Play About the Baby

Do they suspect we’re attempting to scouse borrow their methods? … might even wish to!? And all i needed to do used to be … comprehend! And, enable me let you know! , getting via to them—the artistic varieties? —isn’t effortless. I suggest even getting at them. I wrote in a well mannered way to seven or 8 of them, poets, one biographer, a number of brief tale writers, one lady writer of “theatre pieces,” et cetera, and never one in every of them responded. Silence; too busy “creating,” i assume. (On a roll now) I have in mind ultimately I bribed somebody into giving me this one guy’s agent’s name—this novelist? —and persuaded the agent to name him and spot if i'll name him? , and perhaps seek advice from him? , and checking out i may do that—with no promises, naturally—and calling, and hitting the brick wall of the novelist’s male secretary. I don’t suggest whatever through that, after all. (Heavy wink) In any occasion, hitting that brick wall, having to copy every little thing I’d acknowledged to the agent, and being informed through the M. S. —the male secretary (Heavy wink)—they’d come again to me, and ready till ultimately they did—I suggest, quite, who did they suspect they have been … either one of them!? eventually, the M. S. did name me—I was once within the sensitive levels of a soufflé, naturally—telling me that he was once there … (does hands as fees) “Himself” that's: the recognized novelist … and he was once going to speak to me—“himself” was—and I held the receiver to my ear, awaiting what? —something except a voice? I don’t know—a choir of a few kind? I held, after which his voice got here … “here I am,” it said—he said—“here i'm. ” strange, no? And the voice wasn’t pleasant, or unfriendly, gruffer than I’d concept it'd be, probably, simply … noncommittal. “Here i'm; I’m the following. ” I nearly hung up, yet I didn’t. I suggest, I’d gotten this shut, and if I hung up who is familiar with whilst I’d get one other … you recognize. “I’m here,” he stated. and that i rushed via what i needed. “I’m learning the inventive method, and that i are looking to do it with you, via you—watching you, figuring out you. ” “You are looking to watch me whereas I write?! ” he stated, type of incredulous, and that i may perhaps feel the telephone being handed again to the M. S. , or simply hung up, or tossed over his shoulder, or no matter what. “No! Wait! ” I yelled. Silence. “I’m waiting,” he eventually acknowledged, no emotion in any respect. and that i attempted to provide an explanation for what i actually sought after. (GIRL, chased by way of BOY—naked, or close—goes from degree left to degree correct, a candy chase, guffawing, and so on. girl senses, sees them. ) What?! What was once that?! Did humans simply run nakedly around the degree, guffawing? definite? good … why no longer? the place was once I? Oh: “What i actually wish is to observe you … uh … movement your phrases out of your brain to the web page. ” “You’re now not serious,” he stated, kind of … fading away. “Oh, wait! Please; please! ” I said—shouted, relatively. “I do are looking to learn you! I so are looking to watch you progress your phrases out of your brain to the web page. ” The sentence used to be commencing to sound unusual to me. I heard one of those snicker from him … sour, was once it? Contemptuous? “Well, that wouldn’t be a lot enjoyable for anyone yet you, would it not … you underfoot, banging into humans, asking loads of ridiculous questions, learning every thing, being an absolute …” “I’d be a mouse!