THE EYE (ÎÊÎ)
Cast of Characters
VAVERKA: a Belarussian Squirell
BELKA-LENKA: a Russian Squirell
SQUIRELL: an American Squirell
EQUREUIL: a French Squirell
SQUIRELLPEARE: an English Squirell
Scene
the roof of the house
Time
Our days, before, after, always, forever....after Earth will
die
ACT I Scene 1
Scene. The Darkness. Flash, a sharp exhaust sound,
darkness again. 5 pairs of small lights - 5 pairs
of eyes - in line; for around 20 seconds the
lights stay without motion, then they start
moving. One pair of lights starts running around
in agony. One pair has essentially moved
downwards. Two pairs are moving, but not so fast.
And only one stays without any motion.
EQUREUIL
This is the end!I knew that it would be the end. I have
historically developed a sense of premonition for such
things. I had a dream last night, just about that. As
Mary Antoinette, who foreknew her death,I had a feeling
I would die on this roof.
BELKA-LENKA
I also had his feeling, that you would die on this
roof. But I thought that it would be by the hands of
Vaverka. Or more precisely, by her wonderful self-made
cognac.
EQUREUIL
Champagne. It was champagne. It still is.
(a sound of someone drinking)
SQUIRELL
It’s 2020. It’s apocalypsis for sure. They presaw it
for 2012,but even that time I said that it’s not
logical,it should be two 2. And my camera doesn’t work.
I have tickets for the first raw of the end of the
world, and my camera doesn’t work-that really is an
apocalypsis.
SQUIRELLPEARE
I don’t see anything. I can’t write. I have tickets for
the first raw of the world end, and I can’t describe
it- it really is an apocalypses.
SQUIRELL
You couldn’t have written, even if it was light. Don’t
have any illusions.
SQUIRELLPEARE
You couldn’t have done your movie, even if it was
light. Even if it was dark. AAAA Somebody has pushed
me.
SQUIRELL
Who needs you? AAAA Somebody has pushed me.
EQUREUIL
This is the end. Everything is just like in my dream.
SQUIRELL
You dreamt a lot. But you are right that this is the
end. My camera doesn’t work. I don’t see a thing. I
don’t have any control on this roof. And sombody is
running around his roof and is pushing everyone,even
me. I even know who it is. And I can’t do anything.
It’s not a dream, it’s a nightmare.
EQUREUIL
Finaly the world is free from America.
(singing )
Allons enfants de la Patrie...Le jour de gloire est
arriv; Contre nous la tirania
(sighs)
this is the end! Exactly as in my dream. I heard this
song. Exactly as in my previous life - I heard this
song.
SQUIRELLPEARE
And following your dream - soon the guiliotine will
come up. And I don’t have paper, nor pen,nor light to
describe it. This is apocalypses.
SQUIRELL
I don’t have a camera to film it. This is apocalypses.
EQUREUIL
I’m not the only one who is going to die. It looks like
a collective event. Seems to be a strike. Don’t worry,
my camarades, it might be funny. The strike of EDF is
always funny.
SQUIRELLPEARE
What does your EDF have to do with this? We are in
Belarus.
EQUREUIL
Oh, it’s not a national strike anymore! I think it has
something to do with environment. Economy of
electricity,some hour without electricity charity
around the Earth.
SQUIRELL
You were the first to say that this is the end,and now
you’re talking about the happy hour of Earth
protection.
EQUREUIL
It’s the usual order of our strikes. AAAA Somebody
pushes me.
SQUIRELL
I’m holding my camera in my hands. And if this somebody
tries to push me once again, I will kill this someone.
AAA
After the scream there is a sound of camera,
noises, of something falling on the earth. Now 2
pairs of eyes are running around the roof and 2
pairs are following this motion. And one pair of
lights is at the same spot, not moving.
SQUERILLPEARE
I think we are now already after the end. In hell.
EQUREUIL
I always thought that hell doesn’t differ much from
life on the earth. Just a little bit more dark.
SQUERILLPEARE
Thanks to this motion I can even distinguish who is
who.
EQUREUIL
Again I’m saying, this doesn’t differ much from the
earth.
(Sound of the bottle of champagne opening)
SQUIRELLPEARE
How can you drink in such conditions?
EQUREUIL
I don’t need to see. I am capable to hold the glass in
my arms in the darkness.
SQUIRELLPEARE
I’m not talking about that.
EQUREUIL
I’m not in the mood to make guesses. How can you stay
sober in such conditions? I wonder if all this is the
hell, where is Vaverka then?
SQUIRELLPEARE
She is in paradise. With her beetles of Colorado.
Cooking potatoes now.
EQUREUIL
Good for her. How do you think if we are in hell and
Vaverka is in paradise, will be there any problems wih
delivery of champagne here?
SQUIRELLPEARE
I think not. It just will be more expensive.
Considering the shipment cost, taxes. AAA Somebody has
pushed me.
EQUREUIL
We always know who pushes us. We cry aloud about this.
We cry aloud AAA. And that’s all that we can do. I
still suppose that we are on the Earth. That’s funny,
because when I was on the earth, after 2-3 glasses of
champagne I was thinking that I was in paradise.
SQUIRELLPEARE
Drink two glasses more and maybe you will achieve
paradise. AAA Somebody pushes me.
EQUREUIL
Why they are always pushing you? They never touch me.
I’m a very independent girl.
SQUIRELLPEARE
Oh rather drunk.
EQUREUIL
I am. To die with champagne! How do you think will this
4 running lights ever stop?
SQUIRELLPEARE
No, they are trying to take control over the hell.
EQUREUIL
And these two, always without motion?
SQUIRELLPEARE
That’s God’s eye. Two.
SQUIRELL
How dare you?! It’s my movie! The first part, as well
as the second.
SQUIRELLPEARE
Yes,as well as the same actress. Coming from paradise.
SQUIRELL
Where?
SQUIRELLPEARE
If you stop for one minute, you can see in this world
something besides you. For example, these two
eyes,looking at us, all this im, in the dark. God’s
eyes.
SQUIRELL
Oh my God! I see the God and my camera doesn’t work.
These two lights move towards twilights without
motions and before them are geting down.
Oh my god! Pardon me! Pardon me! Pardon all my sins
EQUREUIL
Some madness is in the air
SQUIRELLPEARE
I also feel some very strange parfum! As if everything
smells like you
EQUREUIL
you are pervers
SQUIRELLPEARE
not about you. Really, smell!
(some noise as one’s nose smells)
EQUREUIL
All I smell is me, and I like it...but it’s so hard, i
think, this shampaign is more stronger than any
other„,i am going to sleep...really„this is the end...
SQUIRELLPEARE
I have this feeling too. It’s strange but I fell
asleep. How do you think, should we let this felling
taking over us or should we try to keep staying
vigilant and alive and sober perhaps
EQUREUIL
It’s too late for me, I am dying. This is the end!
Pardon me my God all my sins, all I regret is that I
hadn’t enough time to double their quantity and some
quality of some of them
SQUIRELLPEARE
Sinner
EQUREUIL
I am and proud of being so
SQUERILL
Oh my god! pardon me! pardon me!
EQUREUIL
I’ve never thought that I will die listening for
Squirell’s repentance: I have not even dreamt about it.
SQUIRELLPEARE
Neither me
EQUREUIL
I am falling asleep. Good buy, my dear friend!
SQUIRELLPEARE
Me too! Good buy!
SQUIRELL
Pardon me....aaa...somebody pushes me....pardon me....
Silence 3 pairs of lights are geting down, stay
immobile. the 4th pair is running in agony than
falls down too. only the 5th couple of eyes stay
without motions from the beginning.
scene 2
some time later. lights without motion during some
time. one pair of lights start a litle bit moving,
than second
EQUREUIL
Where am I? Where am I?
SQUIRELLPEARE
I don't now, but unfortunately still near me
EQUREUIL
I was always thinking that it is the same as in the
Earth
SQUIRELLPEARE
I start thinking so too. What was it? This magic smell?
and dreams? a midsummer dream?
EQUREUIL
yes...
SQUIRELL
Where am I? What the fuck?
EQUREUIL
or midsummer nightmare
BELKA-LENKA
Where am I?
EQUREUIL
Now for sure, a midsummer nightmare
BELKA-LENKA
Stop dreaming, you will not have nightmares!
SQUIRELLPEARE
It’s apocalypses!
SQUIRELL
Sure, it’s the end of the world!
EQUREUIL
This is the end! This is the end after the end!
It’s like in my dream! Everything is like as in my
dream!
BELKA-LENKA
Stop crying! It’s just Vaverka’s alcohol device who
crashed.
EQUREUIL
This is now a real apokalypsis! This is the end! This
is the end after the end!
BELKA-LENKA
Yes, the 5 liters of alcohol went out all on her, I
took the big part on me, but Vaverka suffered the most!
She is still under alcohol influence.
EQUREUIL
What I call sacred tortures!
BELKA-LENKA
She is really in paradise!
SQUIRELLPEARE
God’s eye and I have no light to describe it!
SQUIRELL
God’s eye - 3 and I have no camera to film it!
VAVERKA
Dear visitors of restaurant "Gold VAVERKA in the DARK".
Specially for these who can’t see and read the bill for
the night of alcohol-kalian as well as for performance
of the end of the world will be done later after the
electricity will be repared. I hope, you enjoyed the
spectacle as well as atmosphere.
EQUREUIL
Everything is just like on the Earth. Everything is
just like in my dream.
THE END