A
Well off you go, you start.

B
That's all very well, who are you? Who am I?

A
I know no more about it than you do. He just said, "Scrapy eh? More stage instruction than dialogue, eh? Okay, Sir Lawrence, I show you a minimalist! No stage instructions and no dialogue!", and with that he pushed me centrestage.

B
A bit of artistic temperment I guess. Did the same to me on the other wing. I was hoping I could follow your lead. Here give me a lead.

A
Lead? This play doesn't even have a title! All I know is I'm A.

B
'ay for 'orses.

A
Ay, if we had a lead we could lead the horse.

B
To water.

A
And not make it drink.

B
Sailors are knot makers.

A
Sailors are not knot makers. Sailors sail.

B
A ship sails.

A
Ships have ship-sails.

B.
Shops have fire-sales. Everything marked down.

A
Sleep on "pillows of owlets' down."

B
"Perry-the-Winkle", Tolkien.

A
Red king, white king, Mafeking.

B
Checkmate, china-plate, Golden Gate!

A
Too soon, too late, shut the gate!

B
But the horse has bolted.

A
Ah, no wonder we couldn't make it drink.


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