The Sea, amended

When I was a little girl
a short play by Samuel Kastin

A man and a woman stand in front of a burning house. Their small child is with them, they hold her little hands. From the house we can hear a telephone ringing as it melts (this continues to the end).

Woman- John dear, it would appear that we are now homeless.

Man- Yes dear. Very much so.

They carry on watching the fire.

Daughter- (turning her head to us, she takes a step and consciously faces the the audience, this is all very sweet, like a curtsey. Eyes like Bambi); Just think, in the distance a s-sad sold'er and his lover...

They fade out.

In the distance;
We fade in:
A soldier holds another soldier, who is sobbing, in his arms. He sways, forming a melancholy and defiant waltz.

Soldier- (singing); Is that all there is, is that all there is/ If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing/ Let's break out the booze and have a ball/ If that's all there is.

This fades out, he can speak part of the first verse if needs be, the words fading out, as it were, with lighting.

All we now see is the glow/ afterglow of burning.

There is the sound of an explosion offstage; what it is that is exploding, or has exploded, is unclear. The sound of the sea can now be heard as it draws nearer.