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Album: Miscellaneous (1986)
Artists: XTC

  1. Are You Receiving Me?
  2. Blue Overall
  3. Dance Band
  4. Desert Island
  5. Don't Lose Your Temper
  6. Find The Fox
  7. Gold
  8. Hang On To The Night
  9. Heatwave
  10. I'm The Man Who Murdered Love
  11. Instant Tunes
  12. Jump
  13. Let's Make A Den
  14. Life Begins At The Hop
  15. Living In A Haunted Heart
  16. Merry Christmas Song
  17. My Paint Heroes
  18. No Thugs In Our House
  19. Obscene Procession
  20. Red Brick Dream
  21. Science Friction
  22. She's So Square
  23. Skeletons
  24. Smokeless Zone
  25. Terrorism
  26. The Good Things
  27. The Somnambulist
  28. The Troubles
  29. Toys
  30. Traffic Light Rock
  31. Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
  32. Washaway
  33. You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)


XTC
Miscellaneous
No Thugs In Our House
A musical in three acts by XTC

Cast of characters

GRAHAM, a teenager
MOTHER, a busy housewife
FATHER, a conservative husband
POLICEMAN, a young constable

SCENE: A kitchen in suburbia, one bright Saturday morning

ACT ONE

Narrator: The insect-headed worker-wife will hang her waspies on the
line. Her husband burns his paper, sucks his pipe while studying
their cushion-floor, his viscous poly-paste breath comes out. Their
wall-paper world is shattered by his shout. A boy in blue is busy
banging out a headache on the kitchen door. All the while Graham
slept on, dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted
to.

Mother and Father (in unison): No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear, we made little Graham promise us he'd be a good
boy. No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear, we
made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

ACT TWO

Narrator: The young policeman who just can't grow a moustache will
open up his book, and spoil their breakfast with reports of Asians who
have been so badly kicked.

Policeman: Is this your son's wallet I've got here? He must have
dropped it after too much beer!

Mother: Oh, officer, we can't believe our little angel is the one
you've picked.

Narrator: And all the while Graham slept on, dreaming of a world
where he could do just what he wanted to.

Mother and Father (in unison): No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear, we made little Graham promise us he'd be a good
boy. No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear, we
made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

Narrator: They never read those pamphlets in his bottom drawer.

Policeman: They never read that tattoo on his arm.

Narrator: They thought that was just a boys club badge he wore.

Policeman: They never thought he'd do folks any harm.

ACT THREE

Narrator: The insect-headed worker-wife will hang her waspies on the
line. She's singing something stale and simple now this business has
fizzled out. Her little tune is such a happy song. Her son is
innocent, he can't do wrong, 'cos Dad's a judge and knows exactly what
the job of judging's all about. And all the while Graham slept on,
dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted to.

Mother and Father (in unison): No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear, we made little Graham promise us he'd be a good
boy. No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear, we
made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

Mother: No thugs in our house!

Father: No thugs in our house!

Complete cast (in unison): No thugs in our house, dear!


Set Design by Andy Partridge with co-ordination by Ken Ansell.
Stage and Scenery by Art Dragon.
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