Two Plays - Carole Fréchette
[2006] with Helen's Necklace. (Playwrights Canada Press,Toronto: 2007)17.95$
Création Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, February 13, 2007 Traducteur(s) John Murrell (Auteur masculin) Nombre de personnages 2 Personnage(s), 1 Femme(s), 1 Homme(s), 2 Acteur(s) |  |
Original
- Original en français par Carole Fréchette sous le titre de Jean et Béatrice [2002] (Leméac / Actes Sud - Papiers, 2002) 13,95$
Traduction en roumain de Cecilia Burtica sous le titre:Jean şi Béatrice aussi disponible
- Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, 12 mars 2002
Résumé
“Well-to-do young woman is seeking a man who will interest, move and seduce her.” High above the city, Beatrice sits on the 33rd floor of an office tower waiting for the right man to respond to her ad. When John appears, the games begin. But if he wins, what then?
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- Décor: The action takes place in a very large, nearly empty room.
Upstage Centre is a vast wrap-around window, only one small pane of which can be opened to let in fresh air.
At one side is the only door, which is locked. A single, imposing armchair is placed in front of the window. Tacked to the walls are numerous photos, all the same size. On a small table is a Polaroid camera. In one corner is a basket of shiny red apples. On the floor are dozens of water bottles, some empty, some full. Also scattered about are numerous apple cores, quietly molding in the sun.
It is a beautiful day. Outside the window, skyscrapers gleam in the light of late afternoon. From time to time, birds may fly past the thirty-third floor, where the room is situated.
In the armchair, staring out the window, is a young woman, avidly eating an apple. This is BEATRICE. The sound of her crunching echoes in the nearly empty room.
BEATRICE has long hair which descends in gentle waves to her waist, like the hair of a Medieval princess.
After a while, someone knocks on the locked door.
- Caractéristiques des personnages: JOHN
BEATRICE
Extrait
« JOHN: Now what do we do? Huh? What do we do now? / BEATRICE: Now… / JOHN: We lose our minds, is that it? We're locked in, so we lose our minds. / She puts the knife down on the floor between them. / BEATRICE: Now we're locked in, so we…we love one another. / JOHN sniggers. / JOHN: “We love one another”? What does that mean, to “love one another”? / BEATRICE: I'm not sure. We have to find out. »
