A Moon Between Two Houses [1981]
Original
Résumé Plum and Taciturne find that they are neighbours, for better or for worse. They are, in fact, quite
different. Plume likes the windows wide open. Taciturne likes a huge padlock on the door. But
when night comes, they realize they have something in common. They are both afraid of the dark, and there is only one moon between the two houses. Extrait « (Plum and Taciturne talk to themselves) / PLUM: When the sun is gone, what happens next? There is something in the sky. There are birds… and… / TACITURNE: There aren't any clouds in the sky. Soon the moon will shine. / PLUM: The moon! There is the moon in the sky. (Plum runs to get his moon, and places it as he had placed the sun in the beginning of the play. […]) » Revue de presse « Suzanne's Lebeau script,[…] is an un-aggressive attempt at treating subjects that pre-schoolers are concerned with; fear of darkness and the excitement of meeting a new friend. », Anita Simand, The Suburban December 15, 1982. |