The complete Fleabag. Every Word. Every Side-eye. Every Fox.
Fleabag: The Scriptures includes the filming scripts and the never-before-seen stage directions from the Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA winning series.
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HAIRDRESSER
NO.
(pointing to Claire)
That is EXACTLY what she asked for.
FLEABAG
No it's not. We want compensation.
HAIRDRESSER
Claire?
CLAIRE
I've got two important meetings and I look like a pencil.
HAIRDRESSER
NO. Don't blame me for your bad choices. Hair isn't everything.
FLEABAG
Wow.
HAIRDRESSER
What?
FLEABAG
Hair. Is. Everything. We wish it wasn't so we could actually think about something else occasionally. But it is. It's the difference between a good day and a bad day. We're meant to think that it is a symbol of power, a symbol of fertility, some people are exploited for it and it pays your fucking bills. Hair is everything, Anthony.
Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming scripts and the never-before-seen stage directions from the award-winning series.
It was with scepticism that I picked up this volume . . . Then I read it. Bliss. The scripts are written with such precise technical skill that it is a pleasure and an education to see their workings . . . It's a fun exercise to overlap in your mind the sound, the rhythm of the edit and the performances as you read these scripts, highly controlled though they are . . . Occasionally mumblings can be deciphered, script in hand, and ad-libs that aren't in the script identified. A good study of the moments of genius . . . Perhaps Fleabag is best left to speak for itself. Scripts as Scriptures. Amen
