Jekyll and hyde : wedding reception

YOUNG BISHOP: Dear beloved We are gathered here in the sight of God to join together this
man, and this woman in holy matrimony, If any man can show any just cause why they may not
lawfully be joined together let him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his peace.

(JEKYLL grabs his stomach in pain)

YOUNG BISHOP:Henry John Albert Jekyll, Do you take this woman, Emma Lisa Alice
Margarette Carew To be your wife... (Utterson notices something horribly wrong with his friend.)

UTTERSON: Henry, what is it?

JEKYLL: Don't make a fuss... terrible pain... get me out of here... need to breathe. (Everyone
else begins to notice as well.)

EMMA: Henry?!

SIR DANVERS: Oh, my God! (Henry starts to tremble, shake, and convulse, falling on the
ground in pain, holding his stomach)

JEKYLL: OH, GOD, WHAT NOW?

OH GOD, NOT NOW!
HELP ME SOMEHOW!
PLEASE TAKE THE PAIN AWAY!

FEEL IT FILL ME!

THIS WILL KILL ME!
PLEASE, GOD, WILL ME
SOMEHOW TO FIGHT, I PRAY!
(He gets up from the floor and tries to run away so that Emma will not see him like this)

OH, GOD, HELP ME!

GOD HAVE MERCY!
DON'T LET HER SEE!
NOT ON OUR WEDDING DAY!

(Jekyll tries to run for the door as he is slowly changing, but right before he makes it to the door
his transformation is complete, he slows down, stops, and slowly turns around, now as Hyde)

EMMA: Henry?!

HYDE: There is no Henry!... Only Hyde!

(All scream back in horror)

EMMA: Henry! Oh God Henry ... Henry, it's me...It's alright, everything will be okay. (she starts
to cautiously walk toward him, reaching her hands out to caress and comfort him, calm him
down, and let him know that everything will be alright. Hyde's face begins to soften and he
begins to gently reach out his hand for hers when)

STRIDE: (to Emma) No! Stay back! Look at this monster, Emma!

(Hyde's face turns hard again and his arm that was reaching out for Emma's hand is now
pointing at stride angrily)

HYDE: And what would you have done with her, Stride? Put her in one of your Camden Town
whorehouses and rented her out a shilling a time?

STRIDE: (Stepping forward and starting to pull out a sward) Damn you, Jekyll - enough!

HYDE: Enough indeed! End-of-game!

(Hyde rushes over and grabs Emma by the throat).
We seem to be married, my love! Ready for our bridal bed, are you?
(HYDE looks sinisterly at STRIDE).
All those opposed...Nay!

(Hyde starts to walk backwards towards the door, dragging Emma with him by the throat)

SIR DANVERS: No! Stop him! (Stride and Utterson approach closer to Hyde, trying to help
Emma)

HYDE: Stay! Or she dies!

UTTERSON: Henry I beg you – stop...Please stop now...

DANVERS: (reaching for his daughter) Emma...

(Hyde's face begins to soften again and he starts to loosen his grip on her, but then)

STRIDE: Don't touch her! You Creature! HYDE (tightening his grip on her throat tighter then
ever as his face once again turns hard) No one! Touches Edward Hyde! Or before God she
dies! (everyone halts, stepping back, not wanting him to do anything rash).

"In His Eyes (reprise)"

EMMA: (Gently starts to caress Hyde's hand, turning around to face him with all the love in her
heart showing through her eyes and tender words) Henry!...Henry I know it is you, and I know
you don't want to hurt me...You would never harm me, andI know you can hear me... Let me
go...Henry, please... For us... Let me go... please...

IN YOUR EYES I CAN SEE WHERE MY HEART LONGS TO BE…

IN YOUR EYES I SEE A GENTLE GLOW AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE SAFE I KNOW...

(She caresses his cheek with one of her petite soft ivory silk gloved hands)

(With the love radiating from her face and the gentle caress of her hand Hyde's face softens
once more, and Jekyll begins to cry in sorrow over what he just did and what he could have
done if it wasn't for Emma's love. He frantically panics, knowing that he has no control over
Hyde, pleading with Emma to run away from him now and never look back so that she may be
safe and happy, and leave him alone to his fate).

JEKYLL: Emma...O God! O God, Go on! Emma, please go on, leave me before it is too late!

(Jekyll tries to run out the door to get away from Emma and his other loved ones before
anything else bad can happen. Before he can make it out, Stride pulls out his sward and points
it at Jekyll, at this Hyde's since of self preservation and survival kicks in and Hyde takes over.)

HYDE: Go on Stride! I trustfully respect you are recording the order of business!

(Hyde starts to approach Stride. Utterson fearing another murder pulls out Jekyll's father's
revolver and aims it at Hyde. Hyde challenges both of them) Do it!

UTTERSON: Henry, stay back! Don’t go near him! Stop! I beg you stop, this madness has to
end. (HYDE pauses, but then takes another step toward Stride. UTTERSON fires a single round
at the ground. HYDE stops and pauses.) Henry! Think about what you are doing... (All of a
sudden there is a war inside of Hyde/Jekyll as Jekyll tries to break free and regain control)

JEKYLL: Do it, John. Please do it, I beg you. Set me free! Set me free, set us all free! just do it
John. (Jekyll spreads out his arms giving him a clear shooting path to his chest, in his face he is
begging for his friend to help end his suffering.)

UTTERSON: I can't, Henry! (Utterson lowers the gun)

JEKYLL: We promised, remember?

(Utterson hesitates until finally giving in).

Utterson: forgive me.

( Suddenly Utterson finally fires a gun causing Henry to turn into high briefly as a reaction, as
Hyde rushes towards him roaring with anger and pain, Utterson panics and shoots three more
shots into Henry causing him to collapse to the ground covered in blood.)

EMMA No! (Jekyll collapses onto the floor) Henry! Henry no! (She rushes over and cradles
Jekyll’s head)

(Switching between Jekyll and Hyde as he lay dieing)

HYDE / JEKYLL: Emma...Emma...Emma...

(All of The Attendees seem frozen in shock, horror, and sadness gathered in bunches in the
back as the lights fade silhouetting them, a spotlight shining down on Emma and Jekyll.)

(The Attendees still stand frozen in silhouette, Utterson, Stride, and Sir Danvers standing
around Emma as she lay atop her beloved Jekyll's body weeping endlessly, The spotlight slowly
begins narrow on Emma until it is a pinprick, and then by the end blackness)

Emma:Go to sleep, my tormented love... (The music builds as the spotlight reaches its above
mentioned blackness.)

"Epilogue"
(A spotlight comes up on center stage illuminating Emma)

EMMA: In the late autumn of 1889 my husband Henry Jekyll died. A good man doomed to
become a victim of the darker side of his own nature. They battled one another in life, And only
now are they at peace with one another in death.

(The light fades to black)

"The Ballad of Dr Jekyll and mr hyde”

(A spotlight comes up on stage left revealing Utterson)

UTTERSON: There's a story men fear to tell

A tale of two men who tempted Hell

(With the other light still up a second light rises stage right on Sir Danvers)

SIR DANVERS: We know one man was good and true,

But he turned himself into two
(The two men join each other in center stage, their lights merging into one and as they do the
entire stage becomes illuminated and the fog begins to clear segueing us into a Limboed
London Street.)

UTTERSON AND SIR DANVERS:

A saga of reckless and ruthless pride
That's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

BISHOP OF BASINGSTOKE: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

GLOSSOP: All of London was terrified

PROOPS: Doors were locked every evening-tide

LADY BECONSFIELD: No one ventured to go outside

LORD SAVAGE: And everyone's terror was justified by

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,

But never had London had terror like this
Disrupt in the dignity of our great bliss for his dismiss

Danvers: DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

ONE IN THE SAME HEART OPPOSITE SIDES

Danvers and Utterson: TOOK A TOWN ON A TERRIBLE RIDE

DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

Utterson: A CURIOUS TALE I HAVE TO TELL

OF GOOD INTENTIONS GONE STRAIGHT TO HELL!

(The actress playing Emma/Lucy returns to the stage, this time in her split character costume,
again turning different sides to the audience to be one character, or the other, or both.)

Emma: DR JEKYLL SO GOOD AND KIND

A GENTLEMAN ALWAYS SO REFINED

Lucy: BUT LYING IN WAIT WAS ANOTHER SIDE

ALL IT'S EVIL PERSONIFIED

Emma and Lucy: NO MATTER WHAT THE DOCTOR TRIED HE WAS TRAPPED FOREVER IN
MR HYDE All AND INNOCENT VICTIMS AND GUILTY A LIKE NOW I KNOW ALL OF
ENGLAND STAYS DREAMING OF SCREAMING TONIGHT
Emma: DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE BY DAY HONEST AND SAVING LIVES Lucy BY NIGHT
HE WAS FULL OF HOMICIDE DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

Emma: JEKYLL WAS BRILLIANT, DEVOTE, AND COMMEND

Lucy: HYDE WAS MANIACAL, BE-STILL THE END

All: NEVER GO OUT ON A MISTY NIGHT

BEWARE OF THE SHADOWS
BEWARE OF THE LIGHT
AROUND EVERY CORNER EXPECTING A FRIGHT
HYDE MIGHT BE WAITING FOR YOU
HYDE MIGHT BE WAITING FOR YOU

NEVER GO OUT ON A MISTY NIGHT

BEWARE OF THE SHADOWS
BEWARE OF THE LIGHT
AROUND EVERY CORNER EXPECTING A FRIGHT
HYDE MIGHT BE WAITING FOR YOU
HYDE MIGHT BE WAITING FOR YOU
AND INNOCENT VICTIMS AND GUILTY ALIKE
NOW I KNOW ALL OF ENGLAND STAYS DREAMING OF SCREAMING TONIGHT

EMMA: Dr Jekyll Had dazzling dreams

His were impossibly brilliant schemes

LUCY: But he took them to such extremes

London's Midnights were filled with screams

EMMA AND LUCY: No matter what Dr Jekyll tried

He too was a victim of Mr Hyde

BISHOP OF BASINGSTOKE: Never go out on a moonless night

GLOSSOP: Or step in the darkness as well as the light

PROOPS: Never believe that you won't die of fright

LADY BECONSFIELD: All of the stories are true

LORD SAVAGE: Hyde's out there waiting for you

STRIDE: Never go out on a moonless night

NELLIE: Or step in the darkness as well as the light

HARLOTS AND HUSTLERS: Never believe that you won't die of fright

POOLE: all of the stories are true

BISSET: Hyde's out there waiting for you

ENSEMBLE: And London was stunned By his bloodthirsty ride

The Night that the angel of death took the name Edward Hyde

Danvers: THE CHEMICAL LIED IN THE HIGH EXISTEN

Utterson: JEKYLL DID TRY BUT COULD NOT RESIST HIM

Danvers and Utterson: SOMETHING INSIDE HAD SNAPPED AND TWISTED IN HIS MIND

Utterson and Lucy: ALL THAT WAS SAFE HAD SOMEHOW GONE MAD

Danvers and Emma: ALL THAT HE GAINED TOOK AWAY IN THE END

Danvers, Emma, Lucy, Utterson: ALL THAT REMAINED WAS ALL THAT WAS BAD MR HYDE

SIR DANVERS and EMMA: Jekyll devoted his life to science

LUCY and UTTERSON: But he and Hyde were a doomed alliance

SIR DANVERS, EMMA, LUCY, and UTTERSON: What it became was a clash of giants inside
one man

EMMA: Jekyll attacked what he had to tackle

LUCY: Hiding in Hyde something bad to tackle

SIR DANVERS, EMMA, LUCY, and UTTERSON: Hiding in Jekyll a jackal

Jekyll and Hyde one man

ALL: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Good and bad living side
by side Neither one was to be denied
Dr Jekyll and Mr Edward Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

In an orgy of homicide
all of London was horrified
Dr Jekyll and Mr Edward - (Jekyll/Hyde rising from behind the crowd)

JEKYLL/HYDE -Hyde (Lightening flash to instant blackness. CURTAIN – END)

End of Act IV