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by Jon Fosse
The Child
The Guitar Man
Melancholia I
My oh my
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Excerpt from The Child 
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| Page 62 FREDRICK It's certainly kind of her to buy flowers for you AGNES Yes Short pause But they're for us really FREDRICK Nothing to be sad about I'd say AGNES No But I get sad anyway |
 in Dunaújváros, Hungary, 1997 |
Fredrick nods. Evelyn enters from the kitchen, she is carrying two empty wine bottles |
| Page 119 THE DOCTOR Well you're probably tired now the two of you You better try to get a little sleep THE NURSE to the doctor I said that we could wheel in a bed for him Nods to Fredrick THE DOCTOR Fine Short pause And now the tests have all gone to the laboratory As soon as they come back we'll know more |
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THE NURSE encouraging, looks at the doctor It can be all right this sort of thing THE DOCTOR Yes of course Short pause. He looks at Fredrick and Agnes But strictly speaking the prospects are probably not the best Short pause Well you'd probably like to be left in peace a bit |
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| The doctor walks to the door, exits, the nurse follows him |
| Page 142 AGNES When you go home you must pack away the baby clothes and then FREDRICK All right AGNES And the knitting You can pack it away in a nice box Fredrick nods and then you must put it up in the attic or something FREDRICK All right Short pause AGNES And then you must ring Mother Short pause |
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| "The Child" has also been staged at "The Gate Theatre", London 1998, and produced for Polish Television 1999 |
| © Bergen Off. Bibliotek Last updated: 14. January 2000 by Elin Huseby and Henrik Kiiehn Nielsen |
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