Parasight - Entombed

Cast of characters

GRAHAM, a teenager

MOTHER, a busy housewife

FATHER, a conservative husband

POLICEMAN, a young constable

SCENE: A kitchen in suburbia, one bright Saturday morning

ACT ONE

Narrator: The insect-headed worker-wife will hang her waspies on the

Line.

Her husband burns his paper, sucks his pipe while studying

Their cushion-floor, his viscous poly-paste breath comes out.

Their

Wall-paper world is shattered by his shout.

A boy in blue is busy

Banging out a headache on the kitchen door.

All the while Graham

Slept on, dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted

To.

Mother and Father (in unison): No thugs in our house, are there dear?

We made that clear, we made little Graham promise us he’d be a good

Boy.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?

We made that clear, we

Made little Graham promise us he’d be a good boy.

ACT TWO

Narrator: The young policeman who just can’t grow a moustache will

Open up his book, and spoil their breakfast with reports of Asians who

Have been so badly kicked.

Policeman: Is this your son’s wallet I’ve got here?

He must have