Abstract
Two actors walk on stage and sit side by side. The woman puts her hands in front of her as if grasping a steering wheel, and, after a moment, the man speaks:
Man: | Did you notice I didn’t look back while you were turning? |
Woman: | (slightly teasing) You don’t have to, I’m driving. |
Man: | (jovially) That’s it. (Pause. The woman ‘drives’ and the man looks around.) I don’t know why we have to look for parking. I mean, we’re in an ambulance. We should be able to just park anywhere, if we put the lights on. |
Woman: | We should be able to, we should be able to. But I feel bad, I mean I don’t want to just put the lights on, just to put them on. I mean, cops do that, but I don’t do that. |
Man: | Ok. |
Woman: | I’ll do it, do you want me to do it? |
Man: | You don’t have to do it for me. |
Woman: | No, I just want — |
Man: | (casually) But do it for the guy in the back. (both actors glance toward the back of the ‘ambulance’.) |
(transcribed 21 March 2008 from www.myspace.com/razowskyand clifford)
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DeZutter, S. (2016). Distributed Creativity and Theatre. In: McIntyre, P., Fulton, J., Paton, E. (eds) The Creative System in Action. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137509468_12
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