- 80 pages
- English
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Poison
About this book
'We're...
A man and a woman
Who've lost a child
Who first lost a child
And then... each other
Or maybe I should say:
Who first lost a child,
then themselves and then each other'
An extraordinary play that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on?
Poison by Dutch writer Lot Vekemans, in this English translation by Rina Vergano, had a critically acclaimed run in New York in 2016, and was premiered in the UK at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in November 2017, directed by Paul Miller.
The original Dutch-language version of the play, Gif, was first performed at NT Gent/NL in December 2009.
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PART ONE
We see the chapel of a cemetery: an empty, white room containing a number of chairs. A water cooler and a coffee machine. HE is seated on a chair against the wall, a beaker of water in his hand. SHE enters, damp from the rain and a little chaotic.
SHE Youāre early
I saw your car standing there and I thought: heās early
HE It didnāt take as long as I thought
SHE Shitty weather
HE Yeah
SHE Is the weather this shitty where you are too?
HE Where we are?
SHE In Normandy I mean
HE Oh yeah, I mean, yeah yeah
They look at each other.
You havenāt changed a bit
SHE Oh, well donāt look too closely
HE takes a letter out of his pocket and holds it up.
HE I only got it the day before yesterday
SHE I didnāt know if youād get it in time
HE I meant to phone you to say I was coming
But emā¦
Iām not much of a phoner
SHE No, no, Iāve noticed
HE But Iām here
SHE Yes, youāre here
You been here long?
HE Twenty minutes
Half an hour, at most
SHE Have you already been to his grave?
HE It looks lovely
SHE I do my best
HE Itās quiet here
SHE It usually is in cemeteries
HE Not many people I mean
SHE Perhaps no oneās died this week
HE Sorry?
SHE Thatās why itās so quiet
HE Oh I see yeah
Well anyway they probably wonāt be burying any more people here will they
Considering the situation
SHE No
No, probably not no
HE Are we the only ones at this meeting?
SHE They wanted to speak to everyone personally
HE Okay
Donāt you want to sit down?
SHE In a minute
Iāve got bulbs in the car
Tulip bulbs
I wanted to plant them
HE Now?
SHE Yes or in a while
When itās less wet
HE Right
So here we are then
SHE Yes, here we are then
HE I donāt really know what to say
SHE Neither do I
HE You look good
SHE Do you think so?
HE Yes, I do
SHE Thatās nice, nice of you to say so
Even though you probably donāt mean it
HE I do mean it
SHE Then itās even nicer of you
ā¦
You too
HE What?
SHE You look good too
HE Thanks
SHE France is doing you good, obviously
HE Yes yes it probably is
Shall we sit down?
SHE Fine
They sit down. First SHE. HE ās a bit unsure which seat to choose. Goes to sit next to her first of all, then reconsiders. Leaves a couple of chairs empty between them.
HE Nothingās changed here then
SHE No
HE Except that enormous hedge has gone I noticed
SHE Too much upkeep
Same with the rose bushes in the middle
Someoneās got to look after them and that all costs too much
HE I thought it might have been the poison
SHE No, no, itās got nothing to do with the poison
HE Ridiculous eh
SHE Dreadful
HE And theyāve only just found out about it
SHE Theyāre talking about moving two hundred grav...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Characters
- Poison
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information