mary girard scene 1

5th vocal line

mary girard…

At once

Oh, no

**evelyn**: we mustn’t

Do that

Well-to-do

Would they mary?

Do whatever we can

Or may

Evelyn: Oh say that and

we’ll never let you out

Such a good doctor

Dr. Rush!

Would she try

To run away?

Mary: Who are you? What are you? Tell me.

We’re no one.

Less than smoke

A puff

A poof

of nothing… nothing, nothing, nothing

We know nothing, except everything

you know or want to know

Mary: you know everything i want to know?

Ad-lib

It’s no fun

You know that already

The same as it was

this morning

the doctors have agreed to keep you here

as long as Mr. Girard

Mary: And that chair. i thought i’d go mad

she will

in time

she sounds positively

Stark raving

Mad

the chair is one of the prized possessions, and inventions of

Dr rush

Mary: There was such a roaring in my ears, i though i would go… that i would drive me

Yes? go on… (adlib)

For your type of madness

Everybody knows

Dr. Rush has invented the tranquilizing chair

Ones subject to

excitation

or claims of sanity

You’ll be able to hear the bells from all the churches

Stephen girard will be in his usual pew mary

Mary: I must see him. i’ll ask him to forgive me or to let me pass away to some other place, pass out of his life as though we never met.

The idea!

Did you ever?

Hear of such a thing?

Leave her husband? she must be.

Mad

I don’t have to tolerate your taunts and jeers. Get out. Get away from me and get out!

Oh no don’t mary. don’t sent us off (ad-lib)

No one would dare talk to me in such a manner!

They will mary. and worse

and laugh at the lunatics

to mock them

I don’t believe you. i don’t believe there are people like that, people word do things like that

she has so much to learn

Mary: It mustn’t be allowed. ill speak to someone about it.

Speak to someone! mustn’t be allowed! (ad-lib)

so that people wouldn’t have to stop.

to see in

You said you know all i want ti know. then tell me how to get out of here. please. please.

We can only shower you

But i saw him this morning. he won’t help me.

you have to see him

And if you are to know the end

You have to begin at the start