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Script:

This is the script for our media produciton, the numbers are the scene numbers so we can refer back to our storyboard in order to know in which scene the dialogue will be in.

Script:

Charlie (voiceover) : Dearest Charlotte, I feel  I should explain my situation to you, as I am afraid I shall be imposing upon your hospitality , you see my father has passed, leaving me with nothing to my name, I have come to the country to make a new life for myself, I can only hope you will accept my presence.
11 :
C: I must thank you again, Charlotte, for taking me in like this, it was most hospitable.
V: you are my dearest friend how could I not, you really owe your thanks to Lord Ashdown, for he is the landlord and owner of my house, who allowed you to stay here.
C:  it was very kind of him to allow me to stay with you, however I dare say if he is the owner of this estate he must be tremendously wealthy, and have more money than sense!
V: (laugh)
LA: (walks up behind her) ah yes, I have indeed been told this many at time, so much so that I believe it to be true myself! (handshake/kiss hand) Lord Ashdown.
C: Oh this is most embarrassing – I did not mean-
LA: (interrupts) No no, do not worry, I find it most amusing, who may I have the pleasure of meeting?
C: (courtseys) Marriane Pembroke.
LA: An honour to meet you Miss Pembroke, I hope you enjoy your stay, I must depart however we will meet again soon I’m sure of it.
LA & C & V exit.
16 : (voiceover)
C: What do you know of Lord Ashdown?
V: I know that he is highly esteemed by all, well respected, and handsome, but then you know that for yourself.
22:
F: How nice to meet you, Arthur has not told me about you! I am his fiancé, we are to be married within the year.
C: (looks shocked)
29:
C Why have you never told me you were to be married!
LA: because I realised too late I was marrying the wrong person, I never chose to marry Elizabeth, the engagement was forced upon me.
31.5:
F: Dont worry my love, as soon as I have wed that abomination Ashdown, we shall elope with his fortune!

38:
You should learn to be less inquisitive for it can only do you more harm than good! If you tell Arthur understand that I shall make every living moment unbearable for you.  He shall believe you to be a deceitful wretch!
41:
LA: we cannot be together, I have to stay faithful to Elizabeth, it would be a sin to leave her,
C: don’t you see, we have already sinned  - we have all been caught up in lies and deceit – there is nothing left for us now.

42/43: voiceover:  I fear I cannot keep this secret, it will destroy me.

Synopsis

Set in the Georgian Era - 1700s,  Marianne Pembroke's father dies, leaving her no inheritance or home, she leaves the town to find refuge in the country and stay with her friend Charlotte. She meets Lord Arthur Ashdown, who believes Marianne is a wealthy heiress who is staying with Charlotte for the summer, they find themselves drawn to each other. However he has a fiance, Elizabeth, which makes it impossible for Arthur to admit his true feelings to Marianne, as he feels he has to stay faithful to Elizabeth. However Elizabeth is hiding secrets of her own; she plans to marry Ashdown and use his fortune to elope with another man. Marianne discovers what she has been hiding, and after being blackmailed by Elizabeth with the threat that she will expose Marianne's true identity to Arthur, Marianne has to make the decision whether to tell Ashdown and risk him casting her aside, or keep a secret that would mean Arthur entering a marriage of lies and deceit .

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