[The Adventures of Punch and the Libertine in the Countryside]
The character of Punch is one of the most common inhabitants of Bergman’s plays and prose from the 1940’s, including this fragment.
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About the text
The fragment is undated, so the year is an approximation. For the most part, it’s typical early 40’s Bergman, with one glaring exception: the gorgeous weather!
So this is where you’ve been skulking about, said Punch.
I was on my way to get – a thing. And you?
I was just passing by, as it so happens, said Punch.
Beautiful weather, anyway. Not a drop of rain, not in this heat. Look, even the asphalt is sweating. The ice cream sellers must be making millions!
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26 sheets ; 33 cm
Typewritten script with alterations 26 sheets + 1 handwritten page. Undated.