Question
LollllA scene from section 1 of Love and Information by Caryl Churchill
SECRET
please please tell me
no
please because I’ll never
don’t ask don’t ask
I’ll never tell
no
no matter what
it’s not
I’d die before I told
it’s not you telling, even if you didn’t
I wouldn’t
It’s you knowing it’s too awful I can’t
but tell me
no
because if you don’t there’s this secret between us
stop it
if there’s this secret we’re not
please
we’re not close any more we can’t ever
but nobody knows everything about
yes but a big secret like this
it’s not such a big
then tell me
will you stop
it’s big because you won’t tell me
no I won’t.
Is it something you’ve
don’t start guessing
or something you want to
please
or you’ve seen or heard or know or
please
and if it’s something you’ve done is it a crime or a sin or just embarrassing because whichever
no I don’t want you to know.
All right.
All right I’ll tell you
you don’t have to
I’ll tell you
yes tell me because I’ll never
it’s not that
tell me because I’ll always
all right I’m telling you.
Tells in a whisper.
no
yes
no
I warned you
but that’s
yes
oh no that’s
yes
how could you
I did.
Now what? now what? now what?
question:
What feeling(s) do you want the audience to experience during the scene?
What do you want the audience to go away thinking about?
How many characters? What is their relationship to each other?
Where is this scene taking place?
What is the secret? (The actors need to know this in order to play the scene. It does not change the text itself – just the way they say the text.)
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