Word: boesmans
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...Talk to yourself," Boesman replies. "Your words are nonsense...
...Lena counts the bruises inflicted on her that morning by her unfeeling mate for something she did not do, she pleads with Boesman to talk to her and to explain where they have been and where they have going...
...incessant arguments between Boesman and Lena begin almost immediately. Alone and homeless, as in the past, they turn on one another in anger and despair. Some of the verbal attacks are faintly amusing but can inspire no more than a nervous laugh from the audience...
Desperate for a companion, Lena calls out to an old bum (Thomas Anderson) that she spots in the distance, the only other character in the performance. She calls him over to the fire, against Boesman's wishes. Even though the old man speaks only gibberish and doesn't understand what Lena is saying, she pretends that they understand one another...
...choosing to sleep next to the derelict under the open sky rather than in Boesman's makeshift shack, Lena gives up a bottle of liquor for permission to do so. Nevertheless, a drunk Boesman kicks and hits the old man as he sits slumped over and near death...