GERTRUDE STEIN 3 DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS gone, what made it live, has it not gone be-_ cause now itis had, in my long life in my long life j 7 1938 + (Silence) Life is strife, I was a martyr all my life not to. to what was done. 4 you know, do you know. q ‘lens ; ACTI My long life, my Jong life, Faust standing at the door of his room, with his arms up at Curtain q the door lintel looking out, behind him a blaze of electric light. 7 Just then Mephisto approaches and appears at the door. Faustus growls out.—The devil what the devil what do I eare if the > devil is there. But Doctor Faustus dear yes I am here ‘What do I care there is no here nor there. What am I. I am Doctor Faustus who knows everything can do everyt was through you been in a hurry and if Thad taken my time I was deceived and I believed needed you, and I thought by the devil and I know no ‘temptation is tempting unless the devil tells ‘And you wanted my soul what the hell did you want my soul for, how do you Know I have a soul, who says so nobody says s0 but you the devil and everybody knows the Mr. Devil oh Mr. Devil how can you tell you can not tell anything and 1 1 who T keep on having so much not bright and what after90 GERTRUDE STEIN DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS a1 I could know without any soul to sell, with- out there being anything in hell. What I Know I know, I know how I do what 1 do when I see the way through and always any day I will see another day and you old devil you know very well you never see any other it. [have made it but have I a soul to pay for ‘way than just the way to hell, you only know it. cone way. You only know one thing, you are Mephisto coming nearer and trying to pat his arm. never ready for anything, and I everything is Yes dear Doctor Faustus yes of course you always now and now and now perhaps Ihave a soul of course you have, do not be- through you I begin to know that it is all Tieve them when they say the devil lies, you just so, that Tight however bright will never know the devil never lies, he deceives oh yes be other than light, and any light is just a he deceives but that is not lying no deer light and now there is nothing more either by please dear Doctor Faustus do not say the day or by night but just a light. Oh you devil devil lies go to hell, that is all you know to tell, and Doctor Faustus. Who cares if you lie if you steal, there is no who is interested in hell just a devil is in- snake to grind under one's heel, there is no terested in hell because that is all he can tell, hope there is no death there is no life there is whether I stamp or whether I ery whether I no breath, there just is every day all day and live or whether I die, I can know thet all a when there is no day there is no day, and devil can say is just about going to hell the anyway of what use is a devil unless he goes same way, get out of here devil, it does not away, go away old devil go away, there is no interest me whether you can buy or I can use in a devil unless he goes away, how can sell, get out of here devil just you go to hell. you remember a devil unless he goes away, Faustus gives him an awful kick, and Mephisto moves away oh devil there is no use in your coming to stay and the electric lights just then begin to get very gay. and now you are red at night which is not a Alright then delight and you are red in the morning which is not a waming go away devil go away or ‘The Ballet stay after all what can a devil say. Mephisto. ‘A devil can smile a devil can while away Doctor Faustus sitting alone surrounded by electric lights. whatever there is to give away, and now are His dog comes in and says you not proud Doctor Faustus yes you are Thank you. you know you are you are the only one who One of the electric lights goes out and again the dog says Knows what you know and it is I the devil ‘Thank you. who tells you so. The electric light that went out is replaced by a glow. Faustus. You 1a devil how can you know, how ‘The dog murmurs. can you tell me so, if I am the only one who My my what a sky. ‘ean know what I know then no devil can know ‘And then he says ‘what I know and no devil can tell me so and ‘Thank you.cs GERTRUDE STEIN Doctor Faustus’ song: IE I do it If you do it What is it. Once again the dog says ‘Thank you. ‘A duet between Doctor Faustus and the dog about the electric Tight about the electric lights. Bathe me says Doctor Faustus Bathe me In the electric lights During this time the electric lights come and go What is it says Doctor Faustus ‘Thank you e dog. this moment the electric lights get brighter and nothing Was it it says Doctor Faustus Faustus meditates he does not see the dog. At that moment the electric light gets pale again and in that yment Faustus shocked says little boy comes in and plays with the dog, the dog says ‘Thank you. Doctor Faustus looks away from the electric lights and then he sings a song. DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIONTS Let me Alone Let me alone h let me alone Dog and boy let me alone oh let me alone Leave me alone Let me be alone little boy and dog, let let me alone He sighs ‘And as he sighs He says, Dog and boy boy and dog leave me alone let me let me be alone. The dog says Thank you ‘but does not lock at Faustus A pause No words The dog says Thank you Tsay thank you Thank you The little boy The day begins to-day The day The moon begins the day Doctor Faustus ‘There is no moon to-day Dark silence ‘You obey I obey ‘There is no moon to-day. Silence and the dog says Tobey I say ‘Thank you any day The little boy says Once in a while they get up. Doctor Faustus says shall not thinkof I shall not No I shall not. Faustus addresses little boy and dog Night is better than day so please go away The boy says GERTRUDE STEIN But say ‘When the hay has to be cut every day then there is the devil to pay ‘The dog starts and then he shrinks and says ‘Thank you ‘Faustus half turns and starts hear her he says Thear her say Call to her to sing To sing all about to sing a song All about day-light and night light. Moonlight and star-light electric light and twilight every light as well. ‘The electric lights glow and a chorus in the distance sings Her name is her name is her name is Marguerite Ida. and Helena Annabel. ‘Faustus sings I knew it I knew it the electric lights they told me so no dog can Imow no boy can know I cannot know they cannot know the electric lights they told me so I would not know I could not know who can know who can tell me so I know you know they can know her name is Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and when I tell oh when T tell ch when I when I when I tell, oh go away and go away and tell and tell and tell and tell and tell, oh hell. ‘The electric lights commence to dance and one by one they g0 out and come in and the boy and the dog begin to sing. Oh very well oh Doctor Faustus very very well oh very well, thank you says the dog ob very well says the boy her name her name is Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel, I know says the dog I know says the boy I know says Doctor Fanstus no no n0 no ne nobody can kuow what I know I know her name is not Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel, very well says the boy it is says the hoy her DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS 95 ‘name is Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel, no no no says Doctor Faustus, yes yes yes says the dog, no says the boy yes says the dog, hher name is not Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and she is not ready yet to sing about day-light and night light, moonlight and starlight electric light and twilight she is not she is not but she will be. She will not be says Doctor will her name be Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel never never ‘as well never Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel fe Ida and Helena Annabel. “There is a sudden hush and the distant chorus says It might be it might be her name her name might be Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel it might be. ‘And Doctor Faustu It might be but it is not, a ‘and Faustus says it might be it might not be not be not be, and as hie says the last not be the dog says ‘Thank you. Scene II Tam I and my name is Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel, ‘and then oh then I could yes I could T could begin to cry but why why could I begin to cry. ‘And Tam I and 1 am here and how do I know how wild the wild world is how wild the wild woods are the wood they call the woods the poor man's overcoat but do they cover me and if they Go how wild they are wild and wild and wild they are, how do T Jmow how wild woods are when I have never ever seen a wood before. T wish, (she whispered) I knew why woods are wild why ‘animals are wild why I am I, why I.can ery, I wish I wish T knew, Tivish oh how I wish I knew. Once I am in I wall never be through the woods are there and I am here and am I here or am I there, ‘ch where oh where is here oh where oh where is there and animals ‘wild animals are everywhere. She sits down. wish (says she conversationally) I wish if I had a wish that when I sat down it would not be here but there there where T Could have a chair there where I would not have to look around96 GERTRUDE STEIN DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS fearfully everywhere there where a chair and a carpet underneath the chair would make me know that there is there, but here here everywhere there is nothing nothing like a carpet nothing like a it do perhaps it was one. Marguerite Ida and chair, here it is wild everywhere I hear I hear everywhere that the thinking and then she sees a country woman woods are wild and I am here and here is here and here I am it 1g. Have I she says have I been bitten, the sitting without a chair without a carpet, oh help me to a carpet with ‘woman comes nearer, have I says Marguerite Ida and Helena a chair save me from the woods the wild woods everywhere where Have you been bitten answers everything is wild wild and I I am not there I am here oh dear I in happen, then I have been am not there, bitten says Marguerite Ida anc 2 Annabel why not if you have She stands up with her hands at her sides she opens and closes been is the answer. hher eyes and opens them again. ‘They stand repeating have I and yes it does happen and then IE my eyes are open and my eyes are closed I see I see, I see s let me show you and the tno carpet I see no chair I see the wild woods every seen any one who has been good does it do me to close my eyes no good at all the woods the ays but go away and do ‘woods are there I close my eyes but the green is there and I open my eyes and I have to stare to be sure the green is there the green, of the woods, I saw it when my eyes were closed I saw the wild woods everywhere and now I open my eyes and there there is the wild wood everywhere. said the woman, do you Would it do as well if my name was not Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel no of course I do not know him nobody does there Helena Annabel would it do as well I would give up even that for a dog, he says thank you s. an and go and see him go a carpet and a chair and to be not here but there, but (and she lets 0 go said the woman and Ada and Helena Annabel out a shriek,) I'am here I am not there and I am Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and it is not well that I could tell what there 4s to tell what there is to see and what do I see and do I see it at all ob yes I do I call and call but yes I do I see it all oh dear oh I they bite with all dear oh dear yes I am here, Do they do they sting She says Or do they do they bite In the distance there is daylight and near to there is none. There is something under the leaves and Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel makes a quick turn and she sees that a viper has stung her. In the distance there is daylight and near to there is none. ‘There is a rustling under the leaves and Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel makes a quick tum and she sees that a viper has stung her, she sees it and she says and what is it. There is no ys and then she says no not really and she says was it a viper and she says how can I tell I never saw one Will he tell before but is it she says and she stands up’again and sits down Will he tell that I am Marguerite Ida that I am Helena Annabel.98 cEnTRUDE STEIN DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS 9 Will he tell ‘And then she stops again ‘And the bite might he make it a bite, Doctor Faustus a queer name Might he make it a bite ‘And so she disappears. and all together they say Where is there nobody says nobody is there. Somebody is there and nobody says that somebody is not there. Somebody ody i somebody somebod) is Scene III yw softly and Marguerite Ida and Helena Doctor Faustus the dog and the boy all sleeping, the dog dreaming says thickly ‘Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you, thank you thank you. Doctor Faustus turns and murmurs Man and dog dog and man each one can tell it all like a ball with ‘a caress no tenderness, man and dog just the same each one can take the blame each one can well as well tell it all as they can, man and dog, well well man and dog what is the difference between @ man and a dog when I say none do I go away does he go away {g0 away to stay no nobody goes away the dog the boy they can stay T can go away go away where where there there where, dog and boy can annoy I can go say I go where do I go I go where I go, ‘where is there there is where and all the day and all the night too it grew and grew and there is no way to say I and a dog and a boy, if. boy is to grow to be a man am Ia boy am Ia dog is a doga oy is a boy a dog and what am I I cannot ery what am I oh what am I ‘And then he waits a moment and he says Oh what am I. Jost then in the distance there is a call Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus are you there Doctor Faustus I am ‘here Doctor Faustus I am coming there Doctor Faustus, there is where Doctor Faustus oh where is there Doctor Faustus say it Doctor Faustus are you there Doctor Faustus are you there. ‘The dog murmurs ‘Thank you thank you and the boy says ‘There is somebody of course there is somebody just there there is somebody somebody is there oh yes somebody is there. this is yes this is Doctor Faustus Doctor change a bite hold it tight Of course not she says of course you have not how could you sell your soul if you had ever been to hell of course not, no of course tot Doctor Faustus tell me what did they give you when you sold your soul, not hell no of course not not hell. And then she goes on. Tam Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and a viper bit or stung it is very well begun and if it is so then oh oh I will die and as my soul has not been sold I Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel perhaps I will go to hell. The dog sighs and says Thank you ttle boy coming nearer says +, tell me Marguerite Ida and He you ;guerite Ida and Helena Annabel T know it very well or do I not know it very well please tell you ‘re Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel what is a. viper. Doctor Faustus says Little boy and dog can be killed by a viper but Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel not very well no not very well (He bursts out)102 GERTRUDE STEIN Dog ‘A viper has bitten her and if Doctor Faustus does not cure her it will be all through her. Chorus in the distance Who is she She has not gone to hell Very well Very well She has not gone to hell Who is she Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel ‘And what has happened to her A viper has bitten her And if Faustus does not cure her It will go all through her ‘And he what does he say He says he cannot see her Why cannot he see her Because he cannot look at her He cannot look at Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel But he cannot cure her without seeing her ‘They say yes yes And he says there is no witness ‘And he says He can but he will not ‘And she says he must and he will ‘And the dog says thank you ‘And the boy says very well ‘And the woman says well cure her and she says she is Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel. ‘There is silence the lights flicker and flicker, and Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel gets weaker and weaker and the poison stronger and stronger and suddenly the dog says startlingly ‘Thank you Doctor Faustus says cannot see you ‘The viper has forgotten you. ‘The dog has said thank you DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS The boy has said will you ‘The woman has said Can you And you, you have said you are you Enough said. You are riot dead. All join in enough said you are not dead you are not dead ‘enough said yes enough said no you are not dead yes enough said, enough said no you are not dead. Tam Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and enough said I am ‘not dead, Curtain ACT II Some one comes and sings Well is well and silver sell Sell a salted almond to Nell What does a fatty do She does not pay for it. No she does not104 cEnraupE STEIN 7 pocron FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS Does not pay for it. 2 By this time they know how to spell very Very likely the whole thing is really extraordinary Which is a great relief All the time her name is Marguerite Ida Marguerite Ida “They drift in and they sing Very likely the whole thing is extraordinary Which is a great relief All the time her name is Marguerite Ida ‘Then they converse about i, 4 Marguerite Ida Bs her name Marguerte [da and Helena Annabal_ who can tell if her name is Marguerite Ida or Helena Annabel Sillies all that is what makes you tall. To be tall means to say that everything else is layed away. q OF course her names is Marguerite Ida too and Helena Annabel a How do you know how do you know that a viper did sting her. How could Doctor Faustus have cured her if there had not Ida and Helena Annabel and she has an artificial viper there besi her and a halo is around her not of electric light but of candle lig and she sits there and waits, ‘The chorus sings ‘There she is Is she there106 (GERTRUDE STEIN Doctor Faustus sold his soul She had a viper bite her She is there Oh yes she is there Nobody can know ‘They come from eve By land by sea by air ‘They come from everywhere To look at her there. No indeed he cannot. Nothing can touch her, She has everything ‘And her soul, Nothing can lose her, See how they come See how they come To see her. See how they come, Watch They come by sea They come by land DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS With her back to the sun One sun And she is one Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel as well. ‘They commence to come and more and more come and they ‘come from the sea from the land and from the air. ‘And she sits ‘A man comes from over the seas and a great many are around him ‘And he says Pretty pretty dear She is all my love and always here And I am hers and she is mine ‘And I love her all the time Pretty pretty pretty dear. No says the chorus no. She is she and the viper bit her ‘And Doctor Faustus cured her. ‘The man from over seas repeats Pretty pretty pretty dear She is all my love and always here ‘And Lam hers and she is mine And I love her all the time. Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel suddenly hears something. and says What is it. He comes forward and says again Pretty pretty pretty dear she is all my love and she is always here. She sings slowly You do or you do not. He Prety pretty dear she is all my love and she is always here. Well well he says well well and her name is Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and they all say it was a viper, what is a viper, ‘viper is a serpent and anybody has been bitten and not every- body dies and cries, and so why why say it all the time, I have been bitten TI I have been bitten by her bitten by her there she108 GERTRUDE STEIN DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS 109 ssits with her back to the sun and I have won I have won her I ‘Mr. Viper think of me. He says y« she says you do and if you Ihave won her. do dear Mr. Viper if you do then it is all tre he is a boy Tam a She sings a song ‘girl it is all true dear dear Mr. think of me. You do or you do not . ‘The chorus says in the back, ‘You are or you are not Dear dear Mr. Viper think of them one is a boy one is a girl I am there is no not dear dear viper dear dear viper think of them. But you you you ‘Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel still staring at the man You are as you are not from over the seas and Mephisto behind them. He says Do you do what you do because you knew all the way through ‘They two I two they two that makes six it should be seven they that I I was coming to you answer me that. two five is heaven. She tums her back on him. 8 if I ask what answer me what, I have a will of iron ‘And he says shat I do, I do what I do what I do, I do I do. Tam your sun oh very very well begun, you turn your back on your sun, I am your sun, I have won I have won I am your sun, s forward, Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel rises. She holds the viper ere are you, what a to do, when a light is bright she says there is moonlight, when a light is not so bright then it is day- Is it you Doctor Faustus is it you, tell me man from over the sea light, and when a light is no light than it is electric light, but you are you he. you have candle light, who are you. He laughs, Are you afraid now afraid of me, She says ‘Are you he. He says Lam the only he and you are the only she and we are the only we. Come come do you hear me come come, you must come to me, throw away the viper throw away the sun throw away the lights night, I am the devil and day anc until there are none, I am not any one I am the only one, you by any dark by any might, I never sleep not by day not by night, hhave to have me because I am that one. you cannot fool me by candle light, where is the real electric light She looks very troubled and drops the viper but she instantly woman answer me. stoops and picks it up and some of the lights go out and she fusses The little boy and girl cxeep closer, they sing. about it. Mr. Viper dear Mr. Viper, he is a boy I am a girl she is a git] ‘And then suddenly she starts, annoy but we do oh we do oh No one is one when there are two, look behind you look behind you you are not one you are two, She faints. ‘And indeed behind the man of the seas is Mephistopheles and with him is a boy and a please Mr. Viper please Mr. girl. Mr. Viper you are Mr. Viper please Mr. Viper please tell us so, ‘Together they sing the song the boy and the girl. ‘The man from over the seas smiles at them all, and says ‘iper that there is no Mr. Viper,ug GERTRUDE STEIN They all sleep in the dark with the clectric light all bright, and then at the window comes something. Is it the moon says the dog is it the moon says the boy Is it the moon do not wake me is it the moon says Faustus. No says a woman no it is not it is not the moon, I am not the ‘moon I ain at the window Doctor Faustus do not you know what it is that is happening. No answer. Doctor Faustus do not you know what is happening, Back of her a chorus, Doctor Faustus do not you know what is happening. Still no answer All together louder Doctor Faustus do not you know do not you know what it is that is happening, Doctor Faustus. Go away woman and men, children and dogs moon and stars go away let me alone let me be alone no light is bright, I have no sight, go away woman and let me boy and dog let me be alone I need no light to tell me it is bright, go away go away, go away go away, No says the woman no I am at the window and here I remain till you hear it all. Here we know because Doctor Faustus tells us 50, that he only he can turn night into day but now they say, they say, (her voice rises to a screech) they say a woman can turn night into day, they say a woman and a viper bit her and did not hurt her and he showed her how and now she can turn night into day, Doctor Faustus oh Doctor Faustus say you are the only ‘one who can turn night into day, oh Doctor Faustus yes do say that you are the only one who can turn night into day. ‘The chorus behind says Oh Doctor Faustus oh Doctor Faustus do say that you are the only one who can turn night into day. Faustus starts up confused he faces the woman, he says, What is it you say. ‘And she says imploringly, ‘Oh Doctor Faustus do say you are the only one who can turn night into day. Faustus slowly draws himself erect and says Yes I do say I am the only one who can turn night into day. day he is the a ‘one to turn night into day, le boy says. only one to turn night into day. ‘And the woman then says But come Doctor Faustus come away come and see whether they say that they can turn night into day. Who says says Doctor Faustus She says says the woman Who is she says Doctor Faustus ‘The answer Marguerite Ida or Helena Annabel She says Doctor Faustus Well then I can go to hell, if she can turn night into day then I ‘ean go to hell, come on then come on we will go and see her and ‘will show her that I can go to hell, if she can turn night into day as they say then I am not the only one very well Tam not the only ‘one so Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel listen well you can- not but I I can go to hell. Come on every one never again will Ibe alone come on come on every one, They all leave.GERTRUDE STEIN Scene IL __ The scene as before, Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel sitting with the man from over the seas their backs to the sun, the rmusfe to express a noon-day hush, Everybody dreamily saying Mr. Viper please Mr. Viper, he isn’t no he isn't, is he is he fs he 1 loves him, no one can remember there is no bee there is a viper such a nice sweet quiet one, nol Fang Sake here 08 rea eee cajun ae some, come viper sun, we know no other any one, any one ferget alight, oven an slecnio one but no one a0 ne ono can Farge 1 viper even a stuffed one no no one and no one can forget the sun and no one can forget Doctor Faustus no no one and and no one can forget Thank you and the dog and no one can forget a litle boy and no one ean forget any one no no one, (These words to be distributed among the chorus) rx e man from ove seas murmurs dreamy tty pretty pretty dear here I am and you are here and td yet it would be better yet If you had more names and sot only four in one let it be begun, forget it oh forget it pretty one, and if not I get that you are one yes I will yes I will pretty pretty one yes I will. Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel stiffens a litle Well will you yes I will, no one can know when I do not tel then so that they cannot know anything they know, yes I know, 1 do know just what I can know, it is not there well anywhere, I cannot come not for any one I cannot say what is night and day but I am the only one who can know anything about any one, am I one dear dear am I one, who hears me knows me I am here and here I am, yes here am. ‘The chorus gets more lively and says Yes there she is Dear me says the man from over the seas. Just then out of the gloom appears at the other end of the and to go to hell. Tell me oh devil tell me will DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS us stage Faust and the boy and the dog, nobody sees them, just then in front of every one appears Mephisto, very excited and sings Which of you can dare to deceive me which of you he or she can dare to deceive me, I who have a will of iron I who make what will be happen T who can win men or women I who can be wher- ‘ever I am which of you has been deceiving which of you she or hie which of you have been deceiving me. He shouts louder Jf there is a light who has the right, I say I gave it to him, she says he gave it to her or she does not say anything, I say T am Mephisto and what I have I do not give no not to any one, who has been in her who has been in him, I will win. The boy and girl shrilly sing She is she and he is he and we are we Mr. Viper do not forget to be. Please Mr. Viper do not forget to be, do not forget that she {s she and that he is he please Mr. Viper do not forget me. Faustus murmurs in a low voice sold my soul to ma ‘with electric light and now no fone not I not she not they not he are interested in that thing and Tand I I cannot go to hell I have sold my soul to make a light ‘and the light is bright but not interesting in my sight and I would th yes I would I would rather go to hell be T with all my might and then go to hell oh yes alright. Mephisto strides up to him and says You deceived me, 1 did not Mephisto. ‘You deceived me and I am never deceived Faust, you deceived me and I am always deceived, Mephisto, you deceived me and I am never deceived. Fanstus ‘Well well let us forget it is not ready yet let us forget and now ch how how 1 want to be me myself all now, I do not care for light let it be however light, I do not care a but to be well ‘will Marguerite da and Helena Annabel will she will she really will she go to hell. Mephisto T suppose so.6 GERTRUDE STEIN Faustus Well then how dear devil how how can I who have no soul I it for a light how can I be I again alright and go to hell. Yes kill something oh yes kill anything, Yes it is I who have been deceived I the devil who no one can. deceive yes it is IT who have been deceived. Faustus Bot if I kill what then will. Mephisto Te is T who have an iron will. Faustus Bot if I kill what will happen then, He turns to the boy and dog and he says dog I will kil you two I wall kil I will I will boy and dog. I will kill you Kill you, the viper will kill you but it will be 1 wl ‘The dog says ‘Thank you, the light is so bright there is no moon tonight I can not bay at the moon the viper will kill me. Thank you, and the boy says And I too, there is no day and night there is no dog tonight say thank you the viper will kill me too, good-bye to you. In the distance the voices of the boy and girl are heard say DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS uv Viper please listen to me he is a boy she is a girl ‘There is a rustle the viper appears and the dog and the boy " Faustus are dead yes they are dead, dear dog dear boy yes you are id you are forever ever ever dead and I T can because you die ‘ean deny later I will go to hell very well very well I will hell Marguerite Ida Helena Annabel I come to tell to tell that I can go to hell, Mephisto 1, while you ery I who do not deny that now you can go to have I nothing to do with you. Faustus Iam through with you I do not need the devil I can go to hell alone. Leave me alone let me be alone I can go to hell all alone. Mephisto fen to me now take her with you do I will make you young her with you do Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel take ight. He is young he approaches Marguerite Ida and Helena Anna- bel who wakes up and looks at him. He says 1d I saw it with my eyes he was old and could not go to hell 1d you are young and can go to hell, very well you are not ‘or Faustus never never. Faustus am I am I killed the boy and dog when I was an old man and Iam a young man and you Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and you know it well and you know I can go to hell | and I can take some one too and that some one will be you. Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel lever never, never never, you think you are so clever you thinkus GERTRUDE STEIN you can deceive, you think you can be old and you are young and ‘ld like any one but never never, I am Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and 1 know no man or devil no viper and no light I ean be anything and everything and it is always always alright. No fone can deceive me not a young man not an old man not a devil not a viper I am Marguerite Ida and Helena Annabel and never never will a young man be an old man and an old man be a young man, you are not Doctor Faustus no not ever never never and she falls back fainting into the arms of the man from over the seas who sings Pretty pretty pretty dear I am he and she is she and we are we, pretty pretty dear I am here yes I am here pretty pretty pretty dear, we please Mr. Viper listen to me. Curtain AN EXERCISE IN ANALYSIS viglt+ A PLAY Thave given up analysis. Act IL Splendid profit. Act UL Thave paid my debt to humanity. Act II Hany. Act IV Climb. In climbing do not be contented. Part I Run ahead. Run on ahead. Act I Have you a knife. ‘Act IIT Do not see soldiers ahead they swim, Act IV So they do, Part IL When we wheel where there is a turning, That is the meaning of wheel, 9