Sure Thing By David Ives
“Sure thing” is a one act play written by by David Ives in a collection of six acts “All in the timing”. All in the timing has been written by the American playwright between 1987 and 1993. The play consist in a small talk dialogue between a man who will use every approach and a woman who will try all kind of different answers. David Ives choose to focus on the wordplay and the existentialist perspectives on life and meaning. The play lenght length brief and it last only 15 minutes. The story take place in a cafe were a man named “Billy” approach a woman named “Betty” and ask her “Is this chair taken”. Betty reply “Yes it is”. Then the bell ring and the man repeat his question and the woman reply “No but I am expecting somebody in a minute”.