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PHILIP GLASS BUYS A LOAF OF BREAD Blocking Script
Woman 1: Isnt that Philip Glass? (The 2nd Woman turns and
looks.) Woman 2: I think it is. Baker: Can I help you, sir? Glass:
Yes. I need a loaf of bread, please. Baker: Just a moment. Woman 1:
Its time now. Woman 2: Yes. Lets go. (But she doesnt move. Glass
turns and looks at her. They look at each other in silence,
frozen.) Baker: Do you know that woman, sir? (A bell rings. Lights
change.)
Section A
Woman 1: Isnt that? (Spoken) Woman 1: Isnt that? (Spoken) Woman
1: Isnt that? (Sung) Woman 1: Isnt that? (Sung) Woman 1: Isnt that?
(Sung) Woman 2: Think it is. (Spoken) Woman 2: Think it is.
(Spoken) Woman 2: Think it is. (Sung) Woman 2: Think it is. (Sung)
Woman 2: Think it is. (Sung) Baker: Help you sir? (Spoken) Baker:
Help you sir? (Spoken)
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Baker: Help you sir? (Sung) Baker: Help you sir? (Sung) Baker:
Help you sir? (Sung) Glass: Yes I need. (Spoken) Glass: Yes I need.
(Spoken) Glass: Yes I need. (Sung) Glass: Yes I need. (Sung) Glass:
Yes I need. (Sung) (All Together) Woman 1: Isnt that? (Sung) Woman
2: Think it is. (Sung) Baker: Help you sir? (Sung) Glass: Yes I
need. (Sung) (All Together) Woman 1: Isnt that? (Sung) Woman 2:
Think it is. (Sung) Baker: Help you sir? (Sung) Glass: Yes I need.
(Sung) (All Together) Woman 1: Isnt that? (Sung) Woman 2: Think it
is. (Sung) Baker: Help you sir? (Sung) Glass: Yes I need. (Sung)
(All Together) Woman 1: Isnt that? (Sung) Woman 2: Think it is.
(Sung) Baker: Help you sir? (Sung) Glass: Yes I need. (Sung)
Section B
Woman 1: Philip Glass? Woman 2: Think it is. Woman 1: Philip
Glass? Woman 2: Think it is. Baker: Help you sir? Glass: Loaf of
bread.
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Baker: Help you sir? Glass: Loaf of bread. Woman 1 & 2:
Philip Glass! Baker & Glass: Help you sir? Woman 1 & 2:
Think it is. Baker & Glass: Loaf of bread. Woman 1 & 2:
Think it is. Baker & Glass: Help you sir? Woman 1 & 2:
Philip Glass. Baker & Glass: Loaf of bread.
Section C Glass: Yes I Woman 2: Think it is. Glass: Yes I Woman
2: Think it is. Glass: Yes I Woman 2: Think it is. Woman 1: A
Glass: Loaf of bread. Woman 2: Think it is Woman 1: A Glass: Loaf
of bread. Woman 2: Think it is
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Woman 1: A Glass: Loaf of bread. Woman 2: Think it is Glass 1: A
Woman 1: Philip Glass. Woman 2: Think it is Glass 1: A Woman 1:
Philip Glass. Woman 2: Think it is Glass 1: A Woman 1: Philip
Glass. Woman 2: Is Woman 1: A Glass: Loaf of bread. Woman 1: Philip
Glass. Woman 2: Is Woman 1: A Glass: Loaf of bread!
Section D
Woman 2: Is? Baker: Help! Woman 2: Is?
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Baker: Help! Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Loaf. Woman 1: Philip.
Glass: Loaf. Woman 2: Think! Baker: Can. Woman 2: Think! Baker:
Can. Woman 1: Philip! Glass: Bread. Woman 1: Philip! Glass:
Bread.
Section E
ALL: PHILIP CAN THINK BREAD! BREAD HELP PHILIP THINK! PHILIP
NEED BREAD LOAF!
Section F
Glass: Do I need a Baker, Woman 1 & 2: Loaf of bread? Glass:
Can I need a Baker, Woman 1 & 2: Loaf of bread? Glass: Can I
know a
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Baker, Woman 1 & 2: Loaf of bread?
Section G Baker: I need bread! Glass, Woman 1 & 2: I know, I
know. Baker: I need bread! Glass, Woman 1 & 2: I know, I know.
Baker: I need bread! Glass, Woman 1 & 2: I know, I know. Glass:
Isnt that a loaf of bread? (Moving faster and faster through the
following speeches)
Section H Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker:
Help. Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker: Help.
Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker: Help. Woman 2:
Think.
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Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker: Help. All: (Sustained,
plainsong chant.) Yyyyyyesssssssssssssss pleeeeeeeeease! (Faster
again.) Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker: Help
you sir? Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker: Help
you sir? Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. Glass: Need. Baker: Help
you sir? All: (Sustained, plainsong.) Brrrrreeeeeaaaaaddddd
looooaaaaaaffffff!
Section I
All: (Very fast, run together.) Philip need help you sir? Philip
need help you sir? Philip need help you sir? Philip need Glass!
Section J
Baker: Do you know
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Woman 2: Phil? Woman 1: Do you know Woman 2: Lip? Baker: Do you
know Woman 2: Glass? Baker & Woman 1: Do you know Woman 2:
Phil? Baker & Woman 1: Do you know Woman 2: Lip? Baker &
Woman 1: Do you know Woman 2: Glass? Baker & Woman 1: Do you
know Glass & Woman 2: Glass lips.
Section K
(The two women and the Baker slowly chant the words Glass,
please, yes, loaf, one on each of Glasss following phrases.) Glass:
It was that memorable evening in March. Out at the end of the
jetty. She was lying there in a white cotton dress. And I mistook
her fora rowboat.
Section L
Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1: Its time. Glass: Please. Woman 2:
Lets go.
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Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1: Its time. Glass: Please. Woman 2:
Lets go. Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1: Its time. Glass: Please.
Woman 2: Lets go! Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1: Its time now. Woman
1 & 2: Lets go! Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1: Its time now.
Woman 1 & 2: Lets go! Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1: Its time
now. Glass, Woman 1 & 2: Lets go! Baker: Justamoment. Woman 1:
Its time now. Glass, Woman 1 & 2: Lets go! Baker: Justamoment.
Woman 1: Its time now. ALL: LETS GO!
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Section M
All: (Cheerleaders) Go! Go! Go! Go! All: Time! Time! Time! Time!
All: (Train) Go! Go! Go! Go! All: Time! Time! Time! Time! All: Go!
Go! Go! Go! All: Time! Time! Time! Time! Baker: Go! Go! Go! Go!
Time! Time! Time! Time! Woman 1&2: Glass Time. Glass Time.
Glass Time. Glass: It was that memorable evening in March. Out at
the end of the jetty.
Section N
Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is. Baker: A moment, sir. Woman 1: Time.
Woman 2: Is. Baker: A moment, sir. Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is.
Baker: A moment, sir. Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is. Glass: Now!
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Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is. Glass: Now! Woman 1: Time. Woman 2:
Is. Glass: Now! Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is. Glass: Now! Woman 1:
Philip. Woman 2: The. Baker: Moment, sir. Woman 1: Philip. Woman 2:
The. Baker: Moment, sir. Woman 1: Philip. Woman 2: The. Baker:
Moment, sir. Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is. Glass: Now! Woman 1: Time.
Woman 2: Is.
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Glass: Now! Woman 1: Time. Woman 2: Is. Glass: Now! Woman 1:
Time. Woman 2: Is. Glass: Now! All: (Cheerleaders) Go. Go. Go. Go.
Time. Time. Time. Time. (Sudden ease and space.)
Section O
Woman 1: Philip Woman 2: Is Glass: A Baker: Moments Woman 2:
Time.
Section P
All: (Soft and high, like chimes.) Go, go, go, go, time, time,
time, time. (Very spacious throughout the next section.) Woman
1&2: (Telephone operators) Time is a moment, sir. Baker: Do you
know that woman? (Pause.) Woman 1&2: (Telephone operators) Time
is a moment, sir. Baker: Do you know that woman? (Pause.) Woman 2:
Think. Woman 1: Philip. (Small Pause.) Glass: I loved her once.
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Woman 2: Think. Woman 1: Philip. (Small Pause.) Glass: I loved
her once. Baker: Do you know that woman? (Pause.) Woman 2: Think.
Woman 1: Philip. (Small Pause.) Glass: I loved her once. Woman 1:
Whats the matter? Woman 2: Philip. Glass: I loved her once. Woman
1: Whats the matter? Woman 2: Philip. Glass: I loved her once.
Woman 1: Whats the matter? Woman 2: Philip. Glass: I loved her
once. Baker: Just a
Section Q
Baker: Moment. Glass: Once. Baker: Just a moment. Glass: Once.
Baker: Just a moment.
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Glass: Once. Woman 1: Now. Glass: Once. Woman 1: Now. Glass:
Once. Woman 1: Now. Glass: Once. Woman 1: Now. Woman 2: Nothing.
Woman 1: Matters. Glass: I Woman 1: Now. Woman 2: Nothing. Woman 1:
Matters. Glass: Loved Woman 1: Now. Woman 2: Nothing. Woman 1:
Matters. Glass: Her Woman 1: Now. Woman 2: Nothing. Woman 1:
Matters. Glass: Once (Pause)
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Baker: Juuuuust a moment, sir. (Suddenly fast.)
Section R All: Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap,
Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap.
Section S
Baker, Woman 1&2: Philip need a Philip need a. Glass: Loaf
of bread. Baker, Woman 1&2: Philip need a Philip need a. All:
Loaf of love. Woman 1: Whats the. Baker: Woman. Woman 1: Matter.
Woman 2: Go. Glass: Change. Woman 1 & Baker: Whats the woman
matter? Woman 2: Philip. All: Go change. Woman 1 & Baker: Whats
the woman matter? Woman 2: Philip. Baker, Woman 1&2: NOW
CHANGE!
Section T
Glass: Need. Baker: Woman. Glass: Need. Woman 2: Nothing.
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Glass: Need. Woman 1: Matter. ALL: NEED HELP! Glass & Baker:
Need woman. Glass & Woman 2: Need nothing. Glass & Woman 1:
Need Matter. ALL: SO WHAT? Glass & Baker: (As the woman chant
lovelovelovelove.) Need woman. Know nothing. Need matter. ALL: NEED
CHANGE! Glass & Baker: (The woman chant lovelovelovelove.) Need
woman. Know nothing. Need matter. Glass & Woman 2: ITS TIME!
(The woman chant lovelovelovelove.) Need woman. Know nothing. Need
matter. ALL: NO LOVE!
Section U
All: (Fast) Need woman. Know nothing. Need matter. Lets Go! Need
woman. Know nothing. Need matter. NO CHANGE! (The bell rings again.
Lights change back)
End Sequence
Baker: Do you know that woman, sir? Glass: Yes. I loved her
once. (Baker takes loaf from the case.) Woman 1: Whats the matter?
Woman 2: Nothing. Nothing. (They turn to go out, and freeze. Glass
accepts the bread.) Glass: I also need some change. (Baker points
up to the NO CHANGE sign.) BLACKOUT.
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