Activity 1.10 - Bernice

Consider the scenes in 1.8. Start developing them into a short scenario (outline). Write the bare essentials, don't describe anything or anyone, state what the situation is and what happens but no speech. Max 3 performers, objects can be used other than the letter but avoid furniture.

Ok - here goes!

1. AMY enters left and finds the letter in the centre of the stage. She opens the letter, reads it and tears it into pieces, then exits to the right, through a door.

2. IAN enters right from the door and sees a scrap of letter. He picks it up, looks at it then casts about until he finds the rest. He hurries to the letter and picks up another piece. He tries to fit them together to read them. Suddenly, he drops the pieces of letter and runs back out of the door.

3. After a beat, IAN reenters through the door. He is holding a mobile phone which he puts in his pocket. He marches purposefully over to the letter and gathers the pieces together. He stuffs them in his pocket, checks around to see if there are any left and leaves through the door.

4. AMY reenters hesitantly, then runs to the place where she initially dropped the letter, on finding it missing she falls onto her knees with her head in her hands.

5. IAN returns through the door and goes straight to AMY. He stoops to help her stand and says something into her ear, they hug. They look around the room then hurry out through the door.

6. The light dims and there is silence. VINCE enters from the left walking slowly towards the door, he is carrying a gun. Before he reached the door the lights dim to black.