It Can Be Too Late
Characters:
Father Mother
Son /He Wife
Teacher Students
Doctor
Act I
(The son is discussing with his father at their home)
Son: You don´t understand!
Father: You are the one who doesn´t understand. In fact, you don´t know anything!
Son: You always want to be right!
Father: You don´t care what I think or what I say.
Son: You never listen to me… I definitely can´t talk to you.
Father: Ha, ha, ha … now it´s all my fault… well, if you don´t like it, then leave! … the door is wide open! But, if you get out of that door, don´t ever come back!
Son: Perfect, it´s fine with me.
Father: I don´t want to listen to you, you don´t understand.
Son: I am leaving right now!
(Both angrily get out of stage. Each one goes on different way).
Act II
(Five years later. The setting is in a classroom at the university)
Teacher: Good afternoon. How is everybody?
Class: Good afternoon.
Teacher: Well… you know that I normally don´t like to assign homework for the weekend, but since next week I will not be able to attend class… I will give you a special assignment. You should look for or try to find someone you love, and tell that person that you love him or her. Remember… that person has to be someone you haven´t told you love him or her in a very long time.
Class: That´s easy!
Teacher: See you next week.
(The teacher and the students leave the classroom.)
Act III
(The setting is at the son´s home. He is in the dining room drinking a cup of coffee, while his wife arrives).
Wife: What´s wrong?
He: It´s just that the teacher gave us a special assignment.
Wife: What is it about?
He: We have to tell someone that we love him or her… but it has to be someone we haven´t seen in a long time.
Wife: And what is the problem? It doesn´t seem difficult.
He: It´s just that… it´s so personal… and then I thought that I know who I should need to tell that I love him.
Wife: It´s your father… right?
He: Yes… and do you know what?… I have decided to visit him tomorrow, and I will tell him that I love him.
(His wife stands up and hugs him. He cries)..
Act IV
(Next day he arrives to his parent´s home. His mother greets him.)
Mother: Son! (hugs him and cries)
Son: What´s wrong?
Mother: It´s your father. He´s at the hospital… he is very sick.
Son: Let´s go to the hospital!
(Both get out of stage)..
Act V
(At the hospital. Before they enter the room, they talk to a doctor).
Mother: Doctor, I am Mr. Gail´s wife, they brought him here about two hours ago.
Son: I am his son… please, tell us how he is.
Doctor: To tell you the truth, he is in a very serious condition. He suffered a heart attack.
Son: Can we see him?
Doctor: Just for a few minutes, and only one person is allowed to go in.
Son: You go see him, mother. I´ll wait here.
(His mother goes inside the room to see her husband. Her son stays in the waiting room and starts to cry.)
Son: Please God. Save my father, I don´t want him to die… please… give me an opportunity to tell him how much I love him, please.
(At that moment his mother comes out of the room, and tells him that his father just died. He hugs her and both cry.)
Act VI
(He is at his house in the dining room. He is reading a letter in silence.. The audience hears the voice of his father.)
To My Dear Son:
I don´t know where I will be when you receive this letter. You are my son, and I have always loved you. I am really sorry that our relationship was not very good. But that belongs to the past. Please forgive my mistakes, being a father is not an easy task. Forgive me for not trying to talk to you, and instead of that, I wrote you this letter. But, please understand that I didn´t have the courage to tell you how I feel. I never told you this before, but dear son… I love you.
Just remember… I never wanted to make you suffer.
Sincerely
Your Father
(He folds the letter and says)
Son: Oh, dad… It´s so sad… all these years I let go by… our pride was stronger than our love for each other. I promise you, dad, that I will not let this happen to my son… I will always tell him that I love him. I love you dad…
The End
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