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Production Wardrobe Expense Report

A folded paper document listing costs for costumes and alterations, passed between Jago and Mrs. Samuelson during a backstage dispute. The figures—seventeen pounds and three pence—are treated as a personal affront to Jago’s self-image as an artiste. Its frayed edges and ink smudges suggest repeated handling, as practical concerns fray the veneer of theatrical romance.
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S14E24 · The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 4
Jago vents frustrations to Casey about Samuelson

The wardrobe expense report is referenced indirectly as a catalyst for conflict, its figure of seventeen pounds and threepence invoked by Jago to dismiss Mrs. Samuelson as a ‘bloodsucker,’ transforming a mundane cost document into a symbol of fiscal betrayal and artistic frustration. It hangs in the air as an unspoken weight pulling Casey between duties.

Before: A printed document held by Mrs. Samuelson or her intermediary, marking the theatre’s recent expenditure with ink smudges and frayed edges from repeated handling.
After: Still unresolved; the matter is neither paid nor dismissed, remaining an open wound in the theatre’s finances.
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