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[0003] Front centre, [0004] sitting on a small plain wooden chair before a small plain wooden table, X. [0004|001] . [0008] [0004] Little wearish old man. [0005] Rusty black narrow trousers, [⁁] too short for him. [0006] Rusty black sleeveless waistcoat, 4 pockets. [0007] Heavy silver watch & chain. [0008] Grimy white shirt open at neck. No collar. [0009] Surprising pair of white boots, size ten, very narrow & pointed. [0010] Pallid face. [0011] Purple nose. [0014] Very near-sighted and [0015] hard of hearing. [0014] No glasses. [0016] Croaking voice, [0017] characteristic accent. [0019] On the table a tape-recorder and a number of cardboard boxes containing recorded tapes. [0020] Table and immediately adjacent area in strong light. [0021] Rest of stage in darkness.
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addition 2→ [0082] He closes ledger, bends over machine, switches it on, takes up listening posture, i.e. ear cupped towards machine, face front.
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[0085] Settling himself more comfortably A knocks a box off the table on to the floor. He curses, stops the machine, sweeps boxes and ledger violently off the table, [⁁] turns back tape to beginning starts up the machine again, resumes his pose.
[0085|002] The weight of boxes and ledger off the table he feels it unsteady on its legs, curses, stops the machine, tries to steady it, fails, gets up and carries it laboriously towards front. This brings him out of zone of light. [0085|003] He sets down table in shadow, goes back for chair, carries it to table and sits down in shadow. The light moves and comes to rest on him in his new position. [0085|004] He is now say a yard or so from edge of stage. He makes sure the table is firmly on its legs, turns back tape to beginning, resumes his position. |
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[0171] A stops the machine, remains motionless a moment, then gets up |
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