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Opening a Fuzzwollop's Frame of Mind
About this book
A delightfully funny absurdist play that explores the nature of humanity and our fear of the unknown.
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From somewhere behind the curtain an old scratchy record begins to play ‘The Blue Danube’. The music gradually grows louder. Suddenly the curtains part; Mrs Judith Hartwig and Mr Jethro Hartwig enter waltzing. The music dies down.
Judith [sullenly] Jethro, darling, do you sometimes wonder what it would have been like if we had—?
Jethro [interrupting] Yes.
Judith Tell me again, why didn’t we?
Jethro It was the unknown.
Judith Ah, the unfamiliar.
Jethro The unascertained.
Judith The undiscovered.
Jethro The unexplored.
Judith The uninvestigated.
Jethro The unrevealed.
Judith The un… un…
Jethro [whispering in her ear] Unearthed.
Judith Oh, thank you, darling. The unearthed.
They waltz a while.
Jethro The fact was we were—
Judith Don’t say!
Jethro Scared.
Judith Frightened.
Jethro Alarmed.
Judith Worried.
Jethro Unsure.
Judith Terrified.
Jethro Apprehensive.
Judith We were… ah… oh…
Jethro [whispering in her ear] Afraid.
Judith Oh, thank you, darling. Afraid.
Jethro But we’re comfortable, are we not?
Judith Why, yes. Yes! I suppose so.
Jethro And we’re happy?
Judith [uncertain] Actually, now that I consider it…
Jethro No?
Judith No.
Jethro No? So you are happy.
Judith No. ‘No’ as in ‘no, I’m not happy’.
Jethro Well, why don’t you look at your jewellery.
Judith I… I… I don’t think that’s going to make me happy anymore.
She suddenly stops waltzing.
She made me realise that money can’t buy certain things. Yes, it can buy sapphire rings and ruby necklaces but it can’t buy…
Jethro Diamonds?
Judith [longingly] Freedom.
Jethro The ability to fly like a bird.
Judith Soar like an eagle.
Jethro To come down from the bleachers and onto the field.
Judith To… to…
Jethro [whispering in her ear] To cut the—
Judith Jethro, please, give me a chance! [She pauses. Solemnly] To walk out of the door.
The music strikes up again as Jethro takes Judith in his arms and begins to waltz again. Judith gazes longingly somewhere else. The curtains part as they spin in an exit.
The music is brought to a halt by a high-pitched scream from Judith. There is the sound of many people rushing. Silence. The curtains open to reveal a clump of people encircling something.
Wilmah What on Jupiter is it?
Jethro How did it get here?
Judith For goodness sakes, Jethro! We know how it got here!
Jethro How, darling?
Judith I was sitting over there, minding my own jewellery when…
Wilmah When?
Jethro When?
Wilmah When, what?
Jethro Yes, darling, when what?
Judith [confused] What?
Wilmah Yes, what?
Jethro Yes, darling, what?
Judith What, when this thing appeared before my very eyes! It was as though it appeared out of thin air.
Jethro As though it came from nowhere.
Judith As though it suddenly became visible.
Jethro As though it raised and became evident.
Judith As though… as though…
Jethro [whispering in her ear] As though it came into being.
Judith Why, thank you, darling. As though it came into being.
Wilmah Yes, but what exactly is it?
They all loo...
Table of contents
- Cover
- First Production
- Characters and Setting
- Opening a Fuzzwollop’s Frame of Mind
- Copyright Details