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Cloning put on Stage
The Doctor is sitting on a chair in his waiting room. He pretends to be in front of a mirror and practises his anti-cloning statements.
The clone - your greatest rival ! His death is your survival !
He repeats it in different voices. He realises the audience is already there. He is surprised and clears his throat.
Doctor:
Welcome, dear audience. The
clone - your greatest rival ! His death is your survival
! You are probably wondering why I - as a scientist- am
fighting against cloning. Well, I was not always this
convinced. Actually I used to be a great supporter of
human cloning, especially because it supported my
income. Do you want to know how things came to change ?
Of course you do, otherwise you would not be here. Then
let me tell you. What you can see here is my waiting
room and one day three men met here and that was the
beginning of the end.
Exit
Mr Smith:
Immortality! Never-ending youth and health! Adoration!
Enter Mr Luke and Mr Duke.
Mr Duke:
That's my seat! You have no right to take it from me !
Mr Luke:
Shut up! Don't get on my nerves again !
Mr Duke walks up and down, mumbling in furiosity.
Duke:
You, always you! You treat me like I don't count, but I do. You try to change the way I look, the way I talk, the way I am. I'm not you and I'm not yours.
Luke:
You have to excuse my... clone. He is a creature of the devil. His only reason
to live is to ruin my life. It has always been this way since the day he came out
of that cow and started crying and didn't stop for the first two years.
Smith:
Oh... that's interesting... that really is your clone? When did you... decide to have him?
Luke:
20 years ago- the worst mistake of my whole life.
Smith:
How so? Just because he cried for two years? Isn't that a little bit exaggerated?
Luke:
Oh, it isn't just that. I wished to raise my second self, but it did not work out. I mean: look at him. He's nothing like me!
Smith:
But you look alike!
Luke & Dude stand next to each other presenting their front papers, then their back papers. Luke sits down, Duke keeps running.
Smith:
I don't understand. Look at this leaflet. They promise so many great things! What happened?
Duke:
He's ruining my life!
Luke:
YOU ARE RUINING MY LIFE !
Enter Doctor
Doctor:
What's going on out here? Oh, it's you again!
(Turns to leave, sees Mr Smith and says to him)
I'll be right with you, Sir.
Duke rushes to the Doctor and grabs his arm.
Duke:
How dare you try to run away from your responsibility ! You were the one who put me into this situation. I'd rather be dead than live an imprisoned life, his life !
Doctor:
CALM DOWN !
Luke and Duke sit down and are quiet.
Doctor:
I know about your problem. You've told me often enough. But fact is: Mr Luke himself asked me to do this. And before the decision was made he knew about all the advantages and disadvantages concerning cloning. And the advantages outnumbered the disadvantages. So do not blame me.
Smith:
It's here in the leaflet: What you gain from cloning is everlasting youth, the best mate you can have and a lot of fun with your genetic twin. Isn't it lovely to be with someone like yourself ?
Luke and Duke look at each other.
Luke
NO !!!
Luke:
It's not all that easy! I've tried to make him like me all his life, but he refuses to adapt !
Duke:
I did not refuse, at least not in the beginning. I really tried, but I can't deny who I am according to the time I grew up in.
Smith:
Maybe you will find your own identity once your genetic father is dead.
Duke:
Not a bad idea...
Luke:
What do you mean? Get away from me! ... Doctor, help!
Duke attacks Luke, they have a fight and eventually they strangle each other and sink to the
ground slowly. Both are dead. The Doctor and Smith are staring at them unbelievingly.
Without looking at each other they say:
Smith:
I don't think I want a clone any longer.
Doctor:
And I don't think I want to produce clones any longer.
Smith:
And I think we should warn all the others.
Doctor:
And I think we should start an anti-campaign.
They look at each other.
Doctor
THE CLONE : YOUR GREATEST RIVAL !
by Barbara, Mareike, Sylvia, Carolina
Luke Looks Like Duke - are They the Same?
A brief look at the characters:
Luke:
Genetic father of Duke, dissatisfied with his clone.
Duke:
Clone of Luke, dissatisfied with being a clone- wants his own life.
Mr Smith:
Client who wants to have himself cloned to make his dream of immortality come true.
Doctor:
Cloned Luke and Duke. He is now leader of an anti-cloning campaign.
Doctor:
(mumbling, dreamily)
Enter Mr Smith
He sits down and reads nervously in his cloning magazine.
Both try to sit on the same chair, they struggle. Mr Luke pushes Mr Duke away and sits down.
(to Smith)
(screaming)
(screaming)
(screams)
& Duke:
(looking very wickedly, frightening calmly)
& Smith:
HIS DEATH IS YOUR SURVIVAL !
