Two-Character Play, The by Williams Tennessee

Author:Williams, Tennessee [Williams, Tennessee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Modern Classics, Play, Theater
ISBN: e9780811225724
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 1973-01-15T02:00:00+00:00

Clare!

[She strikes a treble note repeatedly on the piano. He snatches her hand from the keyboard and slams the lid down.]

CLARE: You shouldn’t have spoken that word! “Confined”! That word is not in the—

FELICE: Oh. A prohibited word. When a word can’t be used, when it’s prohibited its silence increases its size. It gets larger and larger till it’s so enormous that no house can hold it.

CLARE: Then say the word, over and over, you—perverse monster, you!

FELICE [turns away.]

Scared to? Afraid of a—?

FELICE: I won’t do lunatic things. I have to try to pretend there’s some sanity here.

CLARE: Oh, is that what you’re trying? I thought you were trying to go as far off as possible without going past all limits.

[He turns to face her, furiously. She smiles and forms the word “confined” with her lips; then she says it in a whisper. He snatches up a soft pillow.]

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