Senior Recital Words
Senior Recital Words
Senior Recital Words
GEORGE: Oh, Im sorry. I dont know how I got in here.(Pauses, smiles uncomfortably at the
audience) Maybe someone else will come out in a minute. (Pause) Of course, sometimes people
have soliloquies in Shakespeare. Lets just wait a moment more and maybe someone will come.
(The lights change suddenly to a dim spot center stage. George is not standing in the spot.) Oh
dear. (He moves awkwardly to the spot, decides to do his best.) To be or not to be, that is the
question. (Doesnt know anymore.) Oh maid! Line. Line! Ohhhh..Oh, what a rogue and
peasant slave am I. Whether tis nobler in the minds eye to kill oneself, or not killing oneself, to
sleep a great deal. We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our lives are rounded by a little
sleep. George moves into it.) Uh,thrift , thrift, Horatio. Neither a borrower or a lender be. There
is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Extraordinary how potent cheap music can be.
Out, out damn spot! I come to wive it wealthily in Padua- if wealthily then happily in Padua.
(sings) Brush up your Shakespeare- start quoting him now! Da da da George moves into it.)I
wonder whose yacht that is! How was China? Very large, China. How was Japan? Very small,
Japan. I pledge allegience to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for
which is stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Line. Line!
Oh my God. Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee and I detest the loss of
heaven and the pains of hell. But most of all because they offend thee, my God, who art loving
and deserving of all my love. I swear to confess my sins, do penance and amend my life, Amen.
(friendly) That's the act of contrition Catholic schoolchildren say in confession to be forgiven
their sins. Catholic adults say it as well, I imagine... I don't know any Catholic adults. Line!
(Explaining) When you call for a line, the stage manager normally gives you your next line to
refresh your memory. Line! The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth like a gentle rain
upon the place below when we have shuffled off this mortal coil. Alas, Poor Yorick- I knew him
well. Get thee to a nunnery- Line!- Nunnery. As a child I was taught by nuns and then in high
school by Benedictine priests. I really rather liked the nuns. They were sort of warm but they
were also fairly crazy too. Line. I liked the priests also...the school was on the grounds of the
monastery and my junior and senior years I spent a few weekends joining in the daily routine of
the monastery: prayers then breakfast then prayers then lunch then prayers then supper then
prayers then sleep. I found the predictability quite attractive. And the food was good. I was going
to join the monastery after high school but they said I was too young and should wait. And then I
just stopped believing in all those things, so I never did join the monastery. I became an
accountant. I studied logarithms and cosine and tangent... (Irritated) Line!(Apologetic) I'm sorry.
This is supposed to be Hamlet or Private Lives or something and I keep rattling on like a maniac-
I really do apologize. I just don't recall attending a single rehearsal. I don't know what I was
doing. And also you came here to see Edwin Booth and you get me. I really am very
embarrassed. Sorry. Line! (Singing) A, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l , m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t...Its a far far
better thing I do then I have ever done before... Its a far far better place I go to than I have ever
been before. Get thee to a nunnery!
Here I Am
Ulla:
Bialystok n Bloom? Gut tag pa dig
Leo:
What?
Ulla:
Oh, excuse me. Ay bane Svenska- Svedish. Casting today?
Leo:
Casting? Casting? Oh, no, no, no miss, were not casting, we wont be casting for as least
another few
Max:
Casting! Casting! Yes, we just started casting today!
Leo:
Were casting?
Max:
Were casting. Whats your name, my dear?
Ulla:
My name is Ulla Inga Hansen Bensen Yonsen Tallen-Hallen Svaden-Svanson.
Max:
Wait! Whats your first name?
Ulla:
That vas my first name. You wanna hear my last name?
Max:
We dont have time. Well call you Ulla. What do you do, Ulla?
Ulla:
Ulla sing and dance. You cant Ulla make audition?
Leo:
No, no, miss, that wont be
Max:
Yes, make audition, make audition. Make audition all over the office.
Leo:
All right, make audition.
Ulla:
Picture. Resume.
Leo:
What are your going to sing?
Ulla:
Vell, yesterday, even I vas stepping out of a big white Rolls Royce limo, a crazy person yelled
something out a vindow that inspired me to write this song.
Ulla:
Okey-dokey. You like it?
Max:
Like it? I want you to know, my dear, that even though were sitting down, were giving you a
standing ovation
Ulla:
Ohh! Ohh! Ohh!
Leo:
Huh? Wait a minute. We dont even know if theres a part for her in the show.
Max:
There is always a part in the show for the producers girlfriend. Offer her the job.
Leo:
All right, if yo say so. Just a moment, miss, we might have a position for you.
Max:
As a matter of fact, we might have several position for you.
Leo:
Until the show gets going we can offer you a job as a secretary-slash-receptionish.
Ulla:
Secretary-slash-receptionish? Okey-slash-dokey. Ay can do it. Answer telephone. Bialystock and
Bloom, Bialystock and Bloom.
Max:
Smart as a whip. Youre hired!
Ulla:
Ooh!
Leo:
Well, all rightIf he says so. Secretary-slash-receptionish, and maybe you could tidy up around
here a little bit.
Ulla:
Tidy up? Tidy up? Such a funny word. What means tidy up?
Leo:
Uh, you know, clean
Max:
Make look nice.
Ulla:
Oh, ja. Ulla can make tidy up.
Leo:
Good. What time can you be here in the morning?
Ulla:
VellUlla vake up every morning at five a.m. From five to seven, Ulla like to exercise. From
seven to eight, Ulla like to take long shower. From eight to nine, Ulla like to have big Swedish
breakfast, many different herrings. From nine to eleven, Ulla like to practice her singing and
dancing. And at eleven, Ulla like to have sex. What time should I get here?
Ulla:
Gut. Ulla come at eleven. Gut tag pa dig.
Ulla:
Gut ta pa dig.
Ulla:
God bless America.
Max:
God bless Sweden!
Clyde:
I was holding up a grocery store. Easy money, in and out. He had his gun right on me.
Bonnie:
What happened, Clyde?
Clyde:
It was him or me, sweetheart.
Bonnie:
I gotta get out now while I still can
While I'm still in the clear
The dream is done it's over now
Gotta get me outta here
Clyde:
Don't say that we're both in shock
We need to think this through
It ain't my fault I had no choice
Nothing I could do
Bonnie:
With that bullet you shot him and you shot me
Clyde how stupid can you be?
Clyde:
It's too late to turn the clock back
I would do it if I could
We can talk bout this forever
But it still won't do no good
I wouldn't hurt you for the world babe
But we'll get through this somehow
Bonnie:
I'll get through this cause I'm leaving
Not too late to turn back now
Thought I'd sign with MGM
I won't see that dream die
Clyde:
I don't give a damn bout MGM
And don't you say goodbye
How can you think of leaving
Get those thoughts out of your head
You ain't going nowhere
Bonnie:
Clyde I meant what I said
Clyde:
You come here right now show me that Bonnie smile
Babe I need to see that smile
It's too late to say I'm sorry
It's too late for all of that
We cannot change what has happened
Let's face what we're looking at
You got every right to be mad
But let's move on anyhow
We were born to be together
It's too late to turn back...
Bonnie:
My mistake is loving you
Even if I walked away
My heart won't let me get far
I would die without you Clyde
Clyde:
I would die without you babe
Both:
And now look how alive we are
It's too late to turn the clock back
It's too late for all of that
It's too late to beg forgiveness
Let's face what we're looking at
Bonnie:
I knew I would make the headlines
But I wasn't sure just how
Both:
Feel our journey has just started
Clyde:
It's too late to turn back now
Bonnie:
It's too late to turn back now
Clyde:
It's too late to turn back now
Bonnie:
It's too late to turn back now
Both:
It's too late to turn back now
Believe In Me
Look at me! Not the dress, not the hair, just look at me.
Who am I?
A girl you hardly know.
And though we met just once
Not very long ago.
In you, I found not just a fantasy,
But someone to believe in me.
I once was told,
No matter how I tried,
A prince would never love
The girl I was inside.
I simply believed what my eyes could see
And I forgot to believe in me.
Is a princess really different from a peasant girl?
When our hearts break, we shed the same tears.
Does anyone deserve less than a chance at happiness
When we all share the same hopes and fears?
I used to dream
And wish with all my heart.
Id find my one true love
And make a brand new start.
I spent my life
Hoping someday my dreams would set me free,
But now I am learning the true reality
That I can wish, hope and dream,
But its never meant to be
Unless I believe in me
Act 2
Gimme Gimme
The Tempest
Miranda:
Alas, now, pray you,
Work not so hard: I would the lightning had
Burnt up those logs that you are enjoin'd to pile!
Pray, set it down and rest you: when tis done,
'Twill weep for having wearied you. My father
Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself;
He's safe for these three hours.
Ferdinand:
O most dear mistress,
The sun will set before I shall discharge
What I must strive to do.
Miranda:
If you'll sit down,
I'll bear your logs the while: pray, give me that;
I'll carry it to the pile.
Ferdinand:
No, precious creature;
I had rather crack my sinews, break my back,
Than you should such dishonour undergo,
While I sit lazy by.
Miranda:
It would become me
As well as it does you: and I should do it
With much more ease; for my good will is to it,
And yours it is against.
You look wearily.
Ferdinand:
No, noble mistress;'tis fresh morning with me
When you are by at night. I do beseech you--
Chiefly that I might set it in my prayers--
What is your name?
Miranda:
Miranda.--O my father,
I have broke your hest to say so!
Ferdinand:
Admired Miranda!
Indeed the top of admiration! worth
What's dearest to the world! Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard and many a time
The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear: for several virtues
Have I liked several women; never any
With so fun soul, but some defect in her
Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed
And put it to the foil: but you, O you,
So perfect and so peerless, are created
Of every creature's best!
Miranda:
I do not know
One of my sex; no woman's face remember,
Save, from my glass, mine own; nor have I seen
More that I may call men than you, good friend,
And my dear father: how features are abroad,
I am skilless of; but, by my modesty,
The jewel in my dower, I would not wish
Any companion in the world but you,
Nor can imagination form a shape,
Besides yourself, to like of. But I prattle
Something too wildly and my father's precepts
I therein do forget.
Ferdinand:
I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;
I would, not so!--and would no more endure
This wooden slavery than to suffer
The flesh-fly blow my mouth. Hear my soul speak:
The very instant that I saw you, did
My heart fly to your service; there resides,
To make me slave to it; and for your sake
Am I this patient log--man.
Miranda:
Do you love me?
Ferdinand:
O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound
And crown what I profess with kind event
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world
Do love, prize, honour you.
Miranda:
I am a fool
To weep at what I am glad of.
Ferdinand:
Wherefore weep you?
Miranda:
At mine unworthiness that dare not offer
What I desire to give, and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
I am your wife, if you will marry me;
If not, I'll die your maid: to be your fellow
You may deny me; but I'll be your servant,
Whether you will or no.
Ferdinand:
My mistress, dearest;
And I thus humble ever.
Miranda:
My husband, then?
Ferdinand:
Ay, with a heart as willing
As bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand.
Miranda:
And mine, with my heart in't; and now farewell
Till half an hour hence.
Ferdinand:
A thousand thousand!
Lily:
How could I know I would have to leave you?
How could I know I would hurt you so?
You were the one I was born to love!
Oh, how could I ever know?
How could I ever know?
How can I say to go on without me?
How, when I know you still need me so?
How can I say not to dream about me?
How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?
Forgive me.
Can you forgive me
And hold me in your heart,
And find some new way to love me
Now that we're apart?
How could I know I would never hold you?
Never again in this world, but oh,
Sure as you breathe, I am there inside you,
How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?
Archibald:
How can I hope to go on without you?
How can I know where you'd have me go?
How can I bear not to dream about you?
Oh, how can I let you go?
Lily:
How could I ever know?
Archibald:
All I need...
Lily:
Is there in the garden!
Archibald:
All I would ask...
Lily:
Is care for the child of our love!
Come, go with me, safe I will keep you.
Archibald:
Where you would lead me,
There I would,
Lily:
There I would, there we would,
Both:
There we will go.
Oh! How could I know?
Tell me how could I know?
Never to know you would ever leave me!
How could we know?
Both:
How could I ever know?
As You Like It
Excuse me, are you the registry consultant? Well, I'm here to register! For gifts. I'm very
excited. When is the happy event? There isn't one. I'm not getting married. I'll probably never
get married. Yes, I know that you only register brides. Frankly, I find that a little discriminatory.
I'm here to register and I really don't want any hassle. No, nodon't get the manager. It's just
that yesterday while I was attaching tiny silver bells to a spice rack for my friends, this voice
inside my head started screaming at me. It said, "Schmuck! Why do you keep buying presents
for people who have found everything they want?" Isn't it enough that they fell in love? They've
already won the sweepstakes, why do they need door prizes? Now then, I need things. I need
matching luggage. Candlesticks! Put me down for two pairs! Come on, just do it! I know I'm
single. I confront that fact every day of my life. You want to know when the special event is? A
week from Saturday. I'm throwing a shower to announce a life of singlehood, and the beauty is I
won't have to return anything if it doesn't work out!
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Let's...suppose I'm in a clothes shop! I'm in a clothes shop and I've chosen a wonderful cashmere
Nicole Farhi coat. Okay? Okay, so imagine I'm standing in the checkout queue, minding my own
business, when a sales assistant comes up to me and says, "Why not buy this other coat instead?
It's better quality-and I'll throw in a free bottle of perfume." I've got no reason to distrust the
sales assistant, so I think, wonderful, and I buy the other coat. But when I get outside, I discover
that this other coat isn't Nicole Farhi and isn't real cashmere. I go back in-and the shop won't give
me a refund. I was ripped off. And the point is, so were thousands of Flagstaff Life customers.
They were persuaded out of their original choice of investment, into a fund which left them
20,000 worse off. Perhaps Flagstaff Life didn't break the law. Perhaps they didn't contravene
any regulations. But there's a natural justice in this world, and they didn't just break that, they
shattered it. Those customers deserved that windfall. They were loyal, long-standing customers
and they deserved it. And if you're honest, Luke Brandon, you know they deserved it.
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