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ACT I
1.OVERTURE / PROLOGUE: IN EVERY AGE
2.HOW DID THEY BUILD TITANIC?
3.THERE SHE IS
4.LOADING INVENTORY
5.THE LARGEST MOVING OBJECT
6.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP
7.GODSPEED TITANIC
8.BARRETT'S SONG
9.TO BE A CAPTAIN
10.LADY'S MAID
11.WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE THIS IS!
12.THE PROPOSAL/THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE
13.HYMN / DOING THE LATEST RAG
14.I HAVE DANCED
15.NO MOON
16.AUTUMN / FINALE
ACT TWO
17.DRESSED IN YOUR PYJAMAS IN THE GRAND SALON
18.THE BLAME
19.GETTING IN THE LIFEBOATS
20.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP (Reprise)
21.LADY'S MAID (Reprise)
22.THE PROPOSAL / THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE (Reprise)
23.WE'LL MEET TOMMOROW
24.STILL
25.TO BE A CAPTAIN (Reprise)
26.MR. ANDREW'S VISION
27.IN EVERY AGE (Reprise) / FINALE
ACT I
1.OVERTURE / PROLOGUE: IN EVERY AGE
Thomas ANDREWS, Designer & Builder of R.M.S. Titanic:
IN EVERY AGE MANKIND ATTEMPS
TO FABRICATE GREAT WORKS
AT ONCE MAGNIFICENT
AND IMPOSSIBLE..
ON DESERT SANDS, FROM MOUNTAINS OF STONE
A PYRAMID!
FROM FLYING BUTTRESSES ALONE
A WALL OF LIGHT!
A CHAPEL CEILING
SCREAMING ONE MAN'S ECSTACY!
ONE MAN'S ECSTACY...
MIRACLES THEM ALL!
CHINA'S ENDLESS WALL
STONEHENGE, THE PARTHENON, THE DUOMO
THE AQUEDUCTS OF ROME!
WE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE
WITH MAMMOTH BLOCKS OF STONE
A GIANT PYRAMID
NO, NOT A PYRAMID...
NOR GOTHIC WALLS THAT RADIATE WITH LIGHT...
OUR TASK WAS TO DREAM UPON
AND THEN CREATE
A FLOATING CITY!...
A FLOATING CITY!...
A HUMAN METROPOLIS...
A COMPLETE CIVILIZATION!
SLEEK!
AND FAST!
AT ONCE A POEM
AND THE PERFECTION
OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING...
AT ONCE A POEM
AND THE PERFECTION
OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING...
2.HOW DID THEY BUILD TITANIC?
Stoker Frederick BARRETT:
HOW DID THEY BUILD TITANIC?
NEAR A THOUSAND FEET IN LENGTH.
HUGE BEYOND PAST ENDEAVOR
STRONG BEYOND MORTAL STRENGTH
FORTY-SIX THOUSAND TONS OF STEEL
ELEVEN STORIES HIGH!
SHE'S A GREAT PALACE, FLOATING...
QUIET AS A LULLABY
3.THERE SHE IS
BARRETT:
(To his girl on the dock:)
FARE-THEE-WELL, MY DARLIN'
I'LL BE BACK BEFORE A FORTNIGHT HAS PASSED...
Radioman Harold BRIDE:
FARE-THEE-WELL, MY DARLIN'
I'LL BE BACK BEFORE A
FORTNIGHT BARRETT & Lookout Frederick FLEET:
HAS PASSED... FARE-THEE-WELL, MY DARLIN'
ALL THREE:
I'LL BE BACK BEFORE A FORTNIGHT HAS PASSED!
(They turn and introduce themselves)
BARRETT:
Barrett - stoker off the Baltic -
FLEET:
Fleet - lookout off the Majestic -
BRIDE:
Harold Bride - wireless operator with the Marconi Telegraph Company.
BARRETT, BRIDE & FLEET: (looking at the ship, overwhelmed)
THERE SHE IS...
TOWERING HIGH...
BROAD AND GRAND...
SHIP OF DREAMS!
BARRETT, BRIDE, FLEET & CREWMEN:
SAILING DAY!
MORNING BRIGHT!
TAKE YOUR FLIGHT!
SHIP OF DREAMS!...
SHE STRAINS AT HER LINES,
THE SMOKE FROM HER FUNNELS TRAILING.
HER PROW LIKE A KNIFE,
SHE'LL CUT THROUGH THE WAVES UNFAILING.
SOON TO BE
UNDERWAY,
SIZE AND SPEED UNEXPLORED...
AND I'LL BE ABOARD
THAT SHIP OF DREAMS!
4.LOADING INVENTORY
STEVEDORE:
7,000 HEADS OF FRESH LETTUCE, TITANIC!
3rd Officer Herbert PITMAN:
MORNING, MR. LIGHTOLLER
2nd Officer Charles LIGHTOLLER:
MORNING, MR. PITMAN
PITMAN:
MORNING, MR. BOXHALL
MORNING, CAPTAIN SMITH!
LIGHTOLLER:
MORNING, CAPTAIN!
4th Officer & Navigator Joseph BOXHALL:
MORNING, CAPTAIN...
STEVEDORE:
36,000 ORANGES, TITANIC!
PITMAN:
MORNING, MR. HITCHENS
Quartermaster Robert HITCHENS:
MORNING, MR. PITMAN
PITMAN:
MORNING, MR. MURDOCH
HITCHENS:
MORNING, CAPTAIN SMITH
Capt. Edward J. SMITH:
MORNING, MURDOCH...
1st Officer William MURDOCH:
MORNING, CAPTAIN!
CAPT. SMITH:
MR. PITMAN, PLEASE
COMPLETE THE LOADING OF THE FREIGHT
AND PREPARE FOR THE BOARDING OF
THE SERVING STAFF AND CREW!
PITMAN:
AYE, CAPTAIN!
CREW & STAFF: BELLBOY:
THERE SHE IS... MORNING, MR. ANDREWS
HELLO MR. ISMAY
TOWERING HIGH MORNING, MR. ETCHES
HELLO MR. PITMAN
BROAD AND GRAND MORNING, MR. WHITELY
SHIP OF DREAMS!
STEVEDORE:
42,000 fresh eggs, Titanic!
CREW & STAFF: BELLBOY:
SAILING DAY...
MORNING, MR. CRAWFORD
HELLO MRS. HUTCHINSON
MORNING BRIGHT!
MORNING, MRS. ROBINSON
HELLO MRS. BEECHAM
TAKE YOUR FLIGHT...
MORNING, MR. WEIKMAN!
SHIP OF DREAMS!
PITMAN:
122,000 pounds of meat, poultry and fish, Titanic!
STEVEDORE:
40 tons of potatoes, 1,100 pounds of marmalade,
37,000 bottles of wine, beer and spirits, Titanic!
PITMAN:
55,000 china dishes and 20,000 crystal drinking glasses, Titanic!
STEVEDORE:
One Renault town carriage motorcar, Titanic!
CREW & STAFF: BELLBOY:
SOON TO BE...
MORNING, MR. WIDGERY
HELLO MR. OLIVER
UNDERWAY...
MORNING, MR. HARTLEY
SIZE AND SPEED... HELLO MR. JOUGHIN
CHEERS! MR. WEIKMAN
UNEXPLORED!
ALL:
...AND I'LL BE ABOARD THAT SHIP OF DREAMS!
5.THE LARGEST MOVING OBJECT
J. BRUCE ISMAY, Chairman of the White Star Line:
CAPTAIN SMITH, HAS THERE EVER BEEN
A FINER MORNING TO SAIL?
CAPT. SMITH:
NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS, MR. ISMAY!
NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS ONE, SIR!
ISMAY:
MR. ANDREWS, HAS THE LINE EVER HAD
A FASTER SHIP FOR THE MAIL?
ANDREWS:
NOT AS FAST AS THIS, MR. ISMAY!
NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS ONE, SIR!
ISMAY:
THE PRIDE
CAPT. SMITH & ANDREWS:
THE PRIDE
ALL THREE:
OF MANKIND...
DOMINION OVER THE SEA!
ISMAY:
THE DREAM
CAPT. SMITH & ANDREWS:
THE DREAM
ALL THREE:
OF PROGRESS...
IT BRINGS GREAT HONOR TO ME!
CAPT. SMITH:
TO BE THE MASTER!
ANDREWS:
THE BUILDER!
ISMAY:
AND THE OWNER!
ALL THREE:
OF THE LARGEST MOVING OBJECT IN THE WORLD!
6.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP
PITMAN:
3RD CLASS PASSENGERS
PROCEED AT ONCE TO THE GANGWAY!
PLEASE BRING YOUR BOARDING DOCUMENTS
AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS!...
KATE MURPHEY:
Holy Mother of God! Is that a ship or a mountain?
KATE MCGOWAN:
It looks long enough a body could walk to America!
I'm Katherine McGowan, but everyone calls me Kate.
KATE MULLINS:
I'm Kate, too. Kate Mullins.
KATE MURPHEY:
And I'm Kate three! Kate Murphy -
KATE MULLINS:
It must be fate, then!
KATE MCGOWAN:
It's not fate. It's Irish.
KATE MULLINS:
You travellin' alone?
KATE MCGOWAN:
Not me. I've got a feller. See that good-lookin' one up ahead?
I'm plannin' to marry him.
KATE MURPHEY:
When's that gonna be?
KATE MCGOWAN:
Soon as I meet him.
GET ME ABOARD
THREE KATES:
CALL OUT MY NAME
3RD CLASS PASSENGERS:
IT'S TO AMERICA WE AIM
TO FIND A BETTER LIFE,
WE'VE PRAYED TO MAKE THIS TRIP!
LET ALL OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN KNOW
THAT THIS DAY LONG AGO
WE DREAMT OF THEM
AND CAME ABOARD THIS SHIP!
ALL:
FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE!
FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE!
GET US ALL ABOARD!
PITMAN:
SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS
PROCEED TO "C", "D" AND "E" DECKS!
PLEASE CONTACT THE SHIP'S PURSER
TO ARRANGE DINING ASSIGNMENTS!...
CHARLES CLARKE:
NO ACCOUNT IN THE NATIONAL PRESS
HAS QUITE DONE JUSTICE TO THIS!
EDGAR BEANE:
IT'S A SIGHT FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME!
EDGAR & ALICE BEANE, CHARLES CLARKE & CAROLINE NEVILLE:
YES, A SIGHT FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME!
CHARLES CLARKE:
AND THE CHANCE TO RUN AWAY
AND MARRY NOW
WE TWO DAREN'T MISS
CAROLINE NEVILLE:
IT'S A CHANCE FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME!
2ND CLASS PASSENGERS:
YES, A SIGHT FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME!
CAN'T WAIT TO BOARD THAT SHIP TODAY,
BE WITH HER WHEN SHE PULLS AWAY
AND TAKES HER MAIDEN SAIL
I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP!
THE LARGEST, GRANDEST ON THE EARTH,
AND I'VE RESERVED A BERTH
TO BE ABOARD, NOW POINT ME TOWARD
THAT SHIP!
ALICE BEANE:
THE FINEST PEOPLE WILL ATTEND.
THE BEST AMONG THEM WE'LL BEFRIEND
THEY'LL STAND RIGHT NEXT TO US.
BE AT MY FINGERTIP...
ALL:
GREAT HEADS OF STATE AND MILLIONAIRES
WHO RUN THE WORLD'S AFFAIRS
WILL ALL BE THERE.
I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP!
FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE!
FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE!
GET US ALL ABOARD!
THE 1ST CLASS ROSTER
PITMAN:
COLONEL JOHN JACOB ASTOR
AND MS. ASTOR TOO.
ARRIVING NOW FROM THE BOAT TRAIN
DIRECT FROM WATERLOO STATION
MAY PROCEED TO THEIR PARLOUR SUITE
A-62
ALICE BEANE:
HER NAME IS MADELINE
SHE'S JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S SECOND WIFE,
SHE'S ONLY NINETEEN-YEARS-OLD
AND NOW SHE'S MARRIED TO A PROMINENT MAN
WORTH OVER A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS HER SENIOR!
THEY'VE ONLY BEEN MARRIED SEVEN MONTHS
SHE'S ALREADY SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT
AND THE SCANDAL WAS SUCH
THEY RAN AWAY TO EUROPE TO AVOID THE PUBLICITY!
AVOID THE PUBLICITY!
PITMAN:
Mr. and Mrs. Isador Straus may proceed to Parlour Suite B-55! -
ALICE BEANE:
AREN'T THEY MODEST?
YOU'D NEVER THINK BY LOOKING AT THEM
THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER OWN MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE...
OWN MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE
OUTRIGHT!
AND HE WAS CLOSE ADVISOR
TO PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND
AND SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TWO FULL TERMS!
AND THAT'S HIS WIFE OF FORTY YEARS, NAMED IDA
SAD! SHE HASN'T BEEN WELL
SO THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN WINTERING
ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA
FRENCH RIVIERA!
PITMAN:
Mr. Benjamin Guggenheim and party will find his customary suite on "A"
deck!
ALICE BEANE:
MADE HIS MONEY BY SMELTING GOLD
SPENDS IT LIKE WATER
FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR
THE LOUIS QUATORZE SUITE!
SO HE CNA LIVE IN LUXURIOUS SIN
WITH HIS LATEST MISTRESS!
AND THEY CALL THAT JUSTICE!
THEY CALL THAT JUSTICE?...
PITMAN:
Mr. and Mrs. George Widener may proceed to Promenade Suite B-51!
ALICE BEANE:
HE'S THE RICHEST MAN IN PHILADELPHIA.
PITMAN:
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Thayer and family, Promenade Suite B-58!
ALICE BEANE:
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD!
PITMAN:
Mrs. Charlotte Drake Cardoza, Suite B-54!
ALICE BEANE:
NOT ONE REALLY KNOWS WHO SHE IS
BUT THE NEWSPAPER SAYS SHE BOOKED
THE MOST EXPENSIVE SUITE ON THE SHIP
AND TRAVELS WITH FOURTEEN STEAMER TRUNKS
A MEDICINE CHEST
HER PERSONAL PILLOWS AND SHEETS
AND FOUR LITTLE PEKINESE DOGS...
SO SHE MUST BE SOMEBODY!
SHE MUST BE SOMEBODY...
PITMAN:
LAST CALL FOR BOARDING!
THIS IS THE VERY LAST CALL FOR BOARDING!
ALL:
LIFE UP THE RAMP
LET GO THE LINES
RAISE UP HER COLOURS AND DESIGNS!
PREPARE FOR CASTING OFF
AND THROUGH THE PORT WE'LL SLIP
EACH PERSON STANDING AT THE RAIL,
LET ONE GREAT THOUGHT PREVAIL
ONE SINGLE PRAYER...
GOD BLESS THIS NOBLE SHIP!
PITMAN:
ALL ASHORE WHO ARE GOING ASHORE!
ALL ASHORE WHO ARE GOING ASHORE!
7.GODSPEED TITANIC
FULL COMPANY:
FAREWELL, FAREWELL
GODSPEED TITANIC...
FROM YOUR BERTH GLIDE FREE!
AS YOU PLOUGH THE DEEP,
IN YOUR ARMS I'LL KEEP
SAFELY WEST
MAY YOU CARRY ME.
SAIL ON, SAIL ON
GREAT SHIP, TITANIC...
CROSS THE OPEN SEA
PRAY THE JOURNEY'S SOUND
TIL YOUR PORT BE FOUND
FORTUNE'S WINDS
SING GODSPEED TO THEE...
FORTUNE'S WINDS
SING GODSPEED
TO THEE...
8.BARRETT'S SONG
BARRETT:
SHE'S SPARKLING CLEAN, THIS NEW-BORN SHIP
BUT ONE OLD THING IS CLEAR
THE ORDERS THEY PROPOSE ABOVE
WE EXECUTE DOWN HERE...
WE'LL WATCH FROM UP HERE AS UP ABOVE
THEY'LL CATCH A WHIFF OF GLORY
THIS WONDER SHIP MAY BE BRAND NEW
BUT IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY...
STOKE THE FIRE IN THE HOLD
AS THE MEN DRAW BACK...
FEED THE HEAT IN THE HOLD
AS THE MEN DRAW BACK...
AND THE DUST OF THE COAL IN THE AIR IS BLACK
AND A TRICKLE OF SWEAT RUNS DOWN YOUR BACK...
AND WHAT ARE THE BOYS FROM THE MIDLANDS DOING HERE?
COAL IT IS THAT MAKES THE STEAM
THAT RUNS THE MACHINES THAT RUN THE WORLD
THAT SENDS THE MEN BELOW THE GROUND
TO MINE THE COAL
EACH DAY...
FROM LEICESTERSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAM
US LADS WHO WORKED DOWN IN THE PIT
KNEW IF YOU GOT ABOVE THE GROUND
YOU'D SAVE YOUR SOUL
SOME WAY...
GET OUT OF THE PIT
AND WESTWARD I KNEW I COULD RUN
AND SHIP OUT TO SEA AND THERE MY NEW LIFE WAS BEGUN...
AND THE SCREWS ARE TURNING AT SEVENTY-ONE...
IT BECAME MY DREAM TO GO OUT TO SEA...
FURTHER OUT FROM THE MINE YOU COULN'T BE...
BUT, BORN TO THE COAL, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR YOU ELSEWHERE
YOU TRADE A LIFE OF DANK AND GLOOM
TO SHOVEL IN THE BOILER ROOM
BUT NOW YOU'RE SEVEN DECKS BELOW
A LADY'S DAINTY FEET...
AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED
THERE'S NOTHING A MINER CAN DO
THE PIT AND YOUR MATES
TURNED INTO THE HOLD AND THE CREW...
AND THE SCREWS ARE TURNING SEVENTY-TWO...
FASTER AND FASTER WE WATCH AS WE GAIN EVERMORE
SEVENTY-THREE, AND TOO SOON IT IS SEVENTY-FOUR...
FOR A RECORD SPEED I BELIEVE WE STRIVE!
FOR HE MAIDEN TRIP THAT'S TOO HARD TO DRIVE
IF YOU PUSH HER FASTER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE.
THAT IS THE TRUTH
I SWEAR!
9.TO BE A CAPTAIN
MURDOCH:
THOUSANDS ON BOARD
EACH IN HIS CLASS
YOU ARE THE MASTER OF ALL THAT MUST PASS
YOURS TO SET COURSE
YOURS TO COMMAND
YOU HOLD THEIR SOULS
IN THE PALMS OF YOUR HAND
YOU HOLD THEIR SOULS
IN THE PALMS OF YOUR HAND
10.LADY'S MAID
KATE MCGOWAN:
I WILL BE A PROPER PERSON
PEOPLE WILL LOOK UP TO ME
WHAT A GIRL THAT GIRL MCGOWAN
KATIE VIOLET MAUD MARIE
I ASPIRE TO HEIGHTS OF GLORY
IN THE NEW WORLD, THAT CAN BE!
IN THAT GRANDEST NATION I'LL STAND TALL
REACH MY VERY HIGHEST HOPES
OF ALL...
I WANT TO BE A LADY'S MAID!
LADY'S MAID IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
KATE MURPHY:
I WANT TO BE A GOVERNESS
GOVERNESS IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA IT'S BETTER I AM TOLD
KATE MULLINS:
I WANT TO BE A SEWING GIRL
SEWING GIRL IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA I'LL SEW TILL I'M OLD
KATE MCGOWAN:
THERE'S A PLACE CALLED CHICAGO
I'VE SEEN IT ON THE MAP
KATE MURPHY:
THERE'S A PLACE CALLED MARYLAND
I'VE SEEN IT ON THE MAP
KATE MULLINS:
THERE'S A PLACE IN AMERICA
CALLED ALBUQUERQUE
AND I'M HOPIN' IT'S A BIT LIKE DONEGAL
KATE MCGOWAN:
OH I'M HOPIN' THAT IT IS...
MCGOWAN AND MURPHY:
THERE I'M HOPIN' THAT IT IS...
THREE KATES:
WHERE MY DREAMIN'
AND MY HOPIN' AND MY SCHEMIN'
AND MY PRAYIN' AND MY WISHIN' TO BE HAPPY
WILL COME TRUE ENOUGH
AND...
1ST MAN:
I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER KATE MCGOWAN:
AND ENGINEER OH, I WILL BE GRAND...
IN AMERICA MURPHY & MCGOWAN:
THE STREETS ARE PAVES WITH IN AMERICA
GOLD THE STREETS ARE PAVES WITH
GOLD
2ND MAN:
I WANT A SHOP TO CALL MY OWN... THREE KATES:
TO CALL MY OWN... OH, I WILL BE GRAND...
IN AMERICA MURPHY & MCGOWAN:
IT'S BETTER I AM TOLD IN AMERICA
IT'S BETTER I AM TOLD...
ALL:
OH, FAR BEYOND THE NORTHERN SEA
A NEW LIFE CAN UNFOLD
AND NOW I'M PLANNING THAT IT WILL
HOW I'M PLANNING THAT IT WILL
WHERE MY DREAMIN'
AND MY HOPIN' AND MY SCHEMIN'
AND MY PRAYIN' AND MY WISHIN' TO BE HAPPY
WILL COME TRUE ENOUGH
AND...
3RD MAN:
I WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE!
MILLIONAIRE IN AMERICA
STRIKE IT RICH AND SPEND THE FORTUNE I AMASS...
4TH MAN:
I WANT TO BE A CONSTABLE!
CONSTABLE IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA YOU RISE ABOVE YOUR CLASS...
ALL:
OH, THERE'S A PLACE YOUR INDUSTRY AND TALENT
CAN BE SOLD...
KATE MCGOWAN:
AND I'M CERTAIN THAT IT WILL
GERMAN MAN:
ICH WILL EIN GUTES LEBEN HABEN...
ITALIAN MAN & WOMAN:
UNA BELLA VITA NEGLI STATI UNITI...
ALL:
WHERE MY DREAMIN'
AND MY HOPIN' AND MY SCHEMIN'
AND MY PRAYIN' AND MY WISHIN' TO BE HAPPY
WILL COME TRUE ENOUGH
AND...
I WANT TO RISE ABOVE MYSELF...
THREE KATES & FARRELL:
...OH I WILL BE GRAND
TENORS & SOPRANOS:
AMERICA, THE STREETS
ARE PAVED WITH GOLD...
THREE KATES & FARRELL:
AMERICA, THE STREETS
ARE PAVED WITH GOLD...
ALTOS & BASSES:
AMERICA, THE STREETS
ARE PAVED WITH GOLD...
KATE MCGOWAN:
I WANT TO BE A LADY'S MAID...
3RD MAN:
MILLIONAIRE...
1ST MAN:
ENGINEER...
ALL:
IN AMERICA
KATE MCGOWAN (to herself):
BETTER PLACE FOR ME AND YOU...
BETTER LAND TO START ANEW...
BETTER LAND FOR THE BABY...
THAT I
HOLD
11.WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE THIS IS!
1st Class Steward ETCHES:
MY DEAR MR. LATIMER!
PREPARE TO GREET OUR CLIENTELE
OUR MEETING IS IMMENENT
OUR HAVING JUST RUNG THE DINNER BELL
IT WON'T BE A NOVELTY
WE MOSTLY HAVE SEEN THEM ALL BEFORE
PREPARE FOR THE USUAL
YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHAT'S IN STORE...
WE'VE SERVED THEM ON THE BALTIC
AND THE OCEANIC,
OLYMPIC AND MAJESTIC
AND TODAY'S THE SAME
THERE'S NOTHING CHANGED...
MR. ASTOR TAKES HIS TOAST DRY
MRS. STRAUS LIKES THE GROUSE
WITH THE SAUCE ON THE SIDE
AND THE WIDENERS LOVE KIDNEY PIE
BRING IT HOT, IF IT'S NOT
THEY'LL BE FIT TO BE TIED
THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO THE BEST
OF ALL THAT MONEY BUYS
THE WORLD OF FREE ENTERPRISE
HAS GIVEN THIS PRIVILEGE TO THE RICH...
WHEN THEY'RE IDLE
THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THE LUXURY
WHICH WE PROVIDE
THAT'S FOREVER THE SOURCE OF OUR PRIDE...
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ALWAYS THERE
WITH OUR ESPECIAL FORM OF CARE
FOR EVERY HUNGRY MILLIONAIRE
BY NOW THEY'VE ALL ARRIVED...
MALE 1ST CLASS PASSENGERS:
WE'RE SAILING ABOARD THE GREATEST SHIP
THAT EVER SAILED THE SEAS
THE HULL AND THE KEEL IMPERVIOUSLY
STRONGER BY DEGREES!
FEMALE 1ST CLASS PASSENGERS:
MAGNIFICENT CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS
PARQUET IN ALL THE FLOORS
ALL:
THE CEILING IS JACOBEAN
A DECOR THE WORLD ADORES
REMARKABLE SHIP
OH WHAT A SHIP!
REMARKABLE KEEL
OH WHAT A KEEL!
REMARKABLE STEEL
OH WHAT A SHIP!
IF IT COULD BE PUT IN A PHRASE...IT'S
"WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE THIS IS!"
MALE 1ST CLASS PASSENGERS:
A FELLOW'S INVENTED SEE-THROUGH FILM
HE CALLS IT "CELLOPHANE!
ALL:
ANOTHER HAS BUILT A PARACHUTE
FOR JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRPLANE!
REMARKABLE THINGS FLOW ENDLESSLY
FROM OUT THE HUMAN BRAIN!
INDEED
AND WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE THIS IS!
ETCHES(addressing his staff):
KEEP THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE PRISTINE
WHERE WE SEAT THE ELITE WHOM WE HAPPILY SERVE
HERE THEY DINE ON FINE FRENCH CUISING
IT'S THE CREME DE LA CREME'S
EXCLUSIVE PRESERVE!
IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE LEISURE CLASS'S GREATEST WITS
TO BE WHERE THE CAPTAIN SITS
WHEN TAKING THEIR DINNER ON THE SEA
GIVING DIFFERENCE TO THEIR PREFERENCES IS OUR CHIEF ART!
WE PLAY A PART
IN A PERFECTLY WORKING MACHINE
YOU SHOULD EVER BE AWARE
THIS IS A PRIVILEGE GREAT AND RARE
A SPECIAL BURDEN THAT WE BEAR
IN OUR RESPECTIVE LIVES!
MILLIONAIRES:
REMARKABLE! U.S. STEEL
IS SPLITTING SHARES AT FIVE TO FOUR!
MONOPOLY MAKES THE INDUSTRY
FAR BETTER THAN BEFORE!
MILLIONAIRES WIVES:
ATTENDING THE CORRONATION
OF KING GEORGE THE FIFTH WAS GRAND
ETCHES:
AND AFTERWARD OFF TO MONACO
TO FROLIC IN THE SAND
ALL:
REMARKABLE TALK
OH WHAT A TALK!
REMARKABLE TIMES
OH WHAT A TIME!
REMARKABLE WORLD
OH WHAT A WORLD!
SO MUCH TO SURPRISE AND AMAZE...
AND..
MILLIONAIRES & WIVES:
WHAT A REMARKABLE TIME
WHAT A REMARKABLE WORLD
WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE...
ETCHES & STAFF:
THE HULL AND THE KEEL
IMPERVIOUS
MAGNIFICENT CRYSTAL
CHANDALIERS
A FELLOW'S INVENTED SEE-THROUGH FILM
AND WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE...
ALL:
THIS...
IS!
12.THE PROPOSAL/THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE
BARRETT:
I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU, DARLENE
BACK TO YOUR DARK EYES AND HAIR
MARRY ME WHEN I RETURN, DARLENE
AND UNTIL THAT DAY, MY LOVE, TAKE CARE
BE THE WILL
MAY THE LORD WHO WATCHES ALL WATCH OVER THE
MAY GOD'S HEAVEN BE YOUR BLANKET AS YOU SOFTLY SLEEP
MARRY ME
WHEN YOU'RE FIN'LY IN MY ARMS WATCH OVER THEE
THIS DEVOTED SAILOR'S HEART AND SOUL
ARE YOURS TO KEEP!
BRIDE:
YOURS-TO-KEEP...
EVERY DAY FROM G-M-O-M
"GOOD MORNING, OLD MAN"
TO G-N-O-M
"GOOD NIGHT, OLD MAN"
MY TELEGRAPH SENDS ITS MESSAGES TO SHIPS AT SEA
SENDING OUT ITS DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DAH-DIT
DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DAH-DIT
DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DAH-DIT...
I WAS YOUND AND SHY, DETACHED AND SAD
SPENT MY DAYS INDOORS, A HOME-BOUND LAD
HARDLY SPOKE, FEW FRIENDS
I KEPT TO MYSELF TO MYSELF
QUITE ALONE
THEN I FOUND MARCONI'S TELEGRAPH
IT COULD SPAN THE PLANET'S WIDTH BY HALF
FIFTY YARDS, TWO THOUSAND MILES
THE SAME!
TOUCH THE SPARK...SOUND THE TONE
AND THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE
WITH A THOUSAND VOICES
TAPPING OUT EACH WORD
LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE
JOINED WITH A SINGLE HEARTBEAT
TAPPING OUT OUR DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DA-DIT
DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DA-DIT
DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DA
EVERYWHERE...
BARRETT:
MARRY ME BRIDE:
IT'S ALIVE WITH A THOUSAND
MAY THE LORD WHO VOICES
WATCHES ALL
WATCH OVER THEE AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
CONNECTED TO ME
BARRETT:
MARRY ME BRIDE:
SO ALIVE WITH A THOUSAND
MAY GOD'S HEAVEN BE VOICES
YOUR BLANKET
AS YOU SLEEP THOSE PEOPLE
JOINED WITH A SINGLE
HEARTBEAT
TAPPING OUT OUR DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DA-DIT
MARRY ME...
DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DAH-DIT
MARRY ME...
DIT DIT-DAH-DIT DA
BARRETT:
Signed "Fred."
BRIDE:
EVERYWHERE!
Message received.
13.HYMN / DOING THE LATEST RAG
PASSENGERS:
GOD LIFT ME UP IN MIGHTY WATERS
KEEP MY EYES ON THINGS ABOVE
RIGHTEOUSNESS, DEVINE ATONEMENT
PEACE AND EVERLASTING LOVE...
Bandmaster Wallace HARTLEY and his Two-Man Ensemble:
Ladies and gentlemen -
EVERYONE UP AND OUT
FOLLOW THE BAND AND SHOUT:
"ISN'T IT A LOVELY DAY? (YES!)
HARTLEY:
WATCHING ALL THE LADIES IN PARISIAN FASHIONS
ON DISPLAY
BAND:
YOUNG MISTER HARTLEY
IS PLAYING QUITE SMARTLY
IN RHYTHM THAT COULD NEVER LAG
1ST CLASS PASSENGERS:
IT'S A MUSICAL TREAT
TO HEAR A BAND WITH A BEAT
PERFORMING THEIR LATEST RAG!
HARTLEY:
HOW DO YOU DO, MY FRIENDS?
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ONCE MORE!
HOW LONG SINCE WE FIRST MET?
HAS IT BEEN THREE DAYS OR FOUR?
IT SEEMS LIKE SO MUCH LONGER
THAN A LITTLE WEEKEND JAG
HARTLEY & BAND:
IS THAT A HINT OF A CHILL?
WHEN YOU'RE DANCING OUT OF DOORS IT'S A THRILL
KEEPS YOU HARDY AND HEALTHIER STILL
TAKE A PARTNER IF YOU DARE
EVERYONE IS BURSTING WITH EMOTION
DANCING AS WE CROSS THE OCEAN
MOVING TO THE RHYTHM OF
THE LATEST RAG!
ALL:
COME ON AND
MEN & BAND: HARTLEY & WOMEN:
DANCE WITH ME PLEASE DANCE
FEEL THE RHYTHM
OF THE SONG IN YOUR KNEES THE LATEST RAGTIME
PROMENADING ALONG
AT YOUR EASE RAGTIME
LIKE A FEATHER IN THE AIR! NOW!
IS THAT A
HINT OF A CHILL? DANCE
WHEN YOU'RE DANCING
OUT OF DOORS THE LATEST RAGTIME
IT'S A THRILL
KEEPS YOU HARDY AND
HEALTHIER STILL RAGTIME
TAKE A PARTNER IF YOU DARE...
HARTLEY & BAND:
OUT ON THE WELL-DECK
SHIP'S PERSONNEL DECK
FEEL THE OCEAN'S SPRAY
BAND:
GET YOURSELF UPON
HARTLEY & BAND:
THE UPPER HOTEL DECK
OH WHAT A SWELL DECK
GREAT FOR YOUR DEJEUNER
BAND:
TURN THE CORNER ON
HARTLEY & BAND: PASSENGERS:
THE PORT PARALLEL DECK PORT...
IT'S LA PLUS BELLE DECK
ALL OF THE REST PASSE
ALL:
NOW THE BAND IS BETTING
THIS RAGTIME SETTING
WILL TAKE YOU AWAY...
EVERYONE IS UP AND OUT!
NOBODY LAG ABOUT
LET YOUR DARKER SPIRITS CLIMB!
STROLLING WITH THE ORCHESTRA BESIDE YOU
PLAYING FOUR-FOUR TIME
HARTLEY & BAND MEMBER:
WE'VE GOT A FELLOW
WHO'S BETTER ON CELLO
THAN ANY OTHER SHIP CAN BRAG
ALL:
SO TAKE YOUR GIRL BY THE HAND
AND LEND AN EAR TO THE BAND
AND DO TODAY'S LATEST RAG!
COME DANCING!
HARTLEY, BAND & BYSTANDERS: DANCERS:
OUT ON THE WELL-DECK OUT
SHIP'S PERSONNEL DECK
FEEL THE OCEAN'S SPRAY
BAND:
GET YOURSELF UPON
HARTLEY BAND & BYSTANDERS: DANCERS:
THE UPPER HOTEL DECK OUT
OH WHAT A SWELL DECK
KICK ALL YOUR CARES AWAY
BAND:
TURN THE CORNER ON
HARTLEY BAND & BYSTANDERS: PASSENGERS:
THE PORT PARALLEL DECK OUT
GREAT DEMOISELLE DECK
WATCH ALL THE GIRLS SASHAY
ALL:
HOW THE RAGTIME MUSIC
THE RAGTIME MUSIC
CAN TAKE YOU AWAY!
ALL: DANCERS:
OUT ON THE WELL-DECK DANCE WITH ME, PLEASE
SHIP'S PERSONNEL DECK FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE
FEEL ALL THE OCEAN SPRAY SONG IN YOUR KNEES
PROMENADING ALONG
UPPER HOTEL DECK AT YOUR EASE
OH WHAT A SWELL DECK! LIKE A FEATHER IN THE AIR
KICK ALL YOUR TROUBLES AWAY IS THAT A
THE PORT PARALLEL DECK HINT OF CHILL
IT'S LA PLUS BELLE DECK WHEN YOU'RE DANCING
OUT OF DOORS
ALL OF THE REST, PASSE IT'S A THRILL!
KEEPS YOU HARDY
GREAT DEMOISELLE DECK AND HEALTHIER STILL
WATCH ALL THE GIRLS TAKE A PARTNER IF YOU
SASHAY! DARE!
EVERYONE IS BURSTING WITH EMOTION
DANCING AS WE CROSS THE MIGHTY OCEAN
HASN'T IT BEEN ABSOLUTELY GREAT TO DANCE
THE LATEST RAG!
14.I HAVE DANCED
ALICE BEANE:
I HAVE DANCED WITH THE FIRST CLASS EDGAY
IT WAS OH, SUCH A DREAM COME TRUE!
EDGAR BEANE:
THAT CLASS ISN'T FOR OUR KIND, ALICE...
ALICE BEANE:
THAT WON'T DO!
THERE ARE HOTELS ON ISLANDS, EDGAR!
GREAT RESORTS NEAR A SANDY BEACH...
EDGAR BEANE:
THAT'S A WORLD THAT'S BEYOND OUR INCOME
AND OUR REACH...
ALICE BEANE:
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME NEVER
I'LL WANT THIS FOREVER...EVER...
THERE'S A NEW WORLD AROUND US, EDGAR
EDGAR BEANE:
WON'T YOU EVER GIVE UP THAT VIEW?
ALICE BEANE:
I WANT MORE THAN WE'VE GOT NOW, EDGAR
WHY DON'T YOU?
15.NO MOON
FLEET:
NO MOON
NO WIND
NOTHING TO SPY THINGS BY
NO WAVE
NO SWELL
NO LINE WHERE SEA MEETS SKY
STILLNESS
DARKNESS
CAN'T SEE A THING, SAYS I
NO REFLECTION
NOT A SHADOW
NOT A GLINT OF LIHGT
MEETS THE EYE...
AND WE GO SAILING
SAILING
EVER WESTWARD ON THE SEA
WE GO SAILING
SAILING
EVER GO
GO WE...
Scene: The 1st Class Deck
IDA STRAUS:
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, MR. STRAUS
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO MOON
LOOK AT ALL THE STARS
CAN YOU FIND THE BIG DIPPER?
ISIDOR STRAUS:
The Big Dipper? I can't even find our own stateroom. Every time I go
out for a walk, finding my back is an adventure.
IDA STRAUS:
MAYBE YOU SHOULD DROP BREAD CRUMBS
ISIDOR STRAUS:
CAN YOU FEEL HOW COLD IT'S GETTING, MRS. STRAUSS?
ALL IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GET YOUR FUR STOLE?
IDA STRAUS:
What, and maybe never see you again?
NO THANK YOU, I'D RATHER FREEZE
Scene: The 3rd Class Deck
JIM FARRELL:
ARE YOU COLD, THEN, KATIE?
KATE MCGOWAN:
NOT NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR ARM AROUND ME...
JIM FARRELL:
But I don't--
(realizing he puts his arm around her)
Oh, you're a funny one, Kate McGowan.
KATE MCGOWAN:
Funny? T'anks very much.
JIM FARRELL:
Because you come right out with what you want.
KATE MCGOWAN:
And you find that funny, do you?
WHAT KIND OF GIRL DO YOU THINK I AM?
YOU THINK I NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT I WANT?
LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR THAT, ME BOY-O
Scene: On the Bridge, 11:00 P.M.
CAPT. SMITH:
THE WEATHER'S QUITE CHANGES, MR. LIGHTOLLER
LIGHTOLLER:
YES SIRE, IT'S TURNED VERY COLD.
Only one point above freezing.
MURDOCH:
OCEAN TEMPERATURE'S DOWN TO THIRTY-ONE DEGREES, CAPTAIN
CAPT. SMITH:
Warn the carpenter to check our supply of fresh water, Mr. Murdoch -
and tell the engine room to watch the steam winches.
MURDOCH:
AYE, AYE, SIR
CAPT. SMITH:
THERE'S NOT MUCH WIND, IS THERE?
LIGHTOLLER:
NO, SIR. IT APPEARS TO BE A FLAT CALM.
Scene: The Crow's Nest & the Bridge:
FLEET: SMITH, LIGHTOLLER & MURDOCH:
...AND WE GO SAILING SEE HOW CALM IT IS
SAILING
SMOOTH AS POLISHED GLASS
EVER WESTWARD AH, THE OPEN SEA
ON THE SEA
FEEL THE BITE IN THE AIR
...WE GO SAILING
SAILING AH, THE OPEN SEA
SMOOTH AS POLISHED GLASS
EVER ON
GO WE...
Scene: The 2nd Class Deck
CAROLINE NEVILLE:
CHARLES, THINK!
IN TWO DAYS, AMERICA!
What's the first thing you're going to do when we get there, darling?
After marrying me, of course -
CHARLES CLARKE:
Apply to the sports desk of an important New York newspaper.
I'm sure that they can use a journalist with my experience.
CAROLINE NEVILLE:
Oh, darling, you're sure to be a success!
CHARLES CLARKE:
LET US BOTH HOPE SO...
BOTH:
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THERE...
Scene: The 1st Class Smoke Room
MRS. CARDOZA:
Good evening, gentlemen.
THE MAJOR:
Madam, this happens to be the Smoke Room!
MRS. CARDOZA:
So I see.
J.J. ASTOR:
Women are never permitted in the 1st Class Smoke Room, madam.
MRS. CARDOZA:
Don't look so shocked, gentlemen. There's a new world out there.
THE MAJOR:
There's a new world out where?
MRS. CARDOZA:
Mr. Hartley, that's a new melody - what's it called?
HARTLEY:
"Autumn," m'am.
16.AUTUMN / FINALE
HARTLEY:
AUTUMN
SHALL WE ALL MEET IN AUTUMN?
GOLDEN AND GLOWING BY AUTUMN
SHALL WE STILL BE BEST OF FRIENDS?
BEST OF FRIENDS...
ALL THROUGH EACH LANGUOROUS SEASON
WE EBB AND FLOW
ROMANCE, DEFYING ALL REASON
WILL COME, THEN GO
STILL, PERHAPS THIS AUTUMN
LOVE WON'T RETREAT IN THE AUTUMN
WE'LL BE COMPLETE IN THE AUTUMN
ALL THAT WE HAVE WON'T BE PAST
...WON'T BE PAST
LET BREEZES BLOW
AND TURN COLD
AS WE CONTINUE GROWING OLD
THIS AUTUMN
LOVE NEWLY FOUND
MAY YET LAST.
MRS. CARDOZA:
So what do you say, gentlemen? I happen to play an excellent
game of auction bridge. May I join you?
THE MAJOR:
Where's your sense of occasion, madam?
I understand you've just lost your husband.
MRS. CARDOZA:
Yes. But not at cards.
Scene: The Crow's News & the Boat Deck
FLEET:
AHEAD WE PLOW
INTO THE DARKENING NIGHT
CAN'T SEE THE BOW
HOW THEN TO SEARCH
WITH ONLY STARLIGHT?...
FLEET& PERSONNEL: PASSENGERS:
NO MOON AUTUMN
NO WIND SHALL WE ALL MEET IN THE
NOTHING TO SPY THINGS AUTUMN
BY GOLDEN AND GLOWING, BY
NO WAVE AUTUMN
NO SWELL SHALL WE STILL BE BEST OF FRIENDS
NO LINE WHERE SEA BEST OF FRIENDS?
MEETS SKY BEST OF FRIENDS...
FLEET PERSONNEL & PASSENGERS:
STILLNESS, DARKNESS
CAN'T SEE A THING, SAYS I
NO REFLECTION
NOT A SHADOW
NOT A GLINT OF LIGHT
MEETS THE EYE
FLEET& PERSONNEL: PASSENGERS:
AND WE GO SAILING
SEE HOW CALM IT IS
SAILING
SMOOTH AS POLISHED GLASS
EVER WESTWARD
AH, THE OPEN SEA
ON THE SEA, WE GO...
FEEL THE BITE, IN THE AIR
SAILING
AH, THE OPEN SEA
SAILING
SMOOTH AS POLISHED GLASS
ALL:
EVER ON GO WE...
FLEET:
NO MOON
NO WIND...
FLEET& PASSENGERS:
NO MOON
NO WIND...
FLEET& PASSENGERS: BRIDE:
NO MOON THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE
NO WIND... WITH A THOUSAND VOICES...
NO MOON NIGHT WAS ALIVE
NO WIND... WITH A THOUSAND VOICES...
BARRETT:
NO MOON THE SCREWS ARE
TURNING
NO WIND AT EIGHTY-ONE
NO MOON THE SCREWS ARE
TURNING
NO WIND AT EIGHTY-ONE
FLEET &
PASSENGERS: BRIDE: BARRETT: ANDREWS:
NO MOON THE NIGHT THE SCREWS AT ONCE A POEM
WAS ALIVE WERE TURNING AND THE
PERFECTION
NO WIND WITH A AT EIGHTY-ONE OF PHYSICAL
THOUSAND ENGINEERING
VOICES THE SCREWS
NO MOON WERE TURNING
NO WIND AT EIGHTY-ONE
ALL:
NO MOON
NO WIND
Scene: The CROW'S NEST, 11:38 P.M.
FLEET:
Dear mother of God --
(He rings the brass bell three times)
Iceberg right ahead!
Scene: The Collision: a tableau
ACT TWO
17.DRESSED IN YOUR PYJAMAS IN THE GRAND SALON
Scene: The Upper Promenade ("A") Deck:
The 1st Class Grand Salon
Sunday Morning, 12:03 A.M.
1st CLASS PASSENGERS:
STRANGE AND QUITE DISORIENTING BEING HERE...
RECENTLY AWAKENED FROM A DREAM...
HOW THE LIGHTS BURN,
EVERY CRYSTAL BRIGHT AS A STAR!
DRESSED IN YOUR PYJAMAS IN THE GRAND SALON,
LOOKS TO BE BIZARRE IN THE EXTREME...
THINGS COULD IMPROVE IF THE STEWARD OPENS THE BAR!
OH...IT'S A MEMORY I'LL WANT TO KEEP...
NOW...I WOULD LIKE TO GO
BACK TO SLEEP...
DRESSED IN YOUR PYJAMAS IN THE GRAND SALON
WONDERING IF THINGS ARE WHAT THEY SEEM
CAN YOU BE SURE? DO YOU EVER
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?
ETCHES:
MR. ASTOR, PLEASE, YOUR LIFE-BELT
MR. GUGGENHEIM, PLEASE PUT IT ON NOW...
CAPTAIN'S ORDERS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WEAR YOUR LIFE-BELTS!
MRS. WIDENER, IF YOU WOULD, M'AM
MR. THAYER, WE MUST INSIST NOW
IT'S A MERE FORMALITY
THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN
ETCHES & STEWARDS:
WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!
A MINOR DELAY NOW...
A SIMPLE PRECAUTION...
A MOMENT OF REST...
WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!
WE HARDLY NEED STAY NOW...
IN A MOMENT OR TWO SHE'LL BE RIGHT AGAIN
TRAVELING WEST!
JOHN THAYER:
See here, Mr. Etches, I demand to know exactly what's happening!
ETCHES:
The latest word, sir, seems to be that she's damaged one of the wing
propellers and we could be delayed for an entire day, sir.
THAYER:
I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THIS SOUNDS...
BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM:
NOT A BIT, NOT A BIT, NOT A LITTLE BIT...
THAYER:
WE SPENT EIGHTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS
GUGGENHEIM:
NOT A BIT, NOT A BIT, NOT A LITTLE BIT...
GUGGENHEIM & THAYER:
THIS IS NOT THE SORT OF VOYAGE WE PAID FOR!
I DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT THE SHIP IS DELAYED FOR!
RIGHT NOW!
1st CLASS PASSENGERS:
HOW COULD THIS EVER HAVE COME TO PASS
ETCHES:
CHRIST! LOOK WHO'S HERE!
IT'S THE SECOND CLASS!
ALICE BEANE:
EVERYTHING IS GORGEOUS IN THE GRAND SALON!
STUNNINGLY APPOINTED FOR THE CREAM
THOUSANDS OF BUCKS
GETS A TRIP DELUXE WITHOUT PAR!
ALL PASSENGERS: ETCHES & STEWARDS:
DRESSED IN YOUR PYJAMAS MR. ASTOR, PLEASE
IN THE GRAND SALON YOUR LIFEBELT
FEELS TO BE BIZARRE MR. GUGGENHEIM, PLEASE
IN THE EXTREME PUT IT ON NOW
HOW THE LIGHTS BURN IT'S A MERE FORMALITY
EVERY CRYSTAL BRIGHT THERE'S NO CAUSE FOR
AS A STAR CONCERN
STEWARDS: 1ST GROUP: 2ND GROUP: 3RD GROUP:
WE'LL BE ON
OUR WAY! STRANGE AND QUITE
DISORIENTING WE'LL BE ON
BEING HERE! OUR WAY! STRANGE AND
A MINOR DELAY QUITE DIS-
NOW! RECENTLY ORIENTING BEING
AWAKENED IN A A MINOR DELAY HERE!
A SIMPLE DAZE! NOW! RECENTLY AWA-
PRECAUTION EVERY LIGHT IS A SIMPLE KENED IN A
BURNING PRECAUTION DAZE!
A MOMENT OF WITH INTENSITY EVERY LIGHT IS
REST! EVERYTHING A MOMENT OF BURNING WITH
SURROUNDED BY HAZE INTENSITY!
WE'LL BE ON REST! WE'LL BE ON
OUR OUR
WAY! STRANGE AND WE'LL BE ON
QUITE DISOR- OUR
IENTING
WE HARDLY BEING HERE! WAY! STRANGE AND
NEED QUITE DIS-
STAY NOW RECENTLY WE HARDLY ORIENTING BEING
AWAKENED IN A NEED... HERE!
DAZE
ETCHES:
MR. GUGGENHEIM, PLEASE
UPSTAIRS NOW...
EVERYONE ELSE:
MRS. WIDENER, IF YOU WOULD WONDERING IF THINGS
M'AM... ARE WHAT
THEY SEEM...
IT'S A MERE FORMALITY CAN YOU BE SURE?
THERE IS NO DO YOU EVER KNOW
WHERE YOU
CAUSE FOR CONCERN ARE?
STEWARDS: 1ST GROUP: 2ND GROUP: 3RD GROUP:
WE'LL BE ON
OUR WAY! STRANGE AND QUITE
DISORIENTING WE'LL BE ON
BEING HERE! OUR WAY! STRANGE AND
A MINOR DELAY QUITE DIS-
NOW! RECENTLY ORIENTING BEING
AWAKENED IN A A MINOR DELAY HERE!
A SIMPLE DAZE! NOW! RECENTLY AWA-
PRECAUTION EVERY LIGHT IS A SIMPLE KENED IN A
BURNING PRECAUTION DAZE!
A MOMENT OF WITH INTENSITY EVERY LIGHT IS
REST! EVERYTHING A MOMENT OF BURNING WITH
SURROUNDED BY HAZE INTENSITY!
WE'LL BE ON REST! WE'LL BE ON
OUR OUR
WAY! STRANGE AND WE'LL BE ON
QUITE DISOR- OUR
IENTING
WE HARDLY BEING HERE! WAY! STRANGE AND
NEED QUITE DIS-
STAY RECENTLY WE HARDLY ORIENTING BEING
AWAKENED IN A NEED... HERE!
NOW DAZE STAY NOW RECENTLY AWAK-
ANY MINUTE NOW! ENED IN A DAZE!
ANY MINUTE!
ANY MINUTE ANY MINUTE
NOW NOW ANY MINUTE!
ANY MINUTE ANY MINUTE
NOW! NOW!
ALL:
WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!
WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!
WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!
OUR WAY!
OUR WAY!
Scene: The Radio Room, 12:16 A.M.
18.THE BLAME
ISMAY:
SURELY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO HELP US..
ANDREWS:
THOUSANDS ON BOARD
TRUSTING AND WARM
ROUSED FROM THEIR SLEEP
SENT UP ABOVE
UNSINKABLE SHIP
WHERE IS SHE NOW?
WHERE IS SHE NOW?
ISMAY:
POSSIBLY SHE WON'T GO DOWN
POSSIBLY SHE'LL STAY AFLOAT
POSSIBLY ALL THIS COULD COME TO AN END
ON A POSITIVE NOTE...
ANDREWS:
NOT UNLESS THE SHIP COULD FLY
NOT UNLESS WE ALL SPROUT WINGS
HONESTLY, SIR, I HAVE BUILT HER FROM SCRATCH
AND I KNOW CERTAIN THINGS!
ISMAY:
IF YOU KNOW SO MUCH
WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOW TO PREVENT THIS!
WHAT'S TO BECOME OF US ALL,
NOW THAT PROVIDENCE HAS SENT THIS!
THIS IS YOUR WORK, MR. ANDREWS!
YOU HAVE DONE US IN!
WHERE'S HER LEAKPROOF BULKHEADS?
WHERE'S HER DOUBLE SKIN?
THAT'S YOUR JOB!
IF SOMEONE MUST TAKE THE BLAME
IT IS YOU!
YOU!...
CAPT. SMITH:
INNOCENT FOLK
HELD IN OUR CARE
LIVING THEIR LIVES
DREAMING THEIR DREAMS
DREAMING THEIR DREAMS...
ISMAY:
POSSIBLY A SHIP WILL COME
POSSIBLY WE'LL ALL BE SAVED...
ANDREWS:
DAMMIT, SIR, LISTEN!
WE'RE HEMORRHAGING FAST!
IT'S OUR HULL THAT'S BEEN STAVED!
ISMAY:
COULDN'T YOU DESIGN IT RIGHT?
WHOEVER HEARD OF STEEL THAT RIPS?
ANDREWS:
ISMAY, I'M JUST IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING
IT'S GOD WHO SINKS SHIPS!...
ISMAY:
THERE STANDS THE CAPTAIN
WHO SAILED US STRAIGHT INTO DISASTER!
ANDREWS:
OH, NOW IT'S THE CAPTAIN'S TURN!
PRAY, WHO URGED HIM TO GO FASTER?...
WELL THEN, THANK YOU, MR. ISMAY
FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION!
NOW PLEASE PRAY FOR SOME
MIRACULOUS SOLUTION!
YOUR TIMING IS PERFECT!
NOW HELP US, PLEASE
IF YOU CAN!
CAPT. SMITH:
WHO CALLED FOR SPEED AND TO BREAK EVERY RECORD!
WHO HAD TO KEEP ALL THE MILLIONAIRES HAPPY!
ISMAY:
HOW DARE YOU, SMITH!
I WILL NOT STAND HERE INDICTED!
WHO IGNORED WARNINGS OF ICEBERGS WHEN SIGHTED?
(to Andrews)
WHO, SIR, REFUSED TO EXTEND UP THE BULKHEADS?!
ANDREWS:
YOU, SIR! TO GIVE THE FIRST CLASS
BIGGER STATEROOMS!
CAPT. SMITH:
AND WHO UNDERMINED THE POSITION OF CAPTAIN?
ISMAY:
AND WHO TOOK A COURSE TO FAR NORTH FOR THE SEASON?
CAPT. SMITH:
AND WHO KEPT INSISTING
WE LAND EVER SOONER?...
ISMAY:
AND WHO SHOULD HAVE POSTED ANDREWS:
MORE LOOKOUTS IN DARKNESS?... AND WHO HAD TO HAVE BOTH
THE LARGEST AND FASTEST?...
WHO DID IT?!
CAPT. SMITH:
WHO DID IT?! WHO DID IT?!
ISMAY:
WHO DID IT?! WHO DID IT?!
ALL THREE:
WHO DID IT?!
WHO DID IT?!
ANDREWS:
POSSIBLY THE LORD WILL AT...
CAPT. SMITH:
POSSIBLY HE WILL PROVIDE...
ALL THREE:
AND INDICATE HOW
OUR UNTHINKABLE FATE
CAN BE SOMEHOW DENIED
SOMEHOW DENIED...
ISMAY (to Andrews):
YOUR WORK
NO ONE ELSE'S...
ANDREWS:
MY DOING
NO ONE ELSE'S...
CAPT. SMITH: (to himself, quietly)
THERE'S ONLY ONE CAPTAIN
AND I WAS IN CHARGE
THIS IS MY SHIP
NO ONE ELSE'S...
Scene: the Boat Deck
19.GETTING IN THE LIFEBOATS
MARION THAYER (to her young son):
YOU AND I ARE GETTING IN THE LIFEBOAT
FATHER WILL BE STAYING HERE A WHILE
IT WILL BE LIKE ROWING IN THE SERPENTINE
COME ALONG NOW, LET US HAVE A SMILE...
JOHN THAYER:
GO ALONG WITH MOTHER IN THE LIFEBOAT
MARION THAYER:
JOHN...
JOHN THAYER:
DON'T EVEN SAY IT
I'LL BE FINE...
I'LL COLLECT YOU BOTH TOMORROW MORNING
YOU AND THIS BELOVED SON OF MINE
20.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP (Reprise)
MURDOCH & LIGHTOLLER (to Ida Straus):
MADAM, STEP THIS WAY INTO THE LIFEBOAT
LIGHTOLLER:
MR. STRAUS, BY ALL MEANS, TAKE A PLACE...
ISADOR STRAUS:
NO, I WILL NOT GO BEFORE THE YOUNGER MEN
Go, Ida - you must go now -
IDA STRAUS:
For what? To live without you? Absolutely not!
Where you go I go!
MURDOCH & LIGHTOLLER & STEWARD:
YOU MUST GET IN John Jacob ASTOR:
PLEASE STEP THIS WAY... MADDIE, DEAR, YOU MUST
GET IN THE LIFEBOAT
THERE IS NO TIME ALICE BEANE:
PLEASE DON'T DELAY EDGAR, LOOK I'M NEXT
TO MRS. ASTOR
THIS IS THE LAST OT LEAVE
IT MUST BE LOWERED NOW...
MURDOCH, LIGHTOLLER,
STEWARD & BELLBOY:
YOU MUST GET IN George WIDENER:
PLEASE STEP THIS WAY ELEANOR YOU MUST
GET IN THE LIFEBOAT
THERE IS NO TIME Charles CLARKE:
PLEASE DON'T DELAY CAROLINE, COME QUICK, HERE
IS A LIFEBOAT
THIS IS THE LAST TO LEAVE ALL PASSENGERS:
LITTLE TIME REMAINING,
FINAL LIFEBOAT
IT MUST BE LOWERED NOW...
21.LADY'S MAID (Reprise)
JIM FARRELL:
There's gotta be a place in that boat, Kate - take it, for God's sake
KATE MCGOWAN:
Jim Farell! I don't want to be a widow before I'm a bride!
JIM FARRELL:
YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LADY'S MAID!
LADY'S MAID IN AMERICA!
22.THE PROPOSAL / THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE (Reprise)
BARRETT: BRIDE: COMPANY:
(to the photo of Darlene)
BE THEE WELL IT'S ALIVE WITH HURRY NOW WE MUST
MAY THE LORD WHO A THOUSAND GET IN THE LIFEBOAT!
WATCHES ALL VOICES,
WATCH OVER THEE THE NIGHT HURRY NOW WE'RE
MAY GOD'S HEAVEN BE IS ALIVE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!
YOUR BLANKET WITH A THOUSAND (etc.)
AS YOU SOFTLY SLEEP VOICES (etc.)
BE THEE WELL
WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY IN ANDREWS:
MY ARMS YOU'LL PLAINLY SEE MY WORK
THIS DEVOTED SAILOR'S HEART NO ONE ELSE'S
AND SOUL ARE YOURS TO KEEP...
YOURS TO KEEP!
SHIP'S OFFICERS:
LOWER AWAY!!!
COMPANY:
HURRY NOW! THERE ISN'T ANY TIME!
23.WE'LL MEET TOMMOROW
COMPANY:
WE'LL MEET TOMORROW
WE WILL FIND A PATH
AND REACH TOMORROW.
PAST THIS DAY OF WRATH
WE'LL BE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN
CLING TO YOUR HOPE AND PRAYERS TIL THEN...
BARRETT (to the photo):
I'LL HOLD THEE CLOSELY
AS I SAY GOODBYE
AND KEEP YOUR IMAGE
IN MY MEMORY'S EYE
AND ALL THIS LOVE OF OURS WILL SOAR
COME DAWN OR DANGER
WE'LL MEET TOMORROW
AND HAVE EACH OTHER EVERMORE
COMPANY:
GIVE US TOMORROW
AND ANOTHER HOUR
LET OUR REUNION
COME WITHIN OUR POWER...
GRANT ONE MORE CHANCE
TO MAKE A START
THAT WE MAY LIVE FOR
AS WE PART...
CHARLES CLARKE:
COME SAY YOU LOVE ME
AS I KISS YOUR EYES
LET ONE BRIEF MOMENT
MAKE ETERNAL TIES...
COMPANY:
IF TOMORROW IS NOT IN STORE
LET THIS EMBRACING
REPLACE FOREVER
KEEP US TOGETHER
EVERMORE.
Scene: The Upper Promenade Deck,
"A" Deck, 2:01 A.M.
24.STILL
ISIDOR STRAUS:
STILL
THE WAY I LOVE YOU
STILL
LIVES IN MY HEART
IDA STRAUS:
AFTER ALL OF THE YEARS
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
BOTH:
HOLDING OUR LOVE
STILL..
ISIDOR STRAUS:
THE WAY YOU MOVE ME
STILL
FEELS AS IT DID
WHEN YOU FIRST BECAME MINE
WHISPERED THE WORDS
BOTH:
"I WILL"...
I LOVED YOU THEN
AND I LOVE YOU
STILL
IDA STRAUS:
NO ONE ELSE COULD PLAY YOUR ROLE
FOREVER KNOW MY MIND
ISIDOR STRAUS:
TRUE COMPANION OF MY SOUL
I WON'T TURN FROM
YOU I LEARN FROM
STILL...
BOTH:
THROUGH FORTUNE'S CHANGES
STILL
ALWAYS WE'VE KNOWN...
ISIDOR STRAUS:
THAT THE PROMISE WE MADE...
BOTH:
KEPT US AS ONE
AND WILL!
I LOVED YOU THEN...
AND I LOVE YOU...
STILL!
Scene: The Boat Deck
25.TO BE A CAPTAIN (Reprise)
ETCHES:
THOUSANDS ON BOARD
EACH IN HIS CLASS
YOU ARE THE MASTER OF ALL THAT MUST PASS
YOURS TO SET COURSE
YOURS TO COMMAND
YOU HOLD OUR SOULS
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
YOU HOLD OUR SOULD
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
Scene: The 1st Class Smoke Room,
"A" Deck, 2:16 A.M.
26.MR. ANDREW'S VISION
ANDREWS:
JUST A CURSORY LOOK AT THE BLUEPRINTS HERE
SHOWS THE WEAKNESSES THAT WE HAVE MISSED
HOW THE WATER POURED IN
A THREE-HUNDRED-FOOT GASH
AND CAUSED THE BOW TO FLOOD AND TO LIST
AND THEN IT FILLED TO THE TOP
OUR SEPARATE WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTS
AND BEGAN TO OVERFLOW...
BECAUSE THE WALLS IN-BETWEEN COMPARTMENTS
ARE TOO LOW!
SHE'S ONLY SINKING BECAUSE THESE BULKHEADS
STOP A DECK TOO LOW!
BUT HERE'S A THOUGHT! TAKE A LINE...
AND EXTEND UP THE WALLS TO THE BRINK...
IT'S JUST A SMALL REDESIGN...
BUT WHEN IT'S DONE, THEN I KNOW SHE CAN'T SINK!
LIKE THIS...LIKE THIS!...
(wildly erasing and redrawing lines on the blueprints)
LIKE THIS!...AND THEN LIKE THIS!...
THE SHIP WILL START TO PLUNGE BENEATH THE SURFACE
THE WATER LAPPING AT OUR FEET
DOWN SINKS THE BOW, UP FLIES THE STERN
TO THE SKY...
THE PANICKED PEOPLE RETREAT
A THOUSAND STRONG, THEY'LL CLIMB UP
TOWARD THE AFT DECK
THEY'LL CLING THERE DESPERATELY
LIKE BEES TO A HIVE!
THERE THEY'LL HOLD FAST
DOOMED TO THE LAST
LOST AND ABANDONED AND ALL
STILL ALIVE
A FEW OF THEM WILL HANG THERE
FROM THE RAILINGS
AS, ONE BY ONE, THEY'LL DROP AWAY!
MORE THAN TWO-HUNDRED-FIFTY FEET
THEY WILL FALL
AND AFTER THAT, I CANNOT SAY
I WILL NOT SAY...
THE REST, IN SWARMS, WILL OVERRUN THE BOAT DECK
THEY'LL LOSE ALL SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG
IT WILL BE "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF" ALL RIGHT!
THE WEAK THROWN IN WITH ALL THE STRONG!
FIRST CLASS, AND THIRD AND SECOND
WILL MEAN NOTHING!
AND SHEER HUMANITY ALONE WILL PREVAIL
ONE SINGLE CLASS
BRUTE, HARSH AND CRASS
THAT'S WHAT WILL COME OF THE WORLD THAT SET SAIL
AUTUMN...
SHALL WE ALL MEET IN THE AUTUMN?...
SHALL WE ALL MEET IN THE AUTUMN?...
Scene: Aboard the Carpathia.
27.IN EVERY AGE (Reprise) / FINALE
BRIDE:
FARE THE WELL
MAY THE LORD WHO WATCHES ALL
WATCH OVER THEE
MAY GOD'S HEAVEN BY YOUR BLANKET
AS YOU SOFTLY SLEEP...
ALL SURVIVORS:
SOFTLY SLEEP...
IN EVERY AGE MANKIND ATTEMPS
TO FABRICATE GREAT WORKS
AT ONCE MAGNIFICENT
AND IMPOSSIBLE...
ON DESERT SANDS, FROM MOUNTAINS OF STONE
A PYRAMID!
FROM FLYING BUTTRESSES ALONE
A WALL OF LIGHT!
A CHAPEL CEILING
SCREAMING ONE MAN'S ECSTACY!
ONE MAN'S ECSTACY...
MIRACLES THEM ALL!
CHINA'S ENDLESS WALL
STONEHENGE, THE PARTHENON, THE DUOMO
THE AQUEDUCTS OF ROME!
WE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE
WITH MAMMOTH BLOCKS OF STONE
A GIANT PYRAMID
NO, NOT A PYRAMID...
NOR GOTHIC WALLS THAT RADIATE WITH LIGHT...
THE COMPANY:
OUR TASK WAS TO DREAM UPON
AND THEN CREATE
A FLOATING CITY!...
OFFSTAGE VOICES:
A FLOATING CITY!...
COMPANY:
A HUMAN METROPOLIS...
A COMPLETE CIVILIZATION!
SLEEK!
AND FAST!
AT ONCE A POEM
AND THE PERFECTION
OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING...
SAIL ON, SAIL ON
GREAT SHIP, TITANIC...
CROSS THE OPEN SEA
PRAY THE JOURNEY'S SOUND
TIL YOUR PORT BE FOUND
FORTUNE'S WINDS
SING GODSPEED TO THEE...
FORTUNE'S WINDS
SING GODSPEED
TO THEE...
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