Scripts
True Romance
Content & purpose - A look at what it means to love someone, and what true love looks like. Adapted from True Romance from In Yer Face by Scripture Union.
Cast - 3 people (1 male, 1 female, 1 either) boy, girl, writer
Props - A daisy, a blackboard (or similar)
Starting Positions - Back stage right Writer is writing on a blackboard or similar the Boy loves Girl (substituting in names for the boy and the girl), and working out a percentage of suitability, looking at the number of l's, o's, v's, e's and s's in their names. Stage Left (front) there is a tape playing 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 over and over throughout the sketch. Girl stands centre stage with daisy going 'Loves me', 'Loves me not' as she plucks petals from it. Boy enters from SL.
- Boy
- Hey … I love you!
- Girl
- Do you?
- Boy
- Yeah, course I do.
- Girl
- How much?
- Boy
- Oh, I dunno, probably … (stretches out hands.) This much!
- Girl
- No, I'm serious. How much?
- Boy
- What do you mean?
- Girl
- Well, you're always saying it…
- Boy
- Well, I dunno… I love you loads. Is that enough?
- Girl
- What do you love about me?
- Boy
- Well… you make me laugh
- Girl
- So does the Teletubbies!
- Boy
- Well, you make me think as well.
- Girl
- So does Countdown.
- Boy
- Oh this is stupid. How am I supposed to prove that I love you? (pause) I never let you down, do I?
- Girl
- You're always late.
- Boy
- Well, I'm always around, aren't I?
- Girl
- So's the dog
- Boy
- Well he loves you!
- Girl
- No, he doesn't, he just wants feeding.
- Boy
- (aside) Yeah, so do I!
- Girl
- What?
- Boy
- Er… I'd save you if you were drowning.
- Girl
- You can't even swim.
- Boy
- Well, If you were stuck in a burning building I'd climb up and rescue you.
- Girl
- You're afraid of heights
- Boy
- I'd cross a desert to be with you.
- Girl
- You got sunstroke at Blackpool!
- Boy
- Well, I'd…I'd…Oh, what's the point!
- Girl
- What do you mean?
- Boy
- I hate you when your in this mood.
- Girl
- But you said you loved me…
- Boy
- I do… but not right now. (pause) No one could live up to your expectations.
- Girl
- Why not?
- Boy
- No one could show you that they loved you that much.
The END
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This page last updated 22nd Nov, 2003.
