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SFX: WOODS
background fades along with STEVE’s line STEVE: Listen up! I've got a story! (the OTHERS shout: "Hurrah!", etc., their chatter forgotten) --: Is it about death? --: (sotto voce) Is it about Man’s quest for human truth? (a nasty laugh from one or two) STEVE: It’s about a very successful man and his adventures, and it begins in a quiet village… |
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NOTE: A "title sequence" is two black frames surrounding a white-on-black title frame. The previous frame fades to black with the soundtrack. The title appears in dead silence, for about three seconds; then fades to black before the soundtrack resumes. |
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MUSIC: Medieval NARRATOR (Dirk): Once upon a time, there was a man who was successful in all things. |
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NARRATOR: He lived in a sturdy house, where the hearth was always burning in hospitality to the wayward traveler. He had a fine wife, a loving family— |
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—and a craft for which he was justly famous. WIFE (Shawn): Oh, Dearest, what a wondrous skill Heaven has blessed you with! I have married a prince among men. |
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NARRATOR: But
still he was not happy. MAN (Steve): (with slow realization) I…I want to know Truth! |
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"I want to know Truth," he said to his wife. WIFE: Then you should seek her! MAN: Mon petit pomme de terre—I will not be gone long. |
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NARRATOR: So the man put his house and all of his worldly goods into his wife’s name—she being adamant on that point—and went out on the road, a beggar after Truth. |