What does everybody want:
(Close) (Far)
Stanley: Flo To be in control
Luca: Marriage To be in control of others
Flo: Life A different mindset
Dolan: Money A different life
Doc(?): To help Time
(Stanley helps Flo get away, Dolan is the one breaking windows, they have “discussions” about it, until Flo is revealed.)
Scene: Stanley is behind the counter, late night, staring at open door as an older Dolan walks in, balding, blotting sweat off his head, looking as if to cover it up. The Dolan walks to the bar and sits on a stool, Stanley stares at the door for a moment more than rolls his head to look at the Dolan, the Dolan stares down at the bar, putting his handkerchief away, neither of them speaking.
Stanley: Can you see the time (gesturing to the clocktower)?
Dolan: (leans back) no, I'm afraid.
Stanley: Have you got a watch?
Dolan (looks to wrist): No
(beat)
Dolan: you should get a clock
(beat)
Stanley: I'd need the money
Dolan: Well I'd like a drink
Stanley: Do you have money?
Dolan: Yes
Stanley: Are you going to run out on me?
Dolan: No
Stanley: Are you going to run away?
Dolan: No, I don't think so.
(beat)
Dolan: I'd like a Gin and Tonic
Stanley: I just bought this bottle
Dolan: then a double, and make one for yourself.
Stanley: I don't drink at work
Dolan: You should, its relaxing. Always loosens me up. I don't work anymore though, so now its just drinking
(beat)
Dolan: I have a daughter.
(beat, Stanley drinks his quickly)
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: She's pretty, and very sick.
Stanley: I know her.
Dolan: You do? A friend?
Stanley: We've talked.
Dolan: She's sick you know, and I don't have a job.
Stanley: That rough Dolan told me so.
Dolan: Luca, oh, but he's so simple.
Stanley: He simply drinks all my Gin.
Dolan: You have some now, though.
Stanley: It'll be gone tomorrow.
Dolan: But you know my daughter?
Stanley: I know that you think she's sick.
Dolan: She is, though, Dolany people think she is.
Stanley: Which people?
Dolan: Doctors mostly.
Stanley: My father was a doctor.
Dolan: Really?
Stanley: Brother is too, your daughter is going to his practice. He wouldn't mind if she was late coming in. He was always late. He was late to dinner every night. He was late to Father's funeral. He'll be late to his own.
Dolan: I'll let her know.
(beat)
Dolan: It's so cold.
(beat)
Dolan: Another.
(beat)
Stanley: I could help your daughter.
(beat)
Dolan: Do you have money?
Stanley: I have this place. I bought it with my own money.
Dolan: This whole place?
Stanley: With my own hard work, no one else’s.
Dolan: This place is nice. Nicer then where I usually drink. I like to be alone mostly.
Stanley: But that’s not good for your daughter. She needs someone.
Dolan: Are you a doctor?
Stanley: I’m a doctor’s son.
Dolan: Then you are close to the Dolan I need. You see she’s sick.
Stanley: I know.
Dolan: Only a Dolan who understands that can really do well. One who knows who is sick and who is healthy. I’m not a Dolan like that, I never was.
Stanley: and he is?
Dolan: Luca? No, he’s simple.
Stanley: I’m not simple.
Dolan: I like simple. I know simple.
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: It’s a fact. I know how he works, Luca, that is. I know how he works. And I can see how he’ll work in a few years, and how he’ll work after that. I know all that.
Stanley: And you don’t know me.
Dolan: We’ve just met.
Stanley: What do you think of me, as a Dolan?
Dolan: I think you’re a Dolan who wants to take something else from me. And I won’t have it.
(long pause)
Dolan: This drink is strong.
Stanley: I have a lot of gin.
Dolan: But not by tomorrow. (beat) Another.
(pause)
Stanley: She likes it here.
Dolan: I like it here too. Its cool, nice company.
(pause)
Dolan: My name is Dolan.
Stanley: Stanley.
(They shake hands)
Stanley(gesturing to the clocktower): Do you have the time?
Dolan: No, I’m afraid.
(beat)
Stanley: Last Call.
Scene Two
Scene: Stanley is behind the counter, late night, staring at open door as an older Dolan walks in, balding, blotting sweat off his head, looking as if to cover it up. The Dolan walks to the bar and sits on a stool, Stanley stares at the door for a moment more than rolls his head to look at the Dolan, the Dolan stares at Stanley, putting his handkerchief away, neither of them speaking.
Stanley: Do you have the time?
Dolan: No, I’m afraid.
Stanley: Still no watch.
Dolan: Still, no.
(beat)
Dolan: Gin and Tonic
(beat where Stanley makes the drink)
Dolan: Another new bottle.
Stanley: huh?
Dolan: That’s another new bottle.
Stanley: I drank the last one.
Dolan: I told you it was relaxing. Isn’t it relaxing. I’ve found it has the same release as most hobbies.
Stanley: It made me sick.
Dolan: Are you a Doctor?
Stanley: The brother of a Doctor.
Dolan: Then you aren’t making enough money to drink on the job.
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: How much do you make?
Stanley: I pay myself.
Dolan: how much?
Stanley: Not enough.
Dolan: And you think you can help my daughter.
(beat)
Dolan: Do you know how much I’ve paid?
(beat)
Dolan: Every time she goes down there, I pay. I pay quite a bit. I pay more than you make. Every time.
(beat)
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: It’s a fact.
(pause)
Dolan: I’m moving my daughter.
Stanley: Does she want to go?
Dolan: She isn’t better.
Stanley: Did she say that?
Dolan: Are you a doctor?
Stanley: No-
Dolan: Then you don’t get to say.
Stanley: And you do?
Dolan: I’m her father. I pay her bills. I make sure she is taken care of.
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: It’s a fact.
(Pause)
Dolan: Another. Make one for yourself.
Stanley: Should you spend your money like this?
Dolan: Its my money.
Stanley: I know
Dolan: Its not yours.
Stanley: Not yet.
Dolan: What?
Stanley: You have to pay.
(beat, they watch each other)
Dolan: You can’t take it.
Stanley: I know.
Dolan: I have to give it to you.
Stanley: I won’t take it.
Dolan: Good. Because I wouldn’t let you.
Stanley: I’m not a Dolan who steals.
(beat)
Dolan: I’m not so sure.
(Pause)
Stanley: Another?
Dolan: I don’t think so.
Stanley: You sure? On the house.
Dolan: I couldn’t stomach it.
(beat, Dolan looks at the bottle, takes it in his hands)
Dolan: Maybe I could take it…For later.
Stanley: It’s a big bottle.
Dolan: There isn’t much left.
Stanley: There’s quite a bit.
Dolan: But its on the house.
Stanley: That’s true.
Dolan: And you can’t take it from me.
Stanley: I wouldn’t.
Dolan: You wouldn’t?
(beat)
Dolan: I’ll keep it then. For the walk. It’s cold in here. This will keep me warm. It will keep me warm all the way back to my place.
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: It’s a fact.
(Dolan gets up and heads to the door).
Stanley: you haven’t paid.
(Dolan pauses)
Stanley: I said you haven’t paid.
Dolan: I know what you said.
Stanley: Will you pay?
Dolan: You can’t make me do anything.
Stanley: We’ve been over this.
Dolan: I’m still taking the bottle.
Stanley: I’ll stop serving you.
Dolan: I’ll still have the bottle.
Stanley: It’ll be the last thing you have.
(pause, Dolan looks at the bottle, then up at Stanley)
Dolan: Luca will pay. Tomorrow. I’ll give him something after he takes in my daughter. I just don’t have the cash. Nothing in my pockets.
Stanley: That so?
Dolan: I’m still taking the bottle.
(Pause, they take each other in for another moment and then Dolan leaves. Long moment where Stanley watches the door. He looks at the time at the clock hangning, then a great bang is heard and the bottle sails through a window, shattering everything. A moment where Stanley watches then gets up and begins to clean up the mess)
Scene Three
(Same as the other two scenes, but now Stanley watches him and Dolan watches Stanley)
Dolan: I’d like something to drink.
(beat)
Dolan: I said I’d like something to drink.
Stanley: Gin and tonic?
Dolan: That would be fine.
Stanley: We don’t have any gin.
Dolan: That’s a shame.
Stanley: We don’t have rum either.
Dolan: No kidding?
Stanley: Vodka?
Dolan: Yes?
Stanley: None of it. Not a drop.
Dolan: I see.
(pause)
Stanley: I could get you a water. Would you want one?
Dolan: I would.
Stanley: Water then?
Dolan: Yes, please.
(Stanley pours the water)
Dolan: Have you heard about my daughter?
Stanley: I have.
Dolan: They’ve lost my daughter.
Stanley: I said I’ve heard.
Dolan: It’s a shame. It’s a nerve racking thing, isn’t it? Doesn’t it eat you away inside?
Stanley: I can’t say.
Dolan: I think it does. I can feel it.
(beat)
Dolan: This water is warm.
Stanley: Its all we have.
Dolan: Nothing else you’re hiding for yourself?
Stanley: I’m not a selfish Dolan.
Dolan: Of course. But I do wish I had something else. This water isn’t enough.
(pause)
Stanley: I might have something.
Dolan: Really?
(Stanley bends down low and comes up with a bottle of clear liquor)
Dolan: What is it?
Stanley: Something strong. My brother gave it to me, for good health.
Dolan: I could use some. I feel cold, do you feel cold? I could use some.
(Stanley pours a very small amount into a glass and slides it to him.)
Dolan: This smells strong, like it could tear a Dolan apart.
Stanley: That’s why I don’t drink it.
Dolan: But I think I need it.
(He takes a swallow, and visibly winces, closing his eyes. It takes a beat for him to open them again.)
Stanley: How is it?
Dolan: Good, like I’m burning on the inside, like I’m on fire. I feel like a saint.
(beat)
Dolan: I’d like that whole bottle.
Stanley: I couldn’t
Dolan: I have the money. With my daughter gone I don’t have to worry about bills. I have the money right now.
Stanley: I really couldn’t.
(Dolan takes out a wad of money and lays it on the counter. Stanley looks at the money and then sweeps the money off the counter and into his lap. Stanley places the bottle on the counter)
Stanley: Take it.
Dolan: You sure?
Stanley: I mean it.
(beat, Dolan looks at the bottle)
Stanley: Take it.
Dolan: I’m not sure now, its so much.
Stanley: Its not so big. I’ll even help you out.
(Stanley takes out another glass and pours them each a drink. He raises his glass as if to toast. Dolan picks up his glass and they hold them together, looking at one another.)
Stanley: To your health.
Dolan: Yes.
Stanley: And to your daughter.
Dolan: Of course.
(Dolan drinks, but Stanley doesn’t. Dolan winces hard again, and then looks at the bottle.)
Stanley: Take it.
(Dolan wraps his arms around it, and sits for a moment)
Dolan: To my daughter.
(He gets up and goes to the daughter, pauses, then leaves. Stanley watches him go, then begins to head upstairs. The bottle sails through remaining window and does not break. Stanley goes through the last scene but at the end pours himself and Flo a drink from the bottle.)
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