Fosse: Plays Six Read Free Page A

Rambuku it’s not like that
    say it
    say after me
    say
    In Rambuku it’s not like that
    HE
    In Rambuku
    Short pause
    SHE
    Yes
    Say
    Quite short pause
    It’s not like that
    HE
    It’s not like that
    SHE
    In Rambuku
    it’s not like that
    short pause
    in Rambuku
    quite short pause
    you become beautiful
    quite short pause
    for no one was more beautiful than you
    quite short pause
    I could’ve had anyone I wanted
    yes
    I could
    yes it’s true
    and in Rambuku
    I shall have you back
    short pause
    for you
    yes
    quite short pause
    yes you looked like Rambuku
    quite short pause
    and I chose you
    of course
    for you were
    like Rambuku
    long pause, she smiles to herself
    it was these
    reflects
    yes these beautiful tosses
    of thoughts
    they were sudden
    you thought just like they think
    in Rambuku
    and your voice
    the strange arcs that formed
    suddenly
    quite short pause
    and the clouds disappeared
    and the sky turned blue
    and shimmering
    across our life
    quite short pause
    such were the tosses
    of your thoughts
    you had Rambuku
    in you
    quite short pause
    and your voice surged
    like the waves on the sea
    waves
    there in Rambuku
    quite short pause
    that’s how you were
    short pause
    I say something beautiful about you
    and you just stand there
    stand there
    and say nothing
    just stand there
    and stare and stare
    straight up and down
    you stand there
    quite short pause
    can’t you say something
    I tell you
    looks at him, in a clear voice
    there were beautiful tosses in your thoughts
    I tell you that
    quite short pause
    and you just stand there
    and say nothing
    quite short pause
    why don’t you say something
    quite short pause
    say something
    at least you can answer
    when I talk to you
    say something
    answer
    answer me
    say something
    She sighs. Pause
    Well read it then
    She takes a pad and a pencil from her bag and writes, tears off the sheet, hands it to him, and he stands and fumbles with the sheet
    Read it then
    Read
    Read what I’ve written
    quite short pause
    oh well
    don’t do it then
    just leave it then
    just leave reading it
    quite short pause
    or
    yes read it
    read it at once
    now
    read
    Read
    Pause
    HE
    reads
    Rambuku
    SHE
    Thank you
    thank you so much
    quite short pause
    it was
    quite short pause
    yes so beautiful to hear you say
    Rambuku
    Short pause
    Why don’t you read it one more time
    Yes
    yes
    yes you must do that
    Read
    read it one more time
    Pause
    HE
    reads
    Rambuku
    SHE
    And yet one more time
    please
    Pause
    HE
    reads
    Rambuku
    SHE
    Thank you
    thank you so much
    He stands with the note in his hand and she walks over and takes it from his hand, she puts the pad, the pencil and the note in her bag. Pause
    And now
    short pause
    Now this is soon finished
    now we won’t stand here any longer
    you and I
    now we won’t be here any longer
    you and I
    now we’re going
    quite short pause
    to where everything opens wide
    like a vista
    over everything that exists
    that’s where we’re going
    you and I
    quite short pause
    yes it ended up being the two of us
    and you had such a big and beautiful power
    you were as beautiful as Rambuku
    yes you had a power
    hesitates
    yes a power as headstrong
    as Rambuku
    quite short pause
    you were this power
    this headstrong power
    quite short pause
    this power
    which showed itself most of all
    in your sudden tosses
    from one thought
    to another
    reflects a little
    just like Rambuku
    yes
    you were
    yes exactly
    quite short pause
    yes you were
    as beautiful
    as Rambuku
    quite short pause
    your smile
    the way you tossed your head
    I think I can say
    quite short pause
    yes that I understand myself
    quite short pause
    yes that I chose you
    quite short pause
    and do I regret it
    quite short pause
    no
    no I don’t think I regret it
    or
    quite short pause
    yes I regret it
    quite fast
    I regret as much as it’s possible to regret
    I always feel regret
    all the time
    every time I see you
    every time I hear you voice
    I feel regret
    I keep regretting it
    I feel nothing but regret
    quite