- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Trial
About this book
Josef K's thirtieth birthday begins with a knock on his door from two sinister agents. They're from an unidentified agency, here to arrest him for unidentified crimes.But this is no birthday prank - this is life or death. So begins K's dark descent into a waking nightmare of bizarre humiliations and compulsive procedures. The Olivier Award-winning Rory Kinnear (Hamlet, Skyfall) leads the cast of this new production, directed by Richard Jones and designed by Miriam Buether in a new adaptation by Nick Gill.
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| TIFFANY dances for K; he pays her, and she leaves. | |
| K wakes up in bed. | |
| K | an almost woke ee up one morn – like baby innocent an bold, the great white hole, lord of all surveys, unslandered, clear of mind an hurt, future ahead an ee all indestructible – Josef K |
| like crushed out dog on motorroad side | |
| eyes a-glass an full of blood an vim for the day | |
| im watched from all round windows, sunk all stary eyes in bobby heads on spring, slobberjaw an blanken lips | |
| hello neighbours, distant dogs | |
| not a wave | |
| listen birds | |
| observen through window neighbours | |
| listen world go businessing in street | |
| thinken wasted one more Tiffany night | |
| thinken breakfast | |
| thinken if ee can face to confront it all | |
| an finally, procrast no more | |
| bold im brass, shoulderwheel an steeled to task, ee – Josef K – almost awake an greet | |
| K | Rosa? |
| COMPTROLLER enters. | |
| COMPTROLLER | Who’s Rosa? |
| Are you expecting Rosa? | |
| K | No. |
| COMPTROLLER | You did just say ‘Rosa’, didn’t you? |
| K | That’s her flat. Who are you? What are you doing in there? |
| COMPTROLLER | She’s not in. Is she always back this late? |
| K | She works at night. Are you with the police? |
| COMPTROLLER | She works at night? |
| K | Not like that. |
| COMPTROLLER | That’s what you said. |
| K | She’s a bartender, she comes home for breakfast; she should be back any minute, I’m sure she can answer all your questions then. |
| COMPTROLLER | You think we’re here to talk to her? |
| K | Well, you’re not here for me, are you? |
| Hang on … | |
| an while ee stand there all imperium, look for identity in all drawers, proof of adult an official, show im ee all aboveboard. | |
| Here you go – | |
| COMPTROLLER | ...|
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Characters
- Notes on Text
- The Trial
- Also by Nick Gill