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PLEASE, SHUT UP, THANK YOU
(onstage are bank customers, including a child – sitting on stage with hands on their heads)
(Bank worker is sitting behind the desk)
(money bags are lying on the floor)
(SFX – police sirens)
(Ben and Chris storm in, holding guns)
(Ben paces the room, very agitated and angry, getting angrier and angrier whenever Chris speaks)
Ben:
(stocking/woolly hat over head) Just shut up!
Chris:
(stocking/woolly hat over head) Look, I’m sure-
Ben:
Shut up Chris!
Chris:
Listen, its not-
Ben:
Shut up!
Chris:
They might not-
Ben:
Shut up!
Chris:
If they do then-
Ben:
SHUT UP! ...
(silence again)
(Ben walks up to a customer and points the gun to her head)
Ben:
I SAID, TELL ME! ... We only came here to rob a bloody bank, and this is what we end up with. ... )
Ben:
Shut up! ... Please-
Ben:
Shut up! ...
Ben:
Shut up! ... Get them back up! ...
Customer:
She’s got a point you know-
Ben:
Shut up!
Chris:
Please can we let them go? ... (throws it over to the child)
Child:
Thank yoooooooou. ... And don’t swear so much please.
Ben:
I don’t know, I can just- (walks up to Chris) What do you think you’re doing? ...
(Chris exits)
(Ben sits down on the chair)
Ben:
Fuck fuck fuck…what am I gonna do…
Customer:
You could let us go…
Ben:
Shut up! ...
Ben:
Didn’t I just tell you to shut up? ...
Ben:
Shut up! ... Just give up. ... One fucked up-
Ben:
Shut up! ...
Ben:
Shut up! ...
Ben:
Shut up!
Chris:
One fucking fucked up-
Ben:
(hysterical, screaming, shouting, yelling, psychopathic style, that kinda stuff) SHUT UP!
Approximate Word count = 1875
Approximate Pages = 7.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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