Fosse: Plays Six by Jon Fosse Page B

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    Pause. The Shadow stands still and The Old Woman and The Young Woman stand behind The Shadow and The Old Man and The Young Man stand behind them again
    OLD WOMAN
    I’m where you are
    I’m always
    where you are
    quite short pause
    always you and I
    The Young Woman takes The Old Woman’s arm
    OLD MAN
    I don’t know what to say
    I don’t know what to do
    THE SHADOW
    I am here
    Always am I here
    FIRST VOICE
    I’m here
    quite short pause
    I’m always with you
    SECOND VOICE
    I’m here always
    I am you
    I am the world
    OLD MAN
    I don’t want to be here any longer
    I’ve been here long enough
    The Young Man takes The Old Man’s arm
    THE SHADOW
    to The Old Woman
    I am waiting
    You must come now
    I am waiting for you
    I am the sky
    FIRST VOICE
    We are always here
    SECOND VOICE
    Must we always be here
    THE SHADOW
    You must always be here
    SECOND VOICE
    We are here
    quite short pause
    where it comes
    goes away
    FIRST VOICE
    They come
    Disappear
    SECOND VOICE
    Are here
    Go away
    FIRST VOICE
    But we must always be here
    SECOND VOICE
    Come
    Go away
    FIRST VOICE
    Are born
    SECOND VOICE
    Are here
    FIRST VOICE
    Go away
    quite short pause
    SECOND VOICE
    And we
    quite short pause
    we are in them
    quite short pause
    they are us
    laughter
    and we are them
    quite short pause
    we shall never be gone
    We will never go
    We are always here
    FIRST VOICE
    questioningly
    Always
    SECOND VOICE
    We are always here
    Quite short pause
    Because we are in them
    FIRST VOICE
    And we shall be in them
    Quite short pause
    Always be in them
    We shall never go
    SECOND VOICE
    How can we ever go
    FIRST VOICE
    They come
    They go away
    SECOND VOICE
    Come
    Go away
    SECOND VOICE
    We are in them
    We’ll never go away
    FIRST VOICE
    Can we never disappear
    SECOND VOICE
    We cannot disappear
    FIRST VOICE
    It cannot be like that
    SECOND VOICE
    It is like that
    And it
    quite short pause
    comes
    goes away
    Laughter. Short pause
    FIRST VOICE
    They go away
    SECOND VOICE
    We are
    quite short pause
    the ocean
    the sky
    quite short pause
    and the earth
    FIRST VOICE
    We are the world
    Quite long pause
    But is it too late
    to return
    to the ocean
    and to the sky
    SECOND VOICE
    Yes
    quite short pause
    yes it’s too late
    FIRST VOICE
    We cannot return
    to the ocean
    and to
    breaks off
    SECOND VOICE
    We’re here now
    quite short pause
    where it comes
    goes away
    FIRST VOICE
    But I don’t want to be here
    SECOND VOICE
    continues
    where it comes
    goes away
    FIRST VOICE
    I long for the ocean
    I want to return to the ocean
    And to the sky
    SECOND VOICE
    But that’s not possible
    You cannot return
    to the ocean
    because the ocean is no longer for us
    And the sky is no longer
    for us
    Pause
    But look
    quite short pause
    they
    quite short pause
    come
    go away
    Quite short pause
    They live here
    They live
    Quite short pause
    They come
    They go away
    Pause
    OLD MAN
    I’m just here
    And everything that has ever been
    is here
    And everything’s gone
    THE SHADOW
    to The Old Woman
    You must come now
    Pause. The Shadow leaves and The Old Woman and The Young Woman and The Old Man and The Young Man follow
    FIRST VOICE
    But this is not where
    I belong
    Pause
    SECOND VOICE
    We are here
    quite short pause
    where it comes
    goes away
    We are here always
    FIRST VOICE
    And the ocean
    is in our eyes
    SECOND VOICE
    And the sky is
    in our eyes
    FIRST VOICE
    And we are the world
    SECOND VOICE
    We are the world

GIRL IN YELLOW RAINCOAT

    Characters
    LONELY MAN
    FIRST WOMAN
    FIRST MAN
    SECOND WOMAN
    SECOND MAN
    LONELY WOMAN

    Lights up
    The Lonely Man enters, he glances around, hesitates, he stands and looks down, he looks up
    LONELY MAN
    I am not all that old
    but it feels
    as if I
    have been here a long time
    quite short pause
    and the same thing that has happened before
    happens again
    quite short pause
    and you have to be somewhere
    quite short pause
    and now I am here
    quite short pause
    and I may as well
    be here
    as anywhere else
    quite short pause
    because it is not possible
    not to be