James and John

Roles

• Mrs Betts - Senior (>50), Female

About this piece

Mrs. Betts remembers her husband

Summary

James and John is a one act family drama set in a suburb of London. In this scene we have Jamie and John Betts, two brothers, and Mrs Betts, their mother. Jamie and John are playing gammon while their mother is sitting on a chair, reading a novel and knitting. We soon learn that they are waiting for the arrival of Mr. Betts, their father. Apparently Jamie has a grudge against him, he claims that he has ruined his life. This is because Mr. Betts, years before, had robbed the bank where he worked of a lot of money to support his hooker addiction. The same bank where Jamie now works. John and Mrs Betts have forgiven him. In this monologue Mrs. Betts expresses her frustrations about trying to undestand what drove her husband to do what he did and remembers the night he came back home and told her what he had done at the bank.

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