A DRAMATICULE

Getting over it

BY Thomas Kennedy 

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author's imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental




Getting over it
Copyright © 2009 by Thomas Kennedy

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Getting over it

CHARACTERS	JOE & ANN

They are sitting on stools on opposite sides of the stage expressionless, facing the audience.
They are dressed in their underwear.

 1. 		Silence
Joe scratches his nose and simultaneously Ann fluffs her hair.
 2. 		Silence
Simultaneously they walk across to the opposite side of the stage. As they reach the middle and pass each other Joe smiles, but Ann ignores him. Simultaneously, they sit opposite again.
 3. 		Silence
 4.	Joe		Was it the egg?
 5. 		Silence
 6.	Joe		Twenty-nine years ago we met over an egg
 7. 		Silence
 8.	Joe		After, in the morning?I boiled you an egg for breakfast
 9.		Silence
10.       Joe	When you came home with each of the five children? an egg for tea                                     
11.	Silence
Joe and Ann stand simultaneously. Joe moves his shoulders and straightens his back and Ann does the same at the same time. Simultaneously they both sit again.
12. 	Silence
13.       Joe	Holidays in the Farmhouse in Cavan when the kids were small? Eggs for tea.
Ann smiles but turns her head and fluffs her hair so Joe can't see the smile. As she fluffs her hair Joe simultaneously scratches his nose.
 14.	Silence
 15.       Joe	All gone now
 16.	Silence
 17.       Joe	I'm going to sit beside you
 18.	Silence
Joe carries his stool across the stage and sits 
 19.	Silence
 20.         Joe	We're together now
Joe scratches his nose and simultaneously Ann fluffs her hair. 
Ann takes Joe's hand.

		End