Bryony Lavery’s play, Frozen, is set in present-day England. It explores the disappearance and murder of ten-year old Rhona Shirley by Ralph Wantage, a serial killer, the reaction of her mother Rhona Shirley, and the intervention
of New York psychiatrist Agnetha Gottmundsdottir who travels to England to examine Ralph to see what has made him commit these crimes. During the play, the characters become ‘unfrozen’ as they have to confront the idea of forgiveness.
The extracts are taken from the following scenes and edited heavily:
Act 1 scene 3 – A bad patch Ralph, opening monologue
Act 1 scene 4 – Nature table, Nancy monologue
Act 1 scene 9 – Chickens coming home, Nancy monolgue
Act 1 scene 10 - Sweating, Ralph monolgue
Act 1 scene 12 – Lovely to be here, Agnetha short monologue and dialogue with Ralph
Act 1 scene 13 - Suffer, Nancy monolgue
Act 1 scene 17 – A line of washing, Ralph and Agnetha interview
Act 1 scene 19 – The bones of it, Nancy monolgue
Act 2 scene 21 – Two caring women meet, Nancy monolgue
Act 2 scene 24 – Concluding my address, Agnetha monologue
Act 2 scene 25 – The visit, Nancy and Ralph meet
Act 2 scene 26 – Letter writing, All characters read the lines of the letter Ralph writes
Act 2 scene 28 – Quiet and silent, Agnetha and Ralph
Act 2 scene 30 - Graveside, Agnetha and Nancy
The piece lasts for just under 23' 00''.
00:00 Underscoring beings to set the mood and opening monologue delivered by Ralph.
03:02 Nancy's monologue
03:57 Agnetha enters on the phone.
05:11 Nancy'2 monologue
06:04 Ralph monologue
06:38 Agnetha's monologue
07:03 Agnetha interviews Ralph.
09:56 Nancy's monologue
13:10 Nancy's monologue finishes at the end of Act 1. A lighting change signifies the start of Act 2.
14:10 Agnetha's monologue
16:05 Black-out
16:19 Nancy and Ralph meet
18:09 Nancy exits and leaves Ralph upset and angry. He writes a letter.
20:13 This runs into next scene where Agnetha tells Ralph she is leaving.
21:40 Agnetha and Nancy are at the graveside with Ralph standing in the background.
22:48 Music starts and piece finishes.
