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Before and afrer the perforrnance: an evening in an unspcci- 6ed localiry.

During the performance: a nice afternoon in a deep Southern rown called New Bethesda.

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cr-ARE: And shadow casting as rhe sun.

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FELICE: In a corner, like a mouse. cLARE: Gnawing all four walls away. (t'

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cLARE: Hmm? FELIcE: d6n'g have to face the press before this evening's performance.-s/s

. cLARE: No press reception?/Artiiis' Management guaran- tecd, Magnus personally promised, no opening without maxi- mum pressF{overage on rhis fucking@keilinro the boon- docks.-Jdui, you know I'm wonderful with rhe press. . . lSbe largh hoauely.) ⌒ I.'ELIcE: You really rhirrk so, do you, on all occasions?

CLARE: Know so. FELICE: Even when you raSe against farism to a honking gaggle of--crypto-farists? . . . !7ith all sheets to the winC? CLARE: Yes, sir, especially then.-You're terrible with the press, you go on and on about "total theatre" and, oh, do they turn off you and onto rne . . . Cockroacb! Hage! lShe stamps ber foot.) Go!-l read or heard somewhere that cockroaches are imrnune to radiadon and so are dcstined to be the last organic survivors of the great "Amen"'+-'hfter some centuries there's going to be cockroach actors and actresses and cockroach playwrighrs and-Artists' Management and-audi' ences . . . lshe gettrrlet torumd tbe atdience.) FELICE: Have you 8ot an "upper"? cLARE: Qne for emergency, but- FELTcE: ⌒ i think you'd better drop it.* __■国咀二翼賞璽期翠Ш嘲凛上塾‐血憂正憂ユWhat I nced now is iuSt COFcc.[∫ あθな ∫″″gg″ g“J"∫ ′あar`ο "g“ "_ ′″J′ο″.]一Tell Fran2 tO get me a carton of steaming hot black cOFce. 1'rn very annoyed v7ith Fran2. He didn't call you forbidden him to?

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So I'm teft to while the long night away in an unheated dressing room in a state theatre of a state unknown-/ baue to be ,old *b", a perlotmance is canceled!-ot wogr't perform! f-Her tiara ilips ofr. Sbe ctoacbet ansteadi\ to retrieae it') .I FELICE: The performance has not been canceled and / called you, Clare. cLARE: After I'd called you. FELICE: I have some new busjness to give you, so come here. oLo Ra(u {oc L* il'{ { r ir -,L not move aoother steP without some---Oh' ヘ cLARE: I'il' light, finally something almost related rc daylightt' Bur it's not coming through a window, it's coming through a- FElrcE [outl,apping]:-There's a small hole in the backstage wall. lHe-irosses to looh oil at the aadience') They're coming in. .. cLARE: Do they seem to be human? FLLIcE: No.-Yesl It's nearly curtainrtjme, Clare' cLARE: Felice! \Where is everybodyi-l said, "\(here ir everybody?" Clare. FELICE: Everybody*l is somewhere, cLARE: Get'off your high horse, I've had it!-Vill you answer my question? FELICE: No cancelation! cLARE: No show! ⌒ FELICE: l07hat then?-In your contrary opinion? cLARE: Retloration of-ordeil FELICE: Vhat order? \j cL^RE: Rational, rational! lHet tiara f alls off again') 6 10r x Ot aF PrArJg) θF r 6R Er4e f r^'^_ro

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r:rilrcr; fbolling bh hed): I swear I woutdn'r know my hc;rd was on mc if ir wasn'r aching like hell. cLARE: Vhar are you mumbling? FELTCE: An attack of migraine.

CLARE: fou'd berrer take your codeine.

n,r,-,a,,,(dr" ncver found rhat narcotics improve a performancc, if you'll forgive me for thar heresv, Clare.

cLARu: --:Is this tour nearly over?, b,. I-'ELTCE: It could end tonight if don,r give a briltiant perforrnance, in spite of- 'n,e ... .., cLARIi: Then ir's over, cd/o, all over . .i.-Ho* loRc-lrerc we on rhc way herc? All I remember is rhat k *ou[ffihr ancl then ir u,ould be gqg! +nd rhen ir would be tigtrt ar-rd ttren ハ dark again, and lndtntains turned ro prairies and back to m

FEr.rcE: After rhe performancc, Clare, I'll answer any qucs- rion you can rhink of, but I'm nor going ro hold up ri.,"'.ur- rain to :rnswer a single one now!...

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FELIcE: So do alcohol and other depressants less dirretely menrioned. q cLARE: I've only had half a grain of- -]- reltcr: rVashed down with liquor, the effect's synergittic. "?br. Forrester told you that you could have hearr ^rresr-on tage! -\ '.,1 cLARE: Itl/ot because of aoything in a bottle or box but- FELIcE fotterlappingl: Vhat I know is I play with a freaked out, staggerinS- , cLARE loaeilappingl: !7ell, play with yourself, you long- haired son of a mother! FELICE loaerlappingl: Your voice is thick, slurred, you've picked up-vulgarisms of-gutters! cLARE lottnlappingl: \7hat you pick up is sropped at the desk of any decenr horel.

FELTcE loaerlapping): Sto.p it! | can\ take any more of your- CLARE louetlapping): Trath!

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cLARE: If this theatre is home, I'd burn ir down over my head ro be warm a few minutes .-. . You know I'm so blind I can'r go on without crawling unless you{l Otr c'.tcts f!o* t Sc 9,,...,a P,6..j1 ② F ′/υ らじ Go'-.r- 喬 … Y'J vL PJo ） F らら l“ 十Ct,“ fgttr tt po€ ?'tt,.,o. ０ `ο € * rJ9 o f- Sosa r'o 't-cL!E tr^4!6 Pfu r-*c,( .l 're\ e 6 ., '.r -5 p 91. t,, n"^ do Tf-, >fR.rJ Da ,ra 4r !!|.

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CLARE: And on, till 6nally-here. I was so exhausted that I blacked out in a broken-back chair. ': FELICE: I'm glad you 8ot some rest.,. の cLARE lhomtely): The mirrors were blind with dust-my voice is going, my voice is practically gone! ;; '1 ) - FELtcE: where? Piano top. No. Table.-Yes,Is,you yo never come-Phone on staSe before an opening night pcrforriance without giving me the comforting bit of news that your voice is gone and . . . llmit4ittg ber aoice:) "I'll have to perform in panromime tonight." :).

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FELICE: you -Do hate me, Clare? cLARE: I think that's a4pestion I should be putting ,o yoJ'-) The night we opened ;n !::! tshe tries to rcmemher the place, can't.] _.you rurned on me like a spit-devil and shouted--Oh, I'd rather not quote you!

FELtcE: Do. Please.

cLARE: called me a drunken slut and said "Fuck off!" -You

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FELICE: Face upstage and I'll say you've gone upstairs. Your parasol and gloves are on top of the piano. CLARE: Are you seriousl Abour playing it rhis way? ⌒ FELICE: Despetarely.

CLARE: Are you going to rhrow new speeches at me ro- nighr?

FELICE: Tonight there'll have to be a lot of improvisarion, but if we're borh lost in the play, the bits of improvisadon won'r marrer at all, in fact they may make the play bener. lHe tmilu tutlb.l cLARE: I likd to know what I'm playing and especially how a play ends. ..) FELIcE: When the cunain is up and rhe lights are on, we'll fly like birdE rhrough the play, and if we dry up, we'll usc it. ,'L, / cranr:-F'elice, do you have a feverf [relrcr bat croued to ,be ptotcenitm.) 't let ⌒ FELICE; I have to see if they're in or- ''rtr7. CLARE: h"r. no commuoication with the front of the hour? [She coryht atd. ryhr) FELICE: None. CLARE: You rnean we're-?

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cLARE lsbouriingl: Alter tbil tou is when? Vben uill tbere he an end to it?

へ FELICE: hN, (.LARE: Make it sooner! Cancel thc rest tnd let's--rest! ,- IjELI.E: Lfr yo., want to cross back over forry, fifry frontiers on wooden benches in third-class coaches? mean that-? CLARE: -You FELICE: I mean that's the sryle we'd make our triumphant a week in rerurn in if we -rurned back now without playing the black since- -'

big a hole are we in? cLARE; -How FELICE: Big enough to bury an elephanr team' 7. ) . cLARE: Why haven't you told me these things? FELIcE: It's impossible to have a realistic dixussion with someone who's-[He bolds ap thrce fingetr'ffiow many 6ngers am I holding up? ⌒ (-LARE: You know I don't have my-my God, yes, I do! lfie lumblingly remoaes a pair ol "granny" glastes from a pocher ir her cloah-lining. Sbe 64sses directly to Felice, bed tilted hach to peel into his lace.fuh, Felice, you look so terribly tired!

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PLAY THE TV/O.CHARACTER --, '"'_"-!.# subtract many years Ancient? \l(/ell-they don't cLARE: more comment f.;';,; vou.mind if.l "i,he''-:Do TI:-,t*worded? on your apPearance-if ir's tactfully make uP' FELICE: I've had no time to CLARE:Thiscomment'sonyourhair'why'it'salmostas long as mine' wig for the role of Felice' FELICE: You know I wear a CL^RE:ThepartofFeliceisnottheonlypartthatyou PlaY' ? be' FF.LlcE: From now on' it might the C-ompanyl \Vhat would cLARE: Vouldn't tbat plea* they be doing? FELICE:Idon'thaveanyideaoraparticleofinterest. cLARE: Ohl How regal! :r ":: imet uitb a laff'7- [nrllca poatdt the stage floor tlnee ttuti-g Listen to - FELICE: I hear it' of furiuos' unfed apes' cLARE: It sounds like a house full

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ヽ勝満I蔦品1淵I 、 cLARE: Oh. A cablegram?

FELTCE: Yesl f,:r,

CLARE: I can'C rnakc it Out in this sepulchral― ―

FELICE: 一一Nご ver mind,clare,give it back.

cLARE: Nor if it has to do wirh-strike a marchl lHe doet. Sbe reads aloud, iloutly, in a thoched. uoice.f （セ:Z′ ο。 "Your sister and you are-intane!-Having received no ・ PaY since-" {The m)ch b*u ott.) Strihe anothet!i;, IHe does.) "We've borrowed and begged enough money to rerurn tq- FELICE: Signed: "The Company." Charming? l'Ite blour the match oat.) cLARE: My God! Vell, as they say- lshe tarns to ,he ltiano and ttnhes a note.)

FELTcE: rVhat do they say?

cLAR,F: That sort of wraps things up! !-:-t rrltC6: ThelC-omgry_Jleft us, excepr for rwo stage hands *o.d and put up this piece o-f the ser ⌒ ., *";rT:r,1-irn* "

ct-ARE: Deserted us, too?

FELTCE {again dt ,be plotceniam, looking oil): Now, rhen, they're 6nally rared!

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FELTcE: yes, when2 Afrer we gor off the train, before we came (o rhe rhearre, is rhat when? i, .LARE: A-re you teiling me that Fox hasn.t made hoter reservarions for us? il FELTcE: ti done one rhing. No, rwo: he his salary-u,hichlr: demanded I couldn,t pry t"i__rnd afrer peared. d;;;;;- たあれ月初:ィリ:i舞′劣競鶏″%溌劣 Clare,I was holding outlny hand fOr yOur cOat.

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ヽ― ―― CLARE:IYodt⊆la monster! …… ……― FELIcE: Yes, if you wish. Take your place. lshe snatcbes'*p ber coat, utbich he had. flung onto the sola.) cl,rns:'i'll wait in my dgssing room till you've announced the performance is canceleiJ. Vbere are you-? .'' ,,;.

FELIcE ltarning to bils at her fuioasly)'Slt you take ⌒ your place? I'm going to open the curtains!-Now, this in- stant !

CLARE: Are you seriousT FELICE: Desperately! cLARE: Impossible!

FELTCE: Necessary.

CLARE: Some necessary things are impossible. FELICE: And somgimpossible things are necessary. !7e are r ' *a-,/- P€r rormrrlglrojFglrl r_ tshe ibPu* *i#o *r*rnt: then sriket a shnf note on the Piano.) ;i ,, 9LABE: J .r-rJd you that I would not perform again in *-ltr ruti@rz*fiiPlay unril you had cur it. Have you? Have you cut it? FELICE: (eaatiuely): Vhere my work is concerned- ⌒ cLARE: I sai-d haae yoa cut il? FELIcE: You're given cuts when I make them. CLARE: I'rn not going to be given cuts, I'm going to make them myrlf. Now can you hear this C-sharp on the piano? 16

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lShe ttrihu a note on rhe piano.) l7henever you hear this C-sharp srruck on the piano ir rneans a cut's coming at you, and don'r rry ro duck it or I'll take a walk.

, I:ELICII: This is_ CLARE: Sacrilege?

FELTCE: -ldiocy! cLARE: Toral theatre is going to be coral collaborarion on へ rhis occasion, ducks, / t' FELTCE: your -Take place. cLARE: My place is here ar the phone FELTcE lpointing to tbe utindou frume): your place is_ cLARE: H.ere at che phone!

FELTcE: You-tnotber!-May I have the tiara?'.

lShe tmilu tuitb fierce mochery: lemotleJ tbe tiara t'rom ber bead and places it crookedly on hit. He hwk it autay.) You----casrrating birch, you-drunk-rlu! yes, I did call you rhar, I don'r look at you on stage because I can.t bear the sighr of your----€yes, rhey're eyes of an---old dernented__ whorel Yes, a warer-fronr whore! ku,d, degenerare, leeriiigi CLARE: I see!

FELICE: No, no, no, you don,t see, you'rc bl-ii-nd!

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~~Tbe ferf rnmance commences! lTbe performattce. Clare is at tbe pbone.)~~

~~FELIcE: lUho are you calling, Clare?~~

~~fsbe seemt not to hem bim.) Clare.t Vho ary yoa calling? cLARE: a soul still existing in the world gone -Not aq'ay . . . FELICE: Then why did you pick up the phone?~~

cLARE: I iust picked it up to see if it's still conoected. FELICE: The telephone comPany would send us a notice before they rurned off the phone. cLARE {uagaely and. sdly): Sometimes notices aren't- noticed. FELICE: The house ic- cLARE: Still occupied but they might have the idea it no still comes ' wasn't, since it's not lighted at night and one and goes.

~~FELTCE: rVe would have received a notice if one was sent.~~

~~CLARE: !7e can't couot on that. FELICE: 'We mustn't start counting things that can't be '":I::.";':T,,, o,,, in,hings- 18 5ら L-{ 6t t6-~~

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~~CLARE: Mother rold me rhar opals were unlucky.~~

~~FELICE: frigf;) women are given ro lirrle fears and super- sririons, aod-~~

cLARE: Odts do have a sinisrer reputarion. And it was a gifr from Father,i)) ヘ FELTCE: Thar was enough to preiudffier against it. らヽじθ cLARE: Sleepless people Iove rurnmlfiig. I look rhrough p

~~ITELICE: Yes, you saw rne come in.~~

~~も乙 cLARE: I didn't sre you go our.~~

~~I?ELrcE: Vhen you s€e somebody corne in you know he's been out. i. ir cL^RE fukepfiLilly) How far ourside did you go? Past the ⌒ sunflowc ) li｀罵⊃irttt i｀ leitianddopuknowwhaI noriced?~~

~~cLARE: Somerhing that rared you back in? FELICE; No, what I saw didn't scare me, bv ft,it-ttortled me, though. It was- 21 e c ) @r r -'r 'e~~

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~~cL^RE [in a load. tage uhitper] The cablegram is still on rhe set. ^ FELTCE: Clare, there wasn'r, there isn't a cablegram inTbe Tuo.e.baract*4Jsl.'t,,~~

cI-ARE: Then rake it off rhe sofa where I can see ir. Vhen you sce a rhing, you can't think it doesn't exisr, unless you're hallucinaring and you know rhat you are. r) [He picfu up the cablegram, crumplet it, and. mahet a gertille ol thouing it o* the taindout.) FELICE: There now, it never existed, ir was jusr a momenr of panic. rVhar clanr: a convenienr way ro dispose of a panicky momenrl

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~~cLARE: Yes, do rhat! Do, please. ⌒ FELICE: I saw a sunflower out there rhar,s grown as tall as the hour.~~

~~CLARE: Felice, you know that's not so!~~

~~FELTcE: Go our and see for yourself. [Sbe triet to largb.) ,, 6` マ、か｀ら Orメ 1● υヽ●い～, θ「蒔鋳fが賦―~~

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FELTCE: Oh, no, you don't or you'd go look out the window ヘ ior yourself, it's shot up as quick as Jack's beanstalk and it's s-marvel at this marvel, photograph ir for rhe-rhe Na- tional Geograpbic, this marvel of narure, this two-headed sunflower taller than a rwo-srory house which is still inhabired by a recluse brother and his sisrer.

~~cLARE: It would be a monster of narure, nor marvel, if it existcd ar all, and I know that it doesn't.!-~~

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IrEl.tcE: You know, I wonder if narure, rhat vast being and producer of beings, is satished wirh so many of its beings bcing so much like so many others of thar kind of being or ⌒ would acrually be bener pleased with more little-prodigies? Monstersi' FreaksT Mute relations?-Vhat's your opioion, ClareT

~~CLARE: No opinion, no cornmenr, no recollection of lines!~~

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~~cLARE: I can't imagine. FELICE: You don't have to imagine, you can go to the door and-~~

~~CLARE: Yot go. ,. lTberc ore atd.ible ubispas.)~~

You're clorr to it fl-ran I am, and- lHe hnocfu tbe u6le hmder.l very-insistent, aren't they? -They're FELICE: It must be something imponant, go on, see what it is. ⌒ cLARE: I'm-ngt^dressed for callers.

~~FELtcE: You're prefectly dressed and look extremely well.~~

~~CLARE lretreathtg luther t'rom tbe door): So do you aside from your hair.~~

~~FELICE: I don't have a tie on, and this old shirt of father's, I've sweated through it.~~

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し ':- o'r k6'ro or SaGa (t- i " :!L'Y:.CHARACT ER PLAY CLARE: uh, ler them in and say you'll call me down if."fr.ffi;G it,sme they_ wanr to *e me. ! FELTCE: Have you reached the point where you,re rared to answer a door? cLARE: Reached and_the knocking,s stoppcd._I think they've gone as,ay, now.n_No! look! They,.. ,t;pping-" pi... of paper under rhe doorl ? ttarc {Tbey fea/dl1 at the ruppoted pbce ol papet ot tbe doortill.) FELTCE: _They.ve lefr. l cLARE: yes! pick up th+' ′ ″訪θg“″″冴クをたわg 野::務競′π:免′箭`た “ ――What is__2

~~FELTcE: A card from something called .,Citizens,Relief.,,~~

cLARE: Then pcople know we're still here? FELTCE: Narurally, yes, where would we be but still here? Relief"-I,ve -"Cirizens' never heard of it. Have you? CLARE: No, and I think it's wise to be cautious about things you've-

~~FELTcE: Never heard of.~~

~~cLARE: It mighr be a trick of some kind. ハ~~

~~cLAx,E: Privacy, yes. Shall we desroy the card or keep it in case of a desperare siruation? FELTcE; The case. of a desperate siruation isn,t a thing we have ro wait for, is it7~~

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V ′CT 07VE cLARE: Oh, bur all the questions we'd have to- FELICE:-Answer... i CLARE: Yes, there'd be inrerviews and questionnaires ro 6ll out and- FELTCE: Organization5 216 5u6h- CLAr.E: CoId! O FELTCE: Yes, impersonal (hings.

cLARE: I'll put the card under grandmother's wedding pic- ture, jusr in case a desperate siruation- ⌒ FELTCE: Increars in desperation . . . CLARE: Anyway, here ir is, at leasr we-know where it is-- neXt On the agenda2 DO I Pた奎 k up the phoncP No,no, up this ra shell, hold it ro my ear, and remember the time that Farher took us to the sea coasr. FELICE: It WlS■ 9 91ff9',ご暉θ∫ィ1を 4`_′♂aゴ cLABEi Tle Gulf connecrs with a sea, ir has gulls, tides, duneslS I ' i

~~FELTcE: Much against Mother's objections, he took us there one summer when we were children, before we had starred to rhool-~~

CLARE: Morher refused ro sray at The Lorelei on rhe beach, we had to sray ar the Hotel C.ommerce, back of the business district, and walk to the-Municipal in bathing suits rhat hung down to our knees, and Morher never sropp€d nagging: ,i checked wirh the cashier ar the horel. 'We can only afiord a ⌒ day more." L FELTcE: d,h.. would grin up lazily from the sand but finally shour our furiously ar her: "Go back to the Hotel Commerce, continue your marhematical talk with the cashier, 26 G｀ →ェ′κρぃ 0・・`メ '「 “ C Srpai 4e.d Qq,*r

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SじS`ps b′ EO´ ′た・。 4Cq 1ゝ｀｀ Gレメ ,｀し `↑ 否ても、へ t靱 ‐ めι貿l〔:こお、二貰ぢ TrrE T′ θ .CH′ R′ CTER PL/y stay subtracr, divide if you can' but don't multiply' and don't here in the spn, it disagrees with you!" And he'd snatch us up and away we would race'

FELIcE: from the Municipal, Past the lighthour and rower and into-Away the sand dunes where he tore ofi his su-it ours' looked so much more elegant without it that we tofe oft n. .ur.i.d me into the *ater on his smooth gold shoulders ".ra known how to |' ⌒ and I learned to swim as if I'd always 'i'i' cLARE {pointiag oat touatd the aadience): Felice-soroe' he were one's talking ou, ,h.r. with his back to the stage as if giving a lecrure. FELIcE: That's the interPreter'

cLARE: Oh, my God, he's relling thern what we're saying! ? That's FELIcE: Narurally, yes' and explaining our methd' what he's here for. q cLARE lball sobbingl: I don't know what to do next-I ' ' ' know what to do. FELICE: -I day cLARE: Oh, do you? \l/hat is it? To sir there staring all at a threadbare ros€ in a carpet until it withers? 'Oh, FELIcE: and what do you do? \flhat spl':ndid activity are you engagedngaged in,rn, besides destroyingthe play? cLr.nr:'None, none, nothing, unless it's something to Pace maze of amazement all day and some- about thc housc in ^ rimes in the night, too' Oh, I know why!

~~nEI-lce : )flhY? ucrtt CLARE: I want to go out! Oul, ottt, btman otttcr!' I lo go oat! 27 be"“いιい‐鋒→0ご塾~~

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~~レ ′CT 07VE FELICE: You want to gO out caning7~~

~~CLARE:Yes,Out caHing! レ~~

~~FEI´ ICE:Go Out!~~

~~CLARE: И′Oηθ′__Not′′ο ′ "θ FELICE: Ladies 80 Caning alone on such nice afternoons.~~

~~α0 CLARE: YOu come out calling with me. ヘ ELICE: I can't,I have to stay hcre. 「 CLARE: For what2~~

― :灘 :il∬ llguard the hOuseagainst― _′ FELICE: Or/0″ ∫ 7θ ∫ρ ∫θな/ SOmebOdy has to stay on thc Prcmitt and it has tO bc“ lnc,but yOu go out caHing,Clarc. YOu muξ t have knO、 vn when yOu got up this mOrning that the day would be difFerent fOr you, nOt a stay‐ at‐ hOme day, Of which thcrc've becn sO many, but a day for going Out calling,smiling,talking.YOu've washed your hair,it's yel10w as corn silk,you've pinned it up nicely,yOu have On your bluc‐ and‐ 、′hitc Print that yOu washed tO g0 0ut in tOday and yOu havc thc facc Of an angcl,Ciaire,you match the fair wcather, so carry Out yOur impul賃 ,80 0ut callingo You knOw w■ lyOu could d07 Evcrywhcre yOu went calling you cOuld sayl'Oh, dO yOu knOЧ/hOw idiOtic l amP I went Out vvithOut cigarettes!'' ハ And they'd OFcr you one at cach placc and you cOuld slip thcm intO your pursc,save them′ tiH y9■ 60t hOme,and we c()uld smoke them here,Clare.鋼 Goす¬,7′ θρ′″∫′ルθ″οοァ /ο ″あ′ァ.】 CLARE: Why have you OPcnCd the d00rP

~~FEI´ ICF: For you to go Out caHing.~~

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~~CLARE: Oh, how thoughtful yes, rhat's very genrlemanly of you to open the door for me to go outside without parasol or gloves, bur por.."very imaginative of you ro imagine that I'd go out alonbl -~~

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I came home alone, and in front of the house -Suppose there was a collecrion of people around an ambulance or police car or borhi 'We've had that happen before...Ah. I won'( 80 out alone. fsbe tlamt the door that) My*gs wouldn'r hold me up, and as for smiling and ralking, I'd have on my face rhe grimace of a doll and my hair would stick to the swear of my forehead. Oh, I'd hardly sir down for this__. friendly call on--

It was your idea. Yoz shouted: "Outl" Not me. CLARE: I'd never dream of going out without you in your --disrurbed- c ondition. FELICE: And, yoa io yout. CLARE: Me, calling, a 6re engine shrieks, a revolver- bangl--discharges! Would I sir there conrinuiog with the smile and the talk2 {Sbe if pbbing a little: ber trembliag hand stretcbet toland bim.*No,I'd spring up, run, ,rn, ,nJ my heart would srop on the streer!

FELICE lbil tmile lding oat): I never believed youd go out calling. - CLARE: Right you were about tnat if you thought alone- but calling? Yes, I'll do that! Phone calling is callingl'[.flue ′″∫あ′∫′b′あθ′ θノθρあο ′″ノ∫″′′ ′∫″ρ′め′′θ′θノν″.] "θ `あ 29 Bqe . 。C &zue の■た CAI,L' 58 lco.s 6p6.^*" Cム｀く

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ACT ONT: -.**-*.*,FEl-rcr*talling, who are you-? Carelul! ffr \ffi' lViteyt cI-ARE {into pbone): Operator' the 'Reverend Urgent, verY, Please frurrY! ber graQ: |or a |Felice tries to ulrest the phone from n omel,t theY t'rlggle lor it') rEltCe.: Clare! Clare Devoto' yes' you i *' . cLARE:- Reverend \fliley, this is ⌒ remember, the daughter of- I:ELICE: '$9'hat are You? Out of Your-? think I'm- You'll have to let me go on or he'll cLARE: Wiley' there tbe phone again:) Excuse ire' Riverend linto in our was-an in""'ptiln' My brother and I still live Par' accident in the house ents' home aftei, ihe-terrible "fter in Tbe Prets'Scimi' was ;;;J; maliciouslv falselv which but- rar. Eather dii not kill Mother and himrlf you? FELICE: Telt him ute shor them why don't cLARE: The house was broken into by some-

FELICE: Favorite of nature? I parents' but I cLARE: Housebreaker who rnurdered our and I are sur- rz,e are susPectedl My brother Felice think we almost ,"r"a.a by so much suspicion and malice that house' Oh' I never, we hardly .,.,, a"" to go. out of .thethe neigibor's can'r tell you how to.rifying itrs been'-why' ヘ ;.* i ;:11';ii ffir,'rf#r :l.mH: :llxTJ:, J i"rrbrr rih t'tch iti noutqksoes on all through stop and linger on the daytime, aod in the nighnime- people of-anomalous leners of ob- ケ the sidewalk to *t,ispe' thitge' allusio-ns srenities ar€ sent us, and inlbe Presr-scimito-sly who was a false ro us as the deranged children of a father 30 0 C l.lnc{ €ccrqlrw Fea. c

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mystic and, Reverend Viley, our father was a man who had whose rrue psychic, mystical Powers' granted only to an Aries .t"ln"nt is cardlnal nri. tsbe il sobbing nou')-Y/hy? \Ve're gentle people, never offending a soul, trying to still live only' but- Inrllcr u'reslt tbe phone from ber bands'7 FELIcE: Mr. \?'iley, my sister has a fever'

cLARE: No, I-! ヘ I:Er-tcE: She's not hcrsclf today, forget what' excuse and- a nem' {l7e bangs up, taipet tbe ttueat off bit forchead' u'itb il;ng hanrl.l l7onderful, that does it! Our one chance is pririry and you babble away to a man who'll think it his Christian dury to have us confrcd' n-

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Clare! , lsbe strihet a treble note lepeatedly on the piano.' He. ,ruchet ber hand ltom the heftomd and slams tbe lid' down.) "C-on6ned"! CLARE: You shouldn't have spoken that word! Thac q'ord is not in the- lVhen FELTcE: Oh. A prohibited word. a word can't be urd, when it's prohibited its silence increases its size' It gets larger and larger till it's so enormous that no hour can hold it. ⌒ cLARE: Then say the word, over and over, you-perverre moatler, yovt Int,ltcf tslnt ttutY.)

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FELIcE: i *on't do lunatic rhings. I have to try to pretend rhere's some sanity here. cLARE: Oh, is that what you're tryiag? I thought you were trying to go as far off as possible without going past all.limirc.

fHe tarnt to face her, fuiouly. Sbe smiles and. f ormt the tuord "confiaed" utith het lips; then sbe sayt it in a uhisper. He natchet tp 4 tolt pillout.l . Confined., confned! ヘ fHe thrutt tbe pillut over her moub, hold.ing ber by tbe thoilder She ttragglcs as il saffocating.)

FELIcE: All right? O.K., now? Enough? . fsbe nofu. He tosses tbe piQout artay. They $a/e d, edcb other silently lor a momenrSbe bas forgotten the next bit of buinest. He pcilts to tbe piano. She twns and ttrihes a chord on it.) An interval of 6ve minutes. ―‐ CLARE: Fiftem! ‐ ― FELICe fuatbing into tbe aings to louer tbe cwtainl: Teil ― CURTAIN INTERVAL ― ― ‐ ‐ ― ―‘ ⌒ ― ― ― ―‐ ― |ぃ te。 οけ可 ― `σ “ ― 32 ― ― ヨ‘ Ｑゝ 18ヽ lCtt lら sβ Lビｌ馬ｌ “ ヽ 1! &.* .s"oai- ／ｌ Iaoi 9rr,r,:. ｌ ^ ｌ e< r ls ｌ la^. .'.-.r t r( v;, .L! ei J … … t-L..t SA , I ., !..ir$Ac\r\: ‐ ） C Dea

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Dting the intaaal, tbere bat obtbaily been a pbytical trug- gle betuteen tbe ttat. She いくSL^‐ ≡扇司 it still cl*ching an elbout atd ざlい uti'acing uith pain: “ a tcratch il aisible on his face. Botb of '':,-:::':'-,_*_c*.-?*-g,,..--..*;nmr.d-{.i.{.. FELTcE lin a utbbpetl. Ready? [She nodt: the perlormance is resamed,) l.b.o*l of soap water and one spool are for blowing rcap ヘ bubbles.

~~c-LARE: Yesrerday you said, "There's nothing to do, nothing at all ro do." . ,"1 FELICE: Vhen we were children we blgv,, soap bubbles on the back sreps, nor in the parlor.~~

CLARE: Can you imagine us sining hrck there,rlow, expord to public view, blowing soap,ffiblpsptf.."rr,itu.n batk to children in nf$Wiew, bur F*iWr.&, in rhe,parlor window. . . FELICE: Soap''1bubbl6s floating out of the parlor window would not indicate to the world rhat we were in full posscs- sion of our senscs.

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~~[He utt on tbe sola and clatps the idet ol hit head.. cLARE ttrihet a tolt note | on tbe piano, tben leau againtt rt, lacing dou,nttag,e.) > |~~

~~| Father , --\U/hen gave up his psychic readings and astrological predictions, a few days before the *n-, in-explicable:__ | accident!-in rhe house-rV'ell, he didn,r give thern up, ex- | actly. |~~

~~| FELtcE: No, nor exactly by choice.~~

~~CLARE: Mother had locked up his quadranr and charr of | nighr skies and his psychic parap'hernalia. |~~

| FELtcE: Except for this worn-our shirr of his I hrye on. which bears his sign of the zodiac on ir and his rising S; ."j a. chart of the sky as it was on the hour before a"ybr-eak of the day of his nariviry here in New Bethesdal

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~~FELICE:Yes,′ あθ″θ/ ⌒ CLARE: We tried that befOre and turned baを k. ELICE: We didn t have a strOng enOugh reason and it 「 wasn't such a favOrable aftern00n.~~

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FELICE: Much mOre favOrable……And l si:nply know that FLnttaliPL:鶏::,tt設深譜情常 comes thrOugh the barricade Of sun10wers and that路 he did獅 some days ago with a nOti6catiOn that nO mOre― ―

~~CLARE:一 ―DeliveriesP~~

~~FELICE: Will be delivered tO thc steps of― _~~

CLARE: I knew! Payment fOr cOstlies has been 10ng― _Over‐ duc. ・ ‐:arI:露 ⌒ :脱轟蹴lTnil∴ |ぶ帯 FЖ、1瞥驚| ♪ CLARE: His Ottce! where's his OttccP PrObably tucked away in sOme never_discOvered cOrner Of that shadOwy laby‐ rinth Of a―

~~FELICE: We'1l ask a clerk 10 tell us, 10 take us, tO Mr. GrOssman s Omce.~~

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cLARE: If the clerk saw us, he'd pretend that he didn't. /1 _reucr, MIif we enter with some air c,f assurance- N(e'rc going to enter Grossman's Marker today like a pair of- CLARE: Prosperous, paying customers? e) FELICE: Yes, v[e'll say to the clerk, "Please show us rhe office of Mr. Grossman." '$(e are going to tell him convinc- へ ingly that in spite of all spite and, and---contrary-accusa- tions-Father's insurance policy will be paid ro us by the Acme Insurance lqqrpany on, sal/, the 6rst of next month, yes, on September'rlrt 6rsr. cLARE: But we know that it won't be!-Vhy, they wrote ／′ only rhree sentences to us in reply ro the twelve-page appeal ♂ １ rhat we wrote and rewrote, for a week- @. {Tbey haue crotted dou,nttage to oppotite tides ol tbe inlerior set, lacing o*t.) '!(e've cLARE lat a fast pace): been informed by the- FELICE lat a latt pace): Acme Insurance Company- cLARE lat a fast pace):-that the insurance money is-

~~FELTcE fat a t'ast pace)'. Forfeited.~~

cLARE (at a f at face): Yes, the paymenr of the insurance Jxrlicy is forfeited in the- ⌒ FEI.TCE [at a latl pace); fysng- CLARE [at a last pace)'. Yes, in the event of a man- [.f]e !tt)pr, lrrerrirtg ber fist to ber mottb.) FELTcE [at a latt pace): In the event of a man killing his u'ife, then himself, and- (.I-^RE: Unkindly forgetting his children. 36 、 Cヽこバ彿‐t・｀ヽC… ― o～ ∂ ^'● “

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▼ C~ 、 THE T′ ο・C″ ′R′ crER PL′ y FELtcE:-That's what's called a legal technicality . . . IThey nrn again to eacb orbr.) cL^RE6)Vhat do you know about anythiog legal, Felicel FELTCE: know I there are siruations in which legal techni- calities have to be, to be_{isregarded in the interests of human, human-We must s"y rhl't whar we saw, rhere was only us to see and what we saw wlls Mothawith the revolver, 6rst killing Farher and then herself "na_ CLARE:A simple lie is One thing,but the absOlute Opposire ⌒ of the truth is anOther.

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CLARE louerlappingl: They were staring and grinning at me and spelling FELIcE [oaalapping]: You said they were splling our an obrene word at you. ,t n, . CLARE loaerlappingl: Yes, an obrene word, the same obrene word that somebody scrawled on our back fente. FELTcE {oaerlappingf , Vc., fro told me that, roo. i took.a ar rhe back fence and nothing was scrawled on ir, Clare. CLARE foaeilappingl: If you heard norhing the lasr rime ヘ we wenr our, why wouldn't you go on alone ro rhe grocery store? Why did you run back wirh me ro rhe house?

~~FELICE lowrlappingl: You were panicky. I was scared whar you might do.~~

~~cLARE {oaeilappingl: Ifhat did you think I might do? FELTcE [oaeilapping): '!7'har Father and Morher did wheo_ CLARE {oaerlappingl: Stop here, we can't go on!~~

~~FELICE: Go on1.. cLARE: Linel'{ FELTCE: A few days ago you-~~

CLARE: No, you, you, not M can't sleep at night in a house where a revolver is hidden. Tell me where you hid it. \7c'll smash ir, destro-5r ir together-line! FELICE removed ⌒ lcalmly): I the cartridges from the revolver, and put them away, where I've deliberately forgonen and w.on't remember. t" "l cLARE: "Deliberately forgonen!" Vorthless! In a dream you'll remember. Felice, rhere's death in the house and you know where it's waiting. 38 rty ι-7≦ マ

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V躍。n∬i乳鳥l,liIC轟銭稔晩讐tiil常 CLARE: LOcked d。世。rs! 言∬allTluhdttow ed yOurself t0 1。 ∞ se IIt税ilLwasth“ dご百chi― P CLARI]: StOppcd sPcakingl Starcd 「without rccOgnitiOn! FELICE: Ycs,being dumb_struck and blinded by__!

~~CLARE: Was′ ′′was here,tO。 ! ELIcE: Oh,I don't think yOu knew where you were any 「 inOrC! YOu― _~~

~~CLARE: I knew enOugh to gct out Of bed in the morning instcad Of crouching under cOvers all day!~~

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~~CLARE:It was a slgn Of ability tO go bn with__~~

~~IIIiL I(jI】 :cuscOmary habits! ヘ CLARE: An appearance of__! F[L(E:ル′ん ″″″ιθ∫/ ・ `瞥叫燎IJi購驚漫Eli鮮篤嗜 39 L EITT∫ 左;L夕 i〕~~

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~~FELICE; don't know, sometimes, what keeps themawake...-People~~

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~~FELIcE: The contents of empry pocketsT~~

~~ヘ CLARE: Not always empry! Sometimes there's a birthstone in them that isn't lucttD~~

lTherc il a paue: they stare, panting, at eacb otber. Veq tlouly, utitb lott eyet, he clorct tbe door-aemly.) FELIcE: -You have the face of an angel-I could no lltloo more ever, no marter how much you begged, me, 6re,a revolver at you than any impossible, unimaginable thing. Not even to lead you outside a door that can't be closed completely withour its locking irsclf till the end of-I haven'r complerely closed it.-Clare, the door's srill open.

cLARE [u,itb a slight, sad smile): Yes, a limle, enough ro admit rhe talk of- FEI-rcE fouerlaft): Are we going out, now, or giving up all bur one possible thing? _-i\ cLARE: out, no*l-Ther. never really was any question-We're-going about ir, you know. ⌒ FELICE: Good. At lasr you admit it. l'[ltere is a paue.) cL^RE [a-utming a different air): But you're nor properly dresrd. For rhis auspicious occasion I want you ro look your besr. Close the door a rnomenr.

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tLt'fr FELICE: If it were closcd, ir mighc never open again. '') cLARE: I'm just-jusr going upstairs to fetch your fair- weather jacker and a tie to go with ir. lshe ,arnt apttage.l Oh, but no srairs on the set! FELICE: The rr's incomplete. 0 cLARE: I know, I know, you told me. [Sbe lacet tprtage.) I have gone-upsrairs and you are alone in rhe parlor.

FELICE: Yes, I am alone in the parlor with the front door ⌒ . open.-I hear voices from the srreer, the calls and laughter of demons' "l'oonies, loonies, loonies, loooo-nict!':-I-shut the door, remembering what I'd said. . ., cLARE: You said that it might never be opened agah. lshc tarrt abraptQ doutnstaga.] Oh, there you are!

~~FELIcE: Yes. Of coursc. Vaiting for you. (-r CLARE; I wasn'r long, was I?~~

~~FELICE: bur I wondered if you would actually come back down. -No,~~

~~cLARE: Here I am, and here is your jacket and here is your de. f.Sbe holdt oat empry handl.)~~

~~FELICE: The articles are invisible.~~

cLARE luitb a moching tmile): Pur on your invisible jacket and your invisible tie. ', FELIcE: go through the motions of- ⌒ -I cLARE: Ah, now, whar a difference! Run a comb through your hair! FELTCE: is-? -Vhere cLARE: The inside jacker pocket. I pur ir there. 41

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ヽ/ ∠CT Tγ 0 FELtcE: --{h?-Yes.-Thanks . . .lHe mabet tbe gettare ol remooing a comb from bil inaisible jaeket.) cLARE: Oh, ler me do kt lshe ffhofu bk hair utbb bq fnget.) FELtcE: Thar's enough. That will do. CLARE: Hold still just one momenr longer.

FELtcE: No, no, that's enough, Clare. ⌒ cLARE: Yes, well, now you look like a gentleman with excellent credir ar every srore in the town of New Berheda! FELICE: Hmmm... ヽL cLARE: The door is shut.-S7hy did you shur the door?

FELtcE: wind was blowing in. -The dust cLARE; There is no wind at all. FELICE: There utu, so I- cLARE: Shut the door. !(ill you be able to open it again? FELICE: Yes. Of courri[Ha trcltt ,be tape recorda agrin. Tben, alter a betitant momenr, he drautt the door open.) cLARE: -Vhat are you waiting for? FELICE: For you to go out. cLARE: You go 6rst. I'll follow. ⌒ FELIcE: do I know you would? -How cLARE: Ifhen a thing has been s€trled, I don't back out. FELICE: That may be, but you are going our 6rst. cLARE: Vill you come our right behind me or will you bolt the door on me and- 42 1

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~~FELICE: Out!~~

~~cLARE: See if-!~~

~~FELICE: There are no boys on the street!~~

CLARE: May I set my hat straight please? ヘ FELICE: Stop^,this foolishness. Afternoons aren'c everlast' ing, you know.-OUT! lHe thruts bet tbrougb the open door. She riet o* toltly. He comes ott, thilting tbe door and faces the audicrrce.)

Now there is, there must be, a slight Pause in the performance while I slip offstage to light the front of the hour' [He ttar,t ofltragel lf--c1 ,.:.4 cLARE [tenified ubisper]: Oh, God, don't leave me alone here!

FELTCE: For a moment, one goes htto tbe u'tnqt. nn on lbe area I-le retarnt to ber tille, tahet ber band and leads ber lorutard a little.f Ir's a nice afrernoon. cLARE {tentely): Yest I.'ELtcE: You couldn'r ask for a nicer afternoon, if after- ncxrns could bc' asked for.

| cr-,rRE: Nol FEI-r(:I;: I don't know whar we're waiting here for. Do you? thaket ber heal and triet to laugh.) | [clanr Ve're u'aiting here like it was a car stop. But it's only a block and a half to Grossman's Market.

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CLARE: I don't know why, bur I'm shaking, I can't conuol it. It would make a bad impression on Mr. Grossman' FELIcE: You're not going to back out now' I won't allow you. cLARE: Felice, while you're gone, I could, could, could- make a phone call to "Citizens' Relief," you know, those people we wouldn't let in the house. I could tell them to come rigt t over, and answer all their questions, and we would ⌒ receive iheir relief even if Mr. Grossman doesn't believe the story. FI.t-tcE: Clare, quit stalling. Let's go now' le(t something in the house. cLARFt: -I FELICE: VhAt? cLARE; I left my-my- FIlI-lcE: You see, you don't know what you lefr, so it can't be inrportant. cLARE: Oh, it is, it's very-it's, it's the---

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FELICE: That will be a long waiVz longer wait than you imagine. コ I'm leaving you now. Goot$ye! lHe *eps ott ol,ter ーー tbe loat ill ol the utindou.) , ; Ｕ CLARE [calling oat alter him): Don't smy long! Hurry Gr- G'Poo-) back! 6vtvl FELICE: Hah! [He comes lorutard and tpeahs patttingly to J・ tbe adience.l The audience is supposed to imagine that the ヘ酬 front of the house, where I am standing now, is shielded by sunflowers, too, but that was impractical as it would cut off rhe view. I stand here-rnove nor a srep further. Impossible without her. No, I can't leave her alone. I feel so expord, so cold. And behind me I feel the house. It seems ro be breathing a faint, warm breath on my back. I feel it the way you feel a loved person standing close behind you. Yes, I'm already defeated. The house is so old, so faded, so warm that, yes, ir seems to be breathing. It seems to be whispering to me: "you can't go away. Give up. C-ome in and stay." Such a gentle rVhat commandl do f do?Naglallvi I obey.i,lHe turns and e?t,qt by tbe door.) itom. b".k;;;; h;"se, very quietly. I don't look at my sister.

~~cLARE: !7e're ashamed to look at each other. lVe,re ashamed of having gstrsslsd-5urrendered so quickly.~~

~~FELICE: There is a pause, a silence, our eyes avoiding each other's. ⌒ cLARE: Guiltily.~~

~~FELtcE: No rock hits the house. No insults and obrenities are shouted.~~

~~CLARE: The afternoon light. t FELTCE: )?s, the afternoon light is unbelievably golden on the- 46 /つ ′ ρ/′ み′~~

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~~FELTCE: I realize, now, thar the house has turned to a prison.~~

~~CLARE: I know it's a prison, t@, but it,s one that isn,t strange to us.-Felice, what did I do with that card from "Cirizens' Relief"? FELTCE: I rhink you pur ir under_~~

~~に cLARE: Oh. Grandmother's 、 wedding picrure. IShe tahet the card and goet ,o the.phone.)-I,m golng to call them! FELTCE: -I suppor it's time to. {She lilts rbe phone befuantly)~~

~~CLARE; I lift the receiver and it makes no sound. I feel 1;Lt'cc like screaming into rhe phone: ,.Help, helpl,'. FELICE: _Is it_?~~

~~CLARE {banging ap tbe receiaer): Somerimes a phone will go dead temporarily, jusr for a lirtle while, and come back to life, you know.~~

FELTCE: Yes, I know. Of course. cLARE: we stay here and wait till it,s connected agarn? -So .) FELTCE: . We might have ro wait till afrer the Relief Office closes. Ir mighc be a bener idea to ask the people next door if ⌒ \t'e can use their phone since something'r gone wrong wirh ours. cLARE: That's righr. lfhy don't you do rhat? --..,.___*.-_ Y.oa"ldo that. It's the sort of rhing you could do berrer. I lHe pointt dt ,he uindou.) The'woman nexr 47 ( Psar,r 6,4115 ov< O ./,. > L),,'oa-9 .

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~~door is taking some clothes oft her wash line. C-all her through the window. - [clanr carcbes her brearh. Tben the rasbes to tbi uindout and calk oat in a tifled uoice.)~~

~~CLARE: Plear, may I, please, may we-!~~

FELTCE: Not loud enough, call louder. cLARE ftarning lrom tbe utind.ou):-Did you really imagine that I could call and beg for "Citizens' Relief" in front of rhor malicious people next door, on their phone, in their prernce? Why, they gave their son a slingshot to stone the hourl

~~fTbere is a slighr paate.) FELIcE: You asked rqe what people did when they had norhing at all left to do..~~

~~cLARE: I asked you no such thing. lAller a moment, tbe dips a tpoal in tbe soapy udtel)~~

FELICE: Instead of calling the woman next door through the parlor window, you blow a.soaP bubble through it. It's Iovely as your birthstone.-But'irs a sign of surrender, and we know it.-And now I touch her hand lightly, which is a signal that I am about to speak a ner( line in Flr-fut Chreue,iAq. lHe toaches ber hand..)-'Qlue, didn't you tell me that yestcrday or last night or today you came across a box of cartridges for Father's revolver?

⌒ '2, cr-AR;: No! No,-I- FFI.I(.I;: Clare, you say "yes," not "no." And then I pick up thc property of the play which she's always hateci and dreaded, so much that she refuses to rememkr that it exists in the play. 48 ?,t- t.' A 1 Q\e.Ls

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~~CLARE: I've said it'g-annecetwry! :,'~~

~~[nrrtcr has piched ap a reuoloer lrom atd.er the sheet masic.on the pizno top.)~~

~~Has ir always been rhere?~~

FELIcE: The revolver and the box of canridges that you found last nighr have never been anywhere else, not in any performance of the play. Now I rernove the blank cartridges and insert the real ones as calrnly as if I were removing dead - a vase and puning in fresh ones' Yes, as calmly ヘ Ptd lBu hil finger zre shahing rc tbat the retolser lalk to the floor, cLARE gatpt, thet laqbs breatblesly.j Stop it!

~~[crans coaelt her moatb aith het borud..) Now I-[He paases.)~~

~~CLARE: Have you forgo:.ten what you do nextT Too bad. I don't remember.~~

:..I @v9g_i forgorten what I do next. I pur the revolver in the center of the linle table across which we had discusrd rhe anirude of narure toward irs crearures that are regarded as annataral creatllres, and then l-lAftr placing tbe retolaer on tbe table, he pause.s.)

~~cLARE: !7har do you do next? Do you rernemberl~~

⌒ FELICE: Yes, .l-I pick up my spool and dip it'in rhe watE anilSlow a soap bubble out the par10r、′indOw ¬tithOut the slightest concern abOut v7hat :掟 rLF]:躍 :il漁i灘11壼 :職 :誠翼跳F世鷺 rising through gold light, above the gold sunflower heads. 49 レ θ Ь ０ -@ + tsrt e { ‐ ,! ) \O/,cft nrn)

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~~cLARE: Yes, I do, ir's lovely and it still hasn'r bro..en. t'冷グ FELICE: Sometimes we do still see the same things at the same time.~~

cLARE: yes, and we would till locked in rparate buildings and marched our at different hours, you by bullet-eyed guards and me by bullet-eyed matrons. lsbe trihet d ,rote on rhe pbno.) Oh, r*,hat a long, Iong way we've traveled together, tcn long, now, for scparation. Yes, all the way back to sunflowers and soap bubbies, and there's no rurning back on the road even if the road's backward, and-[crane loob oat at tbe audbnce.l-The favoiites of nature have gone away.

~~| [rrlrcr doer not reeond,) 41。つ ι Felice, rhe performance is oaer. lshe topt the taped gttitar.)~~

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~~your coar. I'm going to put on mrne.~~

~~{He ttaret at her, stapefied..)~~

Felice, come our of the play. The audience has left, the house is complerely empry. FELTcE:-Valked? Out? All? cLARE lshe- hu pkked ap tbeir coats lrom bebintl tbe tolaj: You honestly didn'r norice them ger up and go? FELTCE: I was lost in the play. cLARE: You were but rhey weren't, so rhey left.

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~~CLARE: I cur when the house sounded like a t.b. ward. FELicE: If you'd been concenuating you would have held rhem.~~

~~cLARE: Christ, did I try! Till the sea6 banged up and-~~

~~FELICE: hear no sound frcm the house when I,m losr in a play. -I %| CLARE: Then don't get losr in a play! Get lost ia utood.s, ⌒ arnong utobet! FELTCE: HA!~~

~~cLARE: Oh, let's stop this silly bitching, taking our rage at thor idiots our on each other, it's pointless. Here, here, put this on youl~~

lShe hat jerhed d torn, ditcolored. utbite dh rca/ lrom his tleeae, and triet ,o trtfr it anda bis mangy lu collm.) I;ELICE: Stop rhatl Dgng pur^r[ings on me I can pur on myself if I rvant them oh rh$ffiiifscarf goes into the ward- robe for The Qqtuer Deptfu .,1. Ls,, lHe tbrou,s it to tbc floor. She pichs it ap and nora he perntitt her to place tbe dirty scarl beneath hit collar; he it :rill panting anrl ttaring desolalely ort.)

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′ Oε 餞■ο´ 6∞・ ιヽリソ! ビ, メ6～ : つつビ、 `o″ ズcr T7ο cotple ol moments both ol ,bem seem ttncoatciou ol it; then sbe sloutlT tant her looh on it.] you strike to -Did ir light our cigarenes, dear, or just to relieve rhe gloom of the atrnospherel FELTcE {lighting , her cigarette): Sorry. .)1H, ,rorr, ,o hil ou,n cigareue, lyht tbe march b'ants bil fingert.l ヘ Mmmmmmmm! {Sbe bloutt tbe marcb o$ arrd ligbts bis c;garctre with ber; they tmohe together qaietly for-a mome*.) cLARE: The first tirne I rurned downstage I simpl;, couldn,t help seeing those-

FELTCE: Clare, let ir go, they're gone. cLARE: rnammals out there, went inro panic, didn't come-fur-bearing our till this mornent. Ahhh . . . FELICE: trEr4r,.t*t- L* u2 lt l. P/o. cLARE: Now call Fox. See if there's money enough to get us out of this place.

~~tTbey il u ltaue. FELTcE is at'raid. to call Fox, tutpeaing he's long gone.)~~

Well, for God's sake, call him! Fr;LrcE ⌒ [calling into the bouse): Foxl-.Fox! CLA-RE: Perhaps . the audience caught him and fed him ro their dog reams-Fox, Fox, Fox! TOGETHER: Fo.t./ ['l'lrere is an ecltrt lrom tl:eir call; tbey lhten, u,itb dintin- itltinf 6r*. lttr a retponte. Finally:l cr.^RE: fieel like falling into bed ar rhe nearesr hotel and slccping rhe ncxt rhousand years.

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~~&PS"*ac.g |4tC , H E ! T,VO:9Y,IRACTDR PLIY*** FELTcE: \J{zelt, so g.;;;.;-r;-- cLARE: Get what things?~~

~~FELTCE: Your purse, your handbag, for instance.~~

~~CLARE; I don't have one ro ger. ハ~~

cLARE: This still scems like a performance of Tltc.Tuo- Cbartcte*-P.lay. The worst thing that's disappcared in our lives is not the C-ompany, nor Fox, not brandy in yo* flask, nor successeS rhat give confidence ro go on-no, none of that. The worst thing thar's disappeared in our lives is being aware of what's going on in our lives. !7e don,t dare talk about ir, it,s like a secret that we're conspiring o keep from each oiher, even though ∫ each of us knows thar the other one knows it- 〔ん θ力′ρ″″∫′～]FeHce,お it pos‐ Jblef4θ that鶴f″ ■F喫」12・ r´ 嫌専鋼減覇れれみ剰り題∝sn'〔 have al lIL緑 `′ FELTcE: Even if we were what the C_ompany called us in the cable, we'd never perform a play ttrar irad-no end to it, Clare. t,,

CLARE: Ic never seerns to end but just to stop, and ir always seems ro stop jusr shorr of something irnportant when you suddenly "The - ″ say; preformance is ovir.,, 、 FELICE: It's possible f.or a play to have no ending in the usual sense of an ending, in order to make a point about norhing really ending.

~~cLARE: I didn't know you believed in the everlasting.~~

~~FELTCE: That's not what I meant ar all.~~

~~cLARE: I don't thinh you know uhsr you rneanr. Things do end, rhey do acrually have to.~~

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し … /CT 770 ::■ I… 1:[思11湯をi.:(踏 |… i湛Itil:古 1基 |↓』らユ everyrhingtomorrow. f-li i X'-r .> (,a,.to CLARE: lverything will face l.r tomorrow and not with a pretry face. No, Sir. And as for right now' we don't have fares ior a dog sled to the hotel, and iust before the performance you told me that Fox hasn't made us hotel reservations here, wherever here is! rら ζ00 FELtcE: I think I remember seeing a hotel across the plaza from the theatre when we came frorn the station. I7e'll go there, we'll enter i sryle rhat we'll need no reservations. Wait here lHe rubet into the utings.)

~~CLARE: Vherc are yot-?~~

lshe loltouts bim a far as tbe giant s rtl,te' ard tops tbere. Tbe cold., ttone aatlt ol tbe building is no longn ilent. lVe bear ranning foot$ept, tbe bollotu, anintelligible ecbo ol sboaitng, metal clonging' etc. Clasping the pede$al ol the tatrc, CLARE laces dotuntage, mwing tpasmodicalll at eacb ominost toattd, rometimes eatching her bteatb fiarp\. The wtndt slop: there is total ilence. She startt touary' rbe door fdl ,rpttoge, lhen retleatt to tbe talte.) Giant, he'll come back, won't he? You don't look sure about that. It's so terribly guiet after all those noixs.-Felice!

CLARE: Hurry back! I'm alone here!-turning to a frozec supplicant at the feet of a merciless-Poor Felice' He lost hi: ⌒ argument about the hpossible being necessary tonight.Th( yithout recogni' impossible and the ...:tog,p": tre tion on strees, and as for 17, when ht read it aloud I said to myself, "This is his last one, there'r nothing more after this."-1Vell, there are festivals to remern ber. Riding a fiacre, you driving the horses, drunk acros' 54 S v< e Bq

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Lt 3+'{ qo rv-o:c!,1RA0TER !HE :!,1I,,., ,, , , " Rilke's Bridge of Angels over the Tiber, a crack of rhunder and suddenly a sleet srorm, pelting our laughing faces with tiny marbles of ice. Un mezzo litro. Una bouiglia. Une bot- ' teille de. Fratta di mare. Comme c'est beaa ici! Como bello! , Marauigliorc!-"Yoursisrer'andyouare[ihiinQ"-Howridic- ulous! Clinging for protection to ihe pedestal of. a rnonr,.r{) lT'bere il the rcund. ol fooutery.f ⌒ He's coming back, thank God! Inrllcr fettrn!, us il blind, ,o the $oge.)

~~Vhat luck, Felice?' '~~

~~{He crcttet past her as il be didn't see he/, elrtefi the inte- rittr tet, and sinhs, panting, onto the sofa. She follout bim tlou,ll, drau'ing her coat close aboat bet)~~

~~Vell? Anorher disasrer?~~

~~FELIcE lu,ithoat lacing het): Clare, I'm afraid we rDay have to sray here a while.~~

~~CLARE: In rhis frozen counrry? t' FI:L!CE: I meanr herc in rhe rhearre. '~~

Clrtne: Oh? a FEI-tcE: Yes, you see, rhe srage door and the front doors are' all locked from ourside, there isn't a window in the building, , .nd rhc backsrage phone is lifeless as,rhe phone i**ffiqo-C,,,rt.t'. G b * a c t e r_Pbt y ?s, f, nallvlffil .r.,rxn: D&-trio,if,otice any change in the lighting? : I;I:LICE: Yes, rhe lights have dimmed. cLARE: They're still dimming. I:rt.t(:E: And I haven'r rouched the light switch. 55 .t? ( ぐ/ヽげし｀し/卿 &,ac,nr: €C,{ θ '"鰤

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~~CLARE: I Wasn'tま reaming,I was shoudng!~~

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~~OLARE:Does this mcan we'1l have to stay here freczing till they oPcn up the building in the morning7~~

FELICE:(〕 lare, there's no assurance they'1l oPcn up the 八躍電:■:L譜黙::霊ゼ;even h the evening or any morn‐ CLARE【 υ″あ tρ′ ∫あ ο あο θ]:―Oh,Felice,the `"厳ル ′ ρ holc in the backstage wall.… [9♭ θ ρめ ″ ″ρ∫′ θ・】

FELICE: SOmetimes the sarne idca still ∝curs“ to us both. ″ [Hθ ′οοお′′あ″″クル′'Z″ル ∫π〃θ.Hθ 力″′″あルgあ θ″″γ ルο解あ″ex"=′ ο I trた d to increase the width of that一 ".〕麟驚'おWt講ぶ肌蹴,常 FF臆 plished for my labors was′ あ力.t`[Hθ ″′鮨′あθみ′οοれとρ″解∫ οノルをあ″%な .] CLARE【 ι″′ルgル]:Are you working on some neo‐ Eliza‐ h:財 F;:Fょ鷺:留11」露繰需謙∫甘鳳‖i駆 clcan.三 LStOp grinning at rne like that!

~~FELICE:It'S not/ou I'm grinning at,Clare.~~

~~⌒ CLARE:You・ re looking atine with a savage grin!― Do you あ″′me,FeliccP~~

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lThere * a paarc.) dort P、 I think fear ir limited, 国 CLARE: I do. -Yes. FELICE: Isn't it limited to rhe abiliry of a person to care any more? CLARE: anything but-[Sbe means for "o* olher ヘ perton"; but-For tha, touch ol tent;ment, is bettr let't qoket by jutt a glance betureen rbem) it's a prison, this last theatre of ours? -%

~~FELIcE: It would seem ro be one. CLARE fobjectioely, nau): I've always suspected thar thea- tres are prisons for players . . . ',~~

~~FELIcE: Finally, yes. And for writers of plays . . .~~

fS he moaes doutnstage.) cLARE: So fnally we arFthe prohibited word . .'. al rbり ″ぁ″∫れ瑚″ツ解 .″ ― 一一脇` 蹴 And, oh, God, the air isn't cold like ordinary cold but likc the sort of cold rhere must be at the far, the farthesr, the go-no-rnore last edge of space! FELICE: Clare, you're not frightened, are you? ⌒ cLARE: No, I'm too tired to be frightened, at least I'm not yet frightened. FELIcE lptaciig the reaolyet utd.er tbe sbeet masic at tbe piano): Then you will teaer V frightened. CLARE: It's strange, you know, since I've always had such a dread of-prohibited word!-it's rhe greatct dread of my life 1 DI ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― １／ヽＹ。′ と、,l・ 4ヽレＱどｒ３０イsИ ぃこら 0」 Ca/.,1{ G0 「い一レ一ヽヽ ´ 一．一シ 0 芍」

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V /CT T70 く゛′ FELICE: And of mine,^too. 嗜 CLARE: Bur, no, righl'now what I feel is-I.Sle ctottet to thc tola atd. iths exhaattedly onto it.)-is simply bone-tired and bone-cold. - {Her dgid hands *emble ia hq lap. He sits beid.e ha and takes bold ol one ol her hail.s aad rabt b.) -{therwir I'd get up and see for myself if these myreries that you've reported to me are exactly as you've reponed, ⌒ or- FELTCE: Do you think I've imagined thero, dreamed rhem, Clare?

~~CLARE: you work on a play by inventing situ- -Sometimes ations in life that, that--~~

lHe rubr bet otber hand., loobing into hr eyes at il pre- tenting het ruith a cballenge: Sbe doesn't retarn the looh.] -About our cholera shots, they may not be so tolerant on the way back . . . And with my passpoft missing . . . FELICE: Your mind's wandering, Clare.

~~CLARE: -4oing back . . . FELICE: Going back's reversing a law of- ⌒ CLARE: Narure?~~

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~~. FELIcE [Gently): Clare, your rnind's going out.~~

cLARE: That shows ir's-wiser than God . . . FELICE: there's a thing to be don* -!7hen cLARE: There's nothing to be done. じ FELIcE: There's always rcmething to be done. There's no ⌒ such thing as an inerapable corner with trro people in it. 'What's necessary is to know rhat there is a thing ro be done, and rhen not think abour it, just know it has to bc done and- cLARE: You have a dark thought in your head and I think I know what it is. FELICE: Somerimes we still have the same thought at the same time, and that could be an advantage to us now. CLARE ldrauting hq cloah abo* her): \fill it ger any 0( colder? .fi ru卜 _ FELICE: It's not going to get any or"rmer.*ou know, ≧)a゛ during the performance, even under hor lights, the stage was cold, btrt I was so losr in lhe play that it seerned warrn as a summer afternoon i" . .(9 lDaring tbit gteecb be hu crotted to tbe ,apc recorder ard tarnel it back ot at a lout letel. Tbe telection coald be Villa-Lohot' Brasilianas and thoald contiue tbroagb tbe cartain.) ⌒ cLARE: are suggesting thar we-? -You FELICE: Go back into the play. cLARE: But wirh the stage so dim- FI:LICE: If we can imagine summer, we can irnagine more light. 59

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~~cLARE: If we're lost in the play? FELIcE: Yes, completely-in I~~

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~~箕:鶴ん筋λtti、」Кha鑓向型 ELICE: C)ther alternatives― ― 「 CLARE: Lacking!‐ ―ヨCan we kecP On Our coatsP~~

ヘ FELiCE:We could but l think the feeling of summer would comc more casily to us l we t∞ k Ou:尽 atS顔・ゴ. CLARE:0′ ∫/P″ ′′ル ″ιノθg'総″ι′′々θ″′ぁθ∫οル/ `0″ 1Tあ θノ″θZο クθ′ル″ ″′∫′″ガルπg′あ′ποッ″′あθ∫οル.Hθ `ο ル′′∫′ルルg″滋′g″″∫′′ル ι″んο/″.] ク `あ Do we stop where we stopped tonight or do we look for an endingP

~~FELICE: I think that you will丘 nd it wherever you hid it, Clare. ｀~~

~~CLARE:Wherever γο″hid it,nOt rne.[Sわ′ノοθた∫′′あi認 ′πど ″ ∫ク∫,/g/′ ル g`あ ″πノ ′ο″′″ あ′′解 ο″ あ.] FELICE: IS Somcthing wrongP~~

[HiRil:彎 :|:;「liril,θ π ′ιzοクθ∫′乃θ7′ ツ0ノクθ′f7ο 解 ″″ノθ′ ′あ′∫ルθα π″∫″′0″ ′あθρ″″θ・] ⌒ ―-1%′ as it〃 ″ノ∫ thereP “ FELICE:Yes,in cvcry performance.Where would you like mc to placc it7

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~~CLARF[″ ″∫″〃′gル ′′″]:Hit hard and get Out fast' `″ "ι FELICE: Ycs,that's the cry!~~

~~CLARE: Do we start atthe top Of the playP~~

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~~CLAREレ θり /“′]:NOt a sOui s● 1l exislng in the world 80ne away.~~

FELICE[″ ′7夕 ∫3′ ]: Then why did you pick up the phOne2 “ CLARE[クθηル∫′]:To sec if it's still cOnnected. FELICE[ク ″タル∫′]:We would have been nOtined if_ t膨 l協毬濯機∴」蹄it° l∬ 脱∫]競謝∫ FELICE[ク θッル∫′〕:Night,what a restiess night. CLARE[″ ⌒ θッル″]:Wasn't it,thOughP

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~~6・ APFcn。 1び T/oS“ke 63 OUTCRY~~

~~OPENING OF HOUSE~~

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~~O UC Stalllc~~

~~② UCR Rostra ‐On lt‐ Throne Mop and bucket (on S.R side) Pile of rutional geographics lcamng agalllst D S sidc 2 Pictue frames~~

@ u.s.n. Bcd ―On it― 2 Pillows I grey blanket 2 White blankets for wiping blood I,antern (focused onto bed wilh blue gel) Coatstand ―On lt‐ 2 old black coats ―In it‐ I staff 2 sword-stick ⌒

@ o.s.n Chaiselongue ‐On lt― Throwwgr I green cushion I red cushion Felice's stafr ０ Sticky tape for cable ０ l Sultcasc(Clll U S Jdc ofchalsclonguc) ④ Piano stool odng U S)― On it― Telephone table upside dovrn On it- doiley 3 boxes ( on top ofeach other) Jn top one- Sea shell Telephone Parasole Gloves Wedding photo Bowl soapy water and spool ０ D.S.R. (continued) ０ Armchair ０ Sunflowers 2 Older suitcases ０ C.S.R Door truck ０ D.S.C. Crate -In it- oil lamp (primed) Glass top next to lamp ０ Ashtray D.S.L. Rwox G36 (reel to reel lined up) ００ C.S.L. Window flat (shutters closed) ① Piano - In it - Box of cartidges with 6 bullets in Revolver with 6 bullets in

~~⌒ 4 Newspaper bundles stacked on top ofeach other~~

~~OFFSTAGE Carpet Green tartan blanket Black scarf Dmrslam Bucket and key for offstage effect.~~

~~PERSONALS~~

~~FELICE:- Scratchpad Pencil Box of matches Cablegram~~

~~CLARE:- Sunglasses Granny specs Cigarette case - In it - 3 Cigareftes Tiara Opal ring llandkerchief~~

~~PROMPT CORNER~~

~~Bowl ofblood Make upbrush Light switch sound effect (round metal plate and metal knocker) Doorslam Bucket and key Offstage microphone OUTCRY~~

~~ACT Ⅱ~~

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~~C〉 U・ S・ C・ Statue turned to face D.S. and on Act II marks~~

②u.s.R Throne to Act II position against backwall ０ Coatstand S.R Lamp - Plugged up with warm colour ００ D.S.R. Door flat on Act II marks (inside face D.S.) Annchair - On it Clare's jacket -in right pocket - Cigarette case ⌒ ０ Felice'sjacket - In left poacket - Scarf - On it - 2 Pillows Grey blanket 2 white blankets - Under it - I small suitcase ００ Bowl of soapy water and spool Threadbare rug ④ D.S.L. Revox G36 - lined up for Act II Act II (continued)

Ll! S.t . Piano - In it - Revolver - In it - 6 bullets Box of cartridges - In it - 6 bullets - On it - Parasole Ｏ Gloves ① Stool Telephone table - On it - Telephone ０ Wedding photo Chaiselongue 0n it - Throw-over 2 Cushions ⑩ Green tartrn blanket -Under it - Clares shoes (D.S. end) め Pile of 4 bundles of newspapers ０ Window flat (shutters closed) Sunflowers (on Act II marks)

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~~（ ´ OUT CRY~~

~~Costume Plot~~

~~Miss Stewart I Fur coat I Green dotted dress I Corsett I Camisole undergarment~~

~~⌒ I Pair black shoes I Pair stockings~~

~~Mr Merrells I Blue coat I Astrological shirt I Pair grey trousers 1 Pair socks I Pair brown shoes~~

~~⌒ OUTCRY PROPS SITUAT10N AS OF TUESDAY llTH FEBUARY~~

PIANO NEEDS CLEANNG AND KEYS UNSTICKING PIANO ST00L STLL REQUIRED TIARA FALLS TO FL00R‐ POSSIBLY ANGIE OR A.T.C. TAPE RECORDER G36Sm‐ STvE HAWKINS AT CSMD ¨ NE CHttR BEING MADE BOX OF MATCHES SPEAK TO S00ZIE AT GSMD ⌒ PARASOLE IS TREAπ D ROUGHLY GLOVES SPEAKTO mCK― NOT WORN ASYE「 PAIR OF GLASSES GRANNY TYPE SPECS‐ S00ZIEヽ ANGE CABLEGRAM MAKE UP USING LETRASET― PETER π LEPHONE CANDLESTICK IYPE‐ VERY ROUGHLY TREATED‐ LONG CABLE TELEPHONE TABLE SIMILAR HEIGHT TO TH田 CRAπ IN Ш ARSAL‐ ROUND OPAL RING WIIICH FINGER?‐ ANGIE CALLING CARD NOT NEEDED(IMAGIXARD WEDDING PICURE GRANDMAS WEDDING rN PI(■ ■RE FRAME― ROUGHLY lREATED SEA SHELL MAY BEIMAGINARY‐ ASK l■Ⅵ BED MAY NEED NEW HEAD ATTACHED BED DRESSING 2PLLOWS‐ A FEW SHEETS AND BLANKETS COTrON W00L MAY NOW BE TISSUES‐ BC REVOLVER ONE IN OFFICE‐ MTH CARTRIDGES BOWL SOAPY WATER IINBREAKABLE‐ TIN‐ SIMILARIN S17F To oNE IN REIIEARSALS SP00L FOR BLOWING BIIBBLES FROM SOAPY WATER‐ MAKE TORN SLK SCARF OFF WIIITE AND DIRIY‐ ANGIE HAS ONE CIGAREllL CASE CONTAINS 3 CIGS‐ TBC NOT REACHED YETIN REHEARSALS D00R SLAM NEEDS TO BE C― R TO GIVE A G00D SLAM ⌒ PIC甲uttE FRAME ROUGHLY TREATED‐ PICruRE OF MADONNA‐ W00DEN STAFF ONE IN REHEARSALS‐ TIM WOIILD LIKE A CIIMIER ONE StINFLOWERS BEING MADE CUSIIION FOR CHAISE ASK NICK ZIPPO LIGII「 ER ONE IN REHEARSAL‐ ‐ C BL00D TO L00K LIKE HE HAD BEEN HANDLING MEAT ARMCHAIR SEAT TO BE SAME HEIGtt AS BED OIL LAMP ONE IN OFFICE 噸 ADBARE RUG DESIGN NOT IMPORTANT‐ JUST TO L00K l∃ READBARE PLE OF NEWSPAPERS NOT HANDLED AS YET¨ POSSIBLY PLE OF SCRIPTS‐ ‐ C SUNGLASSES 1950'S STYLE‐ FOR CLARE‐ SEE NICK CIGAREllLS 帆 llLTRA LOW SLK Ctrr‐ 2 PER PERFORMANCE 2 StIITCASES ONESIN… REHEARSAL ARE G00D CARDBOARD BOXES PROBABLY 2‐ TBC ″ ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Outcry Music FX List February 10,1997

Fx/Q N" Page N" Notes 'l 2 Heavv door slamrning offstage 2 2 Slams again 3 .l 1 Cuitar Nlusic 1 Fclice stops 6 lines later 3oi $paox 4 17 Audience noises, inc hoarse male & shrill female laughs. 5 20 Guitar l!.lusic 2 siop point? ftAYs our 6 26 Cuitar Music 3 a, ^n€ taPS p 2a 40 gcot A,Sltlg 7 32 Interval? 8 33 Start Act 2? 9 42 -, Cuitar iVtusic 4 P(.a-l s ov r l0 49 ' Cuiiar N.lusic 5 Clare stops tape p.50. 2 sr,.s to Srrs 11 52 Echo yoice effect. 12 54 'r unintelligible clanking, shoutirrg elc. '13 56 i" clanking pipes 1.1 59 -r,Bachianas Brasilieras PoAY5 6\r;

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~~T0 Felice Devoto~~

~~FROMI Ttre rect of the CourPanY~~

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~~on' the eake of yorrr whinc and your tnrly awful play tlrat frankty ie not worth the paper it ie written~~

~~$Ie've borrowed and \ged enough money to retrrn to Biloxi on a~~

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