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A scene from section 1 of Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

SECRET

please please tell me

please because I’ll never

don’t ask don’t ask

I’ll never tell

no matter what

it’s not

I’d die before I told

it’s not you telling, even if you didn’t

I wouldn’t

It’s you knowing it’s too awful I can’t

but tell me

because if you don’t there’s this secret between us

stop it

if there’s this secret we’re not

please

we’re not close any more we can’t ever

but nobody knows everything about

yes but a big secret like this

it’s not such a big

then tell me

will you stop

it’s big because you won’t tell me

no I won’t.

Is it something you’ve

don’t start guessing

or something you want to

please

or you’ve seen or heard or know or

please

and if it’s something you’ve done is it a crime or a sin or just embarrassing because whichever

no I don’t want you to know.

All right.

All right I’ll tell you

you don’t have to

I’ll tell you

yes tell me because I’ll never

it’s not that

tell me because I’ll always

all right I’m telling you.

Tells in a whisper.

yes

I warned you

but that’s

yes

oh no that’s

yes

how could you

I did.

Now what? now what? now what?