Human Play

HUMAN PLAY PLAYERS: FATIMA SELWA ACT I SCENE I The scene opens in a spacious, dim-lit kitchen. Facing the audience are three, wide, curtain-fringed windows revealing night. Outside, there is a complete blackout and the sound of heavy rain is heard in the background. Against the wall, in the middle, a double sink, with plates piled on top, is highlighted under the light of a huge lantern set on the high window sill. The silhouette of a figure, with her back turned to the audience, bending over a yellow tub set on the sink, can be dimly traced. Fatima is dressed in black mourning clothes, but wears a light blue jacket or vest over them. To her right lies the entrance to the kitchen, an aluminum door, with a solid looking frame. In the middle of the room there is a large, oval, wooden dining table with five chairs. A set of kitchen cupboards and counters fill the two remaining parallel walls. A naturalistic silence (preferably sounds of night) prevails and continues f...