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Passion Play (TCG Edition)
Sarah Ruhl
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Sarah Ruhl
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- First book, "Clean House and Other Plays"- already in fourth printing with sales over 17,000 sold since October 2006 - Second book, "Dead Man's Cell Phone"-first printing of 5,000 copies sold out in the first seven months.
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ACT TWO
ONE: PILATE COMES HOME
P hesitates outside a door.
Mary 1 enters.
Mary 1 enters.
MARY 1
You ready to come in?
P
Almost.
Canāt believe itās you.
Let me justā
Canāt believe itās you.
Let me justā
He traces her cheek.
Is it you?
MARY 1
Itās me, honey.
She traces his cheek.
He winces.
dp n="40" folio="188" ?He winces.
P
Ohā
MARY 1
What did Iā?
P
Donāt touch me yet, okay.
MARY 1
Okay. Why donāt you touch me?
He touches her hands.
P
(To the audience) She is a deer wrapped in brown velvet. She is the air breathing inside the body of a violin.
MARY 1
What?
P
Nothing.
Sorry.
Iām not being myself, am I?
Sorry.
Iām not being myself, am I?
You know that funny phraseāwhat is itāremember me to your mother. I need you to remember meāto myself. Can youā?
MARY 1
Think so.
Here we goāIām remembering you to yourself.
She touches his forehead.
He winces.
Violet enters.
He winces.
Violet enters.
VIOLET
Daddy!
dp n="41" folio="189" ?P
Violet!
The pictures of you were pretty.
But not half so pretty as you.
The pictures of you were pretty.
But not half so pretty as you.
VIOLET
I drew you a picture of a bird.
She hands it to him.
P
Wow! How is it you can draw such a good bird, only three years old?
VIOLET
Iām good at drawing birds.
P
Thatās the best bird I ever saw. Itās so good I bet it even flies.
He flies the bird picture around the room.
He picks up Violet and flies her around the room.
He picks up Violet and flies her around the room.
VIOLET
(Laughing) Put me down!
P flies crazier.
Put me down! Iām scared!
MARY 1
Youāre scaring her, honey.
P puts her down.
P
I didnāt scare you, honey, did I? We āre just playing bird.
VIOLET
I know.
dp n="42" folio="190" ?MARY 1
Why donāt we all go to sleep. It ās been a long day.
P
Iāll sleep right here, just outside the door. You two call me if you need anything.
MARY 1
What? Why, honey?
P
So I can hear.
MARY 1
Hear what?
P
If anyoneās coming.
MARY 1
No oneās coming.
P
Not right now. But when we āre sleeping. When you sleep outside you can hear the leaves if anyoneās coming. I want to protect you. And Violet.
MARY 1
I know, honey. But itās safe here. Itās South Dakota. Remember?
VIOLET
Why is Daddy sleeping outside?
P
To protect you from bad people.
VIOLET
Are there bad people tonight?
dp n="43" folio="191" ?P
There are always bad people.
Mary 1 gives P a blanket.
Good night.
Sleep with the angels, Violet.
Sleep with the angels, Violet.
VIOLET
Whatās that mean?
P
Sweet dreams.
Mary 1 and Violet exit.
P curls up in his blanket.
He looks at the sky.
The sky is red.
He sits up.
He looks at the sky.
The sky is red.
He sits up.
(To himself )
Red sky at night, sailorās delight.
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailorās delight.
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
The chorus enters with wind machines
and Elizabethan boats.
and Elizabethan boats.
Theyāre coming through the fog to the shore, the tall ships, and Iām making sure they get here safe . . . real safe . . . I feel a gale of wind coming from the north but I counter it with a gale from the south . . . I pour wind into their sails, and itās important they get here by morning . . .
P steers the boats through the wind, conducting.
Violet enters.
Violet enters.
You should be sleeping.
dp n="44" folio="192" ?VIOLET
You should be sleeping.
Why are there boats in the sky?
Why are there boats in the sky?
P
You can see them?
VIOLET
Ye...