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Butterflies are free (Theatre)
Butterflies are
free
(theatre)
The story takes place in an apartment in New
York, in which Don Baker lives. One morning, he telephones with his mother. He
tells her, that he had a little party one day ago and besides he says to her,
that she shouldn’t visit him for one month. Suddenly he hears loud noises
in the next apartment. After finishing the telephone call, Don bets his new
female neighbour to turn down her TV. They begin to talk and some times later
the girl, named Jill Tanner, comes into Don’s living room. They talk about
their apartments and about Don’s telephone call with his mother. Don tells
Jill that his mother doesn’t believe that he can live alone and without
her help. Besides they talk about the marriage of Jill which lasted for 6 days.
Jill says that it wasn’t Jack’s fault (=her husband). While they are
talking Jill recognises that Don is blind since he was born. Then they talk
about her work - she is an actress (doing off-Broadway plays). Don tells her
that his mother wrote a series of children’s books about a blind boy named
Little Donny Dark. He tells her that after his dad’s death his only friend
was Linda Fletcher, a girl from the neighbourhood. She often visited him and
with her help he got (self-)confidence for the first time. And it was her idea
that he should live in an own apartment.
Jill says that she has a secret box, in which
there are a baby tooth of her, her birth certificate, a picture of her and her
testament. She doesn’t want to have a ‘normal’ funeral. The
people should wear coloured + crazy clothes, she wants tons of flowers, but no
wreaths and music of the Rolling Stones. While Don and Jill are talking,
Don’s mother comes in - one month too early.
Mrs. Baker comes and brings Don some shirts as
an excuse to come. Jill did a TV commercial one year ago. For Mrs. Baker Jill
isn’t the sort of girl she dreams for her son. Mrs. Baker wants Don to
come home with her. But he wants to sing and to play the guitar. Don says that,
if the music doesn’t work out, then there will be a lot of other things
blind people can do. While Don is shopping, there is a discussion between Mrs.
Baker and Jill. Mrs. Baker wants Jill to send Don home. But she says that he
should go his own ways.
This evening Jill has her audition. For this
reason she forgets the dinner with Don. Mrs. Baker and Don are waiting for her
until 10 o’clock instead of 7.30. While they are waiting they listen to
the song “Butterflies are free”, which Don wrote. Jill comes home
late. Jill tells Don that she fell in love with Ralph and that she will leave
her apartment for this reason. After a discussion Mrs. Baker goes home alone.
Don says that she only leaves him because she is afraid of falling in love with
him - a blind man. After Jill went out of Don’s apartment, he crushes the
flowers and lies on the floor with tears filling his eyes. But suddenly Jill is
standing next to him...
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