The scene:

Ancient pond

Frog leaps

Splash!

Matsuo Basho (1644 – 1694)

 

Act one:

  • Brits did it.

  • No, Russians did it.

  • 1953?

  • No, 1979.

 

Act two:

  • It was the second invasion by Arabs.

  • It was pedophilia. We were only nine years old!

  • It's all MO's fault.

  • Which MO? Yours or ours?

  • Yours. Ours was chosen.

 

Act three:

  • If the Shah had just …

  • If the Left just didn't …

 

 

Image: Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Talawa Theatre Company, London, England.