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Barker: Plays Seven
Howard Barker
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Barker: Plays Seven
Howard Barker
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The latest volume in Oberon's Howard Barker series comprises the plays Und, The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo, 12 Encounters With a Prodigy, Christ's Dog and Learning Kneeling. Howard Barker is Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist. There has been a recent resurgence of presentations of his plays in Britain, with particularly acclaimed productions at the Arcola theatre and the Hackney Empire in recent years. He has a sizable following on the European mainland.
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12 ENCOUNTERS WITH A PRODIGY
Characters
KISSTER
a Boy of 12
a Boy of 12
COLOGNE
his Governess
his Governess
TOLEDO
his Tutor
his Tutor
TUESDAY
his Friend
his Friend
SAMUELLA
his Mother
his Mother
GABRIELE
his Ecstasy
his Ecstasy
BEHEMOND
a Vagrant
a Vagrant
GNASH
a Female Vagrant
a Female Vagrant
MARSTON
a Thinker
a Thinker
MENDEL
Father of Gabriele
Father of Gabriele
RAGSIT
a Victim of Plague
a Victim of Plague
SCHOCK
Father of Tuesday
Father of Tuesday
TERESA
Mother of Tuesday
Mother of Tuesday
OLMUTZ
an Angel
an Angel
PRESSBURG
an Angel
an Angel
CANNAY
a Mortuary Assistant
a Mortuary Assistant
RILEY
a Lover
a Lover
I
A child rehearses.
KISSTER: | I was born at a roadside. Planes swooped overhead, firing cannon. Five uncles died, three of them clutching clocks. These clocks chimed as in their last convulsions my uncles crushed them to their chests. The fields were barley. When the barley burned it gave off dense clouds of smoke. This smoke attracted the attention of looters, rapists, and psychopaths. For two days my mother hid me in a drain, lifting the iron lid to feed me and replacing it again. For two days she was subjected to unspeakable barbarities. Her body was the site of more refined depravity with every passing hour. To this day she bears the scars of â |
YES â | |
YES â | |
The scars of her ordeal not only on her body but also in the deepest â | |
OH â | |
OH â | |
RECESSES â | |
RECESSES of her mind, hardly a night goes by without the darkness tearing like a sheet as in some nightmare she dives and screams, I force the pillow tight around my ears and â | |
Iâm not going on â | |
Iâm stopping there â | |
Donât make me â | |
I WONâT â | |
I WONâT â | |
(He sits defiantly on the floor, his legs stuck out in front of him⊠A woman emerges from the shadows⊠she regards him with exasperationâŠhis eyes at last rise to meet hersâŠ) | |
COLOGNE: | You are such a such a such a clever child â |
KISSTER: | I know â |
COLOGNE: | Such a clever child â |
KISSTER: | Yes â |
COLOGNE: | And it â |
KISSTER: | I know â |
COLOGNE: | WOUNDS ME SOMEWHERE IN MY â |
KISSTER: | I know â |
COLOGNE: | IN MY MOST TENDER PLACE THAT YOU WILL TIP YOUR LIFE LIKE WATER DOWN THE SLUICE â |
KISSTER: | Yes â |
COLOGNE: | BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT CONCENTRATEâŠ! |
(She is suddenly calm, collected. She moves to and fro with the patient demeanour of a gifted teacherâŠ) | |
What is the first law of human behaviour Kisster? | |
KISSTER: | Coercion. |
COLOGNE: | And how does coercion announce itself? |
KISSTER: | By violence. |
COLOGNE: | Only by violence? |
KISSTER: | No. It has a number of masks. |
COLOGNE: | Name the masks of coercion, Kisster. |
KISSTER: | Pity. Argument. And Shame. |
COLOGNE: | And which is the greatest of these? |
KISSTER: | Pity. Can I play now I have been indoors for â |
COLOGNE: | No â |
KISSTER: | Indoors for two hours â |
COLOGNE: | WHY NOT WHY NOT INDOORS FOR A HUNDRED HOURS â |
(He smarts.) | |
KISSTER, I AM SAVING YOUR LIFEâŠ! | |
KISSTER: | I know, I know â |
(He sobs⊠COLOGNE goes to him, kneels, hugs him to herâŠthey rock in one anotherâs armsâŠ) | |
COLOGNE: | You are so clever, so very, very clever â |
KISSTER: | (Stifled.) Mmm â |
COLOGNE: | And I adore you â |
KISSTER: | Mmm â |
COLOGNE: | Adore you with the vehemence of a perverse maternity whose â |
KISSTER: | Mmm â |
COLOGNE: | Is without â |
(She kisses him powerfully on the lipsâŠ) | |
Perimeters â | |
(She thrusts him away, and scrambles to her feet.) | |
AND SHAMELESS SHAMELESS KISSTERâŠ! | |
KISSTER: | (Wiping his mouth.) Yes⊠|
(She stares at him⊠Pause.) | |
COLOGNE: | You do not want to playâŠyou have no more desire to go outside and kick balls in gutters than I have to jostle fat women at market stallsâŠthe sun is hateful to youâŠlook how pale you are and when your hands are dirty you frown as if some vile excrement had been smeared on a sacred robe â |
KISSTER: | I LIKE FOOTBALLâŠ! |
COLOGNE: | Oh, lie, lie, Kisster, it delights me â |
KISSTER: | (Stamping a foot.) LIKE IT I SAID⊠|
(Pause⊠She examines himâŠcoollyâŠ) | |
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