A Meeting in the Dark by James Ngugi Script
Characters:
John – Contreras
Stanley(John’s Father) – Cabornay
Susana(John’s Mother) - Bartolaba
Wamuhu – Carcellar
Wamuhu’s Father Wamuhu’s Mother - Auxilio
Tribe Member - Cabatas
Narrator - Obando

Scene 1
Narrator: “There was once when my mother told me of many stories. Stories that were filled of excitement and mystery. I remember that there was a story about Irimu, an ugly ogre who deceived a pretty young girl by disguising himself as a handsome man. I just can’t remember what the ending of the story was. My mother has stopped telling such tales… I wonder, what was the ending all about?”
(John looks outside while Susana preparing the table. Stanley enters the scene)
John: “Father is coming mother.”
(John and Susana prepare the table and sit down. Stanley directly sit on his chair. They will eat for a while. Then John will stand up)
Stanley: “John, hei, John!”
John: “Baba…”
Stanley: “Come back… Sit down where are you going?”
John: “For a walk, Father.”
Stanley: “To the village?”
John: “Well…yes… no… I mean, nowhere in particular.”
(Stanley will look John very strictly. John will look away from Stanley)
Stanley: “Why do you look away? What have you done?”
John: “No-nothing, Father…”
Stanley: “When is the journey?”
John: “Next week, Tuesday...”
Stanley: “Right. Tomorrow we go to the shops, you hear?”
John: “Yes, Father.”
Stanley: “You can go.”
John: “Thank you, Father.”
(John will go to the door. Stanley will call John)

Stanley: “John!”
John: “Yes?”
Stanley: “You seem to be in a hurry. I don’t want to hear of you loitering in the village. I know young men… going to show off just because you are going away? I don’t want to hear of trouble in the village.”
John: “Yes, Father.”
(John will go out)

Scene 2
Narrator: “Why does he torture me? Why does he always ask the same things?