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Pilgrims
About this book
A play about adventure, betrayal, and man's impulse to conquer the world.
Dan and Will climb mountains. Aged eighteen, they climbed Everest. They became legends.
Rachel isn't interested in being a character in Dan's story. She intends to make her own. But with the thrill of a climb just days away, it's not just principles, but people, in danger.
Elinor Cook's play Pilgrims premiered at HighTide Festival 2016, in a co-production with HighTide, Theatr Clwyd and Vicky Graham Productions, directed by Tamara Harvey.
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# 1
A mountain.
The present.
DAN and WILL are sitting side by side.
DAN is facing the audience, holding a torch.
WILL is facing away.
RACHEL is watching them.
RACHEL Two men are alone on a mountain.
The men are handsome.
The men are tall.
The men are Caucasian.
Their journey has been long.
Their journey has been linear.
It is a Heroās Tale.
They have been tested.
By beasts.
Storms.
Riddles.
Mirages.
Sirens.
Wicked queens.
All the usual hero things.
The story is nearly over.
The grail is nearly wonā¦
DAN turns the torch on.
The beam is very faint.
DAN Batteryās dying.
In the torch.
You got any more, Will?
Will?
Silence.
Tell you what.
Iāll go and find someone.
Somewhere.
Someone with batteries.
Wonāt be long.
Silence.
Iāll leave my pack here.
So youāll know.
That Iām coming back.
Silence.
Wouldnāt leave you here, Will.
Promise.
Silence.
Hey??
Remember that time in Greenland?
When the ice cracked and Iā¦
I went through?!
The ice!
I went blue all over.
You put your arms around me.
The heat from your body brought mine back to life.
Remember?
Silence.
And our guide!
He only had half a face.
Heād shot the other half clean off!
He wanted to die but he got it wrong.
The angle.
So he had to go through life with thisā¦
Half a face.
Half a nose, shattered cheekbone.
Blind in one eye.
You didnāt stare at him.
I did.
I stared at him all the time.
Still dream about him.
Sometimes heās sitting at the end of my bed.
Silence.
He opens his water bottle, drinks from it.
Thereās nothing in it.
Hey, pass me yours, would you?
Silence.
Will?
RACHEL Doesnāt it hurt?
Carrying that great big thing.
DAN What?
RACHEL Bet it digs into your back.
DAN Oh.
Well, itās padded you see.
RACHEL I see.
DAN Itās an Alpine Classic.
RACHEL Ah ha.
DAN Expensive.
But worth it.
RACHEL Whatās that bit for?
DAN This bit?
RACHEL Yes.
DAN The ski-slots.
RACHEL Where are the skis?
DAN Um.
They went.
Somewhere.
RACHEL Went.
DAN But look!
Ice-axe hook.
Tool tubes
Haul points.
RACHEL Yes.
DAN My goggles.
With detachable, shatter-...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Epigraph
- Characters
- Pilgrims
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information