Fosse: Plays Six by Jon Fosse

WOMAN
    Do we know each other
    THE MAN
    Yes
    quite short pause
    yes I suppose we do
    in a way at least
    we know each other
    THE WOMAN
    Yes
    quite short pause
    yes you’re probably right
    Short pause
    But we’ve never met each other before
    THE MAN
    No
    quite short pause
    no perhaps not
    THE WOMAN
    No we never have
    met each other have we
    THE MAN
    Not like this
    quite short pause
    at least
    but in another way
    in its own way
    we have known each other
    THE WOMAN
    Yes
    yes perhaps
    THE MAN
    We’ve known each other
    yes
    yes in the sense
    that we’ve always been looking for each other
    THE WOMAN
    Yes
    THE MAN
    Always
    Short pause
    And now
    now we’ve finally
    found each other
    THE WOMAN
    Yes
    THE MAN
    Now we’ve found the way to each other
    THE WOMAN
    Yes
    quite short pause
    yes perhaps it is like that
    THE MAN
    It is like that
    you mustn’t doubt
    for if you doubt
    yes
    yes then it won’t be like that
    THE WOMAN
    Can it really be like that
    THE MAN
    Yes
    Yes I
    you
    we
    quite short pause
    we decide ourselves
    how it will be
    Pause
    THE WOMAN
    But it can’t be like that
    quite short pause
    it’ll be what it’ll be
    quite short pause
    you and I
    don’t decide
    quite short pause
    it’s not like that
    THE MAN
    afraid
    You mustn’t say that
    Pause
    THE WOMAN
    questioningly
    I shouldn’t say that
    THE MAN
    No
    Pause
    You mustn’t say that
    quite short pause
    not now
    not when you and I
    have found each other
    have finally found the way to each other
    Short pause
    Aren’t you happy
    THE WOMAN
    Yes
    quite short pause
    yes I’m very happy
    The Woman goes to The Man and kisses his cheek and they take each other’s hands, they stand and hold hands. Pause
    THE SHIPMASTER
    I am the shipmaster
    Pause
    THE GUITAR PLAYER
    And I am the guitar player
    THE SHIPMASTER
    But why is there no one here
    quite short pause
    just you
    just me
    THE GUITAR PLAYER
    questioningly
    There’s no one here
    THE SHIPMASTER
    No
    Pause
    THE OLDER MAN
    I’m here
    Pause
    THE SHIPMASTER
    We’re on a ship
    and I’m the master of the ship
    Pause
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    I’m here
    Short pause
    THE GUITAR PLAYER
    This is not a ship
    Pause
    THE SHIPMASTER
    And who are you
    THE GUITAR PLAYER
    Who I am
    I’ve told you so many times
    I’ve told you who I am
    I am the guitar player
    THE SHIPMASTER
    Yes
    Pause. The Older Man looks at The Older Woman
    THE GUITAR PLAYER
    I play the most beautiful guitar music
    Pause
    THE OLDER MAN
    But there you are
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    I’m here
    I’ve been here all the time
    yes
    Pause
    THE OLDER MAN
    Good
    glad you’re here
    Short pause
    I
    quite short pause
    yes I didn’t see you
    quite short pause
    I didn’t seem to notice you
    Pause
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    But where are we
    THE OLDER MAN
    I don’t know
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    I don’t think I’ve been here before
    THE OLDER MAN
    No
    quite short pause
    no it doesn’t feel familiar
    quite short pause
    I don’t think I’ve been here before
    quite short pause
    or
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    Me neither
    Quite short pause
    But it’s good that we’re here together
    you and I
    you and I
    like always
    Quite short pause
    THE OLDER MAN
    But why are you just standing
    there
    so far away from me
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    I’m just standing here
    THE OLDER MAN
    Why don’t you come
    over here to me
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    Yes okay
    yes of course
    Short pause
    I could do that of course
    Pause
    THE OLDER MAN
    Why don’t you come then
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    Yes I’m coming
    Quite short pause
    If you weren’t here with me
    I’d have been very scared
    quite short pause
    because here
    quite short pause
    because here
    I haven’t been here before
    and it’s so
    breaks off
    THE OLDER MAN
    But I’m with you
    I’ll always be with you
    yes
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    It’s as if I’m waking up
    and suddenly I’m somewhere else
    THE OLDER MAN
    Is this somewhere else
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    Yes
    yes it is isn’t it
    THE OLDER MAN
    Yes
    THE OLDER WOMAN
    Yes
    it is
    THE OLDER MAN
    This is nowhere somehow
    and then somehow it’s