Song from Tell Me When We Get There ( 1997 ) Composer, Michael Finnissy

Worksong for Linda

The King of Spain’s daughter was walking on the shore.
Came the queen’s husband riding on his horse.
Who saw the princess?

He wrapped her in a sealskin, he took her to the hall.
She bore him seven children, she fed and nursed them all.
Who saw the princess?

She combed his beard of silver, she washed his hair of gold,
She baked him cakes of barley, she brewed him vats of ale.
Who saw the princess?

Her mother came at midnight and found them in the room,
She took a stone and killed her and threw her in the well.
Who saw the princess?

Scene Sample from Soap Opera ( 1989 ) Composer, Kenneth Chalmers

SC 3 THE FLAT

ANNA
	This is Kay.

PAUL
	Hello. I’m Paul. (CLASPS HER HAND) I’m very sorry.

ANNA
	Well, I’m not ready. (TAKES HER MAKEUP BAG INTO THE BEDROOM)   PAUL LETS GO OF KAY’S HAND AND SITS DOWN NERVOUSLY. LONG, AKWARD PAUSE.

KAY
	I really loved my mother.

PAUL
	(CASTING A DESPERATE LOOK AT THE BEDROOM DOOR) Of course.

KAY
	And she was beautiful, you know? She had this lovely hair. When people die you should have all these memories. I made her napkin rings. She liked them.

PAUL
	I’m sure.

KAY
	In hospital they didn’t wash her hair.

PAUL
	When d’you expect your brother?

KAY
	When I was five I had this friend called Sarah Franklin. Her mother had an Audi. One day my mum came to collect me. And when she came she had this awful lipstick. It was pale, like white. She looked revolting. And Sarah Franklin laughed.   SHE LOOKS INTENTLY AT PAUL, WHO REGISTERS POLITE INTEREST

KAY
	I never told my mum. She’d laugh if she could hear this. I never told her what I said. I said that’s not my mother. That’s the Avon lady.