Annie's charcacter

Annie:

"Annie, the fragile, ladylike new girl who initially retches at the gutting shed’s

smell"

• 16 years old
• Previously worked in Blackheath in 'Service'
• Was raped by the master and mistresses son
• Fell pregnant - resulted in the still birth of her illegitimate baby
• Was fired
• Became the 'new girl' at a meat gutting shed
• Lives in the home for 'friendless girls'
• Friends with the older girl 'Ellen' - a "bookish union sympathizer"

"The Gut Girls" was first staged in 1988 at the South East London venue: the Albany Empire, Deptford (not a mainstream playhouse- Aston).

Since then it has been performed at numerous venues, most notably the Deptford Dockyards from June 20- July 8, 2002.

Review from 'Impact Magazine', The gut Girls @ NewTheatre'
http://www.impactnottingham.com/2012/03/the-gut-girls-new-theatre/
"A haunted Annie, whose looks often held a thousand words."

Notable things of 'The Gut Girls' in General and therfore Annie's character:

The way of their speaking. –

They are wearing vulgar clothes. –

Their life style and manners. –

They are working under very hard conditions. –

They are treated like one of the animals they have chopped all day long. –

They have no insurance or no compensation for chopping themselves.

Act 1, Scene 5

Example of Annie's Monologue by Emma Selwood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhSsPOueleU