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Script Extract #1David laughs.David:Am I that bad?Martin: It’s been hard. The days pass. Never enough time. I moved my practice, got myself a bit more space,I think I said all that in the letter.David:The missing letter?Martin: No. The one you got.David:How’s Chris? Do you think? He seems alright.Martin: He’s got his own troubles.David:Has he?Martin: Well, yes, certainly. He’s a teenager. I don’t know.David:Before the illness, we were happy. I mean it, Karin and I were happy. What scared me was how bad ithad got, by the time I realised she’d already been through so much.Yes. I remember you saying in one of your letters.Martin: I didn’t tell you the half of it, David. You were so busy with your novel. I didn’t want to upset you.SilenceDavid:Look, what I’m saying is that I’ve come to understand through all this how much I love her.And I’m all she has to cling to in life, the only thing she can rely on.I see.Martin: She says to me I’m her only defence against the disease. And she’s right. I think our happiness inbeing together is the best cure.Silence.David:I just wanted you to know.(about the nets) We should take these out.49Resource Pack: Through A Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman
Script Extract #2 (Exercise 3)From Scene 4Martin: Are you OK?Karin: Are you?Martin: Yes.He goes to get in [to bed].What is it, darling?Karin: Are you tired? I’m not tired at all.Why are we tired if we rest all day?Martin: I took a long swim this morning.What’s wrong?Sudden.Karin: Can I share your cupboard?Martin: What?Karin: I’m looking for a place to put my clothes.Martin: You have a cupboard.Karin: It smells.Martin: Does it?Karin remains silent, challenging.If you want.He goes to the cupboard and is trying to manage it privately. She is at his shoulder.Script Extract #2Karin:The other cupboard is very musty, it smells bad.He stops trying to organise the cupboard. He turns to her. She is angling to get to see inside the cupboard.Martin: Is it? OK -Karin:It’s making all my clothes stink.Martin: Right.He is blocking her.Karin:It is. I’m not making it up as an excuse to look in …I wasn’t poking around.Martin: What? Karin? What is it?Karin:I was just looking to clear a bit of space for my things.Resource Pack: Through A Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman 50
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