Page 60 - The English Carnival 7
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Exit Barry stage right.
Mary takes a deep breath and lovingly strokes the front of the comic.
Mary then tears it up with her hands. She tears the comic into strips. And
then those strips into smaller pieces.
Just as she is finishing Barry crashes back into the shop.
Enter Barry stage right.
BARRY : (shouting)
What are you doing?
(Mary finishes tearing. The small pieces are all over the counter and the floor.
Barry is speechless.)
BARRY : But... but... but... you can’t.
(Barry picks up some of the pieces of paper and they fall through his fingers.
Mary stands triumphant.)
MARY : Do you have a waste basket?
BARRY : (wide eyed)
I can’t believe you did it.
MARY : You just don’t get it, do you?
(Mary leans towards Barry.)
MARY : Now... my copy is unique.
Barry’s eyes widen even further with the realisation of what has happened.
MARY : There can be only one!
Mary turns and leaves the shop to the rear of the stage.
(Exits Mary. Barry frantically searches through the remnants.
Blackout.)0
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