Alan Ayckbourn - Elizabeth Countess von Arnim - William Shakespeare - Plautus - Kin Hubbard - The Visitor 2007 - Peaky Blinders TV -
You can’t go around shooting your guests you know whatever you might think of them. Alan Ayckbourn, Season’s Greetings starring Michael Cashman & Barbara Flynn & Nicky Henson & Anna Massey & Geoffrey Palmer & Peter Vaughan et al, director Michael A Simpson, Neville, BBC 1986
Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand. Elizabeth, Countess von Arnim, 1866-1941, All the Days in my Life, 1936
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone. William Shakespeare, Henry VI II ii 65
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. Plautus
Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest. Kin Hubbard
I don’t know who he [Ivan] is. This is my apartment I assure you. The Visitor 2007 starring Richard Jenkins & Haaz Sleiman & Danai Gurira & Hiam Abbass & Richard Kind & Michael Cumpsty & Marian Seldes & Maggie Moore & Bill McHenry & Amir Anison et al, director Tom McCarthy
We are illegal. We are not citizens. ibid. Zainab
You can’t just take people away like that. Do you hear me? He was a good man, a good person. It’s not fair! ibid. Walter
We have opium, cocaine and brandy. I also have a list of options for the end of the evening. You will notice that the maids wear nametags. We hired them specially for guests staying the night. All things are available except the ballerinas. Peaky Blinders s5e4: The Loop, Polly to Mosley, BBC 2019