[the world (on stage) is ending. the actor playing Hamlet is breathing loudly. the actor playing Ophelia enters in an urgent manner.]
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What are you doing?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
What?
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What. Are. You. Doing.
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
What are you doing?
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
I'm asking what you're doing.
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I'm asking you.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
I asked first.
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
Maybe my question is more urgent.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's going on?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
Life.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What about the play?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
What play?
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
You're just standing there.
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
You're just talking.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
What isn't the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What are you doing?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
What are you doing?!
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
Acting. What are you doing?!?!
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
Being.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
Where do we go from here?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
Good question.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's next!
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
Who knows...?
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
You've got to know!
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I know nothing.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
It's your play.
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
It's my life.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
Everything.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I'm not a machine.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I'm not a machine.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I am not a machine.
I am not a record.
I am not a disc.
I do not recycle
I am habitual but I am not repetitious.
I am not robotic.
I am elastic.
I am malleable.
I am skin.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
What's the matter?
What's the matter?
What's the matter?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I am not a machine.
I am not a machine.
I am not a machine.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA Should I rephrase the question?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
It's not a broken record.
It's a record that's broken.
THE ACTOR PLAYING OPHELIA
Say the line that way.
Look over there.
Make the audience feel like you're feeling something.
What's the matter...?
THE ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET
I am not an actor.
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