TICKETS PLEASE
(SCIENCE STUDENTS VERSUS ARTS STUDENTS)
A PLAY BY JUAN FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ
ONLY ONE SCENE: 7 MINS
FIVE FRIENDS GET TOGETHER AND START BRAWLING ABOUT THEIR STUDIES. THEY HAPPENED TO BE FOUR SCIENCE STUDENTS AND ONE ARTS STUDENT.
STUDENT A
STUDENT B
STUDENT C
STUDENT D
ARTS STUDENT (LATER ON, OTHER THREE ARTS STUDENTS).
STUDENT A: - ONLY SCIENCE STUDENTS ARE INTELLIGENT
ARTS STUDENT: - WHY DO YOU SAY SO?
STUDENT B: - IT’S OBVIOUS: THEY GET BETTER MARKS.
ARTS STUDENT: - BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE SUBJECT. FOR INSTANCE YOU CAN’T OVERSHADOW AN ART STUDENTS IN COMPOSITIONS…
STUDENT C: - WELL, BUT YOU ARE USELESS IN MATHS AND SCIENCE SUBJECTS…
ARTS STUDENT: - THATS MEANS THAT WE ARE GOOD AT PRACTICAL THINGS AND HUMAN RELATIONS…
STUDENT D: - YES BUT IT DOESN’T PAY: SALARIES OF SCIENCE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS HIGHER THAN THOSE OF ARTS PEOPLE…
ARTS STUDENT: - NOT IN EVERY CASE. BESIDES, ARTS PEOPLE ENJOY LIFE MUCH MORE THAN SCIENCE PEOPLE. THEY ARE STREET WISE. THEY UNDERSTAND MAN BETTER.
STUDENT A: - IF IT WERE FOR YOU, MANKIND WOULD STILL BE PAINTING WALLS OF CAVES.
ARTS STUDENT: - WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
STUDENT B: - PROGRESS COMES FROM SCIENCE…
STUDENT A: - BESIDES, YOU DON’T HOW THINGS WORK NOR THE REASONS FOR THE EVENTS TO HAPPEN.
ARTS STUDENT: - I DON’T THINK YOU CAN PROBE THAT YOU’RE MORE INTELLIGENT.
STUDENT B: - OKAY. SCIENCE BOYS LET US MEET. WE´LL BE BACK IN A SECOND
THE FOUR SCIENCE STUDENTS TALK PRIVATELY IN LOW VOICES…
STUDENT C: - OKAY: FOUR OF US CAN TRAVEL BY TRAIN WITH JUST ONE TICKET.
ARTS STUDENT: - THAT’S REMARKABLE… HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
STUDENT D: -WELL WE FOUR ENTER THE TOILET AND…
STUDENT A: - SILENCE! DON’T GIVE HIM ANY CLUE…
ARTS STUDENT: - WELL. I CAN PROBE TO YOU THAT ARTS STUDENTS ARE SMARTER.
STUDENT B: - HA! NO WAY! HOW WILL YOU DO THAT?
ARTS STUDENT: - I WON’T GIVE YOU ANY CLUE EITHER: JUST I’LL TELL YOU THAT I WILL CALL SOME OTHER THREE ARTS STUDENTS AND WE WILL TRAVEL IN THE TRAIN WITHOUT BUYING ANY TICKET…
STUDENT C: - BUT THAT’S