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for
Reading University
Library
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Sam. Beckett
Nolan
gallery
Wed.
10
[0001] Stage in darkness but for
MOUTH, upstage audience right, about 8' above stage level, faintly lit from close up and below, rest of face in shadow. Invisible microphone.
[0002] AUDITOR, downstage audience left, tall standing figure, sex undeterminable, enveloped from head to foot in loose black djellaba with hood, fully faintly lit, standing on invisible podium about 4' high, shown by attitude alone to be facing diagonally across stage intent on MOUTH, dead still throughout but for four brief movements where indicated. See Note 1.
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[0003] As house lights down MOUTH's voice unintelligible behind curtain. House lights out. Voice continues unintelligible behind curtain, 10 seconds. With rise of curtain ad-libbing from text as required leading when curtain fully up and attention sufficient into
MOUTH |
[0004] ..out..into this world..this world..tiny little thing..before its time..in a godfor- p |


[0008] what position she was in!..whether standing..or sitting..but the brain - p |


[0013] sound..not any sound..no sound of any kind..no screaming for help for example..should she feel so inclined..scream..(screams)..then listen P |


[0021] contortions without which..no speech possible..and yet in the ordinary way..not felt at all..so intent one is..on what one is saying..the whole being..hanging on its words..so that not only she had..had she..not only had she to give up..admit hers alone..her voice alone[0022]..but this other awful thought..oh long after..sudden flash..even more awful if possible..that feeling was coming back..imagine!..feeling coming back!..starting at the top..then working down..the whole machine..but no..spared that..the mouth alone..so far..ha!..so far..[0023]then thinking..oh long after..sudden flash..it can't go on..all this..all that..steady stream..straining to hear..make something of it..and her own thoughts..make something of them..all - p |


[0027] on and off.. starting to move around..like moonbeam but not..all part of the same..keep an eye on that too..corner of the eye..all that together..can't go on..God is love..she'll be purged..[0028]back in the field..morning sun..April..sink face down in the grass..nothing but the larks..so on..grabbing at the straw..straining to hear..the odd word..make some sense of it..whole body like gone..just the mouth..like maddened..and can't stop..no stopping it..something she had to - p |
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