Jump!

My one-page-play as mentioned in this thread.

JOHN and CHARLES are standing right on the edge of the stage, looking down, as if they are about to jump off a bridge.

JOHN: Jumping off a bridge seems so…final.

CHARLES: Suicide usually is. But we agreed we're both better off dead. Without her, neither of us have got anything to live for.

JOHN: Mmm. (PAUSE) What do you say to making this a bit more interesting?

CHARLES: How do you mean?

JOHN: You see that big jagged rock down there? The really big pointy one? I reckon I can splat closer to it than you do.

CHARLES: That's hardly a challenge. I reckon I can hit it dead on. Impale myself on it. I bet it will take the paramedics hours to scrape all of me back off it.

JOHN: You're on. Fifty quid?

CHARLES: OK.

They shake hands.

CHARLES: Right. See you in hell, loser.

CHARLES jumps off the stage. JOHN reacts to the mess made.

JOHN: Erm…you win. I'll just go to the cash machine for your fifty quid.

JOHN sidles off.

I like it. I can see how it's a one-page play rather than sketch too. Though you do have a traditional punchline. You couldn't help yourself, could you?

Dan

Given a couple more days notice to think about it, I'd have had only one person jump but the ending be a bit more dark.

But yes, on that short notice, punchline it was!

I think it will go down well.
The jumping off stage bit is very original, although it may contravene Health And Safety regulations.

Clever use of the stage, I liked it and feels like a play tonally.