Scenes Four To Six

Scene Four
Arthur and Maud disappear while Meek, Vachell and George discuss his pending appearance in court. George specifies that the newspaper should get his ethnic origin correct and that the court should pronounce his name correctly.

Maud narrates as the scene moves to a courtroom, and after more conversation between Meek, Vachell and George, the scene morphs into the trial itself. Maud, Meek and Vachell all use direct address to the audience to narrate the action.

Scene Five
We are now in George’s memory of Mr Disturnal’s cross-examination of his father. George plays his own father in the scene in which Mr Disturnal questions him in detail about a squeaky lock on the bedroom door.

Scene Six
George turns back to see Meek in the court holding room. Disturnal has gone. Arthur and Maud reappear as Meek and George discuss the fact that his parents were bad witnesses.

The chairs and table of the court holding room disappear and the hotel writing room reforms. Maud and George talk to Arthur, recounting how innocent the family trusted George to be. The scene then forms back into the hotel waiting room.