Lucy

Name/Details:
Lucy is aged between 20-23. She lives with Nick and Lewis. She is pretty and described as looking like a folk singer from the 1970’s.

Personal qualities:
• Independent
• Confident
• Indifferent
• Political Activist
• Opinionated
• Selfish
• Confident in her sexuality
• Believes in free love
• Lack of empathy towards mental patients
• Cheater

Relationships:
Lewis is her boyfriend at first they get along but Lucy tells Lewis she is sleeping with Nick and they break up.


Nick is her sexual partner, he moves in with them and at first she dislikes him because he is obnoxious and pig headed but they both believe in the same things and they have the same points of view. They get closer and eventually start having sex.

Conflict:
• Lucy is cheating on lewis with his bestfriend Nick “I’m sleeping with you and having sex with Nick”
• Lucy goes to protest against the Vietnam war at the moratorium with Nick
• Lucy feels left out with Lewis paying more attention to the mental patients

Motivation/Goals:
• To finish her university course
• Lucy is a political activist against the Vietnam War

Emotional + Intellectual growth:
• Emotionally Lucy feels disattached towards Lewis
• Intellectually she grows closer to Nick and his intellect and political views
• Lucy herself, grows more as a women doing what she wants and what she believes in

Quotes:

P1. Lucy is sceptical of Lewis doing Cosi


“Are you sure you know what you are doing?”


P.70 Lucy comes to take Lewis to the Gallileo rehearsals. He chooses not to go.


“Working with these people has changed you. We used to talk about things. Important things. Now all you can talk about is reactionary drivel like Cosi Fan Tutte”


P.70 Lucy is talking to Lewis about Nick


“He is a fantastic organiser”


P.70 Lucy chooses to go to nicks rehearsals over Lewis


“I’m going to Nicks rehearsals”


P.71 Lucy tells Lewis she is cheating on him


“I have sex with Nick and sleep with you”


P.71 Lucy expresses her views towards the relationship


“Lewis it’s not as if we are married”


P.71 Lucy talks about fidelity


“No, I am a Woman. Ever heard of a man who is faithful?”


P.72 Stage directions – Lucy finds out Lewis kissed Julie


[LUCY, Storms out of the hall. Silence.]

by Ashlee & Callam