Trick or Treat (English translation)
[1999]
Traducteur(s) Robert Dickson (Auteur masculin) Nombre de personnages 5 Personnage(s), 5 Homme(s), 5 Acteur(s) |  |
Original
- Original en français par Jean Marc Dalpé sous le titre de Trick or treat [1997]
- Théâtre de la Manufacture, 30 mars 1999
- Ce texte a été présenté en lecture publique par le CEAD, le 6 décembre 1997.
Résumé
It is Halloween. A kid by the name of Mike has just been mugged and is looking to soothe the sting of humiliation. When he goes to Berecky and Sons and pleads with old Ben to sell him a gun, he stumbles unwittingly into a twisted game for which he is totally unprepared.
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- Décor: Mother's Day
CRACKED is talking to his mother. She is in a wheelchair with her back to the audience, unseen. He has an envelope in his hand.
Father's Day
MIKE has a backpack with provisions to make supper. He is standing in front of RICHARD who is wearing a bathrobe.
Canada Day (Friends)
BEN is drinking a cappuccino, RAY an espresso.
Trick or Treat
BEN is sitting in a swivel chair eating perogies and drinking a coke.
Requiem in pace - Rest in Peace
CRACKED is standing, facing the audience. At his feet, a box tied with rope. He looks into the distance.
From offstage we hear the sound of someone shovelling earth.
- Caractéristiques des personnages: MIKE
RICHARD
BEN
CRACKED
RAY
THE MOTHER [Silent part. Unseen (?)]
Voices
Extrait
« BEN : I guess we didn't understand each other very good. I'll explain to you another way. […] It's not just a gun a guy buys when a guy buys a gun from a guy like me. […] There's things that go with it. All kinds of things… »
Revue de presse
"Dalpé infuses this cruel and fragile world with a feverish life."
Robert Lévesque, Ici, April 8, 1999
