Fleabag: The Scriptures: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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The theatre show was then adapted into the popular series in 2016, for which Waller-Bridge received a BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance after the TV series was a hit with both critics and the public alike. The volume also features “never-before-seen stage directions”, an attraction which social media wags found distinctly underwhelming. Herdman says they add to the story and fans will enjoy them. There are little asides about Fleabag, for example: ‘She’s hurt but tries not to show it.’ Reading it, your heart breaks for her in a different way.

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The stage directions for that first kiss between her and the priest – it’s electric. I didn’t think that it would be more than it was on screen but I read it at home by myself and I was literally covered in goosebumps. Herdman says that readers are now much more open to enjoying stories in different forms than was previously the case. “The number of people consuming audio books has gone up by hundreds of per cent in the last couple of years,” she said. “Parts of Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize [in 2017], are written as a script. We’ve had Sabrina, a graphic novel, on the Booker list. I feel people are now up for devouring anything that’s a good story – audio, graphic novels, experimental fiction and screenplays.” Fleabag and BUS RODENT are getting off at the same stop.They do a little awkward laugh at each other. Her coat falls open. She only has her bra on underneath. She pulls out the little sculpture of the woman with no arms. It sits on her lap. Two women. One real. One not. Both with their innate femininity out.” Go deeper into the groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated series with this must-have collection of the complete scripts, plus original commentary from award-winning creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Fleabag: The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge – eBook Details

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed, utterly unique series Fleabag took the world by storm with its piercing dialogue, ruthlessly dry wit, and deeply human drama. In Fleabag: The Scriptures, Waller-Bridge brings together for the first time the filming scripts of the first and second seasons, complete with the original stage directions as well as exclusive commentary on her creative process and the making of the series. Now recognized as one of today’s most essential voices, she delivers powerful insights into her now-iconic protagonist: the hilarious, emotionally damaged, sexually unapologetic woman who can make viewers laugh, cry, and cringe in a single scene. After some pretty standard bouncing you realise that he is edging towards your arsehole. But you’re drunk, andhe made the effort to come all the way here so, you lethim. He’s thrilled. It’s been announced that this will be the last time Waller-Bridge will perform the part on stage. When can I read it? It was particularly special because I’ve never managed to actually... up the bum with anyone before– Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming scripts and the never-before-seen stage directions from the Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA winning series.

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Waller-Bridge says Gary Dollner, Fleabag’s editor, deserves a lot of credit for the series’ success. As a “small tribute to a total hero”, they included a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Easter Egg in the series’ very last scene, in which Fleabag waits at a bus stop. The name of the bus stop? “Dollner Avenue”.The cast of Fleabag are no strangers to late-in-the-day rewrites (Olivia Colman “often had new lines whispered to her mid-scene”), but Brett Gelman, who plays Claire’s misogynistic husband Martin, managed something truly special. After reading over Martin’s final speech in the car before shooting, Waller-Bridge decided to completely rewrite it – with 11 minutes to spare. Gelman had just 30 seconds to learn it before delivering it over and over again on-camera, where it was met with a round of applause each time. 3. Waller-Bridge seems to find the Priest just as hot as everybody else does She looks around and catches the eye of a MAN who is looking at her over his paper. We can only see his eyes. He looks away shyly. She looks at the camera and raises her eyebrows slightly. Hello...

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Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery - the approximate delivery time is usually between 1-2 business days. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed, utterly unique series Fleabagtook the world by storm with its piercing dialogue, ruthlessly dry wit, and deeply human drama. In Fleabag: The Scriptures,Waller-Bridge brings together for the first time the filming scripts of the first and second seasons, complete with the original stage directions as well as exclusive commentary on her creative process and the making of the series. Now recognized as one of today’s most essential voices, she delivers powerful insights into her now-iconic protagonist: the hilarious, emotionally damaged, sexually unapologetic woman who can make viewers laugh, cry, and cringe in a single scene.

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Fleabag sits with a cup of tea looking up into the distance pensively. A moment of real consideration passes before... The internet’s main takeaway from series two of Fleabag was Andrew Scott’s foul-mouthed priest – and how attractive he is (Photo: Luke Varley) 5. Fleabag’s director was the inspiration for Boo

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When you combine two of those four things into one book, it is a goddamn gift the likes of which come once in a generation.When Waller-Bridge was trying to convince Scott to join the cast, she met him for coffee and ended up talking for four hours. Afterwards, he walked her down Haymarket to an out-of-the-way Quaker meeting. They were the only ones there, and ignored the room’s “no talking” signs, “breaking their only rule for another hour”. Fleabag’s Quaker scene was filmed in the same place they met that day. 10. Fleabag’s ending includes a nod towards its editor Shot of Fleabag a few steps away from the door, watching itas if she’s ready to pounce. Smudged makeup, hair tousled. Fleabag’s scripts – like the series – are pretty minimalist on the whole, keeping the jokes punchy and the action to-the-point. But there are some witty observations that help clarify a joke, or a story beat.. A crowd at an art exhibition “applaud lightly in a very British way”. One of the Godmother’s paintings features “a large orgasmic splodge of colour”. And, when Fleabag spots Felicity the cat walking down the street in series one, she sees “a new queen of London.” Series 2 of Fleabag was punctuated with moments of genius (Photo: BBC) 9. Andrew Scott took Waller-Bridge to a real Quaker meeting