A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One character is already there. Another arrives, searching for something.
One – What are you looking for?
Two – The prompter’s box.
One – The prompter’s box? That’s been gone for ages.
Two – There used to be a box, right? I think it was here.
One – They covered it up.
Two – They covered up the prompter’s box?
One – Well, I assume they let him out first.
Two – Another job that’s disappeared.
One – Yep… But you know what they say: prompting isn’t acting.
Two – And what if I forget my lines?
One – Forget your lines?
Two – If I have a memory lapse.
One – Your lines?
Two – Don’t tell me the lines are gone too.
One – No lines, no prompter. It’s contemporary theatre.
Two – So what are we supposed to say?
One – You can say anything.
Two – Now I don’t know what to say.
Blackout.
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A sketch from the collection Stage Briefs
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