Saturday, March 18, 2017

Cuts and possible cuts


 
CUTS
Jim and Kate’s scene.
 
 
 
POLLY
Come on Annie, we only got ter get as far as the Brown Bear.
Coaxes
 
MAGGIE
Sing, sing something!
Extorts
 
ANNIE
Jesus bids us shine,
With a clear, pure light,
Like a little candle burning in the night;
In this world of darkness, we must shine,
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.
Jesus bids us shine, first of all for Him
Well He sees and knows it if our light grows dim;
He looks down from Heaven to see us shine
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.
Jesus bids us shine, then, for all around,
Many kinds of darkness in the world abound;
Sin and…
 
 
 
 
Annie is quite serious. The girls stop immediately.
The girls are horrified.
 
MAGGIE
Not that!
 
The girls join in.
 
BERT
Charlie, the gut girls is out.
Warns (HARRY& Jim exit in different coats and caps)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEN
Ere, Maggie, you ain’t looking fer a husband yet, are yer?
Wonders
 
MAGGIE
What’s it to you, anyway?
Bites back
 
LEN
We get some rough fellas in here. I don’t mind admitting it, but they fair put the wind up me, but with you here like beside me, I don’t think I’d ever feel frightened again.
Implores
 
MAGGIE
Oh, Len, you’re such a lump of lard.
Joshes She chunks him on the shoulder.
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAGGIE 
Don’t make me laugh wiv that plaything. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAGGIE
Annie, really, Try to remember you’re a young lady.
Mimic
 
POLLY
I dare you to try to her hat on.
Challenge
 
KATE
Call that a hat, looks more like a frozen cow turd.
Lady Helena walks around and shushes them as she walks.
Banter
 
 
Possible cuts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MAGGIE
You gotta watch him.  If he comes up behind you, just jab the broom right back inter his turkey gristle.  BEAT
To warn
To suggest
ANNIE
Do you get turkeys here?
Ask
KATE
How old are you?
Explore
ANNIE
Sixteen
 
KATE
Where ya been?
To investigate Annie looks down.
MAGGIE
Where do you live now?
To examine
 
 
 

 

 

POLLY
Ellen was in service, weren’t yer, Ellen?  Gave it up specially so as she could work here.
Profess
Jest
ANNIE
What happened to you then?
Question
ELLEN
I only lasted a day.
Confess
ANNIE
You must have done something terrible.
Exclaim
ELLEN
I was thirteen, and the boy was a year younger than me.  His mother was in the room, mind, she didn’t turn a hair.  He threw his shoes at me and said, “Clean these at one.”  I said, “Excuse me, Poppet, but may I suggest you shove ‘em up your……
Provide information
 
 
 
 
Maggie interrupts

 

 

KATE
What you on about, Harry?
Gril
lAnnie enters.
 
HARRY
That’s for me to know and you to find out. Laughs and in a high falsetto as he prances off.
Charmed to make your acquaintance sir.
Resolves
 

 

 

Possibly Jim and Harry’s scene.

7 comments:

  1. I think if we have all the girls sing at the end it will make more sense.

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  2. And if we dim the lights as they are singing then drop the chains as the lights go out

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  3. Make sure you react to every line but not anticipate it

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  4. Remember to follow lines quickly and act like it's the first time to ever say or do whatever you are doing.

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  5. As long as we comit this to memory, we will have a well-paced show that no longer has fear of running over time.

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  6. remember to have a reason to exit and enter and make your decisions more obvious

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  7. At the very beginning, Harry sounds like he's somewhat straining to get out those very important first notes. If he could loosen up and make his voice as deep and resonant as possible, this would greatly help the introductory scene

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