BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO syRAJIV JOSEPH DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, TNC. ESTABLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE MATISTS G ‘OF THE AUTHORS LEAGUE. OF AMERICA fee HANDLING OF THE ACTING RIGHTS OP MEMBERS FLATS “THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE, * DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.MeN Fe 212 ay Pet rr hry end ar ENE i BS er mete cba rod ac Rieks iis uo of pple ana ot rt tern Gn oy ore stage Ae Sh Ecletiee ae ypeolieaee cceokotanes ohn terra satel nto se tines a Re eo, Dns ati HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY ~ 2 For Moids KaufmanBENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO received its Broadway premiere at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 31, 2011, le was diected by Mois Kaufman; che set design was bby Derek MeLane; the costume design was by David Zinn; the lighting design was by David Lander, the yound desig was by ‘Acme Sound Partnets and Crickee S. Myers che original music ‘was composed by Kathryn Bostic; the production sage manager ‘was Bevery Jenkins the sage manager was Alex Lyu Volekhau- Sens and the IgisArabic translations were by Ammar Ramai and Raids Fahmi, The ease was as follows: TIGER, Robin Willams MUSA ‘Adian Moayed TOM woes ve Glenn Davis ae nn rad Plscher IRAQI WOMAN/LEPER ‘Necae Zadegan IRAQI MAN/UDAY aad Hach Tiezian HADIAJIRAQI TEENAGER sone ‘Sheila Vand CHARACTERS ‘TIGER — Big. Tiger wear clothes, Nothing feline about hin, TOM Armen ty 2nd wie dn Ke, Unig, KEV — American, extly 20s. ‘MUSA — Inui, 30, UDAY— Ieagi, 308, TRAQIMAN| IRAQI WOMAN IRAQI TEENAGER/HADIA— Female. IRAQI WOMAN — A leper, PLACE Baghdad, TIME 2003. ‘A.ote onthe Tiger The Tige can be any geal an be anya slg ely he i older scrappy, pas spin yl eg He ca any xe id Een Ti ngage canal poy “Thete should be no subies forthe ArabicBENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO ACT ONE Scene 1 ‘The Baghdad Zoo, night io American oldies ding guard meet 0a cage with a Benge Tiger The Tiger sands le « penom and faces and speaks 10 the ence TIGER. The ns exaped ov dy 2p. Pedably, ay gt {le in amar hous Eos) at gens mek tui Bar an gga ean Op ten se Sian OME Ts uy shang. Kv Sree a eye im TIGER ey ied ow of he los he base ytd Bt No bes hang Tet Hg fa ghons EN frome. mman se ais, hg ee nee Titik hy ny ha sar odo fons de Wich ey el gray Tout Zo uy sc ston denies wk 7KEV. Whi gonna tack a 20, TOM, Wir here They ack And they been sealing shit Like pscods, TIGER. Al cig ofthe took of son ashe wal gx bawn EV, 1 don kaow why iy wanna la. Wet tying wo procet eit : TIGER Fp one chavo, TOM, We biew she 10 up. Uc your ead, And thee animals ae sahsable TIGER. Thre square mel dy, and the its tke of EV, Tis guys vale. Soeeme sei TOM. Again? KEY, Chon, Tomy Let me et TOM. Ishowed yout aleay, KEV. Twa fic ‘TOM, Youte not goana fre anything. TIGER. And mt happen KEV. Come ony man, ‘TOM: ir not cven fade KEV. ou told me you slays kept loaded TIGER. Keboom oo ‘TOM. Wel youre no gonna Sree anyway. TIGER, men, the middle of war Ue your head TOM, How man ne you gona wan or KEV. kvbad as. TIGER. Leo, sh head lon —I mean, they were all named fake ing leo — Lea cast me ju bee he hes of Hy, pe, ms gota come with” REM Tore my brother shout He sd there in such hing 810 gold gn He aid guns ca be made cata ol (eb ear i) KEV, ‘What te fac was ha? ; TIGER. Tid, Len, you dum stupid bastard, they ling 2py- thing cat ones And Leo ~ his rg over bis ead —he yells ial ae ‘TOM. (ik wp bs machine gon 0th KEV. (ling picking phi pon) Who's thre Wei U.S: Marine! TOM. Shut tp, Kev (Sous) Advance and be rechaned! (7 Kw) Cover me (lomo) TIGER. Sut ure Tm sl faking locked sp in her, Le Shae os done hey ae eS he ts sree da ato. They dk bane the esl veryone else can, too. (Tom enters.) Gad ae TOM Twas chs acing sec You deus TOM. Tn not goon ln oxic, EV fuk tha mT dete ck Ube ie shot it mace gen Whats op oes Tl Rill you, biech! baad Pee TOM. Ar case with tha shi. This is why creyone thnk you facking idiot, you know that? 7 KE haces Fd, nny. TOM. Sergsantsdna moe ling animale theyre a dan- : BE sepenvapan Gta a ee gros ame sa deat i at KEV. Holy shic, pis fn ct oe Weeden typ ery aren eA Le ec wwipp! EP tty rr cam atone, up in Baghdad. He ae aoe FERS San Houten tpsce rat IGE gs yey. ney Panter nein mater Feet I, ah aay Sel it pe ee ayer pn TOM. Uday. ban deskcaitari ae Fr Cy an fot Fat tet aren“TOM, Sadan KEV. Dama, TIGER, When youe this fr fom home, you know you geting ack. Evry hs gant ‘TOM. Yesiewas his pn, Who ci as goldpaed gu? KEV. Damn, "TOM. (Loving at he Tiger) Look atthis por bastard. Hes hu- 15. (Fo Fig) You bugs, bud? Tom i thee» TOM. Hy bye TIGER. Yes fck you ro “TOM. Goddamn! You hear tha row, bby? Hes starving KEV. How you know fr sure? How you know thar it wes Sad- dans id gon TOM. We aided the mansion, Iva hee, man. Two-day stand- of KEY, Fanuc "Tig Wanye AdgnteniWac aboam, he 2 bigeaing hein ny ge? What do do then? nr gonna go trap atoand the cy ike the ion di No, Fk da KEV. What mansion? y= : TOM. ‘The usin broth? manson, jaca dey and Quy. “hey were sacked with pod sd she Exeryhing in the hose was made of pl. praca TIGER “But hin i ep ove fr aie. Hang ard the 20. ane something. Kall che people, ill everyone at them KEV, Wha da was gold? ‘TOM. All het guns Sergeane go the gold Us TIGER. Then Il despa ile. And then getup el some ofthe animals Eat them. Sleep some more, But | gun a that pont, La srbebly ep gut Ino the word. Not like the Hons dd, bt sil Exeto adm, fm curious. = "TOME The wer wa made old KEV. Noshi The sie? TIGER. The world is probably facinating plac. TOM, The ole was gol, Sergeant darted th whale ching wn the seat off him poke EV. You won aoc eat TOM. Goldie se Ion the gol iet e. KEV. Where 0 ‘TOM, Somewhere sf. baie it KEY, Wher "TOM. YEah, Tm gonna tl you, Ke. Fm goa tell ou Some- ster sale Between thi gun and shat ole ea an ct Back Home, be stg prety EV Stag py onl it fo dude Tin not gong to at Tm gonna i Bay widh that shit, you know? ae = 7 KEV. Man have seen nothing since I been hee TIGER. Zoo is hal Ask any animal Rate be cho up and een thane ck king en hua som were ou tyre supposed to be Like hat polar beat they brought nsx eas er Heonmined see Soe word EV. You got toll Saddam ids, man. Thats awesome. TOM, Yeh 9a coal : TIGER. And the fucking ont! They gti a igh? Every tall dens hata a iphesagcomes owe snd 290 Frees you in an inant There waft! And they ble They walked ight ito the mouth ofthe beat Das sons oF bitches. Isto iy string out ito the wold Ue hae Tn ser them he cght Loe rnning trough che sce ofDaghaa, leaghing thi hens off And the kboom mowed down yar, Casale A pie of faking los KEV. Tae sen shit Nothing, Nocone lng id gett kil And Tain got mdse wee neithet You know bckin Veta there was so many Viemames itches all verte place, and eveyone geeapice TOM, You werert ven bor yet KEY, Ti jusying, Theres nach pusyna Matin coun TOM. Serpant gor some. Sergeant ges tac shill he ime, KEV, You verge any Ini psy? ‘TOM. No man: Fuck chat. go values. Hand me tha lin Jim Keo hands Tama Shi Ji Tor una it and tc rong the cage, ying poke Tiger) Da bara io hungry he donee keto hes hug. KEV. Lezve im alone. Hes barely go any fur eft anyhow. ‘TOM, Eat Ese irup man! TIGER. Doni wants eat TOM. Come of, tough guy: Give me another Tra Le mene a nTOM, Ata boy, Get angry Eat something TIGER (esata Poe fing Tin a cing Ties. (Tm Tiger wt te Stn im "TON EAT (ite Fie bite To handoff) Ny haa TIGER Yeh your hand! (Ker hos the ger mpetedy wich he ) FOR On on ny and KEV. Tommy! Tommy, you okay? (at) I shot him, Tommy! 1 Shot het (Tom ola pase ou, The Tie now ger stnds an nd rk wa Peg the pn atthe Tiger dead body) KEN fucking shot hin! [sf i! Oh my god T shoe int TIGER. Great. This eu wonder | get co stupid when get hung Stars outwith acangulae dart Eade witha bullee EV. Hes dead, Tomo! I il hin! (ort) TIGER. To die in capi at the Baghdad Zoo. What faking lie KEV, Whe' King of he Jungle nous bck? TIGER, Thelin, you clon EV, (Ge on mia) Man down! Man atacked by fucking Tiger selma! (1 Tom) Tory, in gonna go get ep! Say her! (Rev ‘site The Tier tare at or ead bot est) “TIGER: Bar gus was ways going to dice T gues that was sny ft, fom the tate Bae T ould have thought teaybe I have tne good day. Ady lke the Leos had A rt fay out et the {great ide open, And Tm bigger than ther, Tam bigger than those trothesfuckers (Beat os bd So tats ha ook ike ‘You go your whole Ife never knowing ow yu loo. And thes there you are You get hungry you grt pid Jou geese and di ‘And you gt thie quick gl at how you lok, to hone around You, tothe wold. 1s never what you hough: Aad then if over: Gains Ke-boor. Scene 2 , Ms tothe fori on fe, ning T's «at bis side and a ‘dictionary. farsa He writes and the reads what be write, MUSA, “Knock kno” "Who the? “Open lag ree dom” “Operation lagi rsdon in? “Opetaice eh Pei sz: bitch” (a tesa the wind hates baad, fake Sl tnt diay ec al op on ag Freed, bch? (He finch te wo Rea is ed ‘hth bi ed and pate bike ee ent rp mcr of cabs gr He puts dean and cae Se Be, sarah Kev tas ac) Whats beh Kav. Whee MUSA. “Bch” What is“? KEY. Aryoucaling ne abieke MUSA. No. Tam sing ou we “bic” means, KEY. Soy you cling atch hs MUSA. Ianto know what it means “Bich” The word ook icup in the dsonary (iv stars domi bs ear KEV. Voie che ery” eae MUSA. Yes Myre is Mas. KEY, You going on the.ight i Musa ia se KEY, You speak Fag MUSA. Anbie, KEV, nbc MUSA Tg Anti, 5. Sowiy-do you ge computer? MUSA. “this is myows compute {bought KEV, Iehaves DVD players MUSA Bybee. KEY. You gotany movi? MUSA" Movie er T havea number of mois, : 8KEV, Whar movies you oe MOSA Tikes number af moves. Ubave as and Few. KEV. You go Fut and Furious! MUSA. Ye KEV. [lore hat movie MUSA, Tera good fm KEN. Ices fucking asic. MUSA Yes Bea Wh his worl? KEN. Why you keep aking me about “bitch”? MMOSAY T Koon the word eis drogen, meaning the Female of NOTES bart do novalways underand os conte. Ihave looked itup inthe dictionary TRE So wha sayin the diionar? Jest M{OSA Thee ares number of dfiitions. (Rerd:) "The female aoe on TK stl or déminecing woman.” “To complain of Srabout! SEEv Bare aso means, you know, ike youre fggo as oF ome hing. . MUSA, Again, this done quite undessand ; Ma oc Eno ef you aie pussy rsomethingor youte TEN IRS you Know a psy. Then youe being bite, you kaow? MUSA. No, KEV. Why do want know anpway? Koa Pope English, but | dont understand casual American ‘Mites So eh Igo whee son, 1 Iitenforshese phrases 2a te diem down 9 ha can better understand the way you ‘peak Te also why Lejoy watching lms BENE Moa ening Engl from Bae end Brit MUSA. Toate aru case ofthe cats. Tike dhe es KEV. Yeah, theyre ect a. MUSA. But Toveseard tis dhe oer day Tes a joke. “Knock lnodk KEN, Who's there? ‘MUSA, Operon Ing Freedom. KEV. Operation lal From wit MUSA, Operon lag Freedom, bch KEV. Dah Thats good. MUSA, What docs bitch? mean i his instance? MIE ell we gor chee things called kndeke knock jokes sight ‘nd theyse— 1“ MUSA, — No, T undead the ovenson of kok nck jokes KEV. So whats your quenion? Jes im mean, Ifyou such a snare, 7 MUSA. Neve mind Kay ites ping om his comb KEV. Fuckyeah Picky amd MUSA. Why bave you deesed in here? EV, Rone you bases Hah Times hi i jst ofce spice. Just ansators work in tes Why weal you desin fe? KEV. None of your fucking busines, Id MUSA. Are you new? KEV. Tim not new MUSA. Nor KEV. Ive sce acon, boy. MUSA. Me oo, KEV. Yesh, but [have a gun. Yo, what odo, you tal MUSA. Thelpyoudo youre KEV. Vou dntelp mae wih si, Habib MUSA. Toe, KEV. Thatsarhy I gc thi bad asecquipment, sce? And that eh Yougeta fucking pop You canbe upand wach Fat and Pr ur ue Live bith ive Fst and Feros MUSA. Why am Ta beh EV, Jostshut up. MUSA. Whackind of action have you sen? KEV. What kind? : MUSA. Yer KEY, Tle Tiger MUSA, You klled..2 KEV. ATi MUSA. A'Tgee KEV. Ar theo. MUSA. Why? KEV, He bit off ey fends hand This Tiger he atacked him, is sy Tomimy eke my best end over hre‘And 3 faba he be tune gut The Tiger, mean. And edi ane Tommy ie, ouknon? Buc owe tck In Ame nd etry al ike. ch stupid Fucking read kl Ties nd shit, Lie id omchng ‘wrong I wanted ro get the Tiger and skin im: I waned co make # 15carps ou him, but they woulda let me, Can you bv ha? MUSA. Yes you got eypped. KEV. ihat ght go fucking eyppedt MUSA. That snone fhe cast pases have lexred. Gye (Kee lng andor se) AEX. lp, You wan osx voting? MUSA. Yes KEV. Yu crcl anyone you st this, olay? MUSA. Otay KEV. Fn cerious, Habib MUSA. Yes hen leks rd overt Goin i bp ot thegodgan e short9 M) Fee esti his a Seda sgn, MUSA. ‘Whae REV, Sada ki dont know, Ls ame sin hese tte gon He nach nt fort) Ub, No touchy, Habib MOSK ay 2 KEV, No chy MUSA, T would jus like to. please: May old (Reco ts Hike thar Mica wart) ‘REV. Okey but dot ger any ideas, Habib, Iwi waste you. Mie takes the and sara) Twn ssa tthe pace, ‘ny. Fooday sandal We lle shove sons of Biches. Both of them Many the palace they had? Gold out the as, man. Gold ‘seryew Alli wespont were god! Even thiol was gold, ‘oy God dant a sal cre the gum, now raping in {ge manner bgt shake wt rage) De. Habit MUSA” You kil dem? KEV. Whot MUSA" Uley Hosen, Quay Hui, You were among he so dirs who ld then? EV. Yah der What? (Maca shakes bgt rate Baris) ‘Wha song with you, mare Habibi Rls (a al no Crouch tl ebing the gum Re et grab the ge or him) ‘Foure going pho jihad on me now. Give mec What the fk Rewer tk ean fiom Mae ond aly doc) Js ‘Whatcha your problc? (aon the round moines, Taringa abi) Serio Habib. Are yo ging ry om me ie Do need shoo ou? otra MUSA” Yd no eed shor me 16 KEV. Good, man, "Cause dont wanes shoor you. Whac he fick is you prblem, though? MUSA" I don hae prob. KEV "No? Then what was al thc shir about? All thac shaking around and sie (New tora) Jesu Brerhing Ise, every day jus wack, you know! never soe nothing Ie seen befor es jut one cat fucking thing age anoee oue teak Habib. Fraly-delyy no shies (ee Deis feu, shaking, nero) MUSA. Idost haves problem. Pes eve me lone Plese eave the This rom is for teanslaors Why ae you here! KEV. Tporo ge sed MUSA. (Daher) Go Dees Somewhere Ele. (Bet) KEV. Tjase ned tobe alone when I put tis sulfon orf dont do itright fe dost mean Tm facing ii 1 js have to concen tee (Bet This ike iy pounds of eat, man. Kevlac and shi Ieslike complicate, you know? MUSA, Complicted KEV. Yeah, Compliced 1s war, you know? Breything i ll fed up Ba ney wpe ie Tne ‘Gonna go ou tonight and gre some shi outright? MUSA. TSppote so. (ev bold ou bond or bigh fie, Mua ‘jut bla aris) KEV. T catch you later, Habib, Come on, man, High five. (Mie ‘ct tare at Kev hard) Come on, man! High five (Mua igh ‘igh foes hin.) Thats what Tm aking above, bitch. Thats what Talking abd 7Scene 3 Inthe dark, cote runds of oldies pounding om the doors “ofa home, Yelling screen, furture being overturned. + Avie sandman an agit sanding th A et bed nts bd ed bind ak Kev enter with Misa A woman rans om aed goes 9 the man. Her sudden entrance ‘gos esi agin proeare aed ahs Kev and Musa oi. WOMAN. La-akhthoo! Eu’oo min baie Joozoo min edne! [Dont sake bm! Get out ofr Bowe Leave ws alone! Hise Ge age 1 + pel 1880 KEY, Whoa! Get her bac! MUSA. (To woman, ijaee, Iejeee. (Go back! Go back} tas KEV. (1 mex) I nced you down onthe ground Hands behind your — Si SIR 1 need you DOWN on the GROUND! DOWN {nthe GROUND! MUSA. (Arabi 0 man) Tuc tea all i. [Yow eed pedo] os cts ad EV, Wit, what ae you ling hin? MUSA. What MOMAN. "Makoo shee ekoom cha! Rooboo! (There nothing see fryon! Go ay} {pny ll gt Se KEV. What ae you tling him? WOMAN: Me comine she gla Robo! (Weave doe nthng song Go es) 18 fay he Ste MUSA. Tin cling him what you sid! KEV. What che fue? MUSA. Tim TRANSLATING? KEV. (To man.) You speak English? Hey, si, you speak fuck ENGLISH? . eed MAN. Hatheshee-yeed?/What dos be went} sayy WOMAN. Ma atoot,daykhereboon ibsit. Yreedoon yakthook wiyahoom! (7 dont know tye wrecking the hone They want to take you away) Feats Asia cpt ial yh ga pe Le (ee pushes the man) KEV. You spat focking English, Is MUSA. He does speak English! KEV. Fuck that man, Tal him eo nel down, I'm gonna count From Bre 5 ou foe Bon 2 MUSA. (Over Kex) Vred-kum thnain-aav-koom tik‘oon (le swans you both to ke dew} nS ph Say (Fe manana woman keel down Kev bans nt large wooden ‘hes and nearly fall over) KEV. Hey! Whats inthis chest here? Hey you spe English? MUSA. “They dont speak English! Stop yelling You dont need to yell KEV, Thats what you gota do, manor these eoweheads wl fick you, man. No ofense, but chat ike he eles MUSA. Jus rll me what you yaa tol hem and Iwill rant Olay? KEV. Dont fucking el me my busines, Habib ' WOMAN. Allahoo akbar, chne me savaine shee, bess goolbo shiteedoon? Tiedoon takhthoone kulne? Eilzoo! Eeoo min bate! (04 my God, weve done nothing, but sy what do yo wa? Yo wan ke nal eae? Ge out tout of ey bam) slid TS A es RE IS ape Lal ce ll ty 19MAN, Kafceuesween mashakil Lazim ase-nee eeeedoo!Sinp making rouble mast de what the) 1h ge HSL San KEV. (Vln) Shor up! Whats in thisbo MUSA. Via yoo! shinoo bil sundoog (ewan 4 know soba tis bo) Bye ty se WOMAN. I! sendoog, yest il sendoog? Viger yahoo i sen Toop aki! Bess rose, ellchum Hoolhum bere! Ehne me eee eiheeghalaed [be bx? He rams tebe? He cam taki Ea be ge chm al out! We beet done anyphing wong) typ pale ayy oo HAI SG 3S Pesala a ape MUSA. Shesaysthereate.. To woman: Anes) Shee? (What tid ou KEV. Wale what? WOMAN. Makoo shee hnak’ Bess burtania,makoo ghir shee [Der nthing in thet Bankes and nsbing ee!) Nigh 3 la gly Ge MG Se MUSA, Nothing There’ nothing — EV. The uli. She id= lee more dan ing T do ‘peak ag bur shes lor move than noting WOMAN read isendoog? Gule kele yakhooth il sendoog Yale we-yroch! (ie want bx? Tel him ake the a! Take and eee ta AY Leal Say ls SY al a (MAN. Sook-ee Let sam-weeheh enges! (Be quiet! Donk make iswond) LSD gyi Boe MUSA. (To man and woman.) Rajlen sook-too! Rejen! (Plas be quis Pleas!) : felgy 1S olay KEV: (Re he man and woman sain.) See that’ what I'm aking shout. (Keo goer t0 the man and woman and and: above them in ‘threatening manner) WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU! MUSA: You dont need to do thist KEY, What’ in the BOX MUSA. (To woman.) Shinoo bil sundoog? {What is nthe bx’? tela WOMAN, BUTTANIAT! BUTTANIAT? MUSA. (13 Ke: cident Arabic) Butane! ety KEV, What? What che fuck id yous? MUSA. (lo Kew Abit, atred) BUTTANIAT? BUTTA- aur : gy ay KEY, In ENGLISH! Speak Eng, wil you! MUSA. Whae WOMAN. Let suy-eh! Gullethelybucelysuy-etJoouo min cine! (Don yell bit tap pling ene alone}. Fie oe sin Loney Sh 6 AS tgp KEV. Wha the ick! MAN. Kafe uyca! Sop ellig) MUSA. Blanket Sor! Blankes! MAN. Makoo baad shee moomkin yakh-thoo! Best soe! (Theres moshing more for tem to take! ust be ue} pe LS See gt a Se KEY, What blankess! MUSA, In che bos KEY. Whae WOMAN. Uxithoo, boogoo,boogs leheeedne: Majemeen, elm, kl wahid min edu. (Take 2 tel sel everyting we Ive Cirinalyl of ou every one of you] (S22 Oe Say SSS sone ie AS SS HS) MUSA. BLANKETS! In the BOX! aKGEY, Well se about cha! Wel fucking see about that! (Kee walle tothe cst and opens it and bein taking out folded Banker. He flaps them open and tse them randomly) WOMAN. Hathe shee-yreed? Makoo shee hnald Hethole but- ‘anlat [What dos he want? Theres nothing there! Tye Blankets} ly ia Tl 2 SL yt KEY, Nowe Yous MUSA. ‘What? Whacs wrong?! Whats happened? WOMAN. Hetholeh bess buttania! [Thebes blanket (Ae Kew see rough the blanket, be seems 10 be more and more desperate, Ioking for someching in the box) edly ge ie MUSA, You're supposed ro stand guard! KEY, Tim SUPPOSED TO DO MY JOB! Shut up! WOMAN, Hathe shdays-wec? Makoo shee i-ch hal! Hathe smejnoon! Helio foo-ked adel Wher. he deing? Thee nothing ‘her fo i! Hes eazy The mam has et is ind (The Tiger enters ‘Kev ses bm, but nobody ee) Heli hin Ja tapi la Flin oh SL Rent KEY, Oh God no way. (Keo drops his gun. The woman sre) MUSA. Whats happened? Whats wrong? MAN, Il khace alle i shdayseer Téalee ha, wale yemmee! [For Gods ake what ging on? Come bere! Come me!) ape gli Uh Tad Fag gl a) gL MUSA. (To man and woman) Suntteh! Moomkia wooktoos! Lies! Wil ou shut wt) afi See Fie WOMAN. Hathe rah yukalne! Hathe msjnoon! (He going bill sal Hes vay!) ean a Hat 8 MAN. Hi shdaysced Hi shdaysawewoon? [Whatt happening? What gong on!) Seapaat gla Cant gla KEY, SHUT UPL WOMAN, Tela mins! Ah ya ala... (Gt him ou fer Ob God...] ly 2 Me al KEV. NOBODY MOVE! NOBODY SAY AFUCKING WORD! MUSA. (7 man and woman Santceh! [Quel] i (Ker takes ou te old gen) KEV. Motherfucker <- mothefaker MUSA, (ling) WiiAT ARE YOU BOING? KEV. SHUT UP! (ken picts wp a blonet end throws i) You wet Whine he fake hat? MUSA. "That blank. KEV. Whar lsh? Wht facing ee MUSA. ‘These nothing thee! (Ke pons the guna Mie. The seoma regs) KEV, les nor fucking Banke 1 hm! es HIM! (Aw pons he gor back tthe Tiger) MAN. ‘Teale hay tale hn, hehole hay saw-woon? (Come ver hire, come over hr what are iy doing} Suan inca as i has WOMAN, Ma soo athe ljundeeektieb-bel oo ende mused- de. lL don’ nou! Tasik the en, bbs i gon} cork ae 4 JS gl a Let Le KEV, Breryone neal to shu up . MUSA. Sunes (Be gwen) ie KEY, Teal breathe Ta breathe, (Ke tts poradiely ron ing bis gar Hels, hr eveoualy bs pons come of) WOMAN. Hathe shay ewes? Hath les hee che day aw we? [Whar is he doing? Why ib doing that} Kart gmk bs gpd KEY. (To Tiger) Bring, Tiger Tm eight hee, ead, bitch. Donk need n0 Kova, no fa, fuck, jst me sn you, Me and you ‘Ties, Ti ready. 'M READY (He tars to 1d once Tam dot gui fan kill him again 2MUSA. No. No ‘ling “The gun. Give it to me. It’s me. BeAr nya h ere Mame ent Jalal oyu nino ies bt oo spi mines ge! Sp cn Se Laine cae gg? Sons hie a KEV. Tn sou! mn sont Tm sor OMAN. Eel Wan yi [ln Where ar gong?) feb uw test MUSA. Ani ril-aooh. hn lensing] woe! (ata loos at the gold gun ad shen puts nbs pants and starts 0 leave) oe SVOMAN. Ente der-boog, mihilbum, haramee, haramee dade out wang, us like ton! Stealing common hie} tage pe ig Ieee be odo MUSA, Joote inne (Lave me alone] ag AYOMAN, Rook, cooh ile ya Kin, ya haramee! (Go! Go home, you rstr you thief} atm Wectis bel cw tow MUSA. Hathe moo let. [This gum, sg does not belong thin} MAN, Méc goede hi shdayce Tigderen ben ah, hat MATS sll pu ell me wha hppning Woe ep owing fr Codie} Pa PA Shs Dacha cl wit at gl SIS» (he woman aks at Ke, nw blared under blnkts) WOMAN” (Que her buband) Horch al gr Tea Teak ut fh Sal ciaye a, ee BS Ue (onthe rnd He etry HE ck Come. cme, web ave». (Woman an man begin ext o Kes) Rook a-ehen-nem [Go > bel Leave us alone and go 9 bell) fei ca 9 Oe Ip ow KEY, Tim soy. Tm smn. Tim jute gonna sand here... Pan jst gonna stand here sanding guard. Sin yess. Six, yes sie TM SORRY! Man down! Man down! Man aracked by... Man stcacked by ... Man atacked, [shor him Tommy. I shot him. { fucking shot him. Hes dead, Tommy, 1 killed him. I'm okay TTm okay ... TM okay! (he woman and man eit. Kev huddle in ‘the corner: Light illuminate a garden in Baghdad. The garden filled seth lage rpiary animals carved ou of edge, bu they are red, burned and shell. Bombs go of the diaance. The Tiger examiner she topiary) Scene 4 Tiger, waders the garden of topiary. The bombs inthe di tance cate, He look around a he garden. TIGER, {e would hyve been bewer ‘have died young, Tn an ‘ld ghost Theresa ging of tenagethesus monkeys down athe to wo got blowa up by ap TED, and theyre carying 0 ike bunch of morons, milking the afi forall ix worth You wane iy advice’ Die young, die with your friends, er the way cg (Refringt topiary) mea, what he fuck tis poset be! ‘Animale made out of plats Vegeatve bess? Tve been walling around they for days now ang alin nd ching avery ‘ch ofa surprise unt I wandesed igo this gatden het, T mean 25‘Who doe his People Fis hey thow ali apimasin.a 200 “bd then hey carve pte bushes 6 make Tok tke me ewes ie Int oir. nels uy. Bombe of te distance “he Tiger sige belinda he he bomb tee) | Sot know why Tsar ou igre geting led might be he st Ba ing thaccaniuppen Te woos ig ll yo ight owe snot he Aroseting Sx ally ify ve ben lagu a ts Tiger ad Uy aise quandary: Wy om fe? Bo oo. Pde, Tovah and is Why ae gone ged eveycing just ded Tg she Leos jos cde. The mil polar bet enc and de flaring this Hf alr dent Tht Ties fe theo Al of us: Unabshe Heaven and el Those eft mmephoalconsracs ha epee hungry” anor hungry ihich uo sy ny aa sl eng arbund? Why mee Why fre! ed am ft ded ct consigned this buringity Ast eem ne But hoe Tam, Dae in ade, A Bengal ier seaghiad Be) You des think knew Dane dil you? New thar in des, fm having al vcs of revlon about the word Sd eaicence, Things jst appear to me. Knowledge he suf of the iver jst sor of Basin me -- Or maybe Tin Soaring tne But ie does lp, No mater how mach {lean Fins trapped I Jus thought Td be gone by now: Why are | gone! Wi omeone pleas tellme why Tim noc gone om ere? (ar ofthe “Bunce Bh Min al per i bead Te Tie fe 0) ‘esha That elo payer A coneron of mines su ‘Rint ude, cach one singing in ferent key. They come TH Steg tins say. Ditton mouqun alle the oy. ‘cling out to God, viet intermingling in the i (én) When an ‘She suey find self allng sound afer deh, he has go some seibusreeralating to do (The cal pier ones) Fen! Caling ou to God ints mss, God. Can you ble 2 (A ud bo et fend she Tie stint covers Hal wth fisarms and then bos puard) 2% Scene 5 Keo son a pital bed. Tim enters KEY. Tomy? TOM, Hey. What’ p. KEV. Yourc back ‘TOM. Tea back, Check tou, Bionic hand. KEV. Holy sie TOM. They do you up right Tm lik RoboCo KEV Why you come es " TOM. Bid want to go ou ike tha. Besides, had suf needed KEN the your te sex? TOM. Ye hate on hing. And my gun EV. Lez ee your ands Ee TOM, Checkout KEV. Thad ws TOM, Yeh KEV, They had mein erika wee no ‘TOM. Whas happened? KEY, Iewas fiche op. ‘Tom. vate KEV. We were doing thse night nid? And I wene around the tack and booked ic psa |g inthis room, ds materi Comes out fom under te be locked min the ae. Next thing | know in on my oay here wanna gt back, you now? This bul, Ba they hep manning es Py hsp ing te thy te annng te TOM. Yeah. t KEV, How mas Americ. TOM, Irwarall igh KEV, You get any Micky Die ‘TOM, Yeh, gorse: Righr before I came bck aKEV. What'd you gee TOM, What did fords? KEV, Yeah, ¢ Mickey D’. TOM. don't know. Big Mac. KEV. Big Mac combo! ‘TOM. Yeah. With the fies and coke KEV, Talways get MeChicken combo, ‘TOM, Yeah thats good, co. KEV, What else you do there TOM, I done know. Gor his. KEV, You ge your dick wee TOM, No, man. KEY, You dat? All dhe way back’to the Stas and you dida? You ceven se any bitches back these? ‘TOM, Yeah, sue. At the hospital. My nurse KEY. You tap that TOM. No, man. KEY, You didt ep cha ‘TOM. No, man, Jesus. Igoe surgery for my hand okay? I wasse thinking abour gertng lid KEV. Twish I could ge some pussy. TOM. Yeoh, Sure. (Long pause) KEV. You know that Tiger! TOM. Yeah KEV. [shot him with your gold gun ‘TOM. Yeah, [know Iwas there. Remember KEV. Yim jusrsaying. TOM. You have et KEY, What? ‘TOM. ‘The gold gun, do you have KEY, Not with me TOM. Not with you? KEY, old you, man, Im out on a fucking night raid, next thing know F'n om ay way here 1s nt ike Thad time ro pack, you lenow what I'm sying? TOM. Where's the gun? KEY, Somewhere sie TOM. Where! KEY. Tdon' know man, where's yoursolet seat? TOM. None of your business, Ker. Where’ my’ gold gun? & KEV. You know what, man? I sed you. Okay? I saved your lif TOM dont care what you dd, wheres my gar KEV. Iesin your momma TOM. Whi KEV, 1 sid: Your gu? es shoved up your mothers. She put ic ther here A i TOM. Kev: De you know that my mothers dead? KEV. Shei TOM. Yeh KEV. Aw shit, man, [im snr, didat mean to go off on the ‘moms. [was just saying you know? I cought you came to visit ne And see how Iwas doing and etch up and evrything ‘TOM The guns mine. 1 wane back KEV, You got your role sat! Thats ops be worth way mor ‘TOM, Were noe gonna argue bout ths KEV. You should jus give ito me. Bea decent faking guys you Know? Tiled a Tiger with i (Tim sick bps nd in Kev fice) ‘TOM. Took c this. Look at his, motherfucker KEV. Wha? God, whats your problem? TOM, Tove my hand! es gone, do you gt tha, schol KEV. Yeah ow Tcan se! Twat deel ‘TOM Twas gonna go home and werk for my uncle. What am 1 ssppoted vo do now! lose my sgh han KEV. Dude, that ching op of he line, You ie RoboCop. ‘TOM. No tim no. Ii a stupid handicapped jerk. I did even eta Purple Hear. Ke. that sucks ‘TOM. Yeu, tht ck, So Igo some gold that I can ge and so say Ihave a fucking livelihood when I et back, KEN. Alivlinood? TOM. Yeah, dat’ ie wha the meaning of your hf KEV. So what yourlvelhood’s gonna be having a gold wes sex anda gold punt TOM! Now i KEV, "Case thar sunde like kind of «wackas livelihood, you know? "TOM, Just hur the fick up about i KEV, Tommy you ever chink about hint TOM. Who! »KEV. The Tiger TOM, Hebi off my hand. KEY. You eve see him? TOM. Whae KEY, You ever see the Tige? Like usc hanging round? TOM. ... The Tiger. KEV, Yeah, Or aking. ‘TOM. Whar are you talking abou? KEV, Tim arking you a question! . TOM. Yeah, what? Whats your question? KEV, Tim aking you! TOM. Whae! KEV. Tim asking you, you ever ce thar Tiger around or ayn? FTOMe'The Tiga Is dead. (Te Tiger enters esther, bur hangs back) KEV. T know the Tiger is ead, led che fucking Tge, Pm ak ing you if you ever seea him. Like his ghost. TOM. No, Kev Ive never seen the Tiger's ghort. 1 dont believe in hone, Especially {dont believe in animal ghosts KEV. goto cll you something, man, TOM, Jeus KEV, Seriously, man cn tell you something? Youre lke the only pecson I ean ell his suf 0 HOM. doa even really know yu, man. EY, Can [jus ell you something? Please? ‘TOM. Fine KEV. T mea, Fm tying co ell you something! TOM, Iii fine! Olay! EV. Tiyng to be like 4 normal guy, you know? Trying tell you fomething, Something wack Something kind of wack, okay? TOM. Would you just tll me? KEV. Okay. (Beat) So lok. You know sid Iwas on shat night aid? TOM. Yeuh. And the dudé cameout fom under the bed and whacked you upside the bead. I know KEV. Olay, so Tim like ying there, eight And the dude aks of right? So Tn alone in the bedroom, TOM. Yov'e done in dhebedroom. KEV. And the ghost ofthat Tiger walked ino the coom TOM. The ghost ofthe Tiger KEV. Tm telling you, man, it was cay. But he was ike how he ‘wasn rea life. le was, like, walking on his hind legs. 30 ‘TOM. No shit. His hind legs KEV, Yeah; and he could alt TOM. He could all what did he say? KEV. He seared babbling al this bllshicto meyand then I fared. TOM, You fainted? KEV, Yeah, man I mean, Iwas fcaking out TOM, And then what? KEV. “That the thing, I dot remember much ater tha. TOM. ‘That's a prety stupid fucking stor. KEY. Youre nf listening o me! TOM. Whar KEY. I did finish ye TOM. Well then fish (Ke gathers himself) KEV. Tryingto ell a story here TOM. ‘Tel the sory of Pm leaving. KEY, Forgeeie TOM. Farge it Jesus, you ae retarded, you know that? Wheres the gun, Kev? KEY. I thought you came to see me TOM. WALT diate come to sce you, Kev, What am I your REV. Dade, my mom is dead TOM. No shes not KEY. Sot TOM. Oh my Goal You have gor tobe the dumbest piece of sie inthe entre fucking wold. TREN. Whatever, man! Did you even get thelerter sent you? (Beat,) ‘TOM. Yeah. [got the leer KEV. T wrote you a fucking leer, dude TOM. know I. Thank, Thanks forthe leer you sent mes KEV: You gori? TOM. Yeah. {got it sight after my ist surgery. KEV, Yeah, 'm good at writing eters and shit. TOM. [didi atk you ro write me, KEY. Tow you cide aint no faggot. TOM. I didnt say you were KEV. Iroc you lester, man! I mean, I sw what happenc you. De you even cememiber Do you even remember that Tiger biking your hand off TOM, remember enough.EV, Wal, fcks-At don exactly chink dha’, tke, noe Even for wa and shi Iwas glad ol he Tg fs lad Fp tovare youre Tenmy Tac what pope de when they fave = fend and hi TOM. Wal thanks. KEV.” Dont mention. Were: pares, you know? We been through bate together, Toman. ‘TOM Doyo now where you are Ket KEY, The war man TOM, No, mean ere KEV. Horie TOM. They ink youre cy KEV. Taint cry. "TOM, ou were attacked by no rg fim unde thee, either KEV. You werent even there. TOM. Youre going nue KEV. Noman Tin cool TOM. Gulf War Syndrome, you lie bitch KEV. Ido ot TOM. You are fucked, man, KEV You dot realy havea rt bedside manne, you know wba Tn saying Tony? “TOM, They gr you onside watch KEV. That bot rue “TOM, Yeah thy do KEV, Bll, a! choy dd, hey moulds be leaving sharp ob- jeosand shir, youkoow They would ee sarp oes ound sy bd for eto Gad {TOM What are yoo ing bout? KEV. Tinting sbowtshe Tie! ‘TOM. The Ties DEAD! KEY, Het not Tommy He ght here TOM. Where i eee KEV. Hee nis rom. He hangs out herell seine. Hse ght no Tommy. Tom rs ate) EN Gers op) Tony Do fave oe ny be ed TOM Tam not your end KEV. Yen you sre, Yon ae nan. AndT ned yo, okay? I'm 20 fered He ewyhere, you know? veer lok a Pid faking Tiger: 32 Cee TOM, Wel, has your pycho problem, Kev. Not mine. Now I ave some gle ha {hve vo pec befre leave hee and I dat getshegon back rm you, fn gonna kl you. Undereand Gime) EV, Aw hi, man : TIGER. Nie guy. KEV. sha up. a TIGER. T jo emembetd something: Sen yeas ago ied i cies A lide gland ie boy. Sts a rte EBV, Fcking dads ghove mother J hanging ound tying tO make eejont tink Tn some tna pleco si ne {TIGER This war bakin che Snderbns in Wes Bengal: Home! ‘heonly place thes ery sips cay cmoulge me KEV. Ti ory! Okay? in ory shot yout TIGER. Tm ling you, or he mos: parm very shy! Tike vo sie bick and wae forsemahingo wal by so ean Rand exe Tima simple uy wih spe ee KEV. Twroe my brother about you, esd you're ja gene of my-imaginaion snd she He id you ere tone of ane Facked up thing shoe ling n war So wart up now? You du eve ei, eet Beep forte! Ep for me TIGER. “Anyhow the evo clren had say ava fom thee “lags The gi was collstng wed o someting I weed tem Surv around a eore- 1 war soy il The ie bop a one point, tuned ad look diy atn ino my eB ed fegterthe signee. He neve did KEV You know what hough Fuck Tomy, My brother ia un- dred sires beer than Tomy. I wa on Slide wc then hy ‘oulvele shit behind hr could-y om tie tha ‘ku iiss mates wp end aero lags pe ofc ke fn oldie or ap med) Sie ht TIGER. Twat ungy They wee fed KEV, Ifyou don get the fc on fy eal bith wl ilu both, Don thik wo dt led you ony Fil you agit TIGER. And I casted und misery co the pent of eC dren Bu wht could dot Tima per KEV. Ger Our Of My Head TIGER. Ie wait crcl Tewas net A bs primordial imple io er Bur whe ie i? What fy every ms been ae act 3of cru? Wha if my vey nature sin ere conice with the Sora caleof te unin Tar wuld make me a ty dened india: Ae aly ere sly consis of the wes, the sal che staid the cipled: Base they caster KEV. You want my hand? You mano eat my hand, just ike You did Tommy? Mabe ten youl lave me aloe, ut ike you lee Tommy lone (Rear engi ri. Tying not mach ot birt aca is hed of) “TIGER, 'm guilt Tha® why Fin stuck here. im big punished Buc you thik the orl yeas in «200, aged, ever hundng, seve klig never breaking God idcuous LAW. youd chink T would have stoned for my Tigerese But maybe thats my Way our of here. Aasiming God ex, td asuing thi punishment hare reon, Lave watone ned ou tell mer How do do k? KEV. Eat ake te Eat my focking han, T db wane TIGER I doi want your and. want your help. KEV, Tl ges new one Uke Tommy Fcking RboCop and ev cing $62 Tan lo whe vane Ta do whee watever want and no fagoc ss Tig gna is gona Neh: er de, and erp na beap ont bed. Tig gos Ke ‘bos bm oo) TIGER (Reicng) Shit ie oP he one kid's hand. And chen aie this onesie (Tg ks bead To adic) an ging ysl io one hl ofa fucking ble Tier es) M Scene 6 ‘Masa ssa a table in his home. He ok exhausted and des + prose. He bolsthe gold gun and stares ati ‘he front dor opens. Uday Huan enters carrying the sev. red ad of is brother, Qusey on tay is joyouly pcb. Hee delighted by abot every ‘hing. However be ould neve lash mance UDAY. Knock! Knock! (Mise lok up, but dos mo respond sid Knock! Knock’ You are to answer "Who Is There” (Beat Uday ‘speak smetines the head af hc brother, ometimes 9 Masa) Fee ‘0 fu today! Youte no fun today! (Reat) Fine, I wil say! “Who 1s There?” “Knock knock!” “Who i chere?” "Uilay and Quay!” “Uday and Qusay WHO?” (Uiday wall p tthe table where Ber sits, puts is hands on the sable apd bends doen so be is note noe with Musi.) Uday and Qusay HUSSEIN, mothesfucke! (Bat) Look, Qusiy It is Mansour My rusted gardener But he ls not Jeeping the land any longer He has a gun! Quay, He has unt (Uday looks atthe gu more careful) Well, what's this? Queay This is my gun eis my gold-plated semi-automatic sito Cred in Riyadh! Qusay, ine cha cemackble? (Uday puss Chay fce ‘is ras if Quay were whipering to bine) Quay saps po are a ‘cockroach piece of mothershit worth zero weight in golee Quay, his English isnocas good as my own But I ike this, Ike tis pie, ‘of motherhi, because chats what you ae, you ples of mthorb Peasant. (Mi pins the gun in Uday face T's not police, when you have gusts, 1o shove a gun in thet face imagide you know ‘his, and so the sting isall the worse. {do nog like denen, MUSA. Allah akbar UDAY. (With fay SHUT UP! (Ciday wale around he table, bind Masa, andsicks the gun tthe back f Mic ead) Vow doe this fect? How does i el to have this beausfl weapon pres aanst ‘yur worthess skull? Qusay! Should T shar this peasant? (Ovaay 38nas lod, jy, about shot) Fine Tha you for aiming my tun! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! MUSA, lnc) La rejven! Le tauloee! Ree te tukealnee! Rejuen (No plete! Don fill me! Please don ill me! Place) ela SY aly HEY tly (Cy ake ep ey fom Maha. Che). hay oy kay olny okay (Uiay earn suddenly ery refleioe ome SBE ten tokio my brother er hy illed me. ALT ‘bund warhead bw do fous ha Poor Quy wonder hes wang apd wih my head that woul be nay nd Tas very ny, Manu Fanny Binoy Baye (ey pop Te nya eile ace Me Tay sere) Ba to imho ia en EA Fey sa tore people, az) OF our | ching people: When you have people who have wronged you, who have eine to Lil you erat fhe your bt Yo have poole wlll pen you scr and your ie od eee iltndsand the: men hve inte che hy oul yu and weal-npe reyhing tas be you Rea tcc cy Beno wal or, thes day spel three fi we geo Slee di end wna repe You wed et oe oa would eat hel ef ick fa wit Fab cate colt walle And ten youd lng sn break there ‘Rnd youd pull ut hie thet casa then watch Seay ed un saya Tiber an any mone youve Seri then oe ye il fans hep STtsches up ou yor deny then ou dey tne Sand you Bing in THER women, nd ou ar our wy Sth in Bec rach your mie pe fed by an who SER tour wel toes day youre ng toy nd. ped ly onde wl ly Fat (Tabanan ota is) Keck ct Ay eee fy jest ot ah nd you Eee os me and you te ey roe, Maou Very ae (Cie ES fc tn tlogtng) Ba yee, Landed fet chow 26 bul fom he eon eI Amer got Se Mean Cus Ard ten wha Go hyde The US cng 36 trope? What do they dot They come inco-my hors and they sel severything {have ike common litle thieves. Like piranhas. Ved pllanhas, I would know. And lls these hungry, gee litle Arar ans, who you work for. You work for them eo ll ws. T8 sel ur ‘To face us in the ass, Mensou, MUSA.No UDAY. No? MUSA. I do nor work fr the Americans UDAY. You can le to me, Mansour, bot you cannot expect me to lap up your she ke the dogs you work for Yous Manvour 3 tsitor in everyones midst “MUSA. dam different peron now. LUDAY. No, piece of mothershit You ate the sme. And you lie, ‘Mansour. You lie eo me, MUSA. I do not ic “UDAY, You lie! Why do you lie o me? You are thinking you can slip one past me? Who am I? . MUSA, You are dead, UDAY. Good! Yes! Iam dead! And yet, here Lam ... roaming around Baghdad. Udy Hlusséin will noc go away, Mansour. He is ‘ot 0 simply shot down by a bunch of renage Ronald MeDon lds who think they are the or sit of 2003. American! Always thinking chat when things die, che go aeay (Uday afr a cigar to Muze) Smoke MUSA: No; thank you ‘UDAY. Tes Cuban! (es she goad cigar) Cubans. Fuce me, man. ck me in che ae Breathe it in, Even a dead maa loves a Cuban (eat) Tn doing good things hese, Mansout. My pure existence ‘causes deseraction, Everything going down in dhe weet? The war sil being fought’ Whar they call she insurrecrion? Lam the ineut- rection, Mansour Its me! Beat Youle no ipresed? Ob, whats ‘wrong, Mansous? Are you sil mad about that lie ching with Your sister? (Mase deat unser) Ubet yo are. Tet you ae angry ‘with Uday. Bue you worked for me, and so Ihave rights, nd so Shut up. (Maa, bresbing hea suddenly reams, ops to bl fer ‘ickng the table and nally elas onthe floor.) Okay, good. Yeh, cexybiaby. You tango anid ry like a baby. MUSA. Whar do you want UDAY. But that fe not the question, Mansoue, The question is ‘wha do you wane You find yourself ina fucked-up situation all 37of sen, my fend, (ide bl the gld gun ut in feof them) This gan was agit ne fom a Sad ete Leak ore ‘encmer hs name. Thy ggos, the Sai. You know He meh hing and man war he bes thing Lever ora my lie that when I stared bovng eveything ened gl. AL ‘ny gu, ltchenwate, tok ny bedpabs my todlbrgh sen the toe sib Shing on gold; man Thacsche grant teling yout MUSA" (Que) King Midas UDA. Whae MUSA. (Que) Nothing UDAY. What di you ay? (Best) You sd “King Midas i chat what you sid (fete) And chen ou ay never mad bee Uy Hsin does now wi King Man (Uida gs 4 the bilgi hed back) The Midas out You ink an like Mids No no, my man, Tam heer han hm becuse Ido esd magical powers, bese I dont eed tem. And then had them, how would beable to do his (Ui gra a yh at ‘nda sfc ints te de aa alt She groynd) hada (Ua kiss Nain te reomach and tents on Mou ket vant wo wansform si ike you into gl Is hae whae youth Mamour MUSA. No : UUDAY: No Absence. No, Udy pick up ae gold gu) You take his cle Masoud you kno a ped LA cane ho slit they ar eriminal js lite xeryone ce Tacy ‘rane i bacbut now you hare tS you know wha yo hag how? You ave ome leyape! MUSA wont d sping for you. UDAY. Oh bur ity ot fr me, Mansour. in ere, But T das ‘need anything, have ou Lhaye Quay had, Fe aj Tabaystave: And Tm neve ging co go any Lok at. What ate you going vo do wth your "Where me you go work as epariener Tei nothing lt to gue mp mek Abd Yu think the Americans ae ping to employ you force Thee Leayreveaing And they going olan you hee wit onog foe and voting to work wih expe big pleat All you favetsme nd my gun (Ui pis he gun ace Minsk deeb asaya end eters of Oa shiping i dey leg at Quay ee) Quy fan He reemesyoae 38 ‘se f00 Had Handesehh, Do you know whi the hing about you ser was that we loved (ane died oa Manso. Look wt me. Doyo kno what oes inereng soot hehe way she quiere, Mansour She wa like one ofthese scapes you were dong in my gre. What ed you el one anita you made’ Wh sha led, Masso Yo el ba Tem always grin MUSA" Toi UDA, Topiary 1 lve this olay! You ae the eal ait you sow thay Mansour (Sein Mac gr) Wa What Jou wt, you bought hee om garden ou broughe yours ier MET Stewie emia boke * ‘And you sould have hes er Sacha eae mae ich a trex noi, What ames hava ny nan, Maybe someday yo Gan makes spit ou of our sien You can ear er ote oe hedgs And she ean quien she wind iu ado str wing agin, Mansour. yoor sil hme ded. Tiley es base ‘Mca wth he gon) ; * End of Act Oné »”ACT TWO Scene 7 The Tiger appean. TIGER. This place ilouy with ghosts, And the new ‘ones are Inaing. They walling around, widecyed .. What hoppened tome Where Yo dena yore Bide, Sh op ‘Anghontte xher day Tn walking down che ste Te sects ily ON FIRE. And Tse ti lie gi er ike a oap ‘buble, and hen pop She her i the mile of the sre ove ing up at me And he sys to mer What ae you? And Tel ber, Tma Tiger Sh ase mem I going oes hee And Ty, 0,1 gave tp cting cen She tafe ty? An Pay, dont know ists plilrophy im wockng ou about cin andrdempuion nce Gods Spparanly outs, And the gi jos kind oflooksatme And Tm ike “Rk abou if Gods watching why be snuff ou out? Why are you sanding here, alone, ina burning ste, with a.dead gee ‘Why hlf our face gone? And she says yea, but why you ve up eating chien? And Tel er the bt about the wo Kids inthe fort, and how T keep thinking sbout them and how Rave all is fll She doen undertand tae. The pul ching She docs have Sty gil. And Tm lesof course you dont What dd you cv dot Nirhing. Sh els meshes aad Tel eam co: Whish oud think would be comforting, given the croumsaness but some hho bing blown obits sod then coming face to face withthe lke of me» Wal the il arto cy, You know! Fer on ge cies And ey, do ery But she ies harder. dso Isto he Hy do you wane wo se something? And she ops crying fora sce ond: Ana’ ike, wha And ayia ell be agen, nd she lok a acs if co ay, big akg de ke Thee en 2 garden before? And lay, oy Hs a apetad aden. And I don ist why I my ths but Tey i Got de: el ber its Gods tarden, Heike gardens, He swine, he tempo in 40 ‘chem, bulds them up and eats them apart. 1¢ ke his fucking hhobby. And shes skeptical, can see that, bc I bring her here and she sees chee plant, these animal, and she's never scen anything lke them. And Inaled ic, because she’s not erying anymore. She walking around the garden, pointing A camel! An elephant A on! Fucking kid, you know? And mean, this whole vime, Im aking oucof my as, this business about Gods garden, etcetera. Maybe ‘he knows Tm bullshitting oo, The gts mo dummy, even i she docs only have half a brain. But fora second we both lok up at these ruined shrubs and think, okay, Man: You work in Mystesious ‘Ways, We get it And I feel this well of hope. And then she ine to me and she's ike: When will He ge bere? What She says, When will God ger bere? If this i is garden, then be as 0 come tot, he ‘ato end oe Look! Th gen all ured. Tisai as ati ‘ead. Well! What am I sapposed wo el her Tm asking You to tel sme. Because if You dong, Im going to have o watch her cry again Tim gonna have to sirhere and watch that ie single ee of hers well ‘up with ears .. And her brain wl ll up, as mine did, ad shell tundessand the Universe. And thea'her spec ot hody oe whatever you've left us wit, i will go on to other things. And this moment, {his fucking moment wed she appraises 3 ruined piece of beauty With her ene good eye, this moment will become extinct. Just ke fucking You. Is that what you WANT? Say Somecing! THIS ANT- MALHAS LOST HER HEAD! Speak through me, o through he, ‘or through someone, bur speak, God spel 4Scene 8 A bac room ina converted offices building, Tom sis ata ‘hai, Aer the rom a teenage Iagh gir sits. She wears Ij healer but a tghe Pairs and blu jeans They doit look at eachother Tm ares a he flor Tam ets up and pace around she room, merous GIRL, Fick fick, “TOM. Ye Picky. (Tm lok ont the dor anos iting someone) Ga RS ate "KEV. Dex Tommy, How are you. Lam Be: TOM: (Ques) Leave me done GIRL ried) ik ck he i FROM eth iky-fckt Pe minute! Would you jus walt? (Gir dria sakes her ead dsc) KEV. Tot ow why I did Tom: Ar the tine I wanted ro ‘hop off my hand and give ier he Tige Fs precy intense pro- “esto remove your own hand. TOM. (Gyueccs lan oer is o,) Go say, gee ou bere. GIRL. (Ambic) Bisbeen dolar name wey. (For teeny dallrs soon have ee) ody el 38 ova icky Bich “TOM Tim not talking co you Shut up! (Point tos wach) Five mine! KEV, ist, you hav co crac and brek the bone, Bones, actu ally: Theres «loc of thezn, On the proximal sds the scaphoid, Tnae,ciguetram and pisform. On the dital side trapezoid, capltsie and hamate oblate acre all of them. They hard [AR Tenly parallysredded sy volar radicaepl ligament. ‘worked a it too. These things keep us togecher you know? eve knew about this stuf before Bur now T do. Lam under- 2 sag how hing ree. (Tom lt prot bnd He tak ihe el hy oy fom Ws lend en toe ra eis Soe fon ft elo eer pnclog he nba We ae orgs a Se err e te eenee {ita nw eon sos nan How hony ha teen Heft add fourm eae hee Peace a Gad rye ee Gresre ind ur Pend Key ons me TOM" Ginping up shning) YM NOT YOUR FRIEND! TEAVE ME MONE! ev nad Roc Mes ube Mu nc sed Whee eee VOM Wel et ie! hay. on soe Wi yore erie el emcatees Tome shag MOA. Tear Who ste Moat amet wai Mo ea at JOM Ree ain to Wl ou jac anda? Mush Nena a Sout caer yt he MSh ie Noein ta etsy eshte Fabode ate (Golesi Mc et ip Tm bbc bbe) Sout St Coes ine TRS ean sou ewe wee conduaing RSM Tecan MUSA Tce ny bueno ind of ena Wnt what cigees RSet grevaes ances ce tow Fonte yw oak Hab Beye tng ie eed mee ee RY FON, EC ian) By Me ta a thn anes Fou Sota Se hen whaling of dine wee 8Always withthe right and, Probably a least ice ada since Iwas “leven, aways with the sgt hand. Thats alot of whacking off. ‘dae think about i My names Tom, GIRL. Ficky-fck. TOM, Yesh, Fiky-fick, les noc che same with the lef hand. T broke in mytigh hand afer all thoze years of yanking i every day. Thad the aight shape Ke was falar come. GIRL. Fick fick Fenty dalla TOM. Tal her MUSA. Tell her wha? TOM. Whac just sit MUSA. (To gil Arabic.) Rah yidfich. Bess hoo-ch mise w- reed yilcheeshway-ch o-el. (will pay you. But he i shy and Yeats to tala litle bis free) Saas aes Sb a eaten bs ow gl Cs TOM. Didyou tll her? MUSA. Tid TOM. Does she wndersand? MUSA. Probably not. dont understand. ‘TOMmIeebecause ofthe shape! And che angle. I dont know! [es just dferens. And T cant get off. ls as simple as tha. MUSA. What racy do you wane me to tell he? TOM. Tell her that MUSA. Tdid TOM, So! MUSA, Even ifwhat I old her made any sense Tm not sure she ‘understands whar you wane. GIRL. YAnabie)Ladefooe weeyah? [Doe e have money with bm} Tay vis ae MUSA. (Arabic) Ind loos 00 rah yidlich, [Pe has money and he wil pay you] gh Ey uutese GIRL. (Arabic) Bishreen dolar senam weya. (For twenty dlls we can hae sce} shay bl i ovine MUSA. (Arabic) Rah yc li woes. [He wll ie you shat json) “ Ui gl ch TOM, What ate you guys bubbling about? MUSA. (Arabic) Hoo-ch inde mushlleh Beedeh, (He haraprob- db wich bs band) sia Uta ose 5a GIRL. (Antic) Sh-sar bee? (Whar happened ro bim: tog Jens TTOM. (Angry) You know chats very rade! Pn standing ight here, snd you guys ae fucking talking on and on like chat! Espacally Since jst kind of reveled some personal stu and everthing GIRL. Cabs) Sheed yx-wer? Wht dot be want do} Np sat MUSA. She wants o know what you want TOM. What do want? MUSA. Yeu TOM. I washer sand bebind ne and whack en off with her tight ad. (uae tare at Tom) Look, | dont cate what you think !Bout i, Habib youre hereto ant. Trandate. Save your fice ing adgment for your own de. MUSA. Tim usc ying to gare ou how to sy this in Arai TOM. Fckng er ap the go 0 an do yD (Dua acy explain to te gil in Arabi ang gee aid i decrpion) MUSA, Olay. Yireshichtogen. Thisieray Anti) Vis ichsopeen war ah wmid-doncdich ach hee wenn: Hoo-eh ‘goo noo hoo-eh mayer yarns hesches fetch bad leven Fook eolh [fe tan yout tnd bobind him and rach aoend ‘and ee our hand om bi 0b ar plese. Hey be eet do his ‘try bcc he has ie i hand) ere Sain SAS pai cate Cal onS shoes Salk OY a al ga GIRL. (Arebi) Bisheen dole a-nam wa. (For toe dll toe oen have sc} Ea C hy oil Jie cs [MUSA. She wil have sex with you for ewenty dollars. 45“TOM. I dont want o have sex wit he. I'l pay her more. pay he hy MUSA. Anabic) Baten dlr yreeichrogien war wie deen eedich oo tesaimalchch ac, Hate shee mubimini-ch een hoch ma inde ed. (Fo hry ele wnt oes sand behind ‘i and reach aro and a our and och sis imposes thin ecnte be har na and} cB ol Hye se ONS sob iS Scape Ne OD apse Lia oY a GIRL, (Ani, ShsuWeedeh? [Whar happened to his and) aly eat MUSA, She wants ro know what happened to your Band, TOM. Flore ie MUSA. (Arabic) Foo-ked-heb, (He lst i) GIRL. (Arabic) Salone? (ow?) tot MUSA. Shlone? How? TOM. In atl. In fucking bade, okay? I'm fighting in awar here aad [ gor my hand blowed off 2nd now I cant even jack of right. So ell her to got behind me and sat me up. Now. Because Tm ‘ck of this shit MUSA. (Arabic) aera. fsa) alls GIRL. (Abie) Igderashoot edeh? (Can Ise his hand) Tal a 3 MUSA. She wants ro look at yur han. (Tom lols a be gr) TOM. Why. MUSA. She wants to seit. (Tom ifr and shows er bis hand. She swale thir and looks at.) TOM. Top ofthe line. Ibe gil bole Tom hand, tapping i n= spectng it As she touches bs hand, Tam loo at her Something about der touch cotati.) es nox tha hard. All she needs to do isstand behind me and then Lcan show her. can help her do what the neds to do, Tes eser than fcking, Te easier chan fckyfck “6 GIRL. Hathee tila (Thi iin!) eat ils MUSA. Shinoo? (What!) GIRL. Hate tla! (Thi ishing) tea ge ‘TOM. What she say? MUSA, Capente athe gl AND Tom) Sh sy yous hand i shiny. TOM, (To gir loud, but nor angry) Yea ite shiny! MUSA. Ifyou can show ber what to do, why do you need me here? (Beat) am saying, you ask me to accompany you and thacit is ‘very important, but seems you dan nod me ell chat much, (Bec) This isa crude ace doer need tbe explained, TOM. Inecded expla MUSA. Do you have any aspirin? TOM, What? MUSA. Thave headache, Do you have medicine? TOM. No, GIRL. Hathee mumkie tinshal? (Can thi be removed?) Ya ae ga MUSA, Shinoo? (What!) tad GIRL. Yigder yl eed? (Cam bis and come off: ally TOM. Whae MUSA. She wants eo know iffecan come of, your hand, TOM. Whar ae you talking about? MUSA, She wats to now if you can rma the aid I possible. TOM. (Suddenly angry) Whylt Whar difference docs t make! MUSA. (Ab muddenlyfractated) Tm jue erlang! TOM. Wall what the fick! MUSA, Ieba simple question! TOM. What can I ate my hand of? 9MUSA. Yet Simple qusion TOM, Tiean I culd Bt fm no gonna. Look, would you jus fet eut of ete and lex me (Tm lok oe a ei wh fr Sine ron sfing hi hand) Ur hell cca. The gl igh aoe Mu Lughng) GRE Reh edch ale, i hand me tke le) sel De Boy (ah ite Ash gb omega tg ca ‘hag it He los therm barnett ner To nts this). TOM, What (Beat Mae wate gr) What hes MUSA. Shesayeyourtand snl ikl, Toe mel is nd) {TOM Teds noe MUSA. She sp iedocs TOM. (i a tein flome colada) We ote sell ike mit (Teg Sg Mie lah i) MUSA. Co git nie) tc asih? Wht our ame’) tent GIRL. Angy. Amie) Shs? Ente ssc? Lash maak iil k-th ng name? Whats YOUR name? Wi toni el serene be your mae ard ee) la 5 daa st Lis flac cl gat MUSA. Otay TOM. Wha? Whar are you walking shou, edocs sel ike mil MUSA. No, noes TOM, Then wha MUSA. Nothing [asked er what her ame {TOM Hes nant Idont want to koow hername, Hebi. MUSA. Olay in he would el me aye. TOM, Whar te fick doe ae? MUSA. ltd ofthe dost doen mater, She st. She teminds ne of smeone She rind me of rmeone few FON, Yah? Wel you remind ne of TERE, so why don you el fer whac mane and thes ge ce fck ra here GIRL Ave shwayeh my Gull seed sway may. some sce Tl bi wane ome water) 8 FE a AS gag 9 MUSA, She wanes some wate, . TOM. She... Wa wha the fick re we even doing hese GIRL, Aree shwayeh my: [7 want sme water) anaes vat apt ay tins mel in ret td is ae dine fn mae Seach three a Seo ea wart hy De ore ae fe ie de i = ae ial pete Me ed el ce earn sh Cn eet ee gel Me eit rien aD ee Ho te si a 2 wy se Oi chs esa SSR eet tert ater mr Oe aia teenage samt ier dle nr ion neds : ok Ps Rk lteter moe ec eae thn ean ary fie) pre gape lh an a gla HADIA. Tell me abou MUSA, Youve never sen anything ike HADIA, Why cat ace hem? (She uc is fice and he los at ‘ey forthe fost time.) Musa, why cart Tee the animals? MUSA. Sometimes they ran of HADIA. They panel MUSA. Somedimes they By of, x0 the moon HADIA. Grubic) Ae! da abchee jie! [Teme eo) Hans geal 8 gl MUSA, Iam cing you seriously FADIA. Cant T comes se? rb) Mos epee ashoof fadeckek heh, seen, egder ge shoot (Mast, may 7 come ands your beatified? Plow, may Tome wide ith Tabs gal Sl al ial ean GE) gah SI ge MUSA, Hadi Hadi ud af deel) Ys Ye, You tna come om aren eles ead in a) Hadi tile Ant ei Hi soc Kalle och at Ps sory Tm ary. [yf Boring my fee] see gape ge ie (Thetis adel sift ack othe original ene Tom fis wpage ca sefand bad bm hcg him of Shas oh ‘nb fle Mace npc ont ofits wha goin om ane quick ‘Say The gl eomtnace Ton pel ou andthe wal ser) bard the times Teg ps and wal ey fom im honey ber Ind Se ct Toes gain the wall Ke enters) KEY, DetrTomny, How se you Tenge am gli chat you fray gor some psy: Pay rok, 1s woo bad tha 0 feof you fave to haverthe chick and beside you and yan bu dais prpcologial, Dont wor. One of dese day youl igure out ow {ou one off suthpe TOM. (il) Go away KEV, Dear Tommy, How ar you. Lam fine TOM. Tali lly, oy Td hl You You of yours tnd didsichave ay faking ching todo thi (Te genom of Ieper emerges. The Tiger wanders trough it) 0 Be noc about whacking off, Tommy. ou no cooing TOM. Shut up KEV, You fel incomplete without your hand. You fd like you're fever going tobe yougain. Andso you think, “Oh, olay, llcose back to fraq and find my gold-and then be abe to whack off again.” But things dont work out lke tha. Look ac me: Thought Ti bein heaven by now, but Fin not [dont know where am. Fm julta reverberation of what I used co be: TIGER ‘ike God revenge, you kno He gos chasing our KEV. 6 Tir) 1 dst gc el (Te Tom) Look, Tomy, Tn sorry 'm bothering you, but youre the nly person who can hear me, besides the Tiges and he ast keeps bugging me about episte- mology and original sn, which is annoying as fuck, ‘TIGER. At fs, is petty cool: the limites fre of knowledge Banging ow in yur pth, Then you ee he nly thing ‘ext around her, KEY, (To-Tom.) I know I annoyed you when [as alive, roo. Bue your were coo, not ike those other guys, You were my patton sint round here, Tommy, Untl you were a total prick and walked out fon me atthe hospital. [needed you, you know? Bur you wer ll like; “That's your psycho problem, Kee! noe mine..." TOM. I didet know you were gonna kill yourel8 Un sovy, okay? I'm sre! TIGER. What kind of ovis basard ctaes a predator and then punishes him for preying? TOM. Twith Thad done chat! Buc es over now. Tn Fucked up vith gull, what do you wane me ro do about i? TIGER. (Beomining a rpiary shrub) Uave w beconie something cise. I renounce Tigethood. renounce ml KEV. ‘We all hve 2 prycho problem now, Tommy. Me and thé Tiger and you. And I'm gonna fgure i out ‘TIGER. If this irGod's garden, Maybe Heed to become ike these plans... evisting and dstoring my natural shape inco something ‘ore pessing o im. KEY, Hes hauncing me, and I'm héunding you ... There’ got 0 be some sore of relational algebraic equation thar the three of us ‘an factor into and salve our problem, I mean algebra was even ‘invented her, you know? In Baghdad, by this dude, Abu Jil Ma 5bhammad ibn Musa a-Khwari ‘TOM. HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS? KEY, I know; right Tm lke a straight-up branac in che afer, TIGER. You know what rally bugs me? Where are the FUCK- INGLEOS KEV. And algebra, war derived from the Arabic a jebr which means“ reunion of broken pars TIGER. Why are they wandering round her, cared ovt of their stupid minds, contemplating thei animal nature’ How come ies me? How come I'm always alone every step ofthe way? TOM, I'm not a bad pero. KEY, Neither wae ‘TIGER. I'm a fucking ssnt. Ie fel like existence has become KEY, Weveall jase IGER and KEV. .. Reftaced. (Tiger and Kev lok ageach other.) KEY. (To Tiger) Js. Sucka! TIGER. Fuck pf TOM. Ker, plese, leave me alone, KEY, Were broken, man. You, me, the Tige. Is lke we fll ‘through a prism that night athe 290 and each pare of ourselves just separated. Does your hand sll ele? Does sel ich I phan tom lim, Tommy Jas because gone docs mean its not there. TIGER, Til become a pant then. ll ext aay all the pieces of me thae offend che coamor, I'l exape my eruel nature, (Uday enters looking atthe tpiery. Hladia enters opposite Uday loking arauad ) But cruelty choes al around me. ven inthis ruined garden. And so, wonder ifthere is any escape (Uiday approaches Hadi, miling Taking her, loving showing her around, showing hr the topiary He «top, ses tometing i hedge be tthe ont Md’ hae sear, large clipping blades forthe topiary. He shows then 10 Hladia, who ‘touches thn smiling) And I wonder if justan echo, repeating, and eepeaing and repesting MUSA."Hlaia (Uday pas bis arm around her and leads ber ‘ug with he shear propped up on bi shoulder The lights if back {nt the room with ony Tom and Mus.) She was too young fr You. TOM. What MUSA. The gd. She wat roo young for you. ‘TOM. Whacate you alling about? She wae a prociut MUSA. She was too young, TOM. Lgive her money. 52 J MUSA. fm telling you, she was too young TOM, Tewarshand job. MUSA, Listen ro me: Listen to me. TOM. What MUSA. Lien to me TOM, Whur Tmlisxening! MUSA. She war... Too. Young. TOM, Fine, she wat coo young. Arrest me. What the ck are you sil doing here You ike watching in on this shi? MUSA. You told me robe here. Yu told me this was official il tary busines. Offilal busines! Ficky-fck! This isnot whac I signed up fo. ‘TOM. Wal why dost youjuscleae then, Habib? MUSA. Yow lot jour hand in Bate? Lenow about your hand, Johny (Tom hold his hand unconsciously selfconsciows about i) TOM, Iegor blown off MUSA. Te got eaten. TOM. How do you know that? MUSA. Word get around. TOM, How? uc ge bis bag.) MUSA. knew your Fend TOM, What friend? MUSA, The boy who los his mind. He said you were like his ‘brothes: He tld ae all about you. (Muse stars o leave) TOM, Waid Wai, Habib. * MUSA! Whar now? TOM. You knew Kev? MUSA. Yes ‘TOM, Did you sce... were you with hint on tharnighe al MUSA. Yes TOM, Awrighs, look. This is ..I doa know if youd know any- thing, but Kev He had a gold gun. Ie'was gold-plated semi sstomati pistol And he lost it MUSA. He had’ gold gun ‘TOM, Yeah, not thc ard co remetibes,rghe? MUSA. T remember gold gun TOM. You do. MUSA. Not easy co forge TOM, Do you have ie MUSA. DoT have «gold gus? 3TOM. Yeah Do you? Because ine MUSA. ‘The miliary Banding ow god guns now? TOM. No, twas perioral MUSA. Irwas your penond gold gun TOM, Yeah, ia. MUSA, You must ery, TOM Twn Tose my gu, Do you havi MUSA. Wharf did TOM. What yon di? MUSA. ‘Then what TOM. Dp you have itor not MUSA. Tdovin fc TOM, Well Just mean. Let me have it MUSA. Tim sory. (Lag) Why wel | give you the gun? "TOM, Why would 21+ INET m notin the mood, okay got atheadache and Ti sessed ous us give me gy gu. ine Tnseious MUSA. No, youre noc rou ‘TOM, Tm ne You watt test me? MUSA. You dot know whats srous, You have no invest inthis gun, ie does aot mean anything fo you ouside of the fet. hari god: This gun has history. Bux you, yoytelodng you fave someting something o rake home, Wel dont cae about sary have to ake hoe Tony. TOM, Whar the fick ae you aking about MUSA What che fuck? Wha the fick ae YOU clking abou, Jenny? TOM, My names not Johnny! MUSA. My name’ no Hab TOM, Whats your problem, man? MUSA. You dat lien TOM. You WORK for ut I could fave you fre, how woud you lee (MUSA. And what would you sy, anyhow? That T sole your gold tun pice fom the Hascin othe’ ast No, no thee ae ful foryou. Forme hr ate ge us. Nols, hang Ata hy, jes: But rle® No So gosh yours Johnny. My glk geting eter Maybe gta job at CNN. TOM. You know what happens if they find 2 Srearm on your person? 54 MUSA. How pid do you think Iam? Tat Tm going to jut thei back No, Weill work outa dei You ge: me Some tig Bre you the pl gun TONE Jee What do you wane MUSA.'Do wehavea cea ‘TOM, Wh do you WAN'T? Tim nor going ro make sd ules know war you wane _MUSA "Bac ode wing nega? “TOM. ged) in wing co Lckyourficking headin, Habib Whar he ack do ou wan! Bet) MUSA. T wane weapon 7 TOM, You wan wep MUSA. Guns, smmtnion and hand grenades. And then I wll tive you the geld gn TONE Ob ea okay. Because im an arm deer, Hai get yon bunch of faking weapons Who do you tink am? MUSA" You ae Marie tnd you are aed TOM. Yel an 1 gee you weapons ‘hen wha? Nex hing 1 kai, you lowing sal aay? Whac am ae You think in fuse gelog to ghee guns leit fou avon? MUSA fora ect TOM, Yeh, then what ar you? MUSA. Tims garence "TOM, ‘Dont gee mcaphoricl with me, prick You all he fk MUSA” No! No, you dn lien TOM, Wha? MUSA, Tima GARDENER! Do you understand? fim nota e- tot Ti nov an rns delet Tm no swan of “erp 1am ‘prdenc -TOM, Tin! So yours gnc So what? MUSK. Aoudost undewtand /you don’ undensnd TOM, / Whar dnt understand MUSA. Laman att Taman ais ‘TOM Yeah, okay, youre an ard Gold gun, Wheres MUSA. And the weapons? ‘TOM. Tim noe ging you bunch of fucking weapons, kay? [MUSA. ‘Then jou as poing the gld gun Tass not compl cared Caplin Thank you! Now you want something oe nein ‘TOM. Whac do you want witha bunch of weapons anyway? 55IMUSA. What do you think Ihave to my name? A stupid job with the US, miltan? And whae about when you all eave? What will TThave then? Pl have guns and bles can sell because chars the only thing worth anything Is cha so crazy? TOM. Yeah it crn. MUSA. Tam eed, do you undésstand! Iam cred of making the ame mistake OVER AND-OVER AND OVER AGAIN. [alvays ‘work forthe wrong people I dwayeservethe grant, Now any nore. Lam tired oF being tae x Fool (Tom walls any om Mic, ‘ribbing his een ecasated) Pate MUSA. Tes simple deal, Wha you want and what I want. Iso this how the word is supposed to work? (A long beat beeen hem) TOM. (Nie lobing at bi: sill rubbing hiseyex) She was dae a MUSK. Dowehave a dea Scene 9 A barbed. out building, bal sanding in the midale ofthe dsr sot of Baghdad. The middle ofthe night. The plac is hos ethereal, aunted: Keo appear as fe ben wander- fg the desert. Ke pean Arabic, EV, Arabic) Ance tye bisa (Tam lot the deer] abate aig Ui ance ach bil ahr oo da eek, aneeoomrce me dit febal bes hse da eel bai lugeh Avot hate shee gered {is emeleeinoo tiger efthimnee (God I ano in be der, tnd Fam cling ent Jou im prayer, Bees Ihave never bre ‘roe. Tam prying 0 youn difreslanguage bene the ery angen of me el ke peraps you would wndertand) an elspa a aga gle galas PA Si Bh aah a Go ah te 56 ‘Ukhuth cede, iste gismee Umiger,ikhithnee min tsar. helo bal-e ya, (Take my hand, bal my severed body take me fm the deere Let my ind fond peace} : CE Be lh eae ce A gl apy ag (Bea,) Or not. Maybe, I should say Hail Mary? I kaow bow i works, MansYor‘re not gonna come down andiexplin everything tome, Bur | figae Youre outthere, somewhere. {never expect to know so much, I never knew there was so mul o know. And the very fact that I'm around? The vey fat thao I'm learing all there things? T gota figure theres someching out there a ile more imporcan han just haunting Tommy. So what happens nov, God? ‘Whar happens now that Tin ineligene and aware and senstve co the universe? (Tiger appear.) : TIGER Tl ell you what happens: God leans down just cose enough and whisper into your ea: Go fuk ure And then hes fone. (The Tiger bole vome small, indisingithable bloody carcas Dis face severed invbled,) KEV. Tthoughe you gave up killing animal TIGER. What ws hungry. Whats He gonna do? Punish me ‘move? I dae him, I date him vo come down and tell me what a bad ‘Tiger Iam? Please do it Look, I wie Fora good two to three hots Twas a vegetarian. But gues what Vegeables ase like shit, Wee just suc here, son. Mastodons in the er pc offe-aftr deat. And Pn ied and Tm nota sslng, i jas he Bigespredatory cain the cate fucking world. So Tm gonna kl something, and Tm youna fit and im gonna wave this bloody arasin-God face and ell him, You ne ara Tier when You made Me, motherfucker KEV, Tova’ aking 1 you TIGER. Ha. You were praying, huk? Well, you raise your voice and Fm the only one who heat i. What if Ie God, Did you ever think abourthat? KEV. God aint aTigez, TIGER. Maybe he is Maybe Im Him, Maybe Him's Me KEV. Prove it. (The Tier leans ver sift cpense a secret.) TIGER. Go fack youre (Dhe Tiger exits: Rev wats fsa beat for nan) IKEV. Give me one sign to ler me kaow chat my woe is being heard by you? Then Tean haunt You dough praye! I could aunt YOU, Gaal! (Beat) Your friend, Kev srScene 10 The same plc: the bombed. out building, balf sanding, in the middle of the dese, uth of Baghdad. However, there delphi, he places es ghey ° Mace and Tom enter, MUSA. “Ths is wrongs THIS IS WRONG! TOM, Would you shit up! MUSA. We need co leave! TOM. said weld be fine. MUSA. Fine This i the middle of the desert IF che eun goes down, we won find oue way back co the road! ‘TOM. Would you celax? This is ic (MUSA. Thies what? Thee’ nothing here. ‘TOM, Tegot bombed, MUSA. So where are the gune? "TOM, Just wait, okay? Jur calm down. -MUSA. You brought me al the way outro che middle of nowhere? ‘Where are the weapons? ‘TOM. Dont ger pushy, Habib, Relax MUSA..No weapons? Then we have leave. Right now. (fam ges bn Mus face) TOM. We'e not leaving until say we leave. (A sinange woman «tztered black shroud hobble onto the nage. Her fate cn be seen ‘She har xtmps for bande Tom and Maa ee her. The boi step back snd er bs Tom kus tT te won) Bar sleeum. Sie Pal WOMAN. Ualetkum eSalaam. Dit ie» MUSA. Whats happened to et? TOM. Shes leper. There were a bunch of them living here. Iewas 58 leper colony. Habib ask her what happened. (Mus lok at Tom, atthe woman, back a he jeep. He sighs) MUSA. (Ancbic,) Hi ssa thna? (Whar happened bere!) Tal jad gla WOMAN. (Arabic) Kumble, (A bombs) : MUSA. A bomb. TOM. Yeah, we know that. Where are the others! Where ate her you know her fellow lepers. MUSA. (Arabic) Wey bukeeyeribnas iesakneen tha? (Where are the ocers who lie bere!) AA SL ll A ny WOMAN. (Arabic) Mato. (Thy died) 4 sa MUSA. They died. ' TOM. Shell alone? ” MUSA. Yes. TOM. Ask her where my bagi MUSA. Your bag? 7 TOM. Yeah. (Mit starts to sranlate but then sp.) MUSA. (To'Tim.) What ype of, bag? , IM. "What do you mean . MUSA. You sid bag, ‘TOM. Yeah, my bagi Ask her were MUSA Wha Kn Bg be? Lik bg Log? TOM, / A bag! A fucking bg! Juse fucking anslate! MUS, Ther ae ecw die apt ‘TOM. Just TRANSLATE! MUSA. Frusrted: Arabic) athe el-ijalyigoo! trek cheesihnay tuliffeen weyn cheesseh? (This man ss he eft a bag her, Do jou Ano where bis bag 2} Pees cay GS Ul cou di SS lay a WOMAN, (Antic) Ya chees (Albag!) fume MUSA, What kind of bag? 39‘TOM, [left a bag here, and I rd chem I was coning back and they tld me cheyd keep itand now Fm back and Pm not coming back agai! Ask her where the fucking bag is Habib or wee going tohavea problem! WOMAN. (Amb, cabn) Makoo ay chees. Makoo shee thon [Theres no bag. Thee isnt bee] : Mal gS am gl Be TOM. (To Muse.) What she sy? MUSA. She docs know a bag. The whole place bas been dé stroyed. She's living inthe rabble She docs have anything. She lost have your bag, WOMAN. Tied shaych muy? [De you want some water?) Stat as TOM, What now? MUSA, She wants ro know ifyou wane some wate. ‘TOM. (Loinghishis)1 WANT MY FUCKING TOILET SEAT! (Tre womaan gos back no the ruin.) What... where's she. where fae you going! ly! (Tom rahe to the ruin and pees in afer ber.) ‘Whar the Fuck man, this s making me nus, swear God. MUSA. We need t leave TOM, ‘We can eve when J ge my tile seat. * MUSA. Whar tilee it? We eame here for my weapons ‘TOM, Habib, seriously? You aly ink brought you outhere © get theapons? [needed trp. ned w get my tol seat. RAUSA. So where are the weapons? ‘TOM, THERE ARE NO WEAPONS! WAKE UP! MUSA, You lied'o me TOM, Hey cll hee Tal her w come bck. ‘MUSA. You li wo me! ‘TOM. So what! “MUSA: We ame out here tile or a Seat? Do you heat how Fou. tlle! Lise! Tl se! Toe Sea! You want sething sh on! TOM, lesa gold lle see (Mua aks his information in.) MUSA. Gold cller seat. Gold eile eat TOM, Makesense now? MUSA, I follow you aroun! ke a dog, everywhere. Fcky fk fick fc, the middle ofthe desert, so yo ca Rave ex, 50 yoy can get atoll seat so you can shieall over this place. > o ‘TOM, Is ajab, Habib. Do your job. MUSA. (Taker ou the gold gn. Yes, Johnny .. 2 jab. A job TOM, Ched ie out man mi gun! You sesualy broughe i with you. Holy shie MUSA, Ye, check me out, itd "TOM, Give cto me, Habib. MUSA. You wane dhe gun, Johnny? ‘TOM, Give me the fucking gu. MUSA. (Poins ita Tom.) You want the gun, but you le to me. ‘You'want che gun, I want to leave TOM, DON'T YOU POINT THAT AT MEL MUSA. (Sips pointing) OR WHAT! WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW? WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO ME NOW? TOM, [said we can leve whet I get my — (Musechoots Tom in the stomach) MUSA" Your toile sat! You need acilet seat And you need your ‘old gun! And fuck you and your gold and your goddamn bullshit athe time! TOM. YOU SHOT ME... You fucking shot me. (Mise points the gum at Tore sift shot him again.) MUSA. (ie nig giving ay fear.) Lam cred! Lam so tied of| everyone TOM Sop it. Stop i, plee God op it. (Maa tama ver Tad pte gn Toi bead) MUSA. Dont pray to God. Dont you pray to any. Gas, you piece ‘of shit, man. No God is going to hear you. Not ait here, Not ay more ~, no God is going co 20 God is .. (Mus taker the gum tay He stare at Tom.) TOM. Tim sony «fm sory. Please. (Miwa exe, quietly Tom cls and props Bimatfup on rok) Fab... Habib, dost tere ete Hea Hn sey coh es pain Long beds. The woman peers eat from she ruins at Tom. He doen see er She water him She call on tobi in Arabic) WOMAN. (Arabic) Teed my? (De you wn water’) od TOM. Who’ there? Who sid hat? WOMAN. (Antbic) Ticed muy? [De you want water!) te aTOM, tn hut WOMAN. (Antic) Ted enuy? (Do you on water) Ty TOM, td ao es inh nde (or te fo the rina carping a df ba) Tot OnGalnecwege KEV. Elalamuallum, Sie Slat) WOMAN, U-aleikum cS, Pal Ses (Kw abe gold ale et fom he bag) KEY. Hey, Tommy. This yours? “TOM, Kev ca you lp me? Can you go ge ip for me 1 gor WOMAN. (Arabic) Yieed uy? (Doe be want water} ft KEV. (Tb Tm) She wants to know if you want some vatet, TOM. Can you go get help? KEV. From whet TOM, ANYONE! ANYONE, kay? KEV. Tean get you some water How abou ha? TOM, She arma KEV. Tguceso, TOM. Wait Youspak Anbict KEV. Thind a picked ie up in dec, TOM, Wal how come scan se You top? KEV. Dude I dont know all the filing rls okay? TOM, 1 Jus es Ye T want some watt! (Tie woman bole ‘noth rine) KEV. Whack ging shoe? TOM, Tess. KEV. Yeh. TOM. Cat you go ell someone Im her? Please, Kev, at do that? oe at KEY Sony, man. Bu this she best can do, (Be woman blr cfm te rans with a gcin fh sang eon er souler She bring oT and epee iv it ap) @ TOM. Thank you (Tom drink) Ob .. an Okay gota get back othe Jeep KEV. Habib rok the Jeep. ‘TOM. Aw fucké Okay, comeon... Whatelse.. Lok can you ak her fhe knows anyone around here? Tm dying, Ke can you ak her if she can help me? KEV. (Arab Sedeckce day-moo.Tigderen tte? [Mend it bing. Can you help bir ut gies aS cin gs gine WOMAN, Endee isa awele have afraid be} Af cilled ae KEV, She td the hat fsa ic ‘TOM. She his first-aid? Shes leper, shes gota fsa kit? KEY, ‘Thats what she said "TOM. Puck man! Tell het wo go gti! (Ku nods at the woman, he renters the rin) Tinie gota die ere. 'm not gona de i ona fuckin gh throagh thi, you know? KEV. Acleast you got you ole eat "TOM. (Clutching tlt ear let) FUCK YOU. (The woman enter seth ver old metal bo. She gs i Ket.) Ob, God, thank you haus ay ep se, dips out the ony sbi ise: A single Bandi, shih, ‘dooh tt To lp. Died at no oneal agingblferyng) GOTSHOT INTHE STOMACH, WHAT THEFUCK 1 NEED WETH A BAND-AID! (He cough, lhe his stomach, Relics hi big for sure) Ob, God .. Kev, Tm fonna di KEV. Yeah, man, know TOM. No... no no no. catebelie im going to di I int believe Fm going co de ere. Out hee inthe middle of nowhere Tm from Michigan, Is shaped like a mitten, I was never supposed to dic here. (Bear) What happens when you die TREY. You know when youve been drinking all night? And you seat to fae? And you cat keep your eyes open, even when yute taking? Thats how ie goes. man. les not too bad ‘TOM, I dont wane dc KEY, Thnow. “TOM, Teller. ll dont wane de KEV. Hoo-ch mayread ymoot. He don watt die] 6 eg EE EEE eoiy WOMAN. (Arabic) Jism dey ake-tul haya [My een decaying for my whole fe} en teh Pm sh i ga KE. She sid hath as been decaying er lek” wo! ib) Ani masnoc's tain a OMAN. (bic) i rer. (7 ame made of ; Wy orton ys KEV. She ays she sade of sand POM, Can youask er ow og she oot had any hands? How long she's just had stumps. (Ke chinks He then ass te woman fa Arabi) mu ieietieeie KEV. (Arabic) Vieed yoo shed salch bidoon codsn, ‘wold like tow how lng you bee nat bd yur bands) 8 Gas le St any WOMAN, (rb) Min han ou bach sch elaine wigon. Wigow shways shwaya mutoor aya. When wat [2 pearl they fl ef. The soy ill off ve sine) senttes tgt Sy ny Zs Be tably| gue Ole ce KEV, Since she was'14. She sid they dow jus fll off. (Tam shoes bers pp band) 7 Sl 8 0 ‘TOM. (Te om) Tiss wha‘you gt now if you Jose your hari tp ath ine. ale mil’ Dot ae me Re soma ge thi and tb bis and lose te ba " spec bin plain), ieee WOMAN. Canbic Wal hie. ‘Nonbing) He ey Makoo Ul (There sna God.) A 1S ‘La jenns, wala jechen-nem, [No heaven no bell) re ge l.moacmoo-she.itmowt muslin. (Deshi ohing espe] las pg Sigh ot Scene 11 “The garden of pars Masa enter 6 BEBE EEE EEE SEE See EEE EES EEE EEC Ee Eee Eee eee EEE ak{UDAY, You could ay nhs den fees, ma. Witching me seca adh ean hg yr at Gist Wah fn gag ihr mkv nd mae ber in toply Ths ne tpl cower Oke one mare ting Pt bop youll © ie wa he oy wh led ne Ta jour Mansour has ou. Thnk you Tank you caw) SOSA Ci ly ut nl vin you oe, ly? Ia ie with et doce bt my ban belong 1 ity handset wm, Aad whe pn sepa ny cee omeking Ty conn Tipe he ured and te la feina TER Lo! dnc cost pve tg Dare it Me efi inte aloft Tie efi Bb) eee ron ZTIGER Arco wit sk You se MUSK: ot iw wo a TIGER. Loe, Tw ben oki for You, Te been lng ot Youre ESA bi niin yt, FEgER enojutme bogie. Sh ne Jou knoe Se su agit She wal so Know when Teadbe lnk Sew ono how Yume yl ‘arial, cpa pa MUSA ‘Ti peste pins ound {wae wo burs plat he pd IGEN, Wha mean. Teg. Sheba going tke he veyman ' IUSK Tm Tg) Tel es Ym sy. Thr in nk who Se sheupel oe: Eberle dre hve ing aad ‘ste whan ging eel soe te Tetecome dec ma (bape pt pn) TIGER. Youfe nova an ieue Cod MUSA: Ne Lam no ie ar ee) TIGER", Yuu! eben aig Yu, been waking ibe ose MUSK. God poen, hicword Tis what eked Tiger tte Mee eles nu) 6 SE, Meh ee a Ebert beet ete Sen eta Si se eka ELE gy fe gessmechingt andshn si dow ring eave ecteae tha cae alahcen “Where's iecoming fom. Be sill. Watch Listen. * End of Play ° :