Devising

• Number 6, Marshall Howe, the grave digger


  Number 8, Humphrey, the apothocary
• Howe: George has a fever


  Here take this
• Howe: It did not work


  It did not work
• Howe: maybe the plague?


  The plague
• I am certain he died from something he conjured up in his apothecary


  What nonsense
• They are all weaklings


  I would feel a lot better if you all carried around a posy to prevent the miasma from doing any harm
• Take a branch from the tree and flay 


  No no, the most effective cure is to chop an onion and rub it in circular motions on your boils
• I am not disputing with all of you sinners. SLAM.


  I am just trying to help. SLAM.
• Within are ... Mompesson


  His wife, Catherine
• From this moment forth, no one will enter or leave Eyam


  You are being hasty, this will take some planning. Shall we wait to enforce this until after you announce the lockdown?
• Stanley exits


  William, you must order a stagecoach to take the children to Sheffield.
• Good idea, Catherine, we are going to be rich.


  Well we have been needing some new wall paper.
• There now follows an important announcement from the Vicar.


  Come on Judith we are going to be late.
• To show our appreciation we will clap for him every Thursday at 8PM


  There just are not enough hours in the day!
• Trust me, we can get through this.


  As the months passed, life became more difficult for the people of Eyam and the isolation drove people to madness, working became impossible and money quickly became tight. Marshall Howe, the grave digger, became a lot busier as the body count continued to soar. But not all households were suffering in the same way.
• Elizabeth knocks on the door


  HIDE
• Do you know where Howe is, I need him to take care of the body


  Erm
• Ding


  What is it this time, boils or cough
• It's not about the plague


  Not the plague
• A few spots, green discharge, burning when weeing


  Joan, you have got the clap, again. You know the drill, take with fluids for two to three days, flush it all out. Next
• Coincidently, I have the exact same symptoms as Joan.


  Oh Mr Hancock, of course. Take this powder with fluids for two to three days, and I have given you an extra bottle so make sure Mrs Hancock does the same, it is highly infectious.
• Hancock snakes his hand down Joan's back and squeezes her bum


  Mr Hancock you left your stick

  Hancock came in and he told me his symptoms

  Turns out he has the clap

  Picture this when I turned back round

  His hands were all over her paps

  All this time they were fondling

  Ignoring all the rules

  Come on Hancock did you really think I was that much of a fool!
• Me and my Stick have been striving to keep everyone safe


  Rowland
• Now my Emmet is dead, and I'll never forgive you for it!


  I Know you're having an affair (it wasn't me)

  You're such a sneaky pair (that's not me)

  I bet you squeezed her down there
• Oh hello Roland, just coming for a swim


  Morning everyone, just here to collect some water for my remedies
• I wish he would just drown in that big fuck-off spring and leave me alone


  That is a bit strong
• He shipped his children off before the lockdown and now I have no one


  He has tripled my workload and given me no support, no one even claps for me anymore, I am balding from the stress!
• While I've been stuck at home with Humphrey and the foolish cat


  I have been thinking it over, and I think you all deserve to know the truth about Hancock
• Hancock and that bloody stick


  I will have you know that Hancock has not been keeping his own six and a half rule, with Joan
• Our families


  Two thirds of our population are gone
• But at what cost


  People need to hear our stories and learn from this tragic situation.