Monday, August 6, 2012

"Sans Coeur" by Westward Ho

            (The world is a stage.  A CHANTEUSE descends from the heights---on a swing or
          a moon or a broom.  She is made up.)

CHANTEUSE
AN ISOSCORPION CAME FROM A CLOCK.
IT HAD NO TAIL FOR STINGING.
AN ICE-OLD WARRIOR GAVE ME A ROCK.
I HAVE NO HEART FOR SINGING.
I HAVE NO HEART FOR SINGING, MY FRIENDS.
I HAVE NO HEART FOR SINGING.

            (Her eye catches someone in the audience.  An OLD MAN, with glinty teeth,
          smiles.  He holds up her heart on a string, which he swings like a pendulum.  She
          looks away.)

               CHANTEUSE (Continued)
I HAVE NO HEART FOR SINGING, MY FRIENDS.
I HAVE NO HEART FOR SINGING.

            (Swinging continues.)

            THE END.