The Night Bus
Supernatural, it’s always free
- Supernatural
- Two-hander
- 3 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
9 lines- LE PASSAGER Male role, Adult your role
- LE CHAUFFEUR Male role, Senior
Excerpt
(A night bus, almost empty. A passenger gets on; the driver doesn’t ask for a ticket.)
LE PASSAGER
Good evening. A ticket, please. …How much?
LE CHAUFFEUR
For you, it’s free. It’s always free, this line.
LE PASSAGER
Ah. Kind of you. I’m going to the last stop. Heading home. My wife must be worried, with that crash on the main road, earlier.
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