A Man Buying A Fish
A Man Buying A Fish is a ten minute play about a man buying a fish.
Having read an ad in a paper, Jeffery comes to Mrs. Mackintosh's home to purchase a small goldfish and a goldfish bowl named Gordon (the fish, not the goldfish bowl). He then buys the fish and goes home. The concept behind the play is that the real action; the events we would normally be interested in in a play, are going on in the other room. We get a sense of what might be happening by the entrances and exits of various other characters. Nonetheless, virtually every action and all dialogue are centred around the fish. This I find very amusing. Which is why I wrote it.
A Man Buying A Fish is a ten minute play about a man buying a fish.
Having read an ad in a paper, Jeffery comes to Mrs. Mackintosh's home to purchase a small goldfish and a goldfish bowl named Gordon (the fish, not the goldfish bowl). He then buys the fish and goes home. The concept behind the play is that the real action; the events we would normally be interested in in a play, are going on in the other room. We get a sense of what might be happening by the entrances and exits of various other characters. Nonetheless, virtually every action and all dialogue are centred around the fish. This I find very amusing. Which is why I wrote it.
Fish are amazing creatures really. The way they swim... around and around. And around. They like to do that, fish.
Swim.
Yes. Around. Sometimes... they go the other way.
Yes.
Sometimes they go up.
When you feed them.
What was that?
When you feed fish, they swim...
Up, yes, yes they do. Very astute. Up.
They, they also go down. (Colonel stares at him) Of course after they gone up.
Well that only makes sense.
Swim.
Yes. Around. Sometimes... they go the other way.
Yes.
Sometimes they go up.
When you feed them.
What was that?
When you feed fish, they swim...
Up, yes, yes they do. Very astute. Up.
They, they also go down. (Colonel stares at him) Of course after they gone up.
Well that only makes sense.
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