and down the mountain
quite short pause
and then here
THE WOMAN
No
quite short pause
no I don’t see anything
THE MAN
That strong light
THE WOMAN
No
no nothing
I don’t see anything
THE MAN
You don’t see that awfully strong light
THE WOMAN
No
The light begins to fade
THE MAN
And you don’t see that it’s like
yes gleaming space
in the light
THE WOMAN
No
THE MAN
And that the light is like
breaks off. The Man walks unsteadily forwards and The Woman walks after him.
THE WOMAN
I don’t see anything
Wait
wait for me
I’m coming
The Man walks out and you can hear that he collapses. The Woman hurries out after him. Lights down.
THESE EYES
Characters
FIRST VOICE
SECOND VOICE
THE SHADOW
YOUNG WOMAN
OLD WOMAN
YOUNG MAN
OLD MAN
FIRST VOICE
I am here
I am here always
Quite short pause
And I have always
been here
quite short pause
but yet
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I must have
come here once
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I came here
quite short pause
and then I was here
And now I am here
SECOND VOICE
I am always here
FIRST VOICE
I have been here always
SECOND VOICE
I’m just here
FIRST VOICE
We are just here
quite short pause
and this land
where we are
quite short pause
it is the land from our dream
SECOND VOICE
We came from the ocean
FIRST VOICE
Are we still the ocean
SECOND VOICE
We are the ocean
we too are the ocean
and we can never part
from the ocean
because we are the ocean
FIRST VOICE
And we are the sky
SECOND VOICE
We are the sky
FIRST VOICE
We are the ocean
SECOND VOICE
And even if we are not
quite short pause
where the ocean is
quite short pause
we are still the ocean
FIRST VOICE
And we are still the sky
SECOND VOICE
Yes
FIRST VOICE
Because the ocean is our dream
SECOND VOICE
And the sky is our dream
FIRST VOICE
And the ocean is in our eyes
SECOND VOICE
And the sky
is in our eyes
FIRST VOICE
And in our faces
quite short pause
in everything which is us
there is the ocean
SECOND VOICE
continues
and there is the sky
Quite short pause
FIRST VOICE
And we shall always be here
Quite short pause
SECOND VOICE
Always shall we be here
FIRST VOICE
We are here
quite short pause
but I don’t want to be here anymore
SECOND VOICE
We are here always
Pause
FIRST VOICE
And we have always
been here
SECOND VOICE
Yes
quite short pause
where it comes
goes away
Short pause
We are here
FIRST VOICE
But I don’t belong here
Pause
You can see that
Quite short pause
Don’t you understand that
Quite short pause
Don’t you see that
SECOND VOICE
We are the world
quite short pause
where it comes
goes away
Short pause
FIRST VOICE
Yes
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yes I belong here
quite short pause
with you
I belong here
SECOND VOICE
continues
where
quite short pause
it comes
goes away
FIRST VOICE
Will you hold me please
SECOND VOICE
Yes I will
Pause. The Shadow enters
THE SHADOW
Here
This is where you will be
This is where you will always be
I am here
I am always here
Pause. The Young Woman enters and behind her The Old Woman enters
FIRST VOICE
Oh look
quite short pause
look there she comes
there she is
don’t you see her
SECOND VOICE
Yes
yes I see her
FIRST VOICE
And isn’t she beautiful
SECOND VOICE
Yes
FIRST VOICE
Very beautiful
THE SHADOW
This is where you’ll be
This is where you’ll always be
FIRST VOICE
She is beautiful
Pause
SECOND VOICE
wonderingly
This is the world
This is the land
from our dream
THE SHADOW
This is where you’ll be
I am always here
The Shadow looks at The Young Woman
YOUNG WOMAN
And now
quite short pause
and now
now
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he’ll soon come now
I know that
that he’ll be here soon
THE SHADOW
I am here
SECOND VOICE
wondering
So this is the world
that we are
FIRST VOICE
This is the world
And this is where we’ll be
THE SHADOW
This is where you must always be
SECOND VOICE
This is the land from our dream
FIRST VOICE
We are the world
YOUNG WOMAN
I am here
and I am waiting
for him
THE SHADOW
I am here
Always am I here
YOUNG WOMAN
I am here now
And soon he’ll come
I know that
Short pause
Because I’m born
quite short pause
and that’s no small thing
Laughs briefly
But why am I thinking that
I mustn’t think like that
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but it’s quite a big thing
in fact
to be born
I mean
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yes being born
and before that
quite short pause
before I was born
quite short pause
no
quite short pause
no I don’t want to think about that
but then
yes
yes before I was born
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