The Game One Act Plays

Life- female Death- male Youth- male poet The girl- dancer

Life and Death are arguing over who gets to claim souls. Life wants the smart people, claiming the world needs then. She tries to barter monarchs, kings and soldiers instead.

Youth speaks to Life and Death, Youth has been seeking death for the past few weeks (poison and gun) both failed attempts.

Youth wants to attempt suicide again by jumping into the sea. Death is encouraging him.

Youth wants to die because he lost love, Life is telling him it wasn’t love, he wasn’t ready for love, what he felt was only desire.

Life and Death play for Youth and Life wins.

The Girl also wants to leap into the sea because of loneliness, the lack of love, having only desire from the men in her life.

The Girl meets Youth and finally has found love, just as Life had said. The Girl gave her life to fate when she wanted to die so Life and Death must play.

The stakes are higher as the fate of both Youth and The Girl are on the line. Youth has finally found love and if Death wins the game, The Girl dies and Youth will be a lost soul, miserable and Life will ask Death to finally take Youth.

Life wins. Life plays to win and Death plays for the fun of it.

Tomorrow nights game The Plague, death is sure to win The play ends with Life counting her losses, and confessing that soldiers do matter to her.