Eliza: And I’ll see you wiv the other girls when I come to teach my weekly lesson. Olivia: What is it you Eliza? Eliza: Elocution and English Language, like wot is spoke by our own dear Queen. Must be off. Got a living to make. ‘Bye, Olivia. Olivia: Goodbye, Eliza. Eliza: ‘Bye, Mrs. D. Mrs. D: ‘Bye, Eliza. Eliza: ‘Bye, girls. Girls: ‘Bye, Eliza. (Eliza exits.) Mrs. D: Well, girls, let’s make our latest arrival feel at home. Make friends with her, and tell her what we do here. (The cluster round Olivia.) GIRL 2: We get up about seven. Those of us who sleep here. GIRL 3: We have milk and bread and jam for breakfast. GIRL 4: Then we have a couple of of lessons. GIRL 1: Reading, writing, arithmetic. GIRL 2: History, geography. Olivia: And elocution and English Language? girl 1: Like wot is spoke by our own dear Queen. (All Girl 3: Then there are useful skills, like housework. girl 4: And cooking. girl 1: And knitting and sewing. Olivia: Oh, not sewing – I’m useless at it. girl 2: What are you good at, Olivia? Olivia: Singing. girl 3: Well, that’s a new one. We don’t learn that here. girl 4: Perhaps you teach us. Olivia: I’d love to. Mrs. D: Alright, stop your chattering, while I have a few words with our new pupil. Well, Olivia, what do you think? Olivia: It’s lovely. I’m going to enjoy it here. But how do you do it? It must cost
(All (Enter Holmes & Watson.) Holmes: Ah, there you are, Annie. Mr. Holmes, Doctor Watson. Any news? Watson: We have indeed. Holmes: Annie, it seems that ten years ago you were a passenger in a train crash outside Manchester. Oh, no! So that’s what my flashback was! Watson: We also found a clue in a handbag in a police station in the area. A birth certificate of a baby… (Before Holmes can finish enter Dodger, Fagin, Olivia (and the actor playing The Judge, if not Fagin). Also, from a different entrance, some of the Crowd appear. As Dodger, Fagin (+ other Judge actor) & Olivia get centre, applause breaks out, to which they bow & curtsey.) Dodger: Thank you, thank you. I deserve it. (Enter George Bernard Shaw.) GBS: A triumph, an absolute triumph. I haven’t enjoyed an evening so much in ages. Why, hello, Eliza. I see your little companion has become a star. Always knew she would. Olivia, give us a song. Olivia: Oh, I couldn’t. Queenie: Go on, dearie. (The Flower-Sellers encourage her.) Olivia: All right. It’s a little tune, and I don’t know all the words, but I’ll “La” those I don’t. Olivia: (Sings, unaccompanied.) If there’s a star to wish upon Annie: (Getting up, sings, unaccompanied.) I wish the best for you. (Olivia stops, puzzled.) Olivia: How did you know that? Annie: How did you know it? Olivia: It’s something I’ve known all my life, but no-one else does.
Life is a if you’re slick And you’re quick You’ll stay alive. That’s life! You need some luck, If you’re stuck, You must duck And you must dive. That’s life! Living on the edge of a knife, That’s life! That’s life! Girls: That’s life! That’s life! You’ve got to have a plan. For life. Yes, life Will do you down if it can. In life, in life, The winner takes all. Grab it, or you’re Heading for a fall. That’s life! That’s life! Mrs. D: Got to get a grip on it, or you’ll trip and slip on it. All: That’s life! That’s life! 11: Olivia: If you’ve got cash, why go and hoard it? Give us a coin, you can afford it. There is nothing quite like the charity rag. Burning an ‘ole, there in your pocket, of the good if you unlock it. Then you can be part of the charity rag. Charlotte: Dragged from reluctant wallets, You may think it’s like stealing. But is nothing like That very special warm-hearted feeling Olivia: When you have helped someone who’s needy. You’ll feel so good. Emily: O, yes, indeed-y! Then you can enjoy the charity rag!