Willis Wonder Boy

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-78850-850-6
Verlag: Nick Hern Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 96 Seiten

Reihe: NHB Modern Plays

'What use is a boy who can't say his own name?' Sonny is twelve. He stammers and is finding his way in a world ruled by vicious vowels, confusing consonants, and the biggest beast of all - small talk. His only escape is with a comic-book hero of his own creation, who helps Sonny soar above his reality. But when he's cast by the headteacher in the school production of Hamlet, he soon discovers that language is power - and the real heroes are closer than he thinks. Ross Willis's play Wonder Boy is a 'boundingly imaginative' (The Times) drama about the power of finding your own voice. It was first directed by Sally Cookson, performed at Bristol Old Vic in 2022, named Best Play at the 2023 Writers' Guild Awards, and revived for a UK tour in 2024.

Ross Willis is a playwright from Bristol, the UK. His plays include: Wolfie (Theatre503, London, 2019) and Wonder Boy (Bristol Old Vic, 2022). Wolfie won Best New Play at both the Writers' Guild Awards and the Off-West End Awards 2020, and also earned him a nomination for Best Writer at the 2019 Stage Debut Awards and Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He won the 2019 Royal Court and Kudos Fellowship and the 2019 Channel 4 Playwright Award. He has been described as 'a fresh and fearless voice' in British theatre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willis, Ross

Leseproben

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ROSHI SONNY

SONNY ()

UGH!!

this the De– ()

SONNY

ROSHI SONNY

FORGET I-I-I-I-I-it!

SONNY

ROSHI. Come back!
I’m gonna hold my breath until yous come back and then when I die it’s gonna be your fault.

ROSHI

SONNY

SONNY. this the De–
DEPUTY HEAD’S OFFICE?

ROSHI. Oh.
Yeah.
I’m starvin.
Yous got any food on yous?

SONNY

Wanna know what I’d love?
Tomato ketchup.
It’s my thing

it defines me.
Like whenever I’m at a barbecue everyone always goes ‘Here goes Roshi with the ketchup, it’s her thing, it defines her.’

SONNY
ROSHI SONNY

I know yous don’t I?

SONNY

Yeah I know yous! Yous lives on my estate? Yous always sit outside drawin.

SONNY. !!!

ROSHI. Oi yous lives on my estate!?

SONNY

And your mum’s like ‘Come on in’.

SONNY. she’s not my mum!

ROSHI. Well your not-mum then.

Didn’t I say I know yous? What block yous in?

SONNY. the one that reeks like –

D–

D–

D–

ROSHI. Dinosaur!?

D–

Dog!?

D–

Deceased!

D–

Dragon!?

()

piss.

ROSHI. Yous funny!

They all reek like piss!

Puddles of piss!

Pisstastic!

lot of trouble if yous live in our estate.

ROSHI

SONNY

SONNY

ROSHI

It’s gettin

SONNY. it’s been – ()

ROSHI

SONNY

it’s been

ROSHI. Hey is that blood!?

SONNY. ()

ROSHI. Cool!

Yous should let me pierce your ear. Yous look well cute with a piercin.

I tried to practise on my mum but she woke up.

SONNY. why yous here?

ROSHI. Yous know Chantelle Green from Year 10 right?
Her dog went missing and she put up posters.
But I’m not sure yous miss your dog if yous usin Comic Sans as the poster font.
So Chantelle Green from Year 10 bought five bags of Skittles from Costcutter.
I say to her ‘Chantelle Green from Year 10
did yous just buy five bags of Skittles from Costcutter?’

Chantelle Green from Year 10 says ‘Yeah I bought five bags of Skittles from Costcutter.’
I say ‘But what about your diabetes and shit?’
She laughs.
I say ‘Actually diabetes is a really . My dad has it and it’s well harsh!’
She’s panickin now.
Starts to run away.
Pissin herself she is,
cos she knows I’m behind her.
It’s literally like the stampede scene in
Don’t know why I even did it now.
I don’t even like Skittles.
Not-Alan from Year 7,
I thought his name was Alan but it’s not Alan but I don’t actually know what his name is.
But Not-Alan from Year 7 says Skittles got real fruit in them.
Says they’re healthy for yous like bread and broccoli and soap.
But when someone disrespects your family yous gotta do somethin about it ain’t ya?
I goes ups to her.
Grabs hold of anythin I can!
PULL!
PULL!
PUUUUUUULL!
I tried to pull her hair out but I only got her extensions.
What’s that?
Can I keep it?

SONNY. nothin!

ROSHI. Lemme seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

SONNY. PISS OFF!

ROSHI. Mine now!

SONNY ()

ROSHI SONNY

SONNY

ROSHI. What?
Captain Chatter!!!!!
What is this!!!?

WAINWRIGHT

WAINWRIGHT. OI YOU HORMONAL DELINQUENT DICKHEADS, GET IN HERE!

SONNY

SONNY ROSHI

Millennium Falcon

ROSHI. Miss, is that your wife in that photo?

WAINWRIGHT. I’m not engaging in that small talk.
Roshi, what did you do this time?

ROSHI. Nothinnn Miss.

WAINWRIGHT. Well it says here
it said here
I just had it.
Why do people keep giving me more sheets of paper?
You pulled a girl’s hair out?

ROSHI. Nah only got her extensions.

WAINWRIGHT. Commiserations.
Better next luck time.
What about you New Boy?

SONNY. !!!

WAINWRIGHT. Twitchy boy, I’m talking to you.

SONNY. !!!

WAINWRIGHT. What’s your name?

SONNY.

ROSHI. Santa.

WAINWRIGHT. Shut up Roshi.
Take all the time you need.

SONNY. my is

SONNY

MY is

SONNY

SONNY WAINWRIGHT

WAINWRIGHT

WAINWRIGHT. Everyone has a name and I’d love to hear yours.

SONNY. Sonny.

WAINWRIGHT. Thank you for telling me that. Sonny.
Right let’s see
Sonny, cutting to the chase here, your behaviour today was possibly psychopathic.
Do you want to talk me through what happened?

ROSHI. Seriously?

WAINWRIGHT. In your own time.
Take it away.
The floor is yours.

ROSHI. But he can’t –

WAINWRIGHT ( ROSHI) THE FLOOR IS NEVER YOURS. ( SONNY) The floor is yours.

SONNY. This kid comes up me –

WAINWRIGHT. So you stabbed him in the eye with a fork?

ROSHI. Shitttttt!!

SONNY.
It wasn’t like that!

WAINWRIGHT....