

[0002] V Woman's voice from dark.
[0001] M Mary
[0008] Voices low
throughout
[0006] Steps clearly
audible.
[0003] Strip
xx.
[0009] Curtain. [0010] Stage in darkness.
[0011] Sound.
[0013] Fade up to dim on strip. [0014] Rest in darkness.
[0015] M pacing. [0016] Say about 3 ½ lengths counting from r2
[0016] M halts facing front at R .
[0017] Pause.
M |
[0018] Mother. |
[0022] Pause.
V |
[0023] Yes Mary. |
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 you there. |
M |
[0029|001] What kind of sleep is that? |
[0030] Pause. [0031] M resumes pacing. [0032] Say 4 lengths starting from R
V |
[0033] (at |
[0037] M halts facing front at R. [0038] Pause.
M |
[0039] Would you like me to inject you again? |
V |
[0040] Yes, but it is too soon. |
[0041] Pause.
M |
[0042] Would you like me to change your position? |
V |
[0043] Yes, but It is too soon. [0044] |


M |
[0045] Rearrange your pillows? [0046] (Pause.) [0047] Change your drawsheet? [0048] (Pause.) [0049] Pass you the urinal? [0050] (Pause.) [0051] The
bedpan? [0052] (Pause.) [0053] Dress your sores? [0054] (Pause.) [0055] Sponge you down? [0056] (P.) [0057] Moisten yr. lips. [0057|001] Tell
|
[0062] Pause.
V |
[0063] Yes, but It is |
[0064] Pause.
M |
[0065] How old am I now? |
V |
[0066] And I? |
M |
[0070] (I suppose) getting on for ninety. |
V |
[0071] As much as that? |
M |
[0072] Eighty-nine, ninety. |
V |
[0073] I had you late in life. |
M |
[0073|001] |
[0076] Pause
V |
[0077] |
[0078] Pause.
M |
[0082] Well? |
V |
[0083] (You must be) well into your forties. |
M |
[0084] Is that all? |
V |
[0085] I'm afraid so. [0087] (M resumes pacing. [0088] After |
M |
V |
[0097] Can you not stop revolving it all? |
M |
V |
[0100] It all. [0101] (Pause.) [0102] In your poor mind. [0103] (Pause.) [0104] It all. [0105] (Pause.) [0106] It all. |
[0107] M continues pacing., [0108] say about 2 lengths after about 5 secs. [0109] Fade out on strip.
[0110] All in darkness. [0111] Steps silent. [0112] Long pause.
[0113] Sound a little fainter
[0115] Fade up a little dimmer on strip. [0116] Rest in darkness.
[0117] M facing f M standing front at .
[0118] Pause.
V |
[0119] I walk here now. [0120] (Pause.) [0121] Rather I come and sit. [0122] (Pause.)
[0123] At nightfall. [0124] (Pause.) [0125] My voice is in her head. [0126] (Pause.)
[0127] She thinks she is alone. [0128] (Pause.) [0129] See how still she
stands |


V |
[0139] asked. [0140] (Pause.) [0141] In the old home, the same where
she - [0142] (Pause.) [0143] The same where she began. [0144] (Pause.) [0145] Where it began [0190] M continues pacing. [0191] |


M |
[0202] Appendix: [0203] some ten years later, when she was quite
forgotten, she began - . [0204] (Pause.) [0205] Some few years
later, when it was all as though she had never been,
if she ever had, she began to walk. [0206] (Pause.) [0207] At
nightfall. [0208] (Pause.) [0209] Slip out into the little church
by the south door, always closed at that hour, and
walk up and down the corresponding arm. [0211] |


[0310] Pause. [0311] Fade out on stroip. [0312] All in darkness. [0313] Long
pause.
[0314] Same sound a little fainter still.
[0316] Fade up on strip a little dimmer still. [0317] No sign
of Mary. [0318] Long pause. [0319] Fade out. [0320] Curtain.