Five Short Plays

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[mp3] 1 - THE ROBBERY - SCENE 1

INTRODUCTION

This play is about a group of five friends. They are fed up because they haven't got any money. But this is all going to
change soon. One of the group, Harry, has a plan - a very good plan.

CHARACTERS lN THE PLAY

Harry

Sid

Wilf

Gladys

Ron

Three people reading in a library

Woman working in a library

Performance notes

Scene 1 : A room in the friends’s home. There are chairs and a table. Everything looks very old and dirty. Wilf and Gladys are drinking
tea. Ron is looking out of the window. Sid is watching the television, but it is not working.

Scene 2 : Inside a library. There is a woman sitting at a table. She works in the library. Three other people are standing or sitting,
holding books in their hands and reading.

You will need a table, chairs, an old television, two library cards and some books.
The Robbery

SCENE 1 : The plan

Harry cornes into the room. His friends look up at him.

HelIo, everyone. What are you doing?

Nothing, Harry, nothing! What can we do? We haven't got any money.

1 know, 1 know. But it's OK. 1 have sorne work for us. We can rnake a lot of rnoney.

Work? But you don't like work, Harry.

Ah, but this work is different.

How, Harry? What are we going to do?

We're going to rob a bank.

Rob a bank? But how can we?

1 have a plan, a very good plan.

Which bank are we going to rob?
The Capital Bank.

Which one is that?

The one next to the library in the High Street.

That's a very big bank!

Be quiet and listen. Now, 1 want Wilf to drive the car, and Gladys to stand outside the bank and watch the street.

WILF AND GLADYS OK, Harry.

HARRY Sid-

(Excitedly) Yes, Harry? What do you want me to do?

HARRY You must go into the bank and speak to everyone there. Say to them, 'Stay there! Don't move! I've
got a gun in my pocket.'

510 But Harry, we haven't got a gun.

HARRY 1 know that! You just put your hand in your pocket like this. Move your hand up and down in your pocket and say, 'This is a
gun!'

510 1 understand.

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HARRY

Good. Now, Ron, 1 want you ta go with Sid-

Yes, Harry, and then what?

Go ta one of the bank workers and say, 'My friend has a gun. Give me the money!'

What are you going to do, Harry?

I'rn going ta wait in the car with Wilf. Do you have any questions?

No.

OK. 50 let's look at the plan again ...

[mp3] 2 - THE ROBBERY - SCENE 2

SCENE 2 
The robbery

Sid and Ron run into the library. The people there look up (rom their books.

Listen to me, all of you. This is a robbery. Don't move. I've got a gun in my pocket.

PEOPLE Oh, don't shoot! Please don't shoot! We don't want to die.

Nobody's going to die, but you must do what 1 say. (To Ron) Go on, Ron. What are you waiting
for? Get the money! Quick!

Ron goes over to the woman who works there.

RON Listen, my friend over there has got a gun. Give me the money! Give it to me now!

WOMAN What money?

RON What do you mean, 'What money?' The money in this bank, of course!

WOMAN I'rn sarry, this is not a bank. This is a library.

RON What did you say - a library?

WOMAN That's right. People come here to borrow books.

We don't have any money here.

RON Er, you don't have any money. . Oh dear! ...

Sid! Sid!

SID What? Have you got the money?

RON There isn't any money. It's not a bank, Sid. We're not in a bank. This is a library!

SID A library?

RON That's right. They've only got books - lots and lots of books!

SID Books? WeIl, get sorne of those, then. We must take something, or Harry's going to be angry.

RON (To the woman) Give me lots of books!

WOMAN Have you got a library card?

RON A card? No, 1 haven't.

WOMAN l'm sorry, you can't. borrow books without a library cardo

RON Look, you don't understand, we're not borrowing books, we're stealing them!

WOMAN I'rn sorry, but you can't do that.

RON Sid, we can't steal books, she says.

SID l've got a gun. Tell her that!

RON My friend's got a gun and he knows how to shoot!

WOMAN Look, it's not a problem. 1 can give you and your friend a library cardo Then you can borrow the
books and not steal them. What are your names?

RON Oh, aU right. I'rn Ronald Savage, and he's Sidney Dupree.

WOMAN (Writing) Ronald Savage ... Sidney Dupree. And what's your address?

RON 27 Dunfore Road, Hamley.

WOMAN (W riting) 27 Dunfore Road, Hamley. Good, here you are. (She gives Ron two library cards.) Now
you can borrow sorne books.

RON But 1 don't know anything about reading. You must help me. Which books are best?

sm Quick, Ron! 1 can't stand here much longer.

WOMAN Here are sorne good books for you. (She takes three books from the shelves.) The Great Train
Robbery, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. They're ail very
famous books.

RON Oh, that's nice. They look interesting. Thanks.

sm Ron, come on! Quick!

RON lt's OK, Sid, l've got the books.

sm Ali right. (To the people in the library) We're going now, but don't move. Don't move or talk
for five minutes.

PERSON 1 Can we read?

sm Er, ail right. But you must read quiet/y, OK?

RON Come on, Sid! Let's go. Harry and the others are waiting.

WOMAN Goodbye, and happy reading!

RON Oh yes, thank you. Ali right, Sid. l'm corning.

They run out of the library.

PERS ON 2 Oh dear! 1 was so afraid!

WOMAN Oh, they weren't so bad. The one called Sid - he didn't really have a gun, you know.

PERS ON 3 Perhaps. But they were robbers. They wanted to rob the bank!
WOMAN (Laughing) Yes, but they came into the wrong building!

PERSON 1 Why do you look so pleased?

WOMAN Weil, it's important for everybody to read books - not just you and me, buteuerybody ... even
bank robbers!

PERSON 2 But you aren't going to get those books back, are you?

WOMAN Oh yes, 1 am. Remember, l've got their names and their address!

'Remember, l 've gat their names and their address!'

[mp3] 3 - THE RIGHT THING TO DO

PATRICK What's the matter with him?

REBECCA 1 don't know.

PATRICK Is he dead?

REBECCA No, he's alive, 1 think.

PATRICK Are you going ta help him?

'15 he deed?'

WOMAN Oh, be quiet!

REBECCA (To the others) Did you hear that? She said, 'Be quiet!'

WOMAN Be quiet and help.

REBECCA She said it again!

WOMAN (To David) Go and call an ambulance.

DAVID Me?

WOMAN Yes, you. And be quick.

DAVID But-

WOMAN Be quick! (David gaes away.) Now you- (turning ta Rebecca) go and get some water.
REBECCA Where from?

WOMAN From that house over there. Don't look at me like

that. Go!

I\EBECCA l'm going. (Rebecca go es away.)

REBECCA Me? Why me?

PATRICK You were here first.
REBECCA Yes, 1 was, but-

David cornes in.

DAVID What's the matter with him?

PATRICK We don't know.

DAVID He looks ill.

REBECCA His eyes are closed. Look!

DAVID Perhaps he's asleep.

REBECCA Asleep? ln the street?

PATRICK Wake him up then.

DAVID Why me? You do it.

PATRICK (To Rebecca) What about you?

REBECCA Me?

PATRICK Yes. You were here first.

REBECCA Yes, but it's not my problem.
DAVID And it's not my problem!

A woman in blue cornes in. She kneels down at once to help the man.
REBECCA Hey, what are you doing?
WOMAN l'm helping this man, of course!
DAVID Are you a doctor?

WOMAN No, l'm not, but he needs help.

REBECCA Do you know him?

WOMAN No, 1 don't.

REBECCA Then he's not your problem.

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WOMAN (To Patrick) Feel his pulse.

PATRICK But 1-

WOMAN Go on! Feel his pulse.

PATRICK (Kneeling down and taking the man's pulse) WeIl, he's still alive. He's saying something!

WOMAN What is he saying?

PATRICK He said, 'Pills,' 1 think.

WOMAN (Ta Patrick) Pills? Look in his pocket.

PATRICK 1 can't do thar!

WOMAN Look in his pocket!

Patrick looks in the man's coat pocket.

PATRICK There's a bottle with sorne writing on it.

WOMAN What does it say? Read it!

PATRICK Ir says, 'For the heart. If you feel ill, take one of these pills.'

Rebecca comes back with a glass of water. 

REBECCA l've got the water.
WOMAN Good. (To Patrick) Give him one of the pills with sorne water.

Patrick helps the man to sit up. He gives him a pill and some water.

MAN (Very quietly) Thank you, thank you!

PATRICK How do you feel?

MAN A little better now.

The u/ornan in blue goes away. The others do not see this. David comes running back.

DAVID The ambulance is coming.

PATRICK Good.

DAVID How is he?

REBECCA He's feeling a little better.

A doctor and a nurse come in. Patrick stands up.

OOCTOR (Kneeling down by the man) What's the matter?

MAN 1 was ill. It was my heart. That man gave me one of my pills. l'm ail right now.

The doctor and the nurse help him to stand up. 

NURSE What's your narne?

MAN Scott. Michael Scott.

DOCTOR Michael Scott, the farnous TV chef?

MAN Yes, that's right.

NURSE Come with us, Mr Scott. We'd like to take you to hospital.

MAN But 1 feeI better now.

NURSE Perhaps, but you must go to hospital.

MAN AlI right. (Turning to the others) WeIl, thank you very much, everybody.

DAVID That's aIl right.

REBECCA We're happy to help.
PATRICK Get weIl soon.

MAN Thank you again. Goodbye!

The doctor and the nurse help Scott to walk away. 
REBECCA He's alive, and he's going to be OK.
PATRICK He's alive because we were here.

DA VID Michael Scott-

REBECCA The famous TV chef!

PATRICK We can aIl feel very pleased, 1 think.

REBECCA Oh yes, we cano

DAVID What about the woman?

REBECCA Which woman?

DAVID The woman who helped. Where is she?

PATRICK Oh, her! 1 remember. She didn't help us. 
DAVID 'Do this, do that,' she said. 'Be quick!'
REBECCA She said, 'Be quiet,' to me.

PATRICK That's right. 1 didn't like her. Did you?

REBECCA No, 1 didn't. Where is she now?

PATRICK She walked away.

DAVID That's right - she just walked away. She didn't want to heIp.

REBECCA We did everything.

DAVID Yeah. Everything.

PATRICK Today was an important day for us.

DAVID It was. We helped someone famous.
REBECCA Because of us he didn'r die.

DAVID We were there for him.

PATRICK It was the right thing ta do.

REBECCA Yes, it was. WeIl done, everybody!
DAVID (To Rebecca) And weIl done to you- 
PATRICK WeIl done to aIl of us!

[mp3] 4 - CANADA CAN WAIT

INTRODUCTION

This play is about a young pers on who wants to change his life. Chris would like to see new places and learn new things,
but the older people in his life don't like his plan. They can only see problems. Chris finds that he, too, is a little afraid of
change.

CHARACTERS lN THE PLAY

Chris, a young person who wants to travel

Cox

Mills

Harris
Dean
Wright

five of Chris's friends, ail older than him

PERFORMANCE NOTES

At the beginning of the play Chris's friends are in a room. Cox is reading a book, Mills and Harris are talking quietly ta each other, and
Wright and Dean are looking out of a window.
You will need six chairs, a book, a bag and a map.

Canada Can Wait

Cox, Mills and Harris are sitting in a room. Dean and Wright are standing by a window. Chris cornes in.

CHRIS (Smiling) WeIl, goodbye, everyone.

cox (Putting down his book) Are you going?

CHRIS Yes, 1 must.

MILLS When are you going?

CHRIS Now.

'Weil, goodbye, everyone.'

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cox Now? 50 soon?

MILLS Don't go!

CHRIS But 1 must. 1 need a change.

HARRIS What are you going to do?
CHRIS l'd like to travel for a time.
HARRIS Travel? How wonderful!

DEAN Yeah, think of us when you're travelling.

cox Yes, think of us - we have ta stay here.
MILLS It's the sa me old thing, day after day-
HARRIS The same old faces.

WRIGHT The same old problems.

MILLS Nothing different for us!

DEAN But someone has to do it.

cox Yes, that's right. We can't ail go!

CHRIS Why not? You can travel too.

cox Us? (He laughs.)

MILLS How can we travel?

HARRIS We have things to do here.

CHRIS What things?

WRIGHT He says, 'What things?'

DEAN What a question!

cox (Ta the athers) He's tired of us.

CHRIS No, l'm not. I'rn not tired of you. l'm happy here.
MILLS Are you?
CHRIS WeIl, 1 was happy here. It's a good place, and 1-
HARRIS Yes?

CHRIS Weil, 1 like you. l'm one of you - one of the group.
WRIGHT That's nice.

DEAN 50 where would you like ta go?

CHRIS 1 don't know. Spain, perhaps, or Greece ...

maybe ev en Canada-

cox Canada?

CHRIS Yeso l'm very interested in Canada.

MILLS Canada, well!

HARRIS That's interesting.

WRIGHT You're very adventurous, Chris.

cox We're not adventurous at all, l'm afraid.

DEAN But then you're young-

cox You have your life in front of you.

MILLS You want to see exciting places-
HARRIS Like Canada!

WRIGHT The lakes and the forests ...

cox The great St. Lawrence River ...

DEAN How wonderful!

cox Lucky Chris!

MILLS It's different for us. We have to stay here. We can't go to Canada.

HARRIS Tm one of you,' you said, 'one of the group.' But you're not!

DEAN No, Chris, you're different from us-

CHRIS No, l'm not! Stop talking like this. l'm not diff r '1\1
from you. Sometimes l'm happy, sometimes l'ni not. 1 work and eat and sleep, like you.

MILLS Ah, but you are going away-

IIARRIS And we are staying here.

WRIGHT And that makes you different.

Cil RIS l'm not different!

cox But what about Canada?

Cil RIS Stop talking about Canada! l'm not gomg to Canada - rd like to go there, that's ail!

cox 50 you aren't going there now?

Cil RIS 1 don't know. Perhaps. 1 need some time to think about my life.

WRIGHT Oh, yeso

DEAN Everyone does.

MILLS lt's usual for people ta do that.

IIARRIS And there's lots of time. You're young.

( IIRIS That's right. 1 have my life in front of me.

IIARRIS 50, take your time.
( IIRIS Right.

WRIGHT You can stay here as long as you like-

1)I\AN And think about it.

(IIRIS Yeah. (He sits down.)

II. Mmm ...

{':veryone is quiet for a moment.

cox So what are you going to do?

CHRIS Sorry?

MILLS Are you leaving today?

CHRIS Leaving? Er, not today. 1 want to think about it first.

MILLS Of course.

HARRIS Wh en are you going, then?

CHRIS WeIl, not now. Later, perhaps. 1 can stay here a bit longer. There's lots of time.(Laughing) 
Canada can wait, can't it?

WRIGHT Yes, it cano It certainly can!

DEAN You're one of us really, aren't you, one of the group?

CHRIS Yes, 1 am, 1 think.

cox (Laughing) But, you know, you say-

CHRIS Yes? Say what?

cox WeIl, you say sorne funny things sometimes!

CHRIS Like w ha t?
cox WeIl, Canada!

Cox, Mil!«, Harris, Dean and Wright alllaugh.

CHRIS (Looking at them) Whar's so funny about that?

MILLS (Laughing quiet/y) It doesn't matter.

HARRIS Forget it.

cox Look at the time - 1 must go!

MILLS Me tao. 1 have a lot to do.

HARRIS And me.

WRIGHT Let's aIl go.

DEAN Yes, let's leave Chris with his dreams-

cox About Canada!

They alllaugh at Chris.

cox See you later, Chris.

ALL Bye-bye.

cox (To Chris) Bye-bye, traveIler!

Chris's friends laugh, and th en go out. Chris stands and ioatches them go. He doesn't look happy. He opens his 
I)ag and takes out a large map, He opens the map on the floor and looks at it carefully.

Cil RIS Thailand ... Malaysia ... Indonesia ... Australia

... (He looks up , smiling.) Mmm, Australia!

[mp3] 5 - SALT - SCENE 1

Salt

SCENE 1 
No more salt

ln a small grocery store, Groot is as king the shopkeeper (or something. The others are waiting behind him.

CROOT I'd like ten bags of salt, please.

~"OPKEEPER Ten? Of course. That's ten dollars, please.

CROOT Here you are.

SIIOPKEEPER Can 1 help you with aIl that?

CROOT No, thanks. 1 have this cart.

"IOPKEEPER Ten bags. That's a lot of salt.

(:ROOT Yes. Salt is very important, you know.
~IIOPKEEPER It is. But why do you need ten bags?

(:ltOOT Soon there isn't going to be enough salt 111 the world. 1 saw it on television.
~II PKEEPER Not enough salt? Really?

I:!(ÜOT It's true. 50 l'm buying some now. Goodbye!

Ile goes out with his cart.

NI\LLO Did you hear that?

IHIRG Yeah, there isn't enough salt in the world.

'l'IIATLY Not enough salt? That isn't true.

NI'LLO But he saw it on television. Soon there isn't going to be any in the stores.

SPRATLY Really? That's bad - 1 need salt.

DURG Me too. 1 can't live without it!

NELLO (To the shopleeeperi Give me some salt, please, ten bags - no, make that twenty bags.

SPRATLY And me. l'd like thirty bags.

DURG Me first! l've got a big family. We need salt.

SHOPKEEPER Be quiet, ail of you! You must wait.
NELLO But we want our salt.

DURG And we want it now.

SHOPKEEPER But that man bought my last ten bags.

Sl'RATLY Then it's true! He was right - there isn't enough salt in the world. What are we going to do?
SIIOPKEEPER That's your problem. It's six o'dock - time to dose the store. l'm going home.

NELLO But what about our salt?

\lIOPKEEPER Look, there's a lot of salt 111 the world - enough for everybody. Goodbye!

They ail go out.

[mp3] 6 - SALT - SCENE 2

SCENE 2 : We want salt!

Spratlv finds Groot standing in a street with his cart,

WRATLY Excuse me, 1 want to buy some salt.

CltOOT Sorry? What did you say?

""RATLY 1 know about the problem.

<:ROOT What problem? What are you talking about?

WRATLY Soon there isn't going to be enough salt.
t:lWOT Oh, you heard about that?

\"RATLY Yes, and 1 want some salt.

(;ROOT Then go to a grocery store and buy some.

\l'RATLY 1 can't find any. Every time 1 ask, the shopkeeper says, 'Sorry, no more salt.'

(;RQOT Oh dear!

\l'RATLY But you have some. You bought ten large bags - 1 saw you.

CROOT l'm sorry, but l'm not selling my salt.

Sl'RATLY But l'Il give you ten dollars a bag.

GROOT (Laughing) No, 1 want fifty dollars a bag! It's more expensive every day. Soon there isn't going
to be enough.

SI'RATLY Ali right, al! right, fifty dollars a bag! Cive me five bags. Here's the money.

GROOT Cood man! You're doing the right thing.

Spratly go es out. Durg GOmes in.

DURG Excuse me, 1 saw you buy some salt.

GROOT Ah!

DURG What's happening? 1 can't find any. The shopkeepers ail say, 'Sorry. No more salt!'

GROOT There's a problem.

DURG 1 know. It was on television. Everybody is talking about it. Listen, 1 must have some salt.

CROOT Sorry, 1 can't help you.

IlURG But 1 need it for my family. Please!

CROOT Ali right, al! right, but it's ... er ... a hundred dollars a bag.

IlURG Oh no!

(;ROOT 1 told you - everybody wants salt. Weil?

IlURG Oh, ail right, then. Cive me four bags.

(;ROOT Four? Cood! You understand the world, my friend. 1 see it in your face.
mIRG Herc's the money.

CROOT And here's your salt! Goodbye.

Durg go es out. Nello GOmes in.

NELLO Hey , you, stop!

CROOT Are you talking to me?

NELLO Yes, you were in the grocery store-

(;ROOT Was I? Perhaps. 1 go into a lot of grocery stores.

NELLO You bought ail the salt in the store!

(:ROOT Weil, there's a problern, you know.

NELLO Yes, there is - and it's al! because of you!

(:ROOT That's not true!

NI,LLO 1 met Spratly just now. He tried to sell me a bag of salt for five hundred dollars!
(.ROOT That's too much.

NELLO Of course it is - 1 know your plan! You go from store to store. You buy all the salt, and sell it for
a lot more money!

GROOT OK, it's true - 1 buy and sell salt - that's not wrong.

NELLO Then sell sorne to me.

GROOT No, 1 don't want to.

NELLO (Holding him, angrily) Listen, l'm going to buy, and you're going to sell.(Shouting) Do you understand?

GROOT But l've only got one bag left.

NELLO (Angrily) Give it to me, then!

GROOT It's two hundred dollars. Well, OK, you can have it for a hundred and fifty. But let me go!

NELLO (Shouting) Give it to me!

GROOT No, give me the money first. Now let me go! Oh, help! Help!

Groot runs out. We hear a truck stop suddenly, and Groot cries out. The driver, Manra, cornes in, helping 
Groot to walk.

MANltA He ran in front of my truck. 1 didn't see-

NELLO You didn't do anything wrong. It was an accident.

MANRA But why did he run across the street without looking?

NELLO 1 was angry with him. 50 he ran away.

MANRA (To Groot) How do you feel?

(Holding his leg) Oh, my leg! My leg hurts. 1 think it's- He's OK, 1 rhink.

Wait a minute, what's this in the street?

It's salt. He had a bag of salt and 1 wanted it.
Salt? Well, that's interesting! l'm carrying salt on my truck - bags and bags of it!

Salt? Oh no! (He laughs.)

Why are you laughing?

It doesn't matter. 1 can't tell you now.

Then you can tell that policeman. Look, he's coming across the street now. He saw the accident, 1 rhink!

[mp3] 7 - SLOW FOOD

Slow Food

MANI

Excuse me, is my food ready?

What did you ask for?

1 asked for chicken.

Er, let's see. Another five minutes.

Five minutes?

MAGGIE

MANI

MAGGIE

MANI

MAGGIE Sorry, ten minutes.

MAN I Ten? That's no good! 1 must go back to my office in ten minutes.

And what about my food? 1 asked for a burger and French fries fifteen minutes ago!
MAN2

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MAGGIE l'm sorry, but there are a lot of people eating here today.

MAN2 But how long is it going to take? My train leaves in fort y minutes.

MAGGIE Not long. I'rn very sorry.

WOMAN I Excuse me, I was before these men. Where is my coffee?

WOMAN2 And what about me? I asked for a sandwich and a coke half an hour ago.

WOMAN 3 Well, l'm before all of you. I asked for a pizza forty-five minutes ago.

MANI Look here, in your window it says, 'Fast food'.

MAGGIE Yes, it does.

MANI Then why is it so slow?

MAGGIE It isn't slow. But people today want everything faster and faster-

MAN I What are you talking about?

WOMAN 1 Look, I can't wait. I have to get back to work.

WOMAN 2 And I have a meeting. I'rn late.

MAN2 Time is money, you know!

WOMAN 3 Where's my pizza?

WOMAN I Where's my coffee?

MAN I What about my chicken?

PEOPLE We want our food!

MAGGIE Please, everybody! Please! Your food is cornmg.

He's doing it now.

PEOPLE He?

MAGGIE Sorry, they. The chefs are doing it now.

MAN2 How many chefs have you got?

MAGGIE Oh, lots.

WOMAN 2 How many?

MAGGIE Some.

WOMAN 1 How many exactly? Tell us!

MAGGIE Er, twelve.

WOMAN 3 Your restaurant has twelve chefs?

MAGGIE Well, no, not now. We had one in ] anuary, one in February, one in March - one every month for the last year. That makes
twelve.

WOMAN3 Well, where are they now?

MAGGIE They all stopped working here.

WOMAN 1 Why did they leave?

MAGGIE Because it was too fast for them.

MAN 2 And how many chefs have you got now?

MAGGIE WeU, er ... one.

PEOPLE One!

MAGGIE No, sorry. That's wrong-

MAN 1 I'rn happy to hear it!

MAGGIE We haven't got any.

PEOPLE What?

MAGGIE That's right. There's only me here. Our lasr chef left yesterday. He was fed up with fast food.

MAN2 Fed up?

Slow Food

MAGGIE Yeso He said to me, 'That's it! Enough! No more fast food for me! I'rn going!' And he went.
WOMAN2 But what about our-

MAGGIE And do you know? I'rn fed up too. Yes, l'm really, really fed up. Fast chicken, fast burgers, fast
French fries, fast coke, fast coffee, fast talking, fast walking, fast eating, fast sleeping, fast living, fast dying! I'rn fed up with it ail!

WOMAN l But who is going ta-

MAGGIE What's the matter with everybody these days?

Why is everything so fast? Come here. (Maggie walks to the window.) Come on! (The people all go to the window.) Look outside. Go
on, look! It's a beautiful day. Life is beautiful. We can aU be happy. But first we must slow down. We must take the time talive.

MAN 1 Live? But we have to work!

WOMAN 3 We have lots ta do.
WOMAN 1 And we want food.

MAN2 We want fast food-
WOMAN 1 Not slow food!

WOMAN2 We haven't got time to-

MAGGIE Timel Tirne! Time! Don't talk ta me about time. You don't understand it. You - oh, it's no good,
you're not listening to me.

She takes off her work clothes and picks up a bag.

WOMAN3 Hey, where are you going?

MAGGIE l'm going out. l'm going to sit in the sun. l'm going to look at the sky and listen to the sea. l'm
going to do nothing ... slowly!

WOMAN 1 But what about our food?

MAN 2 What about my burger?
MAGGIE You can do it!

MAN2 What did you say?

MAGGIE 1 said, you can do it. Behind me is the kitchen. ln the kitchen there's a big bag of chicken and another
bag of burgers. You can do your own food, and you can do it as fast as you like. Goodbye!

PEOPLE But we don't-

MAGGIE And have a nice day!
She goes out.