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If I Were You
What is Gerrard’s profession? Quote the parts of the play that support your answer.
Gerrard seems to be a playwright or a play director. It is proved when Gerrard says – “...I can’t let you have the props in time for rehearsal.”... “ I think I’ll put it in my next play...” Also the disguise outfit and false moustaches prove him to be a theatre artist.
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(i) What kind of game does Gerrard talk about? What is the result?
(ii) What trouble is Gerrard expecting and why?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:
(a) hoping, (b) by bad luck.
(i) Why can Gerrard not deliver the props in time?
(ii) What does he wish to put in his next play? Why?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean opposite of the following words:
(a) boring, (b) late.
What is Gerrard’s profession? Quote the parts of the play that support your answer.
Why does the Intruder break in Gerrard’s house?
How does Intruder behave with Gerrard? What does it tell about him?
The Intruder wishes to surprise Gerrard. Does he succeed in achieving that? Why/Why not?
What does the Intruder plan to do? Why?
How does Gerrard outwit the Intruder?
Who calls up Gerrard? How does Gerrard use this to get rid of the Intruder?
Justify the title, “If I Were You”.
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