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英语话剧剧本 Pygmalion
作者:佚名
来源:不详
更新日期:2012-5-14
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THE FLOWER GIRL [still hysterical] I take my Bible oath I never said a word-- THE NOTE TAKER [overbearing but good-humored] Oh, shut up, shut up. Do I look like a policeman? THE FLOWER GIRL [far from reassured] Then what did you take down my words for? How do I know whether you took me down right? You just shew me what youve wrote about me. [The note taker opens his book and holds it steadily under her nose, though the pressure of the mob trying to read it over his shoulders would upset a weaker man]. Whats that? That aint proper writing. I cant read that. THE NOTE TAKER I can. [Reads, reproducing her pronunciation exactly] "Cheer ap, Keptin; n' baw ya flahr orf a pore gel." THE FLOWER GIRL [much distressed] It's because I called him Captain. I meant no harm. [To the gentleman] Oh, sir, dont let him lay a charge agen me for a word like that. You-- THE GENTLEMAN Charge! I make no charge. [To the note taker] Really, sir, if you are a detective, you need not begin protecting me against molestation by young women until I ask you. Anybody could see that the girl meant no harm. THE BYSTANDERS GENERALLY [demonstrating against police espionage] Course they could. What business is it of yours? You mind your own affairs. He wants promotion, he does. Taking down people's words! Girl never said a word to him. What harm if she did? Nice thing a girl cant shelter from the rain without being insulted, etc., etc., etc. [She is conducted by the more sympathetic demonstrators back to her plinth, where she resumes her seat and struggles with her emotion.] THE BYSTANDER He aint a tec. Hes a blooming busybody: thats what he is. I tell you, look at his boots. THE NOTE TAKER [turning on him genially] And how are all your people down at Selsey? THE BYSTANDER [suspiciously] Who told you my people come from Selsey? THE NOTE TAKER Never you mind. They did. [To the girl] How do you come to be up so far east? You were born in Lisson Grove. THE FLOWER GIRL [appalled] Oh, what harm is there in my leaving Lisson Grove? It wasnt fit for a pig to live in; and I had to pay four-and-six a week. [In tears] Oh, boo--hoo--oo-- THE NOTE TAKER Live where you like; but stop that noise. THE GENTLEMAN [to the girl] Come, come! he cant touch you: you have a right to live where you please. A SARCASTIC BYSTANDER [thrusting himself between the note taker and the gentleman] Park Lane, for instance. Id like to go into the Housing Question with you, I would. THE FLOWER GIRL [subsiding into a brooding melancholy over her basket, and talking very low-spiritedly to herself] I'm a good girl, I am. THE SARCASTIC BYSTANDER [not attending to her] Do you know where I come from? THE NOTE TAKER [promptly] Hoxton.
Titterings. Popular interest in the note taker's performance increases. THE SARCASTIC ONE [amazed] Well, who said I didnt? Bly me! You know everything, you do. THE FLOWER GI上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页
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