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A short play about the touch of colour in Black and White lives The Cast: Mr Very Berang Mrs Quite Berang Ms Pretty Berang The Rainbow Girls  Scene 1: The Berangs are sitting in their living room in an apartment without colour. Everything is in Black and White and very neat. Mr Berang is reading a newspaper with a sullen expression on his face. Mrs Berang is sitting and flicking channels on the Black and White television set. She, too, looks as if she has swallowed something distasteful. Pretty is a little girl, about 10 years old. She looks forlornly out of the window. From outside, children’s laughter and occasional shouts of “Holi Hai” can be heard. To Pretty, it sounds like everybody but her is having a lot of fun. Voices are heard:      “Pretty! What are you still doing upstairs? Come down and play holi with us!” “You’re so clean! Come on, Let’s make you red, blue and green!” Pretty looks pleadingly at her parents: “Please, can I go? They’re hav...

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