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Les Pas perdus
Denise Bonal
Actes du théâtre n° 9.[ imprimer ]
A train station is a place for good-byes and farewells, for troubling stories, disjointed decisions, triumphant flights; it is a place for every kind of suffering, questioning and hope, for warm tears, joined hands and hasty oaths, a place for last smiles, words that you’ll never forget and kisses for life. It is the main character in the play, which it knows and doesn’t hide.

Characters : 2 women - 2 men - 2 women, 2 men (minimum)
Editions Théâtrales.

The Little Crooks
Jo: When you get there … don’t say anything.
Riton: Nothing at all?
Jo: Nothing. Say hello and all the rest of it … but don’t say anthing.
Riton: What if they question me?
Jo: Look away.
Riton: Away? Where’s that?
Jo: Just look at a spot on the wall.
Riton: And what should I say while I’m looking?
Jo: You say: “Fancy that, I’d never noticed that spot on the wall before” and they’ll be thrown off by that.
Riton: What if there’s no spot?
Jo: If you look closely, you’ll see a spot.
Riton: Oh, really?
Jo: There’s always a spot.
Two boy scouts walk by holding pennants and looking lost. They’re looking for their leader.
Riton: What if they’ve just whitewashed the walls?
Jo: Why are you complicating things? If the walls have been whitewashed, they’ll be puzzled and it will only make them more eager to have a closer look…
Riton: It’s true that …
Jo: And with your eagle eye you stare at the wall … Exactly, as if you saw a spot …
Riton: How big?
Jo: As big as you want. It’s up to you.
Riton: Won’t they see?
Jo: See what?
Riton: That I can’t see what I say I’m seeing …
Jo: Just look normal.
Riton: What does normal look like?
Jo: Not worried. Not nervous. Not talking. And with your hands in your pockets.”