Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Footfalls / Pas

MS-HRC-SB-3-7

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Segment 1

[0001] May (M), dishevelled grey hair, worn
grey wrap hiding feet, trailing
.

[0002] Woman's voice (V) from dark upstage.

[0003] Strip: downstage, parallel with front,
length seven steps, width one metre,
a little off centre audience right.

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Segment 2

[0004] Pacing: starting with right foot (r) from
right (R) to left (L), with left foot (l) from
L. to R.

[0005] Turn: rightabout at L, leftabout at R.

[0006] Steps: clearly audible rhythmic pad.

[0007] Lighting: dim, strongest at floor level,
less on body, least on head.

[0008] Voices: both low throughout.

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Segment 3

[0009] CURTAIN. [0010] Stage in darkness.

[0011] Faint gong. [0012] Pause as echoes die.

[0013] FADE UP to dim on strip. [0014] Rest in
darkness
.

[0015] M discovered pacing approaching L.
[0016] Turns at L, paces three more lengths,
halts facing front at R.

[0017] Pause.

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Segment 4

M:

[0018] Mother. [0019] (Pause. [0020] No louder) [0021] Mother.

[0022] (Pause)

V:

[0023] Yes, May.

M:

[0024] Were you asleep?

V:

[0025] Deep asleep. [0026] (Pause) [0027] I heard you in my deep sleep.
[0028] (Pause) [0029] There is no sleep so deep I would not hear

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Diagram 1
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