Skat
[Errant troupe member Jonas Skat, after escaping his amour Lisa and her angry husband Plog, hides in a tree; Death appears and begins to saw the tree]
Hey, you scurvy knave, what are you up to?
Skat
[Death continues to saw without responding]
You might at least answer. Who are you?
Death
I'm felling your tree. Your time is up.
Skat
You can't. I haven't time.
Death
Huh. You haven't time?
Skat
No. I have my performance!
Death
Cancelled, owing to Death.
Skat
My contract?
Death
Annulled.
Skat
My family…
Death
For shame, Skat!
Skat
Yes, I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. [pauses] Is there no exemption for actors?
Death
Not in your case.
Skat
No loopholes?
