Mnemonic (Modern Plays) by Theatre de Complicite

Author:Theatre de Complicite [Complicite, Theatre de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Scene Sixteen

Virgil’s mobile phone rings. He turns DS to answer it. The video image is now unclear.

Virgil Hello.

Alice Hello. It’s me.

Long pause. Alice’s face appears gradually on Virgil’s naked chest.

Virgil (together) Why did you … out of the blue?

Alice (together) Sorry, it’s the middle of the night.

Virgil What?

Alice What? Sorry … I … (Pause.) How are you?

Virgil (a faint laugh. Pause) Listen, when did we last speak?

Alice I don’t know. My mother’s funeral, I think.

Virgil Yes, eight months ago. And we didn’t speak, by the way, you just left a message.

Alice Oh. I’m sorry. I need to talk to you.

Virgil Why?

Alice I just do. Something’s happened. Something very strange.

Pause.

Virgil Are you going to tell me why you did what you did?

Alice It’s difficult. I don’t know where to begin. After my mother’s funeral, well, her cremation …

Virgil So no vultures then?

Alice Sorry?

Virgil Doesn’t matter.

Alice Anyway, after her funeral, I know that I took that money from our account, the £2,000. I know, I know it was everything. I was so … well, I took a train to Paris.

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