The Unwritten Letter
Supernatural, posted three weeks from now
- Supernatural
- Two-hander
- 3 min
- Female role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
7 lines- LE FACTEUR Male role, Adult
- ELLE Female role, Adult your role
Excerpt
(A doorstep. The postman holds out an envelope. The handwriting on it is hers.)
LE FACTEUR
Registered. Sign here.
ELLE
That’s my handwriting. On the envelope. And the postmark says… the postmark says three weeks from now.
LE FACTEUR
I know. I sometimes deliver early. Rarely this early. You’re a special case.
What you can do with it
Original text written for Acto. Read it, print it, work on it in class, perform it at an audition or on a self-tape: that is what it is for, and you need no permission. For a public performance or any commercial use, write to us at contact@acto.re.
In these selections
The same text, elsewhere
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The Viewing
Double-aspect living room, original parquet. The fireplace works, the previous owners had stopped using it. No, they hadn’t. In winter. The draught jams when the wind comes off the sea; you…
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The Night Shift
You’re early. Shift change is at four. I am always on time. It’s your clocks that hesitate.
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The Double
You wanted to see me. I almost didn’t come. You don’t have coffee with your own face. I know. It’s unsettling. Believe me, on my side too.