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Alfie

By Bill Naughton - Film

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Roles

  • Alfie - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Male

About this piece

Alfie describes his shock after seeing a dead fetus

Summary

Alfie is a charming and good looking young man from the working classes of London. He seduces wormen but never gets involved emotionally. Eventually he gets a woman pregnant and she decides to get an abortion. After the abortion, Alfie sees the dead body of the fetus and starts to cry. In this monologue he tells his friend how he felt when he saw the dead fetus, how shocked he was and how he started to cry, not so much for the child but for him and how he felt like he murdered him....

Tone

DescriptiveFrustratedReminiscing life story/Telling a storyPondering/Pensive

Use cases

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