(GK: Garrison Keillor, SS: Sue Scott, TK: Tom Keith, TR: Tim Russell, RD: Rich Dworsky)
Coming up later on many of these public radio stations, a new production of "Abbott and Othello" - (MOUTH TRUMPETS)
TR: Who is in yon tower, my Queen?
SS: Who is not in yon tower, m'lord.
Who is guarding the moat.
What is in yon tower,
And I Know Not is at the catapult.
TR: You Know Not who is in yon tower?
SS: What is in yon tower.
I Know Not is at the catapult.
TR: And what sayeth thou his name to be?
SS: Who?
TR: The man in yon tower.
SS: What.
TR: The tower guard.
SS: What is in yon tower.
GK: Abbott and Othello ... a play about the power of language to drive men mad.
TR: Why dost thou seek to drive me from my senses?
What say'st thou? I know not!
SS: Nay, my lord, I know not is at the catapult.
What is in yon tower.
TR: I ask you one last time, my queen: what is the name of the man at the catapult?
SS: No, I Know Not, m'lord. What is in yon tower?
TR: Then who is at the moat?
SS: Exactly right, m'lord. (TR CRY OF RAGE, SS STRANGLING SOUND)
GK: Abbott and Othello, coming up later on many of these stations. Not recommended for children under ten. (MOUTH TRUMPETS)
(idea contributed by Dan Fiorella)
(c) 1999 by Garrison Keillor