Property Plot
ACT I
Belfast Docks (p1)
Long Dormitory of a ship – no windows or portholes (p1)
Four bunk beds (p1)
Numerous pieces of luggage (p1)
Judith: Standard-issue blue dress (p1)
Hatboxes (p1)
Table (p1)
Buckets of water (p1)
Bread (p1)
Bread knife (p1)
Board (p1)
Rail with hangers (p1)
Coats and trousers hung on rail (p1)
Small chest of drawers (p1)
Towel (p2)
Soap (p2)
Luggage tag (p6)
All girls in standard-issue blue dress (p9)
Clothes (p9)
Bonnets (p9)
Letters (p9)
Suitcase (p12)
Books (p12)
Papers (p12)
Brown bottle of gin or whiskey (p13)
Silver locket (p13)
Mattress (p16)
Sheets (p16)
Standard-issue dress (p16)
Water (p16)
Soap (p16)
Towel (p16)
Books (p21)
Candle (p21)
Bowl of water (p21)
Bucket (p22)
Rat/mouse (p27)
Pen and paper (p32)
Thin pamphlet (p36)
Journal (P37)
Map (p37)
Hat box (p48)
ACT II
Hannah, Ellen and Judith in petticoats (p49)
Pamphlet (p53)
Chair (p59)
Shoes (p59)
Blue dress (p61)
Books (p61)
Table (p61)
Bucket (p63)
Molly is sick (p63)
Door with bolt (p64)
Bread knife (p66)
Table (p66)
Chain and locket (p66)
Water seeps into the dorm (p67)
Wave hits the boat (p69)
Belt (p74)
Wooden panels (p74)
On deck (p77)
Mast (p77)
Ripped dress (p77)
Water in a barrel on the deck (p77)
Fixing bonnets (p80)
Tidying box of papers (p80)
Morphine bottle (p80)
Box with mementoes (p81)
Letters (p80)
Ripped hat (p81)
Documents (p81)
Gin (p85)
Sydney harbor (p89)
Empty dorm (p89)
Pile of books on the table (p89)
Bandages (89)
All women now wearing their own clothes (p89)
Feather boas (p89)
Parasols (p89)
Colourful shoes (p89)
Moth eaten clothes (p89)
Piece of paper (p89)
Suitcases (p91)
Book (p91)
Note (p91)
Lighting Plot
ACT I
Blackout (p8)
Slow fade of lights (p21)
Candle-lit montage (p21)
Night (p22)
Candle flickers (p22)
Fade lights (p22)
Candle flickers inside a lamp (p23)
Fade lights (p28)
Fade lights (p31)
Light is diffused through the dorm (p32)
Blackout (p38)
Sunshine floods the deck (p39)
Blackout (p47)
The night (p48)
Fade lights (p48)
ACT II
Blackout (p62)
Thunder and lightning (p64)
More thunder and lightning (p66)
Storm rages (p67)
Fade lights (p76)
Fade lights (p79)
Light diffuses through the dorm (p80)
Blackout (p88)
Dazzling light above deck (p89)
Light crossfade to above deck (p91)
Bright light (p91)
Fade lights (p94)
Sound Effects Plot
ACT I
Sound of a foghorn (p1)
Sound of the sea quietly lapping the sides of the boat (p1)
Song is sung ‘The Lark in the Clear Air’ (p1)
Voices of women from the other end of the boat (p1)
Cackles low, threatening (Belfast –accented) (p1)
Voices recede (p1)
Song fades (p1)
Sound of puking, crying, winds, waves crashing and creaking timber (p22)
Passenger singing ‘The Lark in the Clear Water Air’ (p22)
Sound of the ship’s bell (p23)
Deck door blows open (p26)
Bell is rung for dinner (p46)
Humming the tune to ‘The Lark in the Clear Air’ (p48)
ACT II
Merriment coming from the other end of the boat (p49)
Knocks on the door (p59)
Knock at the door (p59)
Dinner bell is rung (p60)
Thunder and lightning (p64)
A big thud sound (p64)
More thunder and lightning (p66)
The storm rages (p97)
Crash sounds above the ship (p67)
Wave hits the boat (p69)
Sound of screaming girls (p75)
Noise above deck (p75)
Noise on deck continues (p75)
Screams above deck (p75)
Roars, cheers, laughter (p76)
Foot stamps (p76)
Seabirds (p77)
Harbour noises (p89)
Australian voice heard (p92)