Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Fleabag: The Scriptures lets you compare the completed television performances with the filming scripts, directions and additional writing. That makes it especially useful for noticing how intimacy with the viewer is constructed, rather than treating a glance at the camera as spontaneous charm. Waller-Bridge’s Southbank conversation provides a companion account of the character’s development from a short monologue. Watch the series before reading the whole collection if you want to preserve its discoveries; the scripts expose the design behind both jokes and withheld information.