彼得·麦克唐纳德 — 演员 (25)
都柏林凶案 (2019) [剧集] 豆瓣
Dublin Murders
7.6 (19 个评分)
导演:
索尔·迪勃
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约翰·海斯
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演员:
基连·斯科特
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莎拉·格林
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BBC One过去宣布预订Tana French所著小说改篇的8集罪案剧《The Dublin Murders》,被改篇的是《In The Woods》及《The Likeness》,这剧在Belfast及Dublin(北爱尔兰及爱尔兰)拍摄。
主角是Dublin警察的警探Rob Ryan及Cassie Maddox(由 Killian Scott及Sarah Greene饰演),《In The Woods》调查的是一个12岁女孩的谋杀案﹑《The Likeness》讲述一个女警探到精英大学社区卧底以调查一宗谋杀案。
主角是Dublin警察的警探Rob Ryan及Cassie Maddox(由 Killian Scott及Sarah Greene饰演),《In The Woods》调查的是一个12岁女孩的谋杀案﹑《The Likeness》讲述一个女警探到精英大学社区卧底以调查一宗谋杀案。
单身派对 (2013) [电影] 豆瓣
The Stag
其它标题:
The Stag
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雄鹿
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A group of male friends embark on an Irish stag party.一群单身汉在单身汉舞会.
这是一部关于描述男性友谊的爱尔兰喜剧。这部剧实际上有一点反单身的意味。对很多男性来讲,保持单身的想法是非常可怕的,这也是这部电影想要表达的东西。所以这会是一部非常欢乐的电影。根据 The Irish Examiner的报道Hugh O'Connor 将要扮演新郎。爱尔兰女演员Amy Huberman将出演准新娘。Andrew Scott 将在本片中扮演伴郎一角。(改自AS在Radio Times的采访)
这是一部关于描述男性友谊的爱尔兰喜剧。这部剧实际上有一点反单身的意味。对很多男性来讲,保持单身的想法是非常可怕的,这也是这部电影想要表达的东西。所以这会是一部非常欢乐的电影。根据 The Irish Examiner的报道Hugh O'Connor 将要扮演新郎。爱尔兰女演员Amy Huberman将出演准新娘。Andrew Scott 将在本片中扮演伴郎一角。(改自AS在Radio Times的采访)
摩亚男孩 第一季 (2012) [剧集] 豆瓣
Moone Boy Season 1 所属 电视剧集: 摩亚男孩
Sean (O'Dowd) is the imaginary friend of 10-year-old Martin Moone, the youngest child of a family living in a small town in Ireland. Martin has a unique perspective on life aided by an imaginary friend. His imagination comes into play both in his childish drawings, which come alive through animation, and in the ridiculous schemes he comes up with, against Sean's better judgement. With Sean's help, Martin negotiates life as the youngest in a chaotic, scatter-brained family.
为奴十三年 (2016) [剧集] 豆瓣
Thirteen
艾薇(朱迪·科默 Jodie Comer 饰)有着一段悲惨的过去,她曾经被人囚禁在地窖之中,长达十三年之久。十三年后,艾薇终于逃出魔窟,报警求援,艾利尔特(理查德·兰金 Richard Rankin 饰)和搭档丽莎(瓦伦·凯恩 Valene Kane 饰)受理了此案,他们想从艾薇的口中获取更多的线索,然而,艾薇的证言仍旧缺少着最有力的支持,那就是确凿的证据。
除了要应付警方的讯问,艾薇还必须面对自己内心的黑暗和社会的扭曲与不公,更重要的是,她不知该以怎样的姿态,回到阔别已久的家庭之中。一位名为菲比(Isabel Shanahan 饰)的十岁女孩的失踪吸引了警方的注意,目击者将矛头指向了名为马克(彼得·麦克唐纳德 Peter McDonald 饰)的男子。
除了要应付警方的讯问,艾薇还必须面对自己内心的黑暗和社会的扭曲与不公,更重要的是,她不知该以怎样的姿态,回到阔别已久的家庭之中。一位名为菲比(Isabel Shanahan 饰)的十岁女孩的失踪吸引了警方的注意,目击者将矛头指向了名为马克(彼得·麦克唐纳德 Peter McDonald 饰)的男子。
意外的旅程 (1999) [电影] 豆瓣 IMDb 维基数据 TMDB
Felicia's Journey
其它标题:
Felicia's Journey
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你是我的羔羊
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爱尔兰少女费丽莎(Elaine Cassidy 饰)的男友尊尼赴英国打工音信全无,父亲认为尊尼参加了英军而勃然大怒反对他们结婚,费丽莎无奈之下以怀孕之身赶赴英国寻人,一无所获之际遇到了乔(Bob Hoskins 饰)。乔因依恋母亲,虽年过半百仍未婚娶,他留有所有母亲主持烹饪节目的录像带每日观看。乔为费丽莎的寻人之旅提供了多次帮助,但暗中却偷走了女孩的钱,费丽莎无处可去只得借宿乔家中,乔为方便接触费丽莎,虚构出在医院奄奄一息的妻子。原来乔有搭讪街头落魄女孩,然而把她们诓骗至家中杀死的爱好,乔又一次即将达到目的时,两名传教人员的到来让形势出现了转机……
本片获2000年加拿大吉尼奖最佳摄影奖等多项褒奖。
本片获2000年加拿大吉尼奖最佳摄影奖等多项褒奖。
大放异彩 (2001) [电影] 豆瓣
Blow Dry
其它标题:
Blow Dry
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爱情洗剪吹(港)
菲尔(阿伦·瑞克曼 Alan Rickman 饰)是一名发型设计师,他和妻子莎莉(娜塔莎·理查德森 Natasha Richardson 饰)经营着一家美发店,是圈内人人羡慕的神仙眷侣。令众人大跌眼镜的是,莎莉竟然离开了菲尔,不仅如此,她也开了一家美发店,成为了菲尔的竞争对手。遭遇妻子背叛的菲尔一蹶不振,在日复一日的消沉中,他逐渐忘却了自己的梦想。
一次偶然中,菲尔得知自己所在的小镇上即将举行一场全国性的美发大奖赛,经过反复的思想斗争后,他决定重拾梦想,再次走上赛场。同样参赛的还有莎莉和菲尔的老对手雷(比尔·奈伊 Bill Nighy 饰)。在目睹了同行是怎样不择手段的向着冠军宝座迈进后,菲尔和莎莉明白,为了赢得比赛,为了维护行业的声誉和荣耀,他们必须像从前那样,联手作战。
一次偶然中,菲尔得知自己所在的小镇上即将举行一场全国性的美发大奖赛,经过反复的思想斗争后,他决定重拾梦想,再次走上赛场。同样参赛的还有莎莉和菲尔的老对手雷(比尔·奈伊 Bill Nighy 饰)。在目睹了同行是怎样不择手段的向着冠军宝座迈进后,菲尔和莎莉明白,为了赢得比赛,为了维护行业的声誉和荣耀,他们必须像从前那样,联手作战。
呼救 (2013) [剧集] 豆瓣
Mayday
导演:
布莱恩·威尔许
演员:
苏菲·奥康内多
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彼得·弗斯
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每年五月的第一个星期一被称为“五朔节”,每当这个节日到来之时,异教徒们便会集结起来,在小镇上展开游行活动。林纳斯(马克斯·福勒 Max Fowler 饰)是居住在小镇上的一位普通男孩,热烈的节日气氛并没有感染到他,因为不久之前他得知,自己心仪的女神已经有了男友,而这个男人正是自己的死对头。
拥有天使面孔和魔鬼身材的海蒂有幸被选为了五月皇后,正在兴致勃勃的准备着接下来的庆祝活动,然而,当活动正式开始后,海蒂却并没有现身。很快,人们便意识到,海蒂或许遭到了不法分子的绑架,而那个穷凶极恶的犯罪者,也许就隐藏在他们的身边。
拥有天使面孔和魔鬼身材的海蒂有幸被选为了五月皇后,正在兴致勃勃的准备着接下来的庆祝活动,然而,当活动正式开始后,海蒂却并没有现身。很快,人们便意识到,海蒂或许遭到了不法分子的绑架,而那个穷凶极恶的犯罪者,也许就隐藏在他们的身边。
范妮·莱的解救 (2019) [电影] 豆瓣
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
导演:
托马斯·克雷
演员:
玛克辛·皮克
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查尔斯·丹斯
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其它标题:
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
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范妮·莱德
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拍摄内容涵盖了范妮·莱德·德利夫(Fanny Lye Deliver),这是一部由马辛·皮克(Maxine Peake)(万物理论),查尔斯·舞蹈(Charles Dance)(权力的游戏)和弗雷迪·福克斯(Freddie Fox)(防暴俱乐部)主演的定期戏剧。演员还包括谭雅·雷诺兹(Tanya Reynolds)的第一部长片和彼得·麦当劳(The Stag)。
这部电影在英格兰什罗普郡的十个星期内拍摄,由托马斯·克莱(Thomas Clay)执导和导演,由索拉纳·皮格特(Zorana Piggott)(《一个洞中的情侣》),罗布·坎南(《恋人与暴君》)和菲利普·鲍勃摄制。克莱的长期制片人已故的约瑟夫·朗(Joseph Lang)获得了死后的制作信用。
故事发生在1657年,位于什罗普郡一个偏僻的农场上,故事讲述了范妮·莱伊(Peanny)学会超越压迫性婚姻并发现一个新的可能性世界。
范妮·莱(Fanny Lye)与丈夫约翰·莱(Dance)和年幼的儿子亚瑟(Arthur)从事清教徒狭窄生活,两个有需要的陌生人出人意料地动摇了世界-一对年轻夫妇(福克斯(Fox),雷诺兹(Reynolds))被无情的警长(麦当劳)紧追和他的副手。
制片人皮格特(Piggott)说:“范妮·莱德·交付(Fanny Lye Deliver‘d)是一部独特而引人入胜的历史剧,在精神上比西方或现代惊悚片更接近西方或现代惊悚片。”
“首先,这是一个令人着迷的故事,一个简单,令人兴奋的叙述,以令人难以置信的强大而引人注目的表演和托马斯的独特眼光生动起来。”
这是克莱的第三部长片。他的处女秀罗伯特·卡迈克尔(Robert Carmichael)的《大销魂》在2005年戛纳国际影展上放映,其后续作品《牛仔牛仔》在泰国拍摄,并于2008年在戛纳电影节上首映。
这部电影在英格兰什罗普郡的十个星期内拍摄,由托马斯·克莱(Thomas Clay)执导和导演,由索拉纳·皮格特(Zorana Piggott)(《一个洞中的情侣》),罗布·坎南(《恋人与暴君》)和菲利普·鲍勃摄制。克莱的长期制片人已故的约瑟夫·朗(Joseph Lang)获得了死后的制作信用。
故事发生在1657年,位于什罗普郡一个偏僻的农场上,故事讲述了范妮·莱伊(Peanny)学会超越压迫性婚姻并发现一个新的可能性世界。
范妮·莱(Fanny Lye)与丈夫约翰·莱(Dance)和年幼的儿子亚瑟(Arthur)从事清教徒狭窄生活,两个有需要的陌生人出人意料地动摇了世界-一对年轻夫妇(福克斯(Fox),雷诺兹(Reynolds))被无情的警长(麦当劳)紧追和他的副手。
制片人皮格特(Piggott)说:“范妮·莱德·交付(Fanny Lye Deliver‘d)是一部独特而引人入胜的历史剧,在精神上比西方或现代惊悚片更接近西方或现代惊悚片。”
“首先,这是一个令人着迷的故事,一个简单,令人兴奋的叙述,以令人难以置信的强大而引人注目的表演和托马斯的独特眼光生动起来。”
这是克莱的第三部长片。他的处女秀罗伯特·卡迈克尔(Robert Carmichael)的《大销魂》在2005年戛纳国际影展上放映,其后续作品《牛仔牛仔》在泰国拍摄,并于2008年在戛纳电影节上首映。
Murder (谋杀 第一季) (2016) [剧集] 豆瓣
Murder Season 1 所属 电视剧集: Murder
导演:
Paul Wright
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Iain Forsyth
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演员:
彼得·麦克唐纳德
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莫文·克里斯蒂
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An investigation into the apparent drowning and death of Rafe Carey leads to investigating officer Corinne Evans soon tackling a murder case that leaves her having doubts about an incident in her personal life.
刀斧手 (2005) [电影] 豆瓣
The Headsman
导演:
西蒙·艾比
演员:
史蒂文·伯克夫
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尼古拉·科斯特-瓦尔道
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其它标题:
The Headsman
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Shadow of the Sword
这部电影讲述了16世纪欧洲宗教裁判所鼎盛时期两个朋友之间经受了时间考验的忠诚。孤儿马丁(尼古拉·科斯特-瓦尔道饰)和乔治(彼得·麦克唐纳饰)小时候是好朋友,长大后却分道扬镳。乔治加入教会,而马丁成为一名陆军上尉。当命运让马丁扮演刽子手的角色时,他必须在友谊和原教旨主义之间做出选择。
寻找最后的动作英雄 (2019) [电影] 豆瓣 Eggplant.place IMDb 维基数据
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
导演:
Oliver Harper
演员:
Stuart Ashen
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James Bruner
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其它标题:
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
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Last action heroes : Stars, muscles et testostérone
全面回顾80年代的动作电影类型
Murder (2016) [剧集] 维基数据 IMDb TMDB
Murder
导演:
Robert Jones
演员:
Peter McDonald
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Frank Gilhooley
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其它标题:
英式謀殺事件
British TV series
The Caretaker 2009 Liverpool版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: The Caretaker
剧院:
Everyman Theatre
导演:
Christopher Morahan
Act I
A night in winter
[Scene 1]
Aston has invited Davies, a homeless man, into his apartment after rescuing him from a bar fight (7–9). Davies comments on the apartment and criticizes the fact that it is cluttered and badly kept. Aston attempts to find a pair of shoes for Davies but Davies rejects all the offers. Once he turns down a pair that doesn’t fit well enough and another that has the wrong colour laces. Early on, Davies reveals to Aston that his real name is not "Bernard Jenkins", his "assumed name", but really "Mac Davies" (19–20, 25). He claims that his papers validating this fact are in Sidcup and that he must and will return there to retrieve them just as soon as he has a good pair of shoes. Aston and Davies discuss where he will sleep and the problem of the "bucket" attached to the ceiling to catch dripping rain water from the leaky roof (20–21) and Davies "gets into bed" while "ASTON sits, poking his [electrical] plug (21).
[Scene 2]
The LIGHTS FADE OUT. Darkness.
LIGHTS UP. Morning. (21) As Aston dresses for the day, Davies awakes with a start, and Aston informs Davies that he was kept up all night by Davies muttering in his sleep. Davies denies that he made any noise and blames the racket on the neighbors, revealing his fear of foreigners: "I tell you what, maybe it were them Blacks" (23). Aston informs Davies that he is going out but invites him to stay if he likes, indicating that he trusts him (23–24), something unexpected by Davies; for, as soon as Aston does leave the room (27), Davies begins rummaging through Aston's "stuff" (27–28) but he is interrupted when Mick, Aston’s brother, unexpectedly arrives, "moves upstage, silently," "slides across the room" and then suddenly "seizes Davies' "arm and forces it up his back," in response to which "DAVIES screams," and they engage in a minutely-choreographed struggle, which Mick wins (28–29), ending Act One with the "Curtain" line, "What's the game?" (29).
Act II
[Scene 1]
A few seconds later
Mick demands to know Davies' name, which the latter gives as "Jenkins" (30), interrogates him about how well he slept the night before (30), wonders whether or not Davies is actually "a foreigner"—to which Davies retorts that he "was" indeed (in Mick's phrase) "Born and bred in the British Isles" (33)—going on to accuse Davies of being "an old robber […] an old skate" who is "stinking the place out" (35), and spinning a verbal web full of banking jargon designed to confuse Davies, while stating, hyperbolically, that his brother Aston is "a number one decorator" (36), either an outright lie or self-deceptive wishful thinking on his part. Just as Mick reaches the climactic line of his diatribe geared to put the old tramp off balance—"Who do you bank with?" (36), Aston enters with a "bag" ostensibly for Davies, and the brothers debate how to fix the leaking roof and Davies interrupts to inject the more practical question: "What do you do . . . when that bucket's full?" (37) and Aston simply says, "Empty it" (37). The three battle over the "bag" that Aston has brought Davies, one of the most comic and often-cited Beckettian routines in the play (38–39). After Mick leaves, and Davies recognises him to be "a real joker, that lad" (40), they discuss Mick's work in "the building trade" and Davies ultimately discloses that the bag they have fought over and that he was so determined to hold on to "ain't my bag" at all (41). Aston offers Davies the job of Caretaker, (42–43), leading to Davies' various assorted animadversions about the dangers that he faces for "going under an assumed name" and possibly being found out by anyone who might "ring the bell called Caretaker" (44).
[Scene 2]
THE LIGHTS FADE TO BLACKOUT.
THEN UP TO DIM LIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
A door bangs.
Sound of a key in the door of the room.
DAVIES enters, closes the door, and tries the light switch, on, off, on, off.
It appears to Davies that "the damn light's gone now," but, it becomes clear that Mick has sneaked back into the room in the dark and removed the bulb; he starts up "the electrolux" and scares Davies almost witless before claiming "I was just doing some spring cleaning" and returning the bulb to its socket (45). After a discussion with Davies about the place being his "responsibility" and his ambitions to fix it up, Mick also offers Davies the job of "caretaker" (46–50), but pushes his luck with Mick when he observes negative things about Aston, like the idea that he "doesn't like work" or is "a bit of a funny bloke" for "Not liking work" (Davies' camouflage of what he really is referring to), leading Mick to observe that Davies is "getting hypocritical" and "too glib" (50), and they turn to the absurd details of "a small financial agreement" relating to Davies' possibly doing "a bit of caretaking" or "looking after the place" for Mick (51), and then back to the inevitable call for "references" and the perpetually-necessary trip to Sidcup to get Davies' identity "papers" (51–52).
[Scene 3]
Morning
Davies wakes up and complains to Aston about how badly he slept. He blames various aspects of the apartment's set up. Aston suggests adjustments but Davies proves to be callous and inflexible. Aston tells the story of how he was checked into a mental hospital and given electric shock therapy, but when he tried to escape from the hospital he was shocked while standing, leaving him with permanent brain damage; he ends by saying, "I've often thought of going back and trying to find the man who did that to me. But I want to do something first. I want to build that shed out in the garden" (54–57). Critics regard Aston's monologue, the longest of the play, as the "climax" of the plot.[3] In dramaturgical terms, what follows is part of the plot's "falling action".
Act III
[Scene 1]
Two weeks later [… ]Afternoon.
Davies and Mick discuss the apartment. Mick relates "(ruminatively)" in great detail what he would do to redecorate it (60). When asked who "would live there," Mick's response "My brother and me" leads Davies to complain about Aston's inability to be social and just about every other aspect of Aston's behaviour (61–63). Though initially invited to be a "caretaker," first by Aston and then by Mick, he begins to ingratiate himself with Mick, who acts as if he were an unwitting accomplice in Davies' eventual conspiracy to take over and fix up the apartment without Aston's involvement (64) an outright betrayal of the brother who actually took him in and attempted to find his "belongings"; but just then Aston enters and gives Davies yet another pair of shoes which he grudgingly accepts, speaking of "going down to Sidcup" in order "to get" his "papers" again (65–66).
[Scene 2]
That night
Davies brings up his plan when talking to Aston, whom he insults by throwing back in his face the details of his treatment in the mental institution (66–67), leading Aston, in a vast understatement, to respond: "I . . . I think it's about time you found somewhere else. I don't think we're hitting it off" (68). When finally threatened by Davies pointing a knife at him, Aston tells Davies to leave: "Get your stuff" (69). Davies, outraged, claims that Mick will take his side and kick Aston out instead and leaves in a fury, concluding (mistakenly): "Now I know who I can trust" (69).
[Scene 3]
Later
Davies reenters with Mick explaining the fight that occurred earlier and complaining still more bitterly about Mick's brother, Aston (70–71). Eventually, Mick takes Aston's side, beginning with the observation "You get a bit out of your depth sometimes, don't you?" (71). Mick forces Davies to disclose that his "real name" is Davies and his "assumed name" is "Jenkins" and, after Davies calls Aston "nutty", Mick appears to take offense at what he terms Davies' "impertinent thing to say," concludes, "I'm compelled to pay you off for your caretaking work. Here's half a dollar," and stresses his need to turn back to his own "business" affairs (74). When Aston comes back into the apartment, the brothers face each other," "They look at each other. Both are smiling, faintly" (75). Using the excuse of having returned for his "pipe" (given to him earlier through the generosity of Aston), Davies turns to beg Aston to let him stay (75–77). But Aston rebuffs each of Davies' rationalisations of his past complaints (75–76). The play ends with a "Long silence" as Aston, who "remains still, his back to him [Davies], at the window, apparently unrelenting as he gazes at his garden and makes no response at all to Davies' futile plea, which is sprinkled with many dots (". . .") of elliptical hesitations (77–78).
A night in winter
[Scene 1]
Aston has invited Davies, a homeless man, into his apartment after rescuing him from a bar fight (7–9). Davies comments on the apartment and criticizes the fact that it is cluttered and badly kept. Aston attempts to find a pair of shoes for Davies but Davies rejects all the offers. Once he turns down a pair that doesn’t fit well enough and another that has the wrong colour laces. Early on, Davies reveals to Aston that his real name is not "Bernard Jenkins", his "assumed name", but really "Mac Davies" (19–20, 25). He claims that his papers validating this fact are in Sidcup and that he must and will return there to retrieve them just as soon as he has a good pair of shoes. Aston and Davies discuss where he will sleep and the problem of the "bucket" attached to the ceiling to catch dripping rain water from the leaky roof (20–21) and Davies "gets into bed" while "ASTON sits, poking his [electrical] plug (21).
[Scene 2]
The LIGHTS FADE OUT. Darkness.
LIGHTS UP. Morning. (21) As Aston dresses for the day, Davies awakes with a start, and Aston informs Davies that he was kept up all night by Davies muttering in his sleep. Davies denies that he made any noise and blames the racket on the neighbors, revealing his fear of foreigners: "I tell you what, maybe it were them Blacks" (23). Aston informs Davies that he is going out but invites him to stay if he likes, indicating that he trusts him (23–24), something unexpected by Davies; for, as soon as Aston does leave the room (27), Davies begins rummaging through Aston's "stuff" (27–28) but he is interrupted when Mick, Aston’s brother, unexpectedly arrives, "moves upstage, silently," "slides across the room" and then suddenly "seizes Davies' "arm and forces it up his back," in response to which "DAVIES screams," and they engage in a minutely-choreographed struggle, which Mick wins (28–29), ending Act One with the "Curtain" line, "What's the game?" (29).
Act II
[Scene 1]
A few seconds later
Mick demands to know Davies' name, which the latter gives as "Jenkins" (30), interrogates him about how well he slept the night before (30), wonders whether or not Davies is actually "a foreigner"—to which Davies retorts that he "was" indeed (in Mick's phrase) "Born and bred in the British Isles" (33)—going on to accuse Davies of being "an old robber […] an old skate" who is "stinking the place out" (35), and spinning a verbal web full of banking jargon designed to confuse Davies, while stating, hyperbolically, that his brother Aston is "a number one decorator" (36), either an outright lie or self-deceptive wishful thinking on his part. Just as Mick reaches the climactic line of his diatribe geared to put the old tramp off balance—"Who do you bank with?" (36), Aston enters with a "bag" ostensibly for Davies, and the brothers debate how to fix the leaking roof and Davies interrupts to inject the more practical question: "What do you do . . . when that bucket's full?" (37) and Aston simply says, "Empty it" (37). The three battle over the "bag" that Aston has brought Davies, one of the most comic and often-cited Beckettian routines in the play (38–39). After Mick leaves, and Davies recognises him to be "a real joker, that lad" (40), they discuss Mick's work in "the building trade" and Davies ultimately discloses that the bag they have fought over and that he was so determined to hold on to "ain't my bag" at all (41). Aston offers Davies the job of Caretaker, (42–43), leading to Davies' various assorted animadversions about the dangers that he faces for "going under an assumed name" and possibly being found out by anyone who might "ring the bell called Caretaker" (44).
[Scene 2]
THE LIGHTS FADE TO BLACKOUT.
THEN UP TO DIM LIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
A door bangs.
Sound of a key in the door of the room.
DAVIES enters, closes the door, and tries the light switch, on, off, on, off.
It appears to Davies that "the damn light's gone now," but, it becomes clear that Mick has sneaked back into the room in the dark and removed the bulb; he starts up "the electrolux" and scares Davies almost witless before claiming "I was just doing some spring cleaning" and returning the bulb to its socket (45). After a discussion with Davies about the place being his "responsibility" and his ambitions to fix it up, Mick also offers Davies the job of "caretaker" (46–50), but pushes his luck with Mick when he observes negative things about Aston, like the idea that he "doesn't like work" or is "a bit of a funny bloke" for "Not liking work" (Davies' camouflage of what he really is referring to), leading Mick to observe that Davies is "getting hypocritical" and "too glib" (50), and they turn to the absurd details of "a small financial agreement" relating to Davies' possibly doing "a bit of caretaking" or "looking after the place" for Mick (51), and then back to the inevitable call for "references" and the perpetually-necessary trip to Sidcup to get Davies' identity "papers" (51–52).
[Scene 3]
Morning
Davies wakes up and complains to Aston about how badly he slept. He blames various aspects of the apartment's set up. Aston suggests adjustments but Davies proves to be callous and inflexible. Aston tells the story of how he was checked into a mental hospital and given electric shock therapy, but when he tried to escape from the hospital he was shocked while standing, leaving him with permanent brain damage; he ends by saying, "I've often thought of going back and trying to find the man who did that to me. But I want to do something first. I want to build that shed out in the garden" (54–57). Critics regard Aston's monologue, the longest of the play, as the "climax" of the plot.[3] In dramaturgical terms, what follows is part of the plot's "falling action".
Act III
[Scene 1]
Two weeks later [… ]Afternoon.
Davies and Mick discuss the apartment. Mick relates "(ruminatively)" in great detail what he would do to redecorate it (60). When asked who "would live there," Mick's response "My brother and me" leads Davies to complain about Aston's inability to be social and just about every other aspect of Aston's behaviour (61–63). Though initially invited to be a "caretaker," first by Aston and then by Mick, he begins to ingratiate himself with Mick, who acts as if he were an unwitting accomplice in Davies' eventual conspiracy to take over and fix up the apartment without Aston's involvement (64) an outright betrayal of the brother who actually took him in and attempted to find his "belongings"; but just then Aston enters and gives Davies yet another pair of shoes which he grudgingly accepts, speaking of "going down to Sidcup" in order "to get" his "papers" again (65–66).
[Scene 2]
That night
Davies brings up his plan when talking to Aston, whom he insults by throwing back in his face the details of his treatment in the mental institution (66–67), leading Aston, in a vast understatement, to respond: "I . . . I think it's about time you found somewhere else. I don't think we're hitting it off" (68). When finally threatened by Davies pointing a knife at him, Aston tells Davies to leave: "Get your stuff" (69). Davies, outraged, claims that Mick will take his side and kick Aston out instead and leaves in a fury, concluding (mistakenly): "Now I know who I can trust" (69).
[Scene 3]
Later
Davies reenters with Mick explaining the fight that occurred earlier and complaining still more bitterly about Mick's brother, Aston (70–71). Eventually, Mick takes Aston's side, beginning with the observation "You get a bit out of your depth sometimes, don't you?" (71). Mick forces Davies to disclose that his "real name" is Davies and his "assumed name" is "Jenkins" and, after Davies calls Aston "nutty", Mick appears to take offense at what he terms Davies' "impertinent thing to say," concludes, "I'm compelled to pay you off for your caretaking work. Here's half a dollar," and stresses his need to turn back to his own "business" affairs (74). When Aston comes back into the apartment, the brothers face each other," "They look at each other. Both are smiling, faintly" (75). Using the excuse of having returned for his "pipe" (given to him earlier through the generosity of Aston), Davies turns to beg Aston to let him stay (75–77). But Aston rebuffs each of Davies' rationalisations of his past complaints (75–76). The play ends with a "Long silence" as Aston, who "remains still, his back to him [Davies], at the window, apparently unrelenting as he gazes at his garden and makes no response at all to Davies' futile plea, which is sprinkled with many dots (". . .") of elliptical hesitations (77–78).