Music AND Lyrics STEPHEN SONDHEIM Book By HUGH WHEELER aixtZ)ALL A how we anh ‘Ah bow weds MIR ERLANSON: You aoqicsed MRS ANDERSSEN; ‘And he ee a a, 2 LINDQUIST: "What wed with your pre — Remebet dating? MRS SEGsTROM: The coi of te ont ‘When we were tig MRS NORDSTROM ‘Our lveninas were wig — Remember dating? ‘Ma LINDQUIST: ‘vas imping fora week You caught the fh AL You. (ey def eff as DESIREE' is come on) Seene Foor DESIRES Dis FREDRIK walls ona DESIRE, ina re, enters munching andi and carrying las of Beer FREDRIK: They told me whee o find you a te thet, ACTONE,SCENE FOUR 3 FREDRIK: Het, Desi (or a mament hy gaa exch ther) DESIRE: So twas yu! peered an peered and sai it... ?Canitbe-”-? lei posible? And thn, of os, ‘wien you mle et fr ive mite sae PREDRIK: Was my soar that a” DDESIREE: Ten, You wake ot on my Heda in bingy, And on my esatonal Por a Et, FREDRIK (Sind, ooking at her: ours yea! DESIRE: Fourteen yeas! FREDRIK: No ico? DESIRE: Rano? For a wile ite, Rt now — mo rao, Und a plat of sich) FREDRIK (Decining): Hungry seer fer perforce, DESIRE: Won. I'm a wolf. it dows (orig hie alas of scp) Here. You never sd 0 shapes (FREDRIK ss down othe ioe set, Sh ands, Aeoting ak) FREDRIK: About his walking out! Fike w exp. DESIRE: Te gin the pink des, inane. ‘FREDRIK: You sil oot miss. tig. do you? DSIRE: Your wis, FREDRIK: Forth pst leven moth. She wa 0 ooking forward the ps goa ile veexcted S's oly ‘ahee, sill aos seb. pase) atingDESIRE: For what? FREDRIK: Fr youll me what no fol ve became ‘ue flea under th pel of youth, begining, the Bank ae. (ery cols, DESIREE opens he ae, eveling her raked bob in) DESIRE: The page tht as Dos writen on —an ert, FREDRIK Looting, adn: With get ye Soe ngs ~schngpp for ecample prove with ase DESIRE: Let us hope tht roves re of jo ite rik, (She closes he wrapper and stand sl ry cool, Tooling a hin) ‘So you tok he ome an uch er pn er ct wih er rate ander wooly pega FREDRIK: Figuaively speaking. DDESIRGE: And he you came oe. FREDRIK: wish you'd ask me why. DESIRE (Dead pan Why di you come ome? FREDRIK: Fo ol tes sate? For curio? To ost tout ‘ny wif? To complain abet er? Pers Hal hy am ng sch lawyer boa (Paws) ‘Tis fteroon whe L was aking my map DDESIREE: Soyo take sferoon naps now! [PREDRIK: Hush. he mos delight ram, DESIRE: Aboat, 7 PREDRIK: yo, DDESIREE: Ab! What di we do? "FREDRIK: Well as mero a, we wor in ht itl ot in Malmo, We'd bon tasking ts ly, DESIRE (Suan pking ip): Wn my back got so armed i was an agony tle own sou? ACTONE.SCENEFOUR 33 FREDRIK: As viva. Wel ey vv! So you se. My Ives for coming ere ei might eld mined, (DESIRE sudden uno LuphierTentaive) Fay? DESIRE (Sudeny coming he auger, ery mock olema) No. No al (here isa pas, sinc charged with waded ses) FREDRIK Laon een, lhl ncomforiabe: How Tari li DDESIREE: Oh yes, shiny tang, Uppal one week. rsh te ne! The sae oni ros. FREDRIK: But itil bs compensations? DESIRE: Yes no = no = ys PREDRIK: Thats athe ambiguous answer, awe) You mst test tines, te any DESIRE (Sling) Dear rerio inguin about ‘ay lovee ret sr Ws ui satay. [REDRIK: 1s, And if may atk atthe omen? DESIRE: A dragon. very hammer mtd agoon with Pm fa the vanity peacock te bran fe Bettie psc propor FREDRIK: Don't specify the vestabe, plese, am estiy (iy bok burs int spatancous ough) (8, Desi! DESIRE: Frei! nother charged pase. FREDRIK ries ein) FREDRIK: Des, 1 DESIREE: Yes, dear? FREDRIK: =r... Thatis (ose his nerve ein)DESIRE: Hep younel, (FREDRIK croc 1th writing dea, where net 0 ‘he snap ame poograph of PREDRIKA He notices) FREDRIK: Who's his? DESIRE (Suddenly aher aban a? ugh. FREDRIK: Your duper? hd no iden DESIREE: Se happened FREDRIK: She's harming, Whereis ow? DESIRE: Stes wih my moter in he cous. She wed to our ithe and he oe day Maar ep pike the ‘Wath of God an sve er from me = You never Kiowa (ing ef the sbi) 1 ik pep a ite snapper me to FREDRIK: Ob es, of coun (FREDRIK prs «second chaps. The charged pose ‘xain) DESIRE (ncaing the mom): apolgie Fr al his sar FREDRIK: On the contary. have lays sca you very apply with ca, Pae) &. DESIREE: So FREDRIK (fall righ) Wel iki ine tat ‘hou yw db’ you? DESIREE: Rost or complain? FREDRIK: Both, expt. i) ACTON, SCENE FOUR She tphens my snes, She tinen my dye, Sheu a Kind of mess My weaned ways My iappet ste, The sche of my ite: ‘You mt meet ny we She bubbles with plese, She glows wah sree, Disp my scan’ ese uie bow it bean (ne thousand wis o which vein, Sc er sales me sea Toover dreamed tha Tsou ve Socompltly damental, Come tates, Sosunle,to wining Tobin that i begining Don't ak mb ty age One sills gow you mat ye, You'd ino DESIRE: Dear Fed, 'm just aging to meet ee ‘Sometime FREDRIK DESIREE: How ples FREDRIK ‘She nls, DesIREE:Her youth sso f presen — DESIRE: Whar the pre FREDRIK ‘Thence = wha? DESIRE (Profering cigar) Lien? FREDRIK (Ling is or ny et ‘You mat met my wie DESIRE: Yes, ust, realy mus. Now — PREDRIK DESIRE: How charming FREDRIK: ‘She ite. DESIRE: My wor ‘She fas, DESIRE: hat alain? ‘Whats, ti? ‘She ms me elm — what? DSIRE: FREDRIK: DestRéE: Ne, ACTONE.SCENEFOUR 37 FREDRIK Ba DESIREE: ist et your Gene FREDRIK: My Ame, DESIRE: ‘She ones my voice, my walk my ust, ‘The gu neta Pm saing ‘Shel wach ne pal us ua, ‘Then hel ae he ea ba DEsiReE: ‘You're joking, FREDRIK: ‘She des on — DESIRE: “our dip My song, DESIRE: "The eit i, she ely simple. DESIRE (Suing: Yes ht much Ses ea FREDRIK ‘She gives oe ny eres, DESIRE: "Old dass.”DESIRE: Wa she a FREDRIK: DESIRE: st (Cooks oer her shoulder at im a ies) Yes Lt FREDRIK: ‘Aseuof whims that [submerge etalon penne. Unerumtlysi a vgn at you ean Fea Mawes — DESIREE (ie): on finish hat een ‘She monstone!| FREDRIK: ‘She ries DESIRE: Unto! FREDRIK: ‘Unvenes S's you as uence. DESIRE: No.1 ke her is FREDRIK: Herein, er ppeeson — DESIRE: Nel DESIRE: ‘Yat -REDRIK ACTONE.SCENEFOUR DESIRE: Frere FREDRIK "You ht et ny ie DESIRE: Lene pty at nd my bie FREDRIK: DESIRE: mst meet our wit FREDRIK DESIRE: Yes. youmus Yet ma DESIRE (pens) A iin FREDRIK: Avr, DESIRE: leven montis? FREDRIK: Eleven months DESIRE: No wonder you reed of ma FREDRIK: Atleast i as you dreamed of which indies ‘ind a azosive ety doen? DESIRE: Aten FREDRIK Suet ery shy: Des, 1 DESIRE: Yer? FREDRIK: Would it scm inesive if were to ask you DDESIREE: Say ing. FREDRIK: Would you Me cany DESIRE: OF coun, What te ld end for? (heres, holdout her hand 1 him. He aes hr hand, es el ‘Wai il you see he trom! Stocking al ove the place, rate ty hip-hh and he Vig Mary over te Tada(Phy ext angi, it the bedroom, MADAME ARM FELDT appears and sing, i one ee othe room) MADAME ARMFELDT ‘Artie vila the Bron de Sg, ‘Where spats veh infos you, [Arti vila of th Baron de Sigs That ae i tend, ipa pena sions! Wits appease, ‘ato day? Dispel Whats become of ha” ‘Some that Isom jut on uma ‘Whar once was vil teat ‘What once was gown wih in Isom jut simpli Fock, ‘What once wae ups fst shes No, not even isa, ‘Ah ls! Now let ese. Where wa I? Ob ye Atte pale of he Duk o Fea, ‘Wao was prestiey deat bot er, [tthe palace ofthe Dake of Fear Tecqueel cue poste Pon ny Tita sos! Whats happened © he, sone day? Women ats meta 1emn ny, ‘The ac of tate hy ply. Wier is sb? ‘Where el ‘Wher forethought? ‘Wher’ deren of th et, ACTONE,SCENE FOUR 41 Where's pasion nthe at, ‘Wheres cat ‘Wiha smile Anda wl But with more though, seq cht Estavapaty 0 Verte, “Teo many people mute sex ‘An weet irene, ‘The ms dace Iolo mo ascot eps, (Or wore, np etutaplemrble means ‘Toameaurble ed ‘Why das ao one omen? {Lat as hope isn} just wend Now etme se. Where wat hye Inthe cae ofthe King ofthe Belgas ‘We wel vist eau ae toner theca of the King ofthe Belgas ‘Wo, wen dings got rae tou, Dedede sch Lins! Wits append to them, Gasens ty? Unay "the yap, “Tange “Te my best point he wy, [even named fer Dosis, Ina wor wher the kings employes, Where th amateur preva and eiay fo py, Ina woe where the prince are yer, What an anyone expect exept to ecolet (he fl elep. FRID appears and caries her of. ‘beat ‘CARL-MAGNUS of Al ight lg I's broken down ‘So do something! Crank it up or ever tt