Comedy
ACT ONE
Scene 1
On the back platform of an S bus, one day, round about 12 noon.
THE CONDUCTOR: Fez pliz. (
Some passengers hand him their fares.)
Scene 2
(The bus stops)
THE CONDUCTOR): Let 'em off first. Any priorities? One priority! Full up. Dring
dring dring.
ACT TWO
Scene 1
(Same set)
FIRST PASSENGER:
(young, long neck, a plait round his hat)
It seems, sir, that you
make a point of treading on my toes every time anyone goes by.
SECOND PASSENGER:
(shrugs his shoulders)

Scene 2
(A third passenger gets off)
FIRST PASSENGER:
(to the audience)
Whacko! a free seat! I'll get it before anyone
else does.
(He precipitates himself on to it and occupies it)
ACT THREE
Scene 1
(The Cour de Rome)
A YOUNG DANDY:
(to the first passenger, now a pedestrian)
The opening of your
overcoat is too wide. You ought to make it a bit narrower by having the top button
raised.
Scene 2
On the S bus, passing the Cour de Rome.
FOURTH PASSENGER: Huh, the chap who was in the bus with me earwlier on and
who was having a row with another chap. Odd encounter. I'll make it into a comedy in
three acts and in prose