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HEAT LIGHTNING
The drab interior of a bus station along a deserted
highway somewhere in the Midwest, there are two
long benches stage right, back to back one faces the
audience and one faces the rear wall, a door up
center leads out onto the road, it has a single glass
pane in the top and bottom is wooden
...
Up left door read men down
left door roads
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A large
bus schedule on the wall up right center
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The sound of heavy rain can be heard outside
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When the certain rises the stage is bare
...
He is a pleasant looking Man of about
thirty-five
...
He glances
at the door up center, moves to it and peers out the
glass, turns and moves to the schedule on the wall
and reads it
...
He picks up a
discarded newspaper that lies on the seat beside
him
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The door up center suddenly bursts open and a girl
of about twenty- three rushes into the room
...
The man turns about
quickly
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The girl’s clothes are wet
and muddy
...
Girls: (hysterically thank God! You’re here! Oh,
thank God! She almost falls and the man catches
her)
...
He’s after me
...
Man: Who? Who’s after you?
Girl: He’ll be here any minute
...
The lightning
flashes and the light dims slowly, the girl looks at
the light and begins sobbing again)
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No one can
come in, now try to calm yourself
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Girl: You’re waiting for the bus, aren’t you? Oh,
don’t leave me!(she rushes into his arms)
Man: There, my dear! Of course I won’t leave you!
Girl: The bus
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Man: The last one’s due any time now, the storm
has probably slowed it down
...
I
shall do whatever I can for you, but you must tell
me what has happened
...
Sit down
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There, now, that’s
better, isn’t it? NowGirl: I was at a party I – I could have stayed all night
with a friend, but I thought I had enough gas to get
home
...
I suppose
...
I took my flashlight and
locked the car and started walking down the road
...
But I
thought anyways
...
(she
breaks off and glances at the door again, she
shudders at her own thoughts)
...
You were doing fine
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I wanted to call to them
...
Man: Did you?
Girl: No- I – I don’t get the chance to
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I saw someone
...
A
man-he hadn’t heard me- he was- he was pulling
something out of the car
...
Man: this is Dreadful! (There is a flash of Lightening
and a crash of thunder)
Girl: He’ll be here, He’ll be here
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Man: did he see you?
Girl: May be my flashlight-maybe I screamed- I
don’t know – I don’t think I screamed
...
He looked up- I know he saw me, I
dropped the flashlight and started running; I could
hear him behind me
...
I knew he was
behind me- I was afraid I was going to faint
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Man: And you came straight here, then!
Girl: Yes-Yes-Oh , he’s still out there- somewhere
...
Man: This bus will be here soon, and you’ll be all
right
Girl: Yes, oh God , please let it come quickly
Man: You’ll have to get to the police immediately
Girl: No- I couldn’t I don’t want to – I’m afraid
Man: But you must
...
May be identify him
...
Man: Are you sure you couldn’t think of something
that might give them a lead anything?
Girl: I don’t even know what he looked like
...
Girl: I don’t know—I—
Man: they’ll ask you a lot of questions, of course but
I’m sure you can answer most of them
...
Man: In the lightening – are you sure you didn’t see
his face at all?
Girl: I don’t remember may be he was wearing a hat
or something
...
Man: But you saw the girl
Girl: No- I didn’t
Man: but you said her hair was light and you saw
her hand
Girl: Yes, I did in the lightening I think yes
Man: But you don’t remember seeing him?
Girl: No- I don’t
...
Something will come to you later- that
you’ve forgotten about right now, you’ll see
...
There is a second
flash of lightening illuminating the center door
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The door rattles
viciously
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Stay until I tell you to come out (the
man pushes her into the room quickly)
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Let me in
...
Let
me in!
Man: what do you want?
Second Man: (Outside) I want to get out of this
storm
...
tall nice looking and
about thirty year of age
...
The door opens slowly and
the Girls enter
...
She starts to cry out but the
man puts his finger to his lip conveying silence to
her and then guides her downstage to the bench)
...
I thought there was
Man: Did you?
Second Man: Yeah, I was sure there was
...
Oh,
well-forget it
...
(to first man)
I’ll bet she’s smarter than you are
...
Second Man: (noticing the girl’s nervousness say
you look pretty nervous about something, storm
upset your plans? You can expect storms to slow up
buses
...
Just try to get somewhere when
it storms--- can’t be done
...
Girl: I’m- I’m in no particular hurry
Second man: Well, I sure as hell am- but there’s
nothing I can do about it- I guess
...
The girl is pressed against the right window in fear,
the light recovers
Second Man: Say, you’re really upset aren’t you?
Has somebody been bothering you?
(the second man moves toward her again)
Girl: it’s- it’s just the storm
Second Man: Afraid of storms?
Girl: Yes-I- am
(The girl seems as if she is about to faint
...
Man: She‘ll be all right
...
The light dims
slowly and goes out
...
( The
Man opens the packet and gives her one
...
)
Second man: don’t mind to have one more, do you?
Man: No, of course not
...
Important (to
Man) how about you?
Man: I have early business in town
Second Man: (to girl) and you?
Girl: I was visiting- with friends I should have stayed
the night
Second Man: Oh! You’re not together then?
Man: Er-noSecond Man: I see (he moves down toward the girl)
How far did you say you were going?
Girl: Not for- about eight miles
...
All by myself
too
...
I’ll
show you
...
One
of the really beautiful sights in the world if you look
at it right – like a great big fourth of july
...
(The girl breaks away and goes right)
you wouldn’t even watch it
...
Girl: I Can’t
(There is the hum of a motor in the distance they all
listen
...
Second man: I guess that’s it-Yes-Looks empty
Girl: Empty (there is the sound of brakes being
applied each waits for the other to make the first
move)
...
Second Man: No- I guess you don’t at that-( he looks
at the girl, then moves to her reaching for her arm) I
guess we’ll just keep each other company won’t
we?
(The girl is stunned she looks to the first man, who
stands behind the second man
...
Girl: (backing away from the second man) No-No- I
don’t think I’ll go either
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Second Man: I think you’d better come on
...
Girl: No- No I won’t
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I’m going to stay here- with him
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Waiting for a bus! (he laughs) No wonder you had
the door locked! ( the second Man exits)
(The girl rushes after him, slamming the door and
throwing the bolt once more
...
Besides there was really no away to tell for certain
that
...
Why? That’s a step to remembering
Girl: No- only that he –left
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You’ll have light
...
The girl
stares at it is the lightening crashes again and the
already very dim light dies completely
...
The girl runs up to the center door and pulls at it)
She unbolts the door before the man comes near
her
...
The light plays over and highlights the
inside of the room
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