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Rook,
stoops, kneels and begins to
arrange the clothes in the rough shape of
a man on the wet sand. He then looks at
it quietly and begins his soliloquy. He
seems to open up to this created
semblance of a person, and confides in
him – all his confusion and muddled
feelings – that he has a steady – job – a
wife – a house etc but where does it all
lead? This is a very gentle, moving scene,
wryly comic, full of helplessness and
quaint nobility. It is extremely vulnerable.
The image of the romantic Seafaring man,
obviously awakens long buried aspirations
in him, as against the humdrum nature of
his existence which we know is not going
to change.
He
is startled by the entrance, from U/S,
of a young, smart mariner clicking his
fingers. The clinkings and bubblings have
died away. The young man has bare feet.
He sees the Pierette, throws his cap
away, combs his hair, with Death/Clown
mirroring him, - takes a small bottle of
cologne from his jacket pocket, - throws
the jacket away. He rubs his hands and
ears with the cologne and walks
provocatively forwards to Pierette. His
torso is bare. He kneels by her and is still
– and becomes suddenly very vulnerable –
she puts down her parasol and they look
at one another. Unaccompanied, he sings
to her, beautifully ‘A girl called Maria’ from
West Side Story.
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