title: Night Watch: Adapted for the Stage
author: Terry Pratchett
description: One of the funniest English authors alive. <i>Independent</i>
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  Gaslight
  
  
  
  
  
  Eloise Williams
  
  
  
  
  
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  To (Arthur) Warren Howe, an old style Cardiff kid. Gone sailing.
  
  
  
  
  
  Rosie Marina, an all-new Cardiff kid. Jeans rolled up to the knee, paddling.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Part of this new and utterly un-thrilling Violet Night debacle is that I have
  to wait outside the theatre to see if the bereaved families turn up. So far
  none of them have. I’ve just used it as a chance to watch people.
  
  
  
  
  
  Regular as clockwork the men climb their ladders to light the gaslights in the
  street.
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Come along, children. Forward march.’ Mrs Crabtree, the governess, gives me
  her most sour and scathing expression as she marches past with her class of
  posh children in single file, like a well-behaved caterpillar, priggish the
  lot of them.
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Here you go, Nansi. Don’t tell no one.’ Adelaide from the sweet shop smuggles
  me a white mouse, wh