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14b 1919 RESERL & OSKAR
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Reserl undresses in front of Kokoschka.
KOKOSCHKA Reserl??!
- Reserl!!! - Has any man ever seen you like this, Reserl?
RESERL No,
Captain, no man has ever seen me like this.
KOKOSCHKA Why
are you doing this then, Reserl?
RESERL Because
of that rotten woman. So that she won't haunt you in your
dreams any more and torment and torture and afflict you. It
pains me to see you suffering, Captain.
KOKOSCHKA Reserl,
Reserl, Reserl! You are reading me like an open book.
RESERL Listen!
The birds are starting to sing. It will be dawn soon. We'll
take a walk on Broadway, Captain, and there will be many young
pretty girls. They will all be looking at me, and sigh, and
whisper to one another: “Look at that happy girl who
is leaning on the big strong man. Her eyes radiate bliss!
Isn't it lovely the way she cuddles up to the tall man who
is holding her in his arms? He has the beautiful, sad eyes
of a child who is stubbornly refusing to grow up. He needs
her!”
KOKOSCHKA Reserl…
What are you doing, Reserl?
RESERL I
want to be your most obedient servant, Captain. I am at your
service, with all my soul and sinews. I don't exist any more.
I have entered into you, Captain. Do with me, do with us whatever
you wish.
KOKOSCHKA Reserl,
I want you to take our puppet down to the garden, and throw
it into the trash can, , or better still - burn it. Burn it!
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
RESERL Is
that all you want me to do for you, Captain?
KOKOSCHKA Yes.
I'm afraid so. Yes.
RESERL Then
I'm no longer yours. Then I'm no longer your servant. That's
how you wanted it. We'll never see each other again.
She leaves.
KOKOSCHKA Reserl?
Reserl!!! - The trash truck came first thing in the morning,
and in the grey light of dawn it carried away the mortal remains
of my eternal love. Reserl never returned. After the Second
World War I received news that she died in the air raid the
night Dresden was destroyed. But I don't believe it.
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