CHAPTER # 1

CHAPTER # 1

TWENTY MINUTES WITH MRS. OAKENTUBB

	WORDS	MEANING
1	MELODRAMA	DRAMA WITH SUSPENSE
2	MANIPULATION	CREATION
3	PORTER	LUGGAGE CARRIER
4	ARTISAN	SKILLED CRAFTS MAN
5	DEFIANT	CARELESS
6	WAGERED	BET
7	GLOATING	GAZING
8	PLACIDLY	CLAMLY

QUESTIONS / ANSWER

Q1:-What is the full name of Mrs. Oakentubb?

A:- The full name of Mrs. Oakentubb is Mrs. Judy Oakentubb.

Q2:- What is the hair colour of her?

A:- The hair colour of her is Mouse-Brown.

Q3:- Why does she hide her label?

A:- Mrs.Oakentubb hides the label because she was sure that the man would kill her if he recognized her.

Q4:- How did Mrs.Oakentubb kill the wife and daughter of the Stranger?

A:- Mrs.Oakentubb was drunk and driving at a speed of fifty miles per hour in a built up area. As she was turning from a blind bend.

Q5 :- Who was the Writer of the Play?

A:- Frank Arthur was the writer of the play.

Q6:- How many characters in the Play?

A:- There are three Characters in the play Mrs.Oakentubb, Stranger, and a porter.

Q7:- Give at least three character-sketches of Mrs.Oakentubb?

A:- Mrs.Oakentubb was a Fashionable lady fond of Drinking and Gambling.

Q8:- Where is Mrs.Oakentubb going and why does she stay on a small country railway junction?

A:- Mrs.Oakentubb is going to her town Stainthrope where she lived. She stays on that small country railway junction for changing the loop-line to stainthrope.

Q9:- Where is the man or stranger going and what is his purpose of going there in the play?

A:- The man or Stranger is going to Stainthrope . He wants to take revenge from Mrs. Oakentubb who had killed his wife and daughter.     

Q10:-Give a brief description of the railway waiting room in the play?

A:- It is the waiting room of a small country railway junction. A gas-fire at a side wall, a gas light above, a chair beside the fire , a Bench against the back wall and a table.