MS-UoR-1552-4

^{[place = inline] 8 bouts of pacing (3 + 2 + 3 + 0)
approx. 19 lengths: 133 steps in all}

^{[place = inline] Amy}

[0001] Mary (M), dishevelled grey hair, flimsy ^{[place = supralinear] shabby} grey gown ^{[place = supralinear] wrap}
hiding feet, trailing.
[0002] Woman's voice (V) from dark upstage.
[0003] Strip, downstage, parallel with front, length 7
steps, width 1 metre. ^{[place = overwritten] , [place = inline] a little off centre audience right.}

[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. ^{[place = overwritten] ,} leftabout at R.
[0006] Steps: clearly audible ^{[place = supralinear] rhythmic} pad.
[0007] Lighting: dim, strongest at floor level, less on body,
least on head.
[0008] Voices: both low throughout.

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

[0011] Sound. ^{[place = inline] [0011] Faint gong. [0012] When 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
3 more lengths, halts facing front at R.
[0017] Pause.

[0022] Pause.

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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] 4 lengths.

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[0037] M halts facing front at R. [0038] Pause.

[0041] Pause.

Beckett included a diagram of the strip.

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Shape, Straight line