Come and Go

Vi : When did we three last meet?

Ru : Let us not speak. Silence. Exit Vi right. Silence

Flo : Ru.

Ru : Yes.

Flo : What do you think of Vi?

Ru : I see little change. Flo moves to centre seat, whispers in Ru's ear. Appalled. Oh! They look at each other. Flo puts her finger to her lips. Does she not realize?

Flo : God grant not. Enter Vi. Flo and Ru turn back front, resume pose. Vi sits right. Silence. Just sit together as we used to, in the playground at Miss Wade's.

Ru : On the log. Silence. Exit Flo left. Silence. Vi.

Vi : Yes.

Ru : How do you find Flo?

Vi : She seems much the same. Ru moves to centre seat, whispers in Vi's ear. Appalled. Oh! They look at each other. Ru puts her finger to her lips. Has she not been told?

Ru : God forbid. Enter Flo. Ru and Vi turn back front, resume pose. Flo sits left. Holding hands... that way.

Flo : Dreaming of... love. Silence. Exit Ru right. Silence.

Vi : Flo.

Flo : Yes.

Vi : How do you think Ru is looking?

Flo : One sees little in this light. Vi moves centre seat, whispers in Flo's ear. Appalled. Oh! They look at each other. Vi puts her finger to her lips. Does she not know?

Vi : Please God not. Enter Ru. Vi and Flo turn back front, resume pose. Ru sits right. Silence. May we not speak of the old days? Silence. Of what came after? Silence. Shall we hold hands in the old way?

(Alexander McQueen summer 2010 ad, Samuel Beckett's Come and Go)