Officially contracted

A phone call from Lesley Etherington, Administrator at the Octagon, about the contract. I manage to negotiate an extra week for the re-write. As the play will go on in April next year they want the next draft by early May. (I can do this?!) She tells me the play is to go on for a month, a week more than the normal run, as they think it will be very popular. (Oh yes!) I am to be paid in instalments – the first payment up front when I sign the contract and the next on production of the first draft. The second two payments will be a box-office advances. I’m to get 8% of the box office take overall. (Sounds good to me!)