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Mayfly (NHB Modern Plays)
Joe White
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Mayfly (NHB Modern Plays)
Joe White
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Ben thinks his family might be better off without him, but his wife Cat has read her stars: 'Today a very special person will appear from out the blue.'
Their daughter Loops is getting ready for a date. It's her first one, and she has everything crossed.
An ethereal family drama, Joe White's debut play Mayfly explores rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy. It premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in April 2018.
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LiteraturCategoria
Britisches DramaLITTLE BIRTH
One
First thing.
HARRY pulls BEN out of the river.
BEN coughs up a lungful of water. HARRY hits his back.
HARRY wears a waiterâs uniform, but no shoes or socks. BEN has his shoes on. Both men are drenched.
HARRY. Thatâs it, thatâs it, justâŚ
BEN rolls onto his side, coughing, breathing, waving his hand: âIâm okay.â
Jesus. Fuck. I thought you were⌠Are you hurt?
Good, no, nor me. You sort of, elbowed me, in the balls, few times, but thatâs fine, Iâm fine, thatâs fine, just an accident.
âŚ
Sorry it, took a while to⌠I had to take my shoes off. And socks. They were, like, sixty quid. The shoes. Got you, though.
HARRY pulls his shoes to him. Inside are his socks, and his phone.
Should I phone an ambulance, or⌠Like⌠Family, or â
BEN. Donât have one.
HARRY. Okay.
Okay, well. Letâs just sit a minute, then. Watch the. River â Cos, you know, you can still. Drown? Even now, like, even on dry land, your lungs can. Fill up â
BEN. Iâm fine â
HARRY. Yeah, just saying, is all. Pretty grim. Drowning on dry land⌠Think Iâll put ma socks back on⌠Ma socks and shoesâŚ
Sâalright, down here, ainât it. River and that. When youâre not in it. Little⌠whatâs it⌠Dragonflies, and that. Sâalright.
Beat.
BEN. your dad never take you fishing.
HARRY. Uh⌠My⌠Uh, no. He did not.
BEN. Mayflies.
HARRY. Hm?
BEN. Them. Only live a day.
HARRY. Oh.
BEN. Hatch in the morning, mate in the afternoon, die at night. Thatâs it.
HARRY. Thatâs it, huh⌠Huh.
BEN. what?
HARRY. Just. Amazing what can happen, in a day, ennit. In one day. âMazing. How much can change â
BEN. Jesus Christ â
HARRY. What?
BEN. okay â
HARRY. I donât â
BEN. I just slipped. Alright. I was walking too close to the edge, and I â I just slipped in â
HARRY. right â
BEN. So, thatâs â so, you donât need to â
HARRY. All I was / saying was â
BEN. / You donât need to say this stuff, okay? At all. Alright?
HARRY. Alright.
HARRY takes a sodden pack of cigarettes from his pocket. Squeezes them out. Puts the cigarettes back.
BEN. Anyway, I should probably â
HARRY. Yeah, I donât know how toâŚ
BEN. What?
HARRY. I was here, mate. Whole time. I watched you, I was shouting, at you, you must have â
BEN. I donât â
HARRY. You didnât slip. I watched you. Wade in. Close your eyes, open your (mouth)⌠You didnât slip. You were. Careful. And, you know, I donât even walk to work? Normally, to â I work at The Bear, the pub, up â
BEN. Mm â
HARRY. And, on the few occasions when I do â when itâs light, now itâs spring, if itâs dry â I, I, go along â I walk up there. Through the field. I never come down here, at all, not ever, so you need to understand something: this morning, for whatever reason â
BEN. I understand â
HARRY. Let me talk. This morning. Something. Is like. Looking â Itâs like something wanted me â like something is looking out for you. Or something. And wanted to use me to â Use me â And you canât even give me the courtesy to just â
BEN. okay â
HARRY. to just say: âthings arenât that badâ, and, and âa lot can happen in a dayâ â
BEN. alright â
HARRY. I donât know what Iâm doing, okay, I said we should watch the river a minute ago â I donât want to watch that fucking thing, do I? Iâve just been in it. Itâs freezing. But I was panicking â
BEN. Okay â
HARRY. Iâm still panicking â
BEN. Yes â
HARRY. And you elbowed me in the balls on purpose. I know you did â
BEN. Alright. Jesus Christ. AlrightâŚ
Look⌠uhâŚ
HARRY. Harry.
BEN. What?
HARRY. My⌠Sorry, you â you left that gap there / for me to say â
BEN. / No I was just â
HARRY. Well, it sounded like â
BEN. I donât want to know your name.
HARRY. Fine. / What? Thatâs rude, I just saved your life.
BEN. / I just â Listen.
I donât⌠actually, remember. I⌠was walking and then⌠I just⌠found myself in there. In the⌠Itâs like my mind just⌠Stopped.
HARRY. Are you â Have you taken something?
BEN. No. No, itâs just this place. This morning. Something else.
You ever been down here before? To the bank down here. There used to be a swing. In the tree, up there â tyre swing â long time ago. Long time. From when I was little. Everything else is the same.
HARRY. Oh, I donât know. Whatâs that, uh⌠âNo man ever steps in the same river twice. For itâs not the same river. And heâs not the same manâ⌠Sorry â
BEN. Itâs okay â
HARRY. I donât know what Iâm â
BEN. No. Well, that makes two of us.
BEN smiles to HARRY. BEN stares at him, as if something has just twigged.
HARRY. What?
BEN. No, just, you remind me of someone, a bit.
HARRY. Do I?
BEN.âŚOr maybe itâs the, uh â Maybe Iâm seeing things. You know, I did swallow a fair bit of water there.
HARRY. Mm.
BEN. Nearly drowned there, probably. Actually.
HARRY. Mm.
Pause. HARRY nods and stares out.
BEN. I think I should go now.
HARRY. okay.
BEN. I only live (up there).
HARRY. Right.
Cool â
HARRY. What you doing with the rest of your Sunday?
BEN (almost laughing). Uhm. I dunno. Whatâs a man sâposed to do after â
HARRY. Yeah, I d...