de Alan Ayckbourn
Relatively Speaking est une des comédies les plus drôles d’Alan Ayckbourn. La pièce présente une série de quiproquos des plus comiques, où presque chaque réplique est mal interprétée par un des personnages. Au delà de la comédie, le spectateur ressent la même gêne et la même douleur que ces personnages qui se demandent s’ils peuvent vraiment faire confiance à la personne qu’ils aiment - procédé classique chez Ayckbourn, un des dramaturges les plus célèbres d’Angleterre.
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| Greg: | (casually) Who lives at the Willows, Lower Pendon, Bucks? |
| Ginny: | (scattering her make-up then recovering) How did you know that? |
| Greg: | Who lives there? |
| Ginny: | (moving down beside him) Where did you find that address? |
| Greg: | Sounds very grand. The Willows, Lower Pendon – |
| Ginny: | Have you been going through my things? |
| Greg: | No. |
| Ginny: | Then tell me where you got that address from. I want to know. |
| Greg: | It’s written on here. (He holds up a cigarette packet) Look. The Willows, Lower Pendon, Bucks. Anyone we know? |
| Ginny: | No. |
| Greg: | (rising) Who? |
| Ginny: | (turning) My parents. |
| Greg: | Ah. Well, you may have a lousy memory for all I know. I mean I could never be called a devoted son, my parents will back me up on that, but at last I can remember where they live. |