- [Miss Jay meets Pauline and Winifred after their Alice auditions]
- Miss Jay: Well done, you two. Right, Pauline is to play Alice
- [pauses as girls gasp]
- Miss Jay: and Winifred is to be engaged as understudy.
- Pauline Fossil: [starts to say] What?
- Winifred: [interrupts] When I finished my dance, people clapped! Nobody clapped her, there was just silence!
- Miss Jay: Dance is important, but Pauline looks right for Alice.
- Winifred: She looks right for everything, she always will!
- [looks at Pauline and murmurs]
- Winifred: Pretty face... blonde hair...
- [yells]
- Winifred: It's got NOTHING, whatsoever to do with TALENT, and it's SO UNFAIR!
- [runs back up the stairs]