Fosse: Plays Six Read Free

ready
    and then Rambuku will come
    Short pause
    And you just stand there
    and say nothing
    just stand there
    and look and look
    as if nothing has happened
    as if nothing will happen
    as if this is just an ordinary day
    that’s how you stand there
    Loudly
    But this is not just an ordinary day
    Quite short pause
    Can’t you see that
    But look around
    don’t just stand there
    look around
    look
    see what’s happening
    see Rambuku opening up
    Look
    He looks around, quite short pause
    And you can see
    you can can’t you
    that this is not
    just an ordinary day
    yes you can see that
    I know you can see that
    quite short pause
    you can see
    that this is an extraordinary day
    quite short pause
    you can see
    that this is the last day
    and the first day
    I know you can see that
    Pause
    But don’t stand there like that looking around
    He stops looking around
    I don’t want to see you here
    anymore
    I want to see you
    quite short pause
    somewhere else
    quite short pause
    and now
    yes now
    now I shall finally
    see you in Rambuku
    quite short pause
    finally
    finally I’ll get to see you in a different light
    get to see you
    in Rambuku’s light
    in the radiant light of Rambuku
    shall you be
    and there shall I be
    there we shall be
    quite short pause
    and don’t just stand there
    as if someone once
    had placed you there
    forever
    that’s how you stand there
    quite short pause
    stand and stand
    pause
    and look and look
    Quite short pause
    So say something
    yes
    quite short pause
    just say something
    say something to me
    say something
    quite short pause
    for I want to know
    quite short pause
    yes that you too know
    quite short pause
    that something will finish
    and something else
    great and bright
    will begin
    Short pause
    And now you’ll say
    please do
    for you’ll be saying these things
    so often in Rambuku
    but say it now
    yes
    she smiles to herself
    say it now
    already
    say
    You are a beautiful woman
    please do
    You can say that
    can’t you
    yes
    yes
    quite short pause
    say it then
    say after me
    You
    Pause
    But say it then
    say
    You
    HE
    You
    SHE
    Good
    And then you say
    quite short pause
    are a beautiful woman
    HE
    are a beautiful woman
    SHE
    That’s good
    Quite short pause
    Say
    Quite short pause
    You are a beautiful woman
    HE
    You are a beautiful woman
    Pause
    SHE
    Thank you
    Thank you so much
    takes his hand again, shakes it
    It makes me
    yes happy
    quite short pause
    to hear you say it
    She lets go of his hand. Pause
    And then you say
    I don’t understand anything
    HE
    I don’t understand anything
    SHE
    And say
    For today Rambuku
    shall open up
    HE
    For today Rambuku
    SHE
    More
    say the rest
    say it
    HE
    Rambuku
    SHE
    Say more
    say what I said
    Today Rambuku shall
    HE
    Today Rambuku shall
    SHE
    Say after me
    then
    say
    Today
    HE
    Today
    SHE
    Rambuku shall
    HE
    Rambuku shall
    SHE
    open up
    HE
    open up
    SHE
    Say all of it
    HE
    Today Rambuku shall
    SHE
    open up
    Yes
    Pause
    Today’s the day
    when Rambuku shall remove
    these years
    this life
    and transform it to nothing
    quite short pause
    transform it to a memory
    which disappears
    like the landscape when it darkens
    fades away
    quite short pause
    and grows black
    quite short pause
    and then Rambuku shall stand forth
    quite short pause
    in all its light
    quite short pause
    in all its
    luminescent
    transparent
    being
    quite short pause, as if she is reflecting
    it
    quite short pause
    Rambuku
    should come today
    quite short pause
    so why doesn’t Rambuku come
    it must come
    And it comes
    and then it’s over
    then it’s finished
    Then this is finished
    Pause
    Then it’s finished
    say it
    Say
    Then it’s finished
    HE
    Then it’s finished
    SHE
    Then it’s finished
    Pause
    Do you understand that
    that it’s finished
    quite short pause
    no
    no you don’t understand that
    not here
    for here it’s not possible
    quite short pause
    to understand anything
    here you just stand
    and look and look
    and say nothing
    and understand nothing
    and that’s how it is here
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