INTRODUCTION
Mr and Mrs Boggis want a holiday, but they don't know where to go. There are a lot of different places, and it's important to find the right one. Can the travel agent help? She knows all about the different places. Or does she?
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
Travel agent, a young woman
Mr Boggis, a man of about 40
Mrs Boggis, his wife
Man who speaks to the audience
PERFORMANCE NOTES
The scene is a travel agent's office, with pictures of holiday places on the walls. The travel agent is sitting at her computer, with two chairs in front of her.
You will need a pen and paper, and some plane tickets.
Mr and Mrs Boggis come into the office.
AGENT
Good afternoon. Can I help you?
MR BOGGIS
Yes, please. We'd like a holiday.
AGENT
Oh, yes. Where would you like to go?
MR BOGGIS
What do you think, dear?
MRS BOGGIS
Somewhere exciting!
MR BOGGIS
(To the agent) Somewhere exciting.
AGENT
(Writing it down) Somewhere exciting.
MRS BOGGIS
Somewhere hot!
MR BOGGIS
(To the agent) Somewhere hot.
AGENT
(Writing it down) Somewhere hot.
MRS BOGGIS
Somewhere far away!
MR BOGGIS
(To the agent) Somewhere far away.
AGENT
(Writing it down) Somewhere far away.
MRS BOGGIS
And somewhere cheap!
MR BOGGIS
(To the agent) And somewhere cheap.
AGENT
(Writing it down) And somewhere cheap. Right, let's see. There's a very nice holiday for two in Florida, in a really good hotel.
MRS BOGGIS
Ooh, that's nice!
MR BOGGIS
Yes. Very hot, Florida.
MRS BOGGIS
Yes, and very exciting.
MR BOGGIS
How much is the Florida holiday?
AGENT
Er, let me see. £2,000 for one person...
MR BOGGIS
£2,000 for one person!
Ooh, that's nice!'
AGENT
...for one day.
MR BOGGIS
For one day!
MRS BOGGIS
Oh dear. That's £28,000 for the two of us for a week. That's very expensive.
AGENT
You can't have everything. It's a very nice holiday. But let's find something cheaper, shall we?
MR BOGGIS
Er, yes, please.
AGENT
What about this? A camping holiday for two near the Scott Hills.
MRS BOGGIS
Ooh, that's interesting. I like camping. Are they far away, the Scott Hills?
AGENT
Oh, yes, very far away.
MR BOGGIS
Good. And is it a cheap holiday?
AGENT
Oh, yes. Only £20 for each person for a month.
MRS BOGGIS
And is it nice and hot there?
AGENT
Well, not very hot.
MRS BOGGIS
Tell me, where are the Scott Hills?
AGENT
In Antarctica, near the South Pole.
MR BOGGIS
Near the South Pole! But that isn't hot.
AGENT
No, but it's a very cheap holiday. I told you, you can't have everything.
MR BOGGIS
Look, we want somewhere hot and cheap.
AGENT
OK. Well, this one's just right for you.
MRS BOGGIS
Is it cheap?
AGENT
Oh, yes. It's cheap. Only £200 for two people. That's very cheap.
MR BOGGIS
Is it somewhere hot?
AGENT
Oh, yes. It's hot. But it isn't very far away, I'm afraid.
MRS BOGGIS
Oh, that doesn't matter. Where is it?
AGENT
Margarita, in the south of Spain. The Hotel Fantastico is very quiet, only five minutes' walk to the sea, and it has a swimming pool.
MRS BOGGIS
Ooh, that's wonderful. Let's take it.
MR BOGGIS
Yes, let's! Can I pay for it now? And can we go tomorrow?
AGENT
Of course. (She takes Mr Boggis's money and gives him two tickets.) Here are your tickets. Have a nice holiday! Goodbye!
MR AND MRS BOGGIS
Thank you. Goodbye!
Mr and Mrs Boggis go out with their tickets. A man comes in and speaks to the audience.
MAN
So, Mr and Mrs Boggis are going to have a wonderful holiday, are they? What do you think? Let's see, shall we? It's now two weeks later.
He goes off. Mr and Mrs Boggis come into the travel agent's office.
AGENT
Good morning. Can I help you?
MR BOGGIS
We're very angry about one of your holidays. To Margarita, it was.
AGENT
Ah, yes. Cheap, hot, and not very far away.
We're very angry about one of your holidays.'
MR BOGGIS
Well, Margarita was OK, but the hotel was no good at all. It was quiet, you said.
AGENT
Well, I did say that, yes.
MRS BOGGIS
Well, the building was only half finished, so there were men at work day and night! There was a lot of noise.
MR BOGGIS
We couldn't sleep at all.
MRS BOGGIS
And it had a swimming pool, you said.
AGENT
Well, er, yes, perhaps I did say that.
MR BOGGIS
That was half finished, too. No water in it.
AGENT
I see. Well—
MRS BOGGIS
Five minutes' walk to the sea, you said.
MR BOGGIS
Perhaps it takes five minutes in a taxi. Not on foot, oh no!
AGENT
Oh dear. Well, I'm very sorry. Perhaps you'd like some of your money back?
MRS BOGGIS
No, we'd like another holiday now.
AGENT
Oh, yes, why not? How about two plane tickets to Australia? It's exciting, hot and very far away!
MRS BOGGIS
Ooh, wonderful! Let's take them.
AGENT
Here are your tickets, then. Have a nice holiday!
They go out happily with their tickets.
AGENT
(Smiling) The tickets are only to Australia! Perhaps they're never going to come back!
camping n. sleeping and cooking in the open air, as part of a holiday 露營(yíng)
內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介
博吉斯夫婦想去度假,但不知道去哪里好??梢匀サ牡胤接泻芏啵P(guān)鍵是得找到合適的。旅游經(jīng)紀(jì)人能幫上忙嗎?她對(duì)所有的地方都了如指掌,那是真的嗎?
劇中人物
旅游經(jīng)紀(jì)人,一個(gè)年輕女士
博吉斯先生,一個(gè)大約40歲的男人
博吉斯太太,他的妻子
旁白
場(chǎng)景說(shuō)明
場(chǎng)景是旅游經(jīng)紀(jì)人的辦公室,墻上貼著度假地的圖片。旅游經(jīng)紀(jì)人坐在電腦前,她面前有兩把椅子。
要準(zhǔn)備紙筆和幾張飛機(jī)票。
博吉斯夫婦走進(jìn)辦公室。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
下午好,有什么需要幫助的嗎?
博吉斯先生:
有的,我們想度個(gè)假。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,好的。你們想去哪兒?
博吉斯先生:
你看呢,親愛的?
博吉斯太太:
一個(gè)讓人興奮的地方!
博吉斯先生:
(對(duì)經(jīng)紀(jì)人)讓人興奮的地方。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
(寫下來(lái))讓人興奮的地方。
博吉斯太太:
一個(gè)炎熱的地方!
博吉斯先生:
(對(duì)經(jīng)紀(jì)人)一個(gè)炎熱的地方。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
(寫下來(lái))一個(gè)炎熱的地方。
博吉斯太太:
一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的地方!
博吉斯先生:
(對(duì)經(jīng)紀(jì)人)一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的地方。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
(寫下來(lái))一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的地方。
博吉斯太太:
一個(gè)便宜的地方!
博吉斯先生:
(對(duì)經(jīng)紀(jì)人)一個(gè)便宜的地方。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
(寫下來(lái))一個(gè)便宜的地方。好了,讓我們看看。有一個(gè)很好的佛羅里達(dá)雙人度假產(chǎn)品,入住一個(gè)非常棒的酒店。
博吉斯太太:
哦,很不錯(cuò)!
博吉斯先生:
是的,佛羅里達(dá)很熱。
博吉斯太太:
是的,而且非常讓人興奮。
博吉斯太太:
這個(gè)佛羅里達(dá)度假產(chǎn)品要多少錢?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
呃,讓我看看,每人2,000英鎊……
博吉斯先生:
一個(gè)人就要2,000英鎊!
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
一天的報(bào)價(jià)。
博吉斯先生:
一天就要那么多!
博吉斯太太:
哦,天哪。那我們倆一星期就要28,000英鎊。太貴了!
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
魚和熊掌不能兼得。這是個(gè)很不錯(cuò)的度假產(chǎn)品,不過我們還是找個(gè)便宜些的吧,怎么樣?
博吉斯先生:
呃,好的,勞駕。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
這個(gè)怎么樣?斯科特山附近的雙人露營(yíng)假日。
博吉斯太太:
哦,這個(gè)挺有趣。我喜歡露營(yíng)。斯科特山遠(yuǎn)嗎?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,遠(yuǎn),非常遠(yuǎn)。
博吉斯先生:
好。這個(gè)度假產(chǎn)品便宜嗎?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,當(dāng)然。每人每月只要20英鎊。
博吉斯太太:
那里熱嗎?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
嗯,不是很熱。
博吉斯太太:
告訴我,斯科特山在哪里?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
在南極洲,靠近南極。
博吉斯先生:
靠近南極!可那里不熱啊。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
是的,但是這個(gè)度假產(chǎn)品很便宜。我說(shuō)過了,魚和熊掌不能兼得。
博吉斯先生:
瞧,我們想要找個(gè)既熱又便宜的地方。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
好吧。嗯,這個(gè)正好符合你們的要求。
博吉斯太太:
便宜嗎?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,是的。這個(gè)便宜,兩個(gè)人只要200英鎊。這個(gè)價(jià)格非常便宜。
博吉斯先生:
那個(gè)地方熱嗎?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,是的。那兒很熱,不過恐怕不是太遠(yuǎn)。
博吉斯太太:
哦,沒關(guān)系。在哪里?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
瑪格麗塔,在西班牙南部。那里的奇妙酒店坐落在非常安靜的地方,步行五分鐘就可以到海邊,酒店還有游泳池。
博吉斯太太:
哇,太好了。我們就要這個(gè)吧。
博吉斯先生:
好啊,就這個(gè)!我可以現(xiàn)在付款,明天出發(fā)嗎?
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
當(dāng)然。(她接過博吉斯先生的錢,給了他兩張機(jī)票。)這是你們的機(jī)票。假日愉快!再見!
博吉斯夫婦:
謝謝,再見!
博吉斯夫婦拿著機(jī)票出去了。旁白上場(chǎng),對(duì)觀眾講話。
旁白:
這么說(shuō),博吉斯夫婦會(huì)有一個(gè)美妙的假期,是這樣嗎?你們?cè)趺聪氲哪??讓我們?lái)看看吧?,F(xiàn)在是兩個(gè)星期后。
旁白下場(chǎng)。博吉斯夫婦走進(jìn)旅游經(jīng)紀(jì)人的辦公室。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
早上好。有什么需要幫忙的嗎?
博吉斯先生:
我們對(duì)你們出售的一個(gè)度假產(chǎn)品很生氣,是去瑪格麗塔的。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
啊,是這樣。既便宜又熱,而且不是很遠(yuǎn)。
博吉斯先生:
嗯,瑪格麗塔還可以,可那酒店太糟糕了。你說(shuō)那兒很安靜。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
嗯,是的,我是這么說(shuō)的。
博吉斯太太:
哦,那個(gè)酒店只蓋好了一半,結(jié)果一天到晚都有人在施工!吵死了。
博吉斯先生:
我們根本沒法睡覺。
博吉斯太太:
而且你還說(shuō)那兒有個(gè)游泳池。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
嗯,呃,是的,或許我是說(shuō)過。
博吉斯先生:
那個(gè)也沒有完工。里面根本沒有水。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
我明白了。那——
博吉斯太太:
你說(shuō)從那兒步行五分鐘就能到海邊。
博吉斯先生:
或許坐出租車五分鐘能到。走路可不行,哦,根本不可能!
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,天哪。好吧,我非常抱歉。或許你們想要退回一部分的錢?
博吉斯太太:
不,我們現(xiàn)在想換一個(gè)度假產(chǎn)品。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
哦,可以,行。兩張去澳大利亞的機(jī)票怎么樣?那里令人興奮,天氣炎熱,而且非常遙遠(yuǎn)!
博吉斯太太:
哦,太好了!我們要了。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
這是你們的機(jī)票。假日愉快!
他們拿著機(jī)票高興地走了。
經(jīng)紀(jì)人:
(微笑)那是去澳大利亞的單程票!或許他們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)回來(lái)了!
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