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Geraldine Barclay has arrived at the psychiatric practice run by Dr. Prentice. She has come for a secretarial interview and this is the first time she has met Dr. Prentice. Dr. Prentice is intrigued by her innocence and sets out to seduce the young secretary. Geraldine is perturbed by his instructions to undress and lie on the couch but does it despite her reservations. She is naive and feels sorry for him when Dr. Prentice explains that his wife is a nymphomaniac. Dr. Prentice鈥檚 attempted
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Start: Prentice: Take a seat. Is this your first job?
Geraldine: Yes, Doctor.
Prentice: I鈥檓 going to ask you a few questions.
End: Prentice: Lie on the couch with your hands behind your head and think of the closing chapters of your favourite work of fiction. The rest may be left to me.
Joe Orton. 鈥淲hat The Butler Saw鈥�. The Complete Plays. Methuen, 1983, pp. 363-8.
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