ACT ONE
Scene One, wait at B for entrance in scene two.
Enter
after -
“DR SMITH: Out! Out, out! This is not a shelter for vagrants! Out with you!”
Have LOG.
Walk around and talk with people and buy things, become silent
when OTIS speaks.
When BELL RINGS walk
to and exit from A2.
Scene Twelve, wait at D for entrance at the end of the scene.
(Melissa is playing on the harpsichord at waterside.)
Enter after –
“OTIS: Meshak! Get here before I brake your bones!”
Have CHAIRS and TRAY OF TEA ready.
Set chairs for the drawing room. Exit and get the tray of tea,
stand with tray until the scene ends, exit D.
Scene Twenty, wait at C2 for entrance in the middle of scene.
(Isobel and Melissa talk of the ball, Thomas enters)
Enter after –
“ISOBEL: Guests! Let’s go
and watch.”
Have TRAY OF CUPS.
Enter and stand with cups, let people take them from the tray.
When Miss Price and Mrs Lynch re-enter COLLECT
THE CUPS from the guests. Take them off at C2. Take CHAIRS OFF and
then stand until the dance. When music plays get ready for the DANCE and then go through it twice.
Once we are done exit A2. Wait until
Claymore and Miss Price go back inside and Mrs Lynch says: “Good evening, Sir.”
Enter A2 and stand until the scene
ends and then reset the CHAIRS for
the drawing room. Exit B.
Scene
Twenty-Nine, wait at B for
entrance at the end of the scene.
(Mellissa has her dream)
Enter after –
“MELLISSA: Alexander…”
No Props.
Enter and take chairs off at Mrs Lynch’s order. Exit B.
Scene
Thirty-Two, wait at B for
entrance at the end of the scene.
(Children playing and they find the skulls)
Enter after –
Mrs Milcote enters the
house.
Have SHOVEL AND CLOTH.
Enter and pick the boxes and up and take them off B. Do this until they are all gone.
Scene Thirty-Three, wait at A for entrance at the end of the scene.
(Mr Claymore speaks to the Ashbrook’s)
Enter after –
“CLAYMORE: …I’ll hang him anyway, confession or no confession.”
Have OTIS and NOOSE ready.
Pull Otis through the doors and hold him, after Otis says, “…Pay
me to do their dirty work!” Drag him off through the doors. Then put a bag on
Toby’s head and get the noose in position ready to be put around his neck.
ACT TWO
Scene Six, wait at B for entrance in the middle of the
scene.
(Aaron and Mr Ledbury walking around my house)
Enter after –
“THOMAS: Now then – ♫ In Gloucester docks, so I… ♫ Perhaps not.”
Have CUPS ready for
next scene.
Walk on and perform scene, remember the ‘MOMENT’ on the last line. Show other characters off A1.
Scene Seven, wait at A1 for entrance at the end of the
scene.
(Gaddarn talking to Toby)
Enter after –
“GADDARN: …Now get out there and serve. And smile, Toby Gaddarn.”
Have CUPS.
Enter and put the cups down, set the chair and then pour the
drinks. Hand one to Thomas and sit. Make sure the scene is alive and not too
slow. At the end of the scene replace the cups on the table and walk straight
into the scene in front of us. Clap along to Gaddarn’s toast, when it has
finished walk to the choir and share a LOOK
with Gaddarn. When Toby says “I don’t like surprises anymore” ensure you are
near Thomas. Move to the centre of the stage and go through lines after Toby
says, “I’m not allowed to speak to people.” After lines rejoin the crowds
‘chatting’, at the end of the scene exit C1.
Scene
Seventeen, Wait at B for
entrance at the end of the scene.
(Gaddarn puts girls in the passage)
Enter after –
“OTIS: Run, run, Toby
Gaddarn.”
No props.
Enter and look around the house. Make sure I have my back to D,
as each person enters hug etc. Share a significant LOOK with Melissa. At the end of the scene exit through B and RUN to A (The double
doors). Walk the length of the stage and do the Waterside scene with Melissa.
When Isobel enters follow her off through the double doors at A.
Scene
Twenty-One, wait at D for
entrance in the middle of the scene.
(Melissa talks to Thomas about the whereabouts of Aaron.)
Enter after –
“THOMAS: Are you alright,
Melissa?”
No props.
Enter frantically and turn to Mellissa. Share a MOMENT, turn in to the next scene as
people enter from B. Be sure to use the space and keep moving. Play scene, at
the end move and kneel in front of Melissa and take her hand. Exit through B.
Scene
Twenty-Four, wait at C1 for
entrance at the end of the scene.
(Mrs Lynch tells Otis that he has been found out)
Enter after –
‘When TOBY gets to the middle
of the stage’
No props.
Run to the middle and do the scene, follow Toby off C2, when others enter and are a quarter
of the way across the stage run on and meet them in the middle from C2. Say lines and lunge for Aaron and
fight Otis, go to Aaron and then see Thomas take a knife for you and as you
tend to him take a blow to the head. Come round after Otis says, “You mad
bitch, I hope you rot in hell.” Exit B.
Scene
Twenty-Seven, wait at C2 for
entrance at the end of the scene.
(Meshak jumps of the ship.)
Enter after –
“ANGEL: Come now, Meshak. Come
to me.”
No props.
Enter and take the bench
with Peter to the middle of the stage, place it at a slight diagonal. Then pace
in front of A. Do lines with Melissa and go to the choir, get stopped and
turned. Have loving moments with Aaron and hug him, Melissa and Toby. When
Aaron asks to let him go, do so and follow him. Count the choir in, black out.
