The Collected Shorter Plays
The Collected Shorter Plays
“S And waiting, sir.
A Fresh pad, spare pencils?
S The lot, sir.
A Good shape?
S Tiptop, sir.
A And you, Dick, on your toes? [Swish of bull’s pizzle. Admiringly.] Wow! Let’s hear it land. [Swish and formidable thud.] Good. Off with his hood. [Pause.] Ravishing face, ravishing! Is it not, miss?
S Too true, sir. We know it by heart and yet the pang is ever new.
A The gag. [Pause.] The blind. [Pause.] The plugs. [Pause.] Good. [He thumps on his desk with a cylindrical ruler.] Fox, open your eyes, r...eadjust them to the light of day and look about you. [Pause.] You see, the same old team. I hope— S [aflutter] Oh!
A What is it, miss? Vermin in the lingerie?
S He smiled at me!
A Good omen. [Faint hope.] Not the first time by any chance?
S Heavens no, sir, what an idea!
A [disappointed] I might have known. [Pause.] And yet it still affects you?
S Why yes, sir, it is so sudden! So radiant! So fleeting!
A You note it?
S Oh no, sir, the words alone. [Pause.] Should one note the play of feature too?MoreLess
A Fresh pad, spare pencils?
S The lot, sir.
A Good shape?
S Tiptop, sir.
A And you, Dick, on your toes? [Swish of bull’s pizzle. Admiringly.] Wow! Let’s hear it land. [Swish and formidable thud.] Good. Off with his hood. [Pause.] Ravishing face, ravishing! Is it not, miss?
S Too true, sir. We know it by heart and yet the pang is ever new.
A The gag. [Pause.] The blind. [Pause.] The plugs. [Pause.] Good. [He thumps on his desk with a cylindrical ruler.] Fox, open your eyes, r...eadjust them to the light of day and look about you. [Pause.] You see, the same old team. I hope— S [aflutter] Oh!
A What is it, miss? Vermin in the lingerie?
S He smiled at me!
A Good omen. [Faint hope.] Not the first time by any chance?
S Heavens no, sir, what an idea!
A [disappointed] I might have known. [Pause.] And yet it still affects you?
S Why yes, sir, it is so sudden! So radiant! So fleeting!
A You note it?
S Oh no, sir, the words alone. [Pause.] Should one note the play of feature too?MoreLess
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