6. The Browning Version (Terence Rattigan)
Main points of the
Chapter:
· This play is an extract from Terence Rattigan’s play, ‘The Browning Version’.
· Taplow is a boy of sixteen who has been waiting for his master Crocker-Harris.
· He has been given extra work to do because he had been ill for a long day during the week and missed the class.
· His master, Mr. Crocker-Harris, has told him that he would come at 6.30 to see the work.
· It is already 6.40 and Mr. Crocker-Harris has not come yet.
· Another teacher named Frank comes there.
· He tells Taplow that he should go because Mr. Crocker-Harris has not arrived so far.
· He encourages Taplow to make fun of MR. Crocker –Harris.
· In the end, Millie (Mr. Croker-Harris’s wife) comes there.
· She says that her husband has gone somewhere.
· She asks Taplow to go and play until Mr. Crocker-Harris comes.
· But Taplow does not want to displease his master.
· Then Millie asks Taplow to go to the chemist to get some medicine for her.
· Clearly, her chief purpose is not to get the medicine, but to help the poor boy enjoy freedom for some time.
6. The Browning Version
(Terence Rattigan)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of
‘The Browning Version”?
Ans. Terence Rattigan
2. Who was Taplow?
Ans. A school boy of sixteen years
3. When did
Crocker-Harris tell Taplow to come?
Ans. At six- thirty p.m.
4. Who was Taplow
waiting for?
Ans. For Croker-Harris
5. Who does Taplow talk
to while waiting for Croker-Harris?
Ans. Another school teacher Frank
6. Who is Frank jealous
of?
Ans. Of Crocker Harris
7. What was Taplow
hoping to get the next day?
Ans. His passing certificate
8. Who is Millie?
Ans. Crocker-Harris’s wife
9. Where does Millie
send Taplow to?
Ans. Chemist
10. Who told a joke in
the class?
Ans. Croker-Harris
11. Which book does
Taplow have with him?
Ans. The Agamemnon
12. What punishment did
Croker-Harris give to Taplow?
Ans. Extra work
13. According to the
rule who should announce the result?
Ans. The Headmaster
14. What will Taplow
opt if his result is favourable?
Ans. Science
6. The
Browning Version (Terence Rattigan)
Short Type
Q-Ans.
1. Why has
Taplow come to the school in the evening?
Ans. Taplow went
to school on the last day
of school because he was absent from school for few days because he was ill. Taplow had to stay back in
school for extra work so that he could get his remove. This was under the
orders of Mr. Crocker-Harris who was a strict teacher.
2.
What is Taplow’s reaction when Frank suggests that he can go home?
Ans.
Taplow is really shocked at this
suggestion. He reacts
strongly and says that he couldn't cut Mr. Crocker-Harris. It has never been done during his stay there.
3. Why did
Crocker Harris give extra work to Taplow?
Ans. Crocker Harris gave extra work to Taplow because he was absent few days in the last week
due to illness. Mr. Crocker Harris was a strict teacher. So he gave extra work
to Taplow.
4. How did Frank
encourage Taplow to make fun of Mr. Crocker-Harris?
Ans.
Frank feels jealous of Crocker. So
he encourages Taplow to say
things against Crocker and mock at him.
5. Why did Frank
feel jealous of Croker?
Ans.
Frank, a teacher, is jealous of Mr.
Crocker Harris because of his influence over students. Mr. Crocker Harris
was a strict teacher and all of his students were scared of him and they follow
his orders.
6. Who was
Millie? What did she tell Taplow?
Ans.
Millie was Crocker-Harris's wife.
She told Taplow that he should go home since Crocker-Harris had
not come. When he did not like that suggestion, she told him that he should
take a 15 minute break and then return to see if Crocker-Harris had arrived.
7. Where did
Millie send Taplow? What was her chief purpose behind that?
Ans.
Millie
sent Taplow to get a prescription from a
chemists' shop. She did not want him to get bored of waiting for her husband
Mr. Crocker Harris.
Long Answer
1. Write in
brief the summary of ‘The Browning Version’.
Ans. Taplow came
to school on the last day
of school because he was absent from school for few days due to illness. So Mr. Crocker Harris gave him
extra work to do in the evening after school. Mr. Crocker Harris was a strict teacher.
When Taplow was doing his work another teacher, Frank came there. Frank was jealous of Mr.
Crocker Harris because of his influence
over students. Mr. Crocker Harris was a strict teacher and all of his students
were scared of him and they follow his orders. In the Last Millie came
there. Millie
was Crocker-Harris's wife. She told Taplow that he should go home since Crocker-Harris had not
come. When he did not like that suggestion, she sent Taplow to get a prescription from a chemists' shop. She
did not want him to get bored of waiting for her husband Mr. Crocker Harris.
2. Comment on
the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.
3. Compare and
contrast the characters of Mr. Crocker-Harris and Frank.
4. Give a brief
character-sketch of Taplow.