PIPE) Miss Aine is gonna
be playing Bamber
what's-his-face.
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) Come on, Aine.
EILEEN:-
Come on, Aine.
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GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) Come on, Aine.
Give us a question.
FX: CLAPPING
FX:
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) Okay. First
question, fingers on buzzers.
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) Speak up!
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE - LOUDER) I said,
first question, fingers on
buzzers. How much is Lee
Majors worth?
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) Beep. Geraldine,
University of Ballymurphy.
Six million dollars.
EILEEN:-
Hooray.
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) Correct. Next
question. Who said, "Love
means never having to say
you're sorry"?
MUSIC: IN THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) I know this one.
Ryan O'Neal.
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) Disqualified. You
didn't beep your buzzer.
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) That's not fair.
Eileen, I did beep my buzzer.
Didn't I, Margaret?
FX: CHUCKLING
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MARGARET:-
(THRU PIPE) Eileen, look out
the window.
SUSAN/MARK: SING
SUSAN/MARK (O.S):-
(SING) My father wore it as a
youth in the grand old days
of yore
MARK:-
(SINGS) And it's on the
twelfth I long to wear...
MARK (O.S.):-
(UNDER - SINGS) ... the sash
my father wore
EILEEN (V.O.):-
They're burning our mattresses
...
EILEEN:-
... for their 12th of July
celebrations.
SINGING: CONTINUES UNDER
AINE:-
Do you think Margaret was
right?
EILEEN:-
No. Carry on with the
entertainments.
FX: B.G. SHOUTS
EILEEN (Cont):-
Carry on.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) And at the end of
that round, Geraldine and
Margaret are in the lead with
two points. Where are the rest
of youse?
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SUSAN:-
(CALLS) Here's your
mattresses, youse dirty Fenian
bitches.
B.G. SHOUTS: CONTINUE
AINE:-
(INTO PIPE) Well, we'll finish
the next part of University
Challenge tomorrow night. And
now it's time for a sing-song.
Margaret is gonna sing us one
of her Country and Western
specials.
MARGARET:-
(INTO PIPE - SINGS) Sometimes
it's hard to be a woman
GERALDINE:-
(INTO PIPE - SINGS) Bum de dum
de dum
MARGARET:-
(INTO PIPE - SINGS) Giving all
your love to just one man
FX: B.G. SINGING
MARGARET:-
(THRU PIPE - SINGS) There may
be good times
There may be bad times
Doing things that you don't
understand
GERALDINE:-
(INTO PIPE - SINGS) Dum de dum
de dum de dum
MARGARET:-
(INTO PIPE - SINGS) But if you
love him you'll forgive him
B.G. SINGING: CONTINUES
MARGARET:-
(THRU PIPE - SINGS) Cos after
all he's just a man
MUSIC: BUILDS
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MARGARET/GERALDINE:-
(INTO PIPE - SING) Stand by
your man
MARGARET (V.O.):-
I remember when they came and
burned us out.
MARGARET:-
I remember me and me mummy and
Roisin ran up the street.
Roisin was wearing a yellow
nightie. I remember me mummy
saying not to look back. I
did but. And the whole house
was in flames.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX: CHATTER/LAUGHTER
MUSIC: OUT THRU FX:
MUSIC: IN
EILEEN (V.O.):-
Er, 'scuse me. You're sitting
on my coat.
CONOR (V.O.):-
Sorry?
EILEEN (V.O.):-
That's my coat you're sitting
on.
CHATTER: CONTINUES
CONOR:-
I'm sorry.
EILEEN:-
(CHUCKLES) Well, can I have
it?
CONOR:-
Yes, yes. Um, excuse me,
excuse me. Please.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
CONOR (Cont):-
No. Please.
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CHATTER: CONTINUES
CONOR (Cont):-
There you go. Hang on. Now.
EILEEN:-
Thank you.
CONOR:-
My pleasure.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
CONOR:-
You have no idea, have you?
EILEEN: SOBS
MUSIC: OUT THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
AINE:-
What's wrong?
FX:
EILEEN:-
Nothing.
MUSIC: IN
AINE:-
Come on. What's wrong?
EILEEN:-
(SOBS) Nothing.
EILEEN: SOBS
FX: B.G. SHOUTS
MARGARET:-
(THRU PIPE) Eileen, Eileen!
MARGARET:-
(INTO PIPE) Cad e a tharla?
GERALDINE (O.S.): SCREAMS
MARK:-
Fuck you!
MARK (O.S.)
Fuck you!
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GERALDINE (O.S.): CONTINUES
MARGARET:-
Leave her alone!
MARK:-
Fuck you.
MARGARET (O.S. - Cont):-
Get out.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Margaret?
MARGARET (O.S.):-
(SHOUTS) Get fuckin' out.
GERALDINE: SHOUTS
MARK (O.S.):-
Shut your fuckin' face or
you'll have some of this, you
fuckin' bitch. What the fuck
...?
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Okay, everybody.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the
Lord is with thee.
MARK (O.S):-
What the fuck did she do to
you, you ...?
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Blessed art thou
amongst women.
GERALDINE (O.S.):-
(SCREAMS) You fucking Orange
bastard!
MARK (O.S.):-
... you fucking bitch!
SCREAMS: CONTINUE
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
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MARK (O.S.):-
(You get the fucking righteous
justice, just what you fucking
deserve).
SCREAMS: CONTINUE
FLAMES: CRACKLE
MARK (O.S.):-
Go on, you fucking ...
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Blessed art thou
amongst woman, and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
PRISONERS (O.S.):-
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray
for us sinners. Now at the
hour of our death. Amen.
PRISONERS (O.S.): CONTINUE
UNDER
FX:
PRISONERS (O.S. - Cont):-
Blessed is the fruit of
thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God
Pray for us sinners
Now at the hour of our death.
Amen.
PRISONERS (O.S.): CONTINUE
UNDER
MARK:-
That's for Ann Bates, you
Fenian bitch.
FX:
EILEEN (V.O.):-
(INTO PIPE) Right, everybody.
It's all over.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Try and settle
down.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
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EILEEN (Cont):-
(INTO PIPE) Try and get some
sleep, everybody.
MUSIC: OUT
EILEEN (Cont):-
(INTO PIPE - TO MARGARET) Is
she okay?
MARGARET:-
(THRU PIPE) We'll have to get
her to a doctor tomorrow.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Okay.
MARGARET:-
(THRU PIPE) The power of
prayer, eh?
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE) Aye, whatever.
MARGARET (O.S.):-
(THRU PIPE - GAELIC) Oiche
mhaith.
EILEEN:-
(INTO PIPE - GAELIC) Oiche
mhaith.
FX:
EILEEN (Cont):-
Are you okay, Aine?
AINE:-
Yeah, I'm fine.
EILEEN:-
Why won't you open your eyes
then?
AINE:-
It's kind of private actually.
I don't wanna talk about it.
EILEEN:-
Okay.
AINE:-
They're total cunts, aren't
they?
Dialogue List 05-Sep-01 "SILENT GRACE" /47
EILEEN:-
Anyway. Come on, Aine, open
your eyes.
AINE:-
I can't. I've gone mad.
EILEEN:-
You've not gone mad.
AINE:-
Are you telling me seeing
things isn't going mad?
EILEEN:-
Not necessarily, no ...
AINE:-
(UPSET) Can't even fuckin'
lock me up, I'm locked up
already.
EILEEN:-
No, look. Now if you can say
something like that, then you
haven't gone mad.
AINE:-
(UPSET) No, it just means I
know I'm mad.
EILEEN:-
I'd say, if you opened your
eyes now, everything'd look
normal.
AINE: SOBS
EILEEN (Cont):-
Aine, come on. Open your
eyes.
AINE:-
No. I'm, I'm not opening me
eyes. The room will start
spinning again ...
EILEEN:-
Aine...
AINE:-
... then Kevin's face will
start appearing ...
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EILEEN:-
Aine.
AINE:-
... I'm not doing it.
EILEEN:-
Aine, do you trust me?
AINE: SOBS
EILEEN (Cont):-
Well, open your eyes then.
AINE: SOBS
EILEEN (Cont):-
Come on.
FX:
EILEEN (Cont):-
How does it look?
AINE:-
Well, as normal as walls
covered in shit can be.
(CHUCKLES)
EILEEN:-
I told you, didn't I? Right
go on. Go on to sleep.
AINE:-
I can't. I'm scared I'm
gonna have another one of
those dreams again.
EILEEN:-
You won't have one of those
dreams. You're gonna have a
brilliant dream.
AINE:-
What about?
EILEEN:-
About, er, your motorbike.
AINE:-
(CHUCKLES) I haven't got a
motor bike.
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EILEEN:-
Yes, you do. You've a Suzuki
1500.
FX:
EILEEN (Cont):-
All right then. So, you're, er
driving along on your Suzuki
1500 and you get thirsty, and
you decide to go to a pub for
a drink. And you know this
pub, and the only thing meaner
than the clientele, is the
whiskey they drink.
MUSIC: IN THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
EILEEN (Cont):-
So you go into the pub
and you ask for a wee scotch.
A triple scotch with a dash of
brandy, and he gives you a
single scotch. And you're
really pissed off about that
so you grab him up by the
scruff of the neck, and you
throw him across the bar.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
EILEEN (Cont):-
And then you get a bit bored
with that and you decide to
look around for the most good
looking fellow in the whole
place. And you put him on the
back of your bike and you roll
off into the sunset.
MUSIC: OUT
FX:
FX: NATURAL
FX: CHATTER
GERALDINE:-
Two painkillers.
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EILEEN:-
Oh, for God's sake, that's
ridiculous. Look, just try
and gets lots of sleep for a
couple of days, aye? (TO
PRISONERS) All right,
everybody. So look, um, an
agreement's been reached about
this hunger strike. From next
Friday, Conor, Liam and Sean
in Long Kesh, and myself in
Armagh, are gonna stop eating.
As Liam is Geraldine's
brother, I suggest we remember
him 'specially in our prayers.
FX:
EILEEN (Cont):-
(TO GERALDINE) Yeah? Okay.
FX:
EILEEN:-
Who wrote this?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Conor.
FX:
EILEEN:-
Right. I want you to contact
the Army Council. Get someone
down here this afternoon.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Maybe he just doesn't want to
see you go through this...
EILEEN:-
(INTERRUPTS) I said now.
AINE:-
I always knew Conor was a
cunt.
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
AINE (Cont):-
He let you make the first
move.
FX: HELICOPTER
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FX:
AINE:-
(SINGS) ... Spades, the ace of
spades
EILEEN:-
We're to take a supportive
role.
AINE:-
What? Why?
EILEEN:-
Because that's our new
strategy. The men'll be
hunger striking one by one,
not simultaneously.
AINE:-
(SIGHS) What? (SHOUTS) We'll
be back to be making 'em tea
and knitting 'em jumpers
next.
EILEEN:-
We don't have the numbers.
AINE:-
That's rubbish!
EILEEN:-
They're doing the dirty work.
The least we can do is give
them our respect and support.
AINE:-
(SHOUTS) What the fuck
d'you think we've been doing
for the last fucking year?
FX:
EILEEN:-
(SHOUTS) We'll take whatever
role's necessary to win.
EILEEN:-
We need a woman on this. We
have to be seen to be equal.
PETER:-
Conor is adamant.
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EILEEN:-
Aye, well I'm OC in this
place. He has nothing to say
about Armagh.
PETER:-
Really?
EILEEN:-
Aye. You know if they got to
hear about this in the States,
they wouldn't be very happy.
FX: HELICOPTER
PETER:-
I don't think they're so keen
on women's lib in the States
either.
EILEEN:-
Aye, but they're keen on me.
You know, I used to stay with
Mike Docherty when I was in
the States. He still writes
to me.
FX:
PETER:-
Look, we've been hearing that
you've been letting things
slip.
EILEEN: SIGHS
PETER (Cont):-
Spending too much time with
that joyrider.
EILEEN:-
For Christ's sake, Peter. She
was right out on the edge. I
broke her in.
PETER:-
Can we trust her?
EILEEN:-
Aye, we can. Look, who's been
saying all this?
PETER:-
Who do you think?
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FX:
EILEEN: SIGHS
PETER (Cont):-
Well I think you're doing a
great job here.
EILEEN:-
Aye? So get the Army Council
to listen to me.
PETER:-
He is.
FX:
PETER (Cont):-
You're on.
EILEEN:-
(SIGHS - GAELIC) Go riamh
maith agat.
PETER:-
Good luck.
PETER: CLEARS THROAT
FX:
DOOR: OPENS/CLOSES
FX:
CELL DOOR: OPENS/CLOSES
FX:
MUSIC/SONG: IN
FX:
MUSIC/SONG: OUT
FX:
FX: CHATTER
AINE:-
No. Ah, ref. That's a
penalty!
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GERALDINE:-
No, it's not.
AINE:-
It is. Ref.
GERALDINE:-
It's not. Ref.
AINE:-
It is. Give me that.
GERALDINE:-
I better give it to her again,
before she tries to throttle
me.
FX:
GERALDINE (Cont):-
Come on, Margaret, don't let
me down. Come on, get on with
it.
FX:
GERALDINE (Cont):-
Oh, Margaret.
AINE:-
Yes! (LAUGHS)
GERALDINE:-
What are you doing? That's
terrible.
AINE:-
Yes. (CHANTS) One nil, one
nil. (LAUGHS) Whooah!
FX:
FX: FOOTSTEPS
MARGARET:-
Who got that for you?
GERALDINE:-
Aine.
FX:
CELL DOOR: OPENS
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CUNNINGHAM: SIGHS
CUNNINGHAM:-
May I come in?
EILEEN:-
Do I have a choice?
FX:
CUNNINGHAM:-
Just to, er, let you know that
the officer responsible for
the assault on Geraldine
McCaffrey has -- been
dismissed. It was outrageous.
EILEEN:-
It's no more outrageous than
what you're doing here.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Well, you have a choice.
EILEEN:-
No I don't. What you're doing
to us is inhuman.
CUNNINGHAM:-
It's what you're doing to
yourselves.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
Look, I, er, I didn't come
here to argue with you.
EILEEN:-
So why did you come?
CUNNINGHAM:-
To see how you were.
EILEEN:-
That's very kind of you.
CUNNINGHAM:-
So I can report back to the
NIO.
EILEEN:-
Of course.
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CUNNINGHAM:-
Is there anything you want?
EILEEN:-
Political status.
CUNNINGHAM:-
(CHUCKLES) Where's your
family? Where are your
friends? Doesn't anybody care
about you? And do you even
care about yourself?
EILEEN:-
Get out.
FX:
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
CELL DOOR: OPENS
WARDER:-
Quinn, visit.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM:-
Leave it open.
FX:
AINE:-
I'm right behind you,
Cunnilingus.
FX:
AINE:-
Get off.
FX:
MRS QUINN:-
You're not one of them. Stop
pretending you are. I'm your
mother, I know you. You're a
softie, stop acting the hard
woman.
AINE:-
I'm not a softie.
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MRS QUINN:-
God, I wish your father was
alive. Look, I know they've
been good to you and you've
made good friends ...
AINE:-
(INTERRUPTS) Jesus, ma. You
talk to me like I was a child.
I know what I'm doing.
FX:
AINE (Cont):-
Look, ma. There's this James
Connelly book I'd really like
you to ...
MRS QUINN:-
(INTERRUPTS) No, you listen to
me. There is nothing good
about what they do. And the
people they hurt is us, the
people who live here. If you
just sign the form saying
you're a criminal, you'd be
out of here straight away.
Come on, Aine.
AINE:-
Why can't you support me?
Everyone else's ma supports
them, why can't you? Eileen
is starving. She's lying in
my cell and she's starving
herself to death (PAUSE) How's
Uncle Brian?
MRS QUINN:-
Fine.
AINE:-
And me auntie, how's she
doing?
MRS QUINN:-
They're fine. They're
decorating.
AINE:-
So are we.
MRS QUINN:-
Why are you doing this?
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AINE:-
To get the Brits out.
MRS QUINN:-
That's not my daughter
speaking.
SUSAN:-
Come on now, your time is up.
AINE:-
It is.
MRS QUINN:-
God help us.
AINE:-
Why?
MRS QUINN:-
I don't wanna be standing at
your graveside in five years'
time. Oh God.
SUSAN:-
Come on, now. Your time's up.
MRS QUINN:-
Sweet Jesus.
FX:
AINE:-
(CALLS) Ma.
SUSAN:-
Come on, now.
AINE:-
I'm coming.
SUSAN:-
Come on!
AINE:-
I said, I coming. (TO MRS
QUINN) Ma, ma, will you come
and see us next month? Ma!
Ma!
FX:
SUSAN:-
Gone.
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FX:
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Do you want to join us?
CUNNINGHAM:-
Er, no. Just trying to, er,
find a bit of peace and quiet.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Hardly surprising.
CUNNINGHAM:-
You know, it's my job to run
this prison. If people wanna
start killing themselves ...
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Those cells are a crime
against humanity.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Did I make them do it?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
You changed the rules.
CUNNINGHAM:-
No, I didn't change the rules.
The NIO changed the rules.
They won't budge an inch.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Neither will the women.
CUNNINGHAM:-
(SIGHS) I'm just trying to do
my job.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
She's a remarkable woman,
isn't she?
CUNNINGHAM:-
Yes.
MUSIC: IN
EILEEN:-
Hiya.
AINE:-
Hi.
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EILEEN:-
How's your mum?
AINE:-
Fine. Says to tell you to
keep it up. Thanks for the
cardigan.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE (Cont):-
So, what did Cunningham have
to say for himself?
EILEEN:-
I dunno.
AINE:-
I think he fancies you. I
think he wants to divorce his
wife and marry you.
EILEEN:-
(CHUCKLES) D'you know I used
to fancy him once. Way back
at the beginning, he seemed
all right then. Don't you
ever tell anyone I told you
that. Ever.
AINE:-
Desert island syndrome.
MUSIC: OUT THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
EILEEN:-
Aye. Well, it was that or
Father McGarry.
AINE:-
Not bad. But I think he might
be gay. Or maybe he's just
repressed.
EILEEN:-
Repressed? God, that's an
awfully big word. Do you know
what it means?
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AINE:-
Piss off. Me ma says there
was a picture of you in the
paper yesterday. And there's
marches and all in New York
and London for the Armagh
women.
EILEEN:-
Ach, liar. Those marches are
for the men.
FX:
AINE: BREATHES HEAVILY
AINE:-
Look, I've got a flat belly
nearly.
EILEEN:-
It's not as flat as mine.
FX: KNOCK AT THE DOOR
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Ladies. Hey, open door.
Cunningham's been smoking the
marijuana, gone all flower
power.
AINE:-
Maybe it's his version of free
association.
EILEEN:-
God, I'm very popular today,
aren't I?
GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) Is that Father
McGarry?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
(INTO PIPE) It is indeed,
Aine.
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GERALDINE:-
(THRU PIPE) 'Scuse you me,
it's Geraldine. We're having
afternoon cocktails.
Margaret's in the corner
shaking the drinks. Would you
prefer a Malibu or a Pina
Colada?
FATHER MCGARRY: CHUCKLES
GERALDINE (Cont):-
(THRU PIPE) Margaret, have we
any champagne? One second,
Father.
EILEEN:-
So how are the men?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Conor's doing okay. Liam's
been hospitalised. Conor
sends his love.
EILEEN:-
Aye. So has anyone told
Geraldine about Liam?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
I'm going to. I thought I'd
come and see how you were
first.
EILEEN:-
I'm okay. My sight's going a
bit. Can't walk properly, I
keep falling over. (CHUCKLES -
PAUSE) Will you try and get
the cardinal to speak up for
us?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
He's doing all he can.
EILEEN:-
I'm gonna die, Father. It's
the noblest thing, isn't it?
It's the noblest thing to die
for something you believe in,
isn't it?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
I'm a priest, Eileen. I think
all life is sacred.
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EILEEN:-
I know, but I believe in what
I'm doing.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
I know.
EILEEN:-
(UPSET) I believe in what I'm
doing. I'm just one of a long
line of Republican martyrs.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
What about life, Eileen, life?
Your own life?
EILEEN:-
Stop talking Jesus to me.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
You are dying, Eileen.
FX:
EILEEN:-
You've been set up to this.
Who set you up to this?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
No-one set me up. And I think
what you're doing is important
...
EILEEN:-
Who set you up? Was it
Cunningham, was it? Was it
Cunningham, or was it the
Bishop?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
Eileen. Eileen. Eileen
don't.
EILEEN:-
What did they say to you?
Were they saying, "Go on, you
go in and talk to her. She
likes you."? (SHOUTS) You can
fuck off. Get out. You're
either with us, or you're
against us. There's no
middle ground. So get out.
FX:
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EILEEN (Cont):-
Aine?
AINE:-
It's okay. I'm here, Eileen.
EILEEN:-
Aine, I can't see.
MUSIC: IN THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
AINE:-
My God. (SHOUTS) Jesus,
somebody help me. (TO EILEEN)
Come on, Eileen. We're gonna
get you to a doctor. Come on.
Come on. That's it, get up.
(SHOUTS) Somebody help me.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Your brother is committing
suicide. But we have decided
on compassionate grounds to
grant you permission for a
visit.
AINE:-
(SHOUTS) Somebody help me. (TO
EILEEN) Eileen, come on.
Eileen, come on, let's have
you. (SHOUTS) Somebody help
me. (TO EILEEN) Eileen, come
on, that's it. Come on.
Eileen, don't, don't, Eileen,
Eileen, don't.
FX: FOOTSTEPS
AINE (Cont):-
That's it. No. Eileen, no,
I'm not gonna let you do this.
Eileen, no. Eileen, come on.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX:
AINE (Cont):-
Go for the doctor now!
(BREATHES HEAVILY) Come on,
help me. Get her feet. Get
her feet.
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MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE:-
She needs help now!
SUSAN:-
I'll get him.
FX:
AINE:-
Okay. Okay, Eileen. (BREATHES
HEAVILY) Come on. Eileen,
come on. Eileen.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
DR CARSON:-
She's nearly gone.
MUSIC: CONTINUES
FX:
GERALDINE:-
What the fuck are you writing?
Hurry up.
AINE:-
I'm coming, I'm coming.
GERALDINE:-
Come on. Come on, there's
someone coming, that's enough.
FX:
GERALDINE (Cont):-
Quick!
AINE:-
There.
GERALDINE:-
Give it to me.
WARDER:-
Visit.
GERALDINE:-
All right, relax. I'm coming.
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AINE:-
Eileen is dying, and you're
the only one who can help her.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Sit down. Aine, sit down.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
Now we are doing everything
that we can.
AINE:-
And how long's that gonna
take.
CUNNINGHAM:-
As long as it takes.
AINE:-
She could be dead by then.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Look, there is nothing more
that I can do.
MUSIC: OUT THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
AINE:-
There is. You're one of them.
Talk to them.
CUNNINGHAM:-
I have tried.
AINE:-
Well, try again.
FX: FOOTSTEPS
CUNNINGHAM:-
Just go back to your cell.
MUSIC: IN
EILEEN: BREATHES HEAVILY
FX:
FX: NATURAL
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CUNNINGHAM:-
(INTO PHONE) We could have a
riot here. (PAUSE) No, no,
what I am saying is that I
don't have sufficient staff to
deal with a situation like
that.
FX:
MUSIC: CONTINUES
EILEEN: CONTINUES
CUNNINGHAM (V.O.):-
(INTO PHONE) No, look I've
...
CUNNINGHAM:-
(INTO PHONE) ... got somebody
with me. (PAUSE) Yeah, I
know, I'll phone you back.
Soon as I can. Okay, bye.
Bye.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM:-
I'll help you. The Cat and
Mouse Act. It's an old law for
suffragettes on a hunger
strike. If it looks like
they're gonna die, you can
release them. They get well
enough, you arrest them again.
FX:
MUSIC: OUT THRU FX:
MARGARET:-
Have you seen Eileen yet?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
I'll go when they need Last
Rites.
MARGARET:-
Have you not anointed her?
FATHER MCGARRY:-
She asked me not to.
FATHER MCGARRY: SIGHS
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FX:
SUSAN:-
Hospital.
FX:
GERALDINE:-
Hi.
AINE:-
Did you get the message
through?
GERALDINE:-
Yeah.
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FOLLOWING
DIALOGUE
GERALDINE (Cont):-
(SIGHS) Liam didn't recognise
me. His head was all flopped
over like he was handicapped.
He was dribbling. His arms
were jerking around the place.
He was making noises like he
was trying to say something.
There was this desperate
smell. I've never smelt
anything like it in my life.
Like he was rotting.
AINE:-
What's that in your hand?
GERALDINE:-
It's the aerial conductor.
AINE:-
How?
GERALDINE:-
Inside me.
AINE:-
Well, where's the rest of the
stuff?
GERALDINE:-
Next door.
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AINE:-
Come on, Geraldine, we're
gonna have to catch the six
o'clock news.
GERALDINE:-
I can't.
AINE:-
Come on, Geraldine.
GERALDINE:-
I can't.
AINE:-
Well, where is it?
GERALDINE:-
In my pillow.
FATHER MCGARRY:-
... Patris et Filii et
Spiritus Sancti et tu ...
FX:
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE:-
Like this, Geraldine?
Geraldine, er, like this?
GERALDINE:-
The other side.
AINE:-
Where, here?
GERALDINE:-
No, up a bit.
AINE:-
Geraldine, help me out here.
Like this, here and here?
GERALDINE:-
Gently.
FX:
FX: RADIO STATIC
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NEWSREADER:-
(THRU RADIO) ... according to
reports coming in, Republican
prisoners have called off
their fifty-two day long
hunger strike. In a statement
released today by prisoners'
leader, Conor McFadden, he
claimed a deal had been done
with the British Government
over their bid for political
status.
GERALDINE:-
God, what have I done?
AINE:-
You saved his life.
FX: FOOTSTEPS
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE: BREATHES HEAVILY/GROANS
AINE:-
Get off.
FX:
AINE (Cont):-
It's over. The hunger
strike's over.
MARGARET:-
What?
AINE:-
It's on the news. Conor's
called it off.
MARGARET:-
The hunger strike continues
until we get official word
from the Army Council. (TO DR
CARSON) Stop!
AINE:-
Are you fucking insane? The
hunger strike is over. Do you
want her to die or something?
MARGARET:-
Not until it's official.
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CUNNINGHAM:-
It is official.
MARGARET:-
I mean official from our Army
Council.
CUNNINGHAM:-
It's official because I'm
releasing her under the Cat
and Mouse Act.
AINE:-
(STUTTERS) What's that?
CUNNINGHAM:-
It's the law. It dates back
to the suffragettes.
MUSIC: OUT THRU PREVIOUS
DIALOGUE
MARGARET:-
You can't apply that to her.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Yes, I can. And I have. I
won't have any martyrs in my
prison.
FX:
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
(TO FATHER MCGARRY) I'll see
that your books are returned
to you.
FX:
MUSIC: IN
FX: SHOWER
FX:
FX: SINGING
FX: KNOCK AT DOOR
SUSAN:-
Do you hear that racket?
CUNNINGHAM:-
What is it?
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SUSAN:-
It's Aine Quinn's last night,
and they're having a party.
CUNNINGHAM:-
What are they doing?
SUSAN:-
Dancing.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Dancing.
FX: SINGING
CUNNINGHAM (Cont):-
Well -- let them dance.
FX:
MUSIC: CONTINUES
SUSAN:-
Are you sure?
CUNNINGHAM:-
Miss McAuley, we no longer
have a hunger strike. We
don't even have a dirty
protest. If they want to
dance, let them dance.
FX:
SUSAN:-
It's very late, sir.
CUNNINGHAM:-
Well -- a lot of paperwork to
do.
FX:
MUSIC: FADE OUT THRU
FOLLOWING DIALOGUE
AINE:-
Listen, Eileen. I've signed
the form. I'm out of here. I
am a criminal. I should never
have been in here. It was a
mistake. (PAUSE) Are you
gonna carry on?
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EILEEN:-
(SIGHS) I dunno.
AINE:-
What about Conor?
EILEEN:-
Well, he's got another year
before his release.
AINE:-
I mean, are you gonna take him
back?
FX: SILENCE
AINE (Cont):-
Eileen, will you ... don't be
so proud.
EILEEN:-
Look, what're you gonna do?
AINE:-
Get rich fast, get out of
Derry, buy me ma a proper
house.
EILEEN:-
And how're you gonna do that?
AINE:-
I haven't figured it out yet.
EILEEN:-
But you will, won't you?
AINE:-
I always do.
FX:
EILEEN:-
Well ... (GAELIC) ... slan.
AINE:-
(GAELIC) Slan.
FX:
MUSIC: IN THRU FX:
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AINE:-
(CALLS) Cunningham.
Cunningham. Oi!
FX:
MUSIC: CONTINUES
AINE:-
Mum. Mum. Mum. Mum, mum!
MRS QUINN: SQUEALS
FX: LAUGHTER
MRS QUINN:-
You are a torture to me.
LAUGHTER: CONTINUES
MUSIC: CONTINUES
END CREDITS
(c) Follower Productions 2000
MUSIC: OUT
THE END
| Silent Grace
Writers : Maeve Murphy
Genres : Drama
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