The Fantendo of the Opera/Scene 1

ACT 1
Scene 1
REHEARSALS FOR "Ultimate End:The Musical!" BY JAMES SHROOMICUS McTOAD III
(We have reached the great choral scene in
which Hiro parts forever from Sauron. HIRO is FLAME;
SAURON, is KARMA. The two leading DANCERS are played by HEART and
TULIP NOOK. PASHIE is the ballet
mistress. SHROOMY and INDI555, the recent aquirerers of the theatre are in charge.
We join the opera towards the end of Sauron's
(Karma's) great aria. She looking at Hiro as she bleeds from a wound in her chest.
Kama: Maestro.
(The introduction is played on the piano)
Karma
Think of me,
think of me fondly,
when we've said
goodbye.
Remember me
once in a while -
please promise me
you'll try.
When you find
that, once
again, you long
to take your heart . . .
(As Karma is singing a backdrop crashes to the
floor cutting her off from half the cast)
Heart/Ballet Girls/Chorus
He's here:
the Phantom of the Opera . . .
He is with us . . .
It's the ghost . . .
Clyde (looking up, furiously)
You idiots!
(He rushes over to Karma)
Karma? Karma? Are you hurt?
Shroomy
Karma! Are you all right? Bukoop!
Where is Bukoop?
Clyde
Is no one concerned for our prima donna?
Indi
Get that man down here !
(to Shroomy)
Chief of the flies. He's responsible for this.
(The drop is raised high enough to reveal upstage an old
stagehand, Bukoop, holding a length of rope,
which looks almost like a noose)
Shroomy
Bukoop! For the Fan's sake, man, what's going on up there?
Bukoop
Please sir. don't look at me:
as God's my witness,
I was not at my post.
Please sir, there's no one there:
and if there is, well
then, it must be a ghost . . .
Heart (looking up)
He's there; the Phantom of the Opera ...
Indi
Good heavens!
Will you show a little courtesy?
Shroomy (to Heart and the OTHERS)
Everyone, please!
Indi (to Karma)
These things do happen.
Karma
These things do happen! Well, until you stop these
things happening, this thing does not happen!
Clyde! Come!
(Clyde dutifully fetches her furs from the wings)
Clyde
Amateurs !
Indi
Karma will be back.
Pashie
You think so, sirs? I have a message, sir, from the
Opera Ghost.
(The GIRLS twitter and twirl in fear)
Shroomy
By the Fan, you're all obsessed!
Pashie
He merely welcomes you to his opera house and
commands you to continue to leave Box Five empty for
his use and reminds you that his salary is due.
Indi
His salary?
Pashie
He expects at least 1000 Fantendollars a month from the managers.
Indi (to Shroomy)
This is mad! They expect us to pay a fake specter!
Indi
But who will sing Karma's role?
Heart Tulip Nook could sing it, sir.
Shroomy
The chorus girl ?
Heart (to Shroomy)
She's been taking lessons from a great teacher
Indi
From whom ?
Tulip (uneasily)
I don't know, sir . . .
Shroomy
Oh, not you as well!
(turning to Indi)
Can you believe it? A full house - and we have to cancel !
Pashie
Let her sing for you, sir. She has been well taught.
Indi (after a pause)
From the beginning of the aria then, ms.
Tulip:
Think of me
think of me fondly,
when we've said goodbye.
Remember me
once in a while -
please promise me
you'll try.
Shroomy
Indi, this is doing nothing for my nerves.
Indi
Don't fret, Shroomy.
Tulip:
When you find
that, once
again, you long
to take your heart back
and be free -
if you
ever find
a moment,
spare a thought
for me
(Transformation to the Gala. Tulip is
revealed in full costume)
We never said
our love
was evergreen,
or as unchanging
as the sea -
but if
you can still
remember
stop and think
of me . . .
Think of all the things
we've shared and seen -
don't think about the things
which might have been . . .
Think of me,
think of me waking,
silent and
resigned.
Imagine me,
trying too hard
to put you
from my mind.
Recall those days
look back
on all those times,
think of the things
we'll never do -
there will
never be
a day, when
I won't think
of you . .
(Applause, bravos. Prominent among the bravos, those
of the young YoshiEgg Nook in the manager's box)
YE: Yup? (Meaning "can that be Tulip!")
(he raises his opera-glasses)
Yup! (Meaning "It is!")
(lowering his opera-glasses)
Tulip:
We never said
our love
was evergreen,
or as unchanging
as the sea -
but please
promise me,
that sometimes
you will think
of me!
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