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Libretto adapted from Lewis Carroll’s

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

by Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice

Adventures in Wonderland

Illustration by John Tenniel

Gary Bachlund

Libretto adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

By Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice Adventures in Wonderland

Music by Gary Bachlund

Piano-vocal score CONTENTS

I. Lewis Carroll’s Prologue – orchestra 1 Lewis Carroll: “All in a golden afternoon” 2 II. Prelude to a Golden Afternoon – orchestra 5 III. Childhood Dreams – Alice: “Well, what is the use of a book” 8 White Rabbit: “All in a golden afternoon” 9 IV. Waiting by the Door – Alice: “Dear! Dear! Dear!” 16 Alice: “How doth the little crocodile” 18 V. The Caucus-Race – Alice, Mouse, Lory and Dodo 20 VI. The Mouse’s Tail – Mouse: “Mine is a long and sad tale!” 28 VII. He Took Me for His Housemaid – Alice, Lory, Dodo and White Rabbit 29 VIII. “Father William” – Caterpillar and Alice 33 IX. Pig and Pepper – Fish-Footman: “For the Duchess” with Frog-Footman and Alice 40 Cook: “Too much pepper” and Duchess: “Speak roughly” 43 Alice: “Could you tell me” with Cheshire Cat 48 X. Three for Tea, and Four Makes More –

Mad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse: “No room” with Alice 52 XI. Twinkle – Mad Hatter, Alice, Dormouse and March Hare 61 XII. Tell Us a Story –

March Hare: “I vote the young lady tell us a story” with Alice, Mad Hatter and Dormouse 64 Dormouse: “Once upon a time” with Alice, March Hare and Mad Hatter 65 Ensemble: “No Room!” with Dormouse, March Hare Mad Hatter, Alice and White Rabbit 69

XIII. Off! – Queen of Hearts 72 XIV. The Croquet Party – Queen of Hearts, Alice, King of Hearts, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat,

Duchess, Gryphon (Lewis Carroll) 75 XV. A Visit to the Mock Turtle – Mock Turtle, Alice and Gryphon 85 Mock Turtle: “Reeling and Writhing” 88 XVI. The Lobster Quadrille – Mock Turtle, Alice and Gryphon 93 XVII. The Voice of the Lobster – Alice, Gryphon and Mock Turtle 97 XVIII. The Mock Turtle’s Lament – Mock Turtle: “Beautiful Soup” with Gryphon and Alice 101 XIX. Who Stole the Tarts? – White Rabbit: “Silence in Court!” with King of Hearts, Queen

of Hearts, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse, Dodo, Cook and Alice 103 White Rabbit: “Please, your Majesty, there’s more evidence” with tutti 113

XX. A Letter from Somebody – White Rabbit: “They told me you had been to her” 116 XXI. Such a Curious Dream – King of Hearts: “The most important piece of evidence” with tutti 118 Alice: “Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream” 122

ALICE Adventures in Wonderland

CAST In order of appearance

(eighteen singers)

Lewis Carroll / Gryphon – lyric tenor Alice – lyric mezzo soprano or lyric soprano

White Rabbit – countertenor Mouse – tenor Lory – baritone

Dodo – soprano or mezzo soprano Caterpillar – baritone

Fish-Footman – baritone Frog-Footman – baritone

Cook – soprano Duchess – mezzo soprano Cheshire Cat – baritone Mad Hatter – baritone March Hare – tenor Dormouse – soprano

Queen of Hearts – bass baritone or baritone King of Hearts – tenor Mock Turtle – tenor

ORCHESTRA

Oboe I & II Horn I & II

Percussion – single player (suspended cymbal with soft and hard sticks, triangle, five tubular bells - C#, G#, A, A# and B - castanets,

tam-tam, wood block, tambourine, snare drum) Piano Harp

Strings (divisi) – 3,3,2,2,2,1 minimum

Copyright © 2001, 2013 Gary Bachlund All international rights reserved. www.bachlund.org

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I. Lewis Carroll's Prologue [ Against a scrim at the front of the stage is projected a portrait of Lewis Carroll, flanked by his photograhic portraits of Alice Liddell. ]

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Texts by Lewis Carroll as adapted and amended byMarilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice Music byGary Bachlund

in memory of Virginia Ann Bachlund

Adventures in Wonderland

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All in a gold en af ter noon... full lei sure ly we

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glide... Who are you, A lice? Who are you in your fos ter fa

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3[ Carroll is discovered seated at a writing desk. ]

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gen tleas a dog (for give the pro saic si mi le, but I know no earth lylove so pure, so

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high or low, grand or gro tesque,king or ca terpil lar. Trust ful - rea dyto ac-

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Last ly, cur ious, wild ly cur ious, and with the en joy ment of

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life - life that come on lyin the hap pyhours of child hood, when

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all is new and fair, new and fair, when sin and sor roware but names - empty words

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sig ni fy ing no thing!

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II. Prelude to a Golden Afternoon

[ The scrim projections of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell slowly fade out. ]

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[ Curtain rises on a riverbank scene, a rowboat pulled onto the bank, the remains of a picnic lunch visible. Lewis Carroll manipulates a large marionette of a white rabbit (dressed in a duplicate of the costume worn by the White Rabbit at his first entrance). Carroll's audience consists of Alice, her two sisters and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth. Alice is busy making a daisy chain. ]


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[ The youngest girl spies something offstage worth investigating, and excitedly points to it. She imperiously drags Duckworth away, motioning for the others to come. ]

[ Carroll looks questioningly at Alice, who, politely stifling a yawn and shaking her head, remains seated, putting the finishing touches on her daisy chain. He exits. Alice is left alone onstage. ]

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[ Alice yawns again, then sleepily curious, looks into a book left behind by Duckworth. ]

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Well, what is the use of a book, with outpic tures or con versa tions?

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III. Childhood Dreams

ALICE quasi recit. con rubato

[ Alice awards the white rabbit marionette the "Order of the Daisy Chain," then yawns again and stretches out, ready for a nap. ]

[ Alice sleeps. ]

[ The White Rabbit appears from behind the boat. ]


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All in a gold en af ter noon, full

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lei sure ly we glide; for both our oars with lit tle skill by

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lit tle arms are plied, while lit tle hands make vain pre tenseour

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wan der ings to guide. A lice! A child ish sto ry

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take, and, with a gen tle hand, lay it where child hood's

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dreams are twined in mem ory's mys tic band. Like pil grim's

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with ered wreath of flowers plucked in a far off land.

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All in a gold en af ter noon, full lei sure ly we glide;

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for both our oars with lit tle skill by lit tle arms are plied, while

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Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall

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[ "Big Tom," the bell of the Christ Church clock, strikes the half-hour. ]

[ Startled, the White Rabbit checks his watch. Alice awakens in time to see him. ]

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be too late! I shall be too late! I shall be too late!

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[ Carefully he replaces the watch in his pocket. ]

[ The White Rabbit makes his way to the rabbit hole, dropping his gloves and his fan in his haste and.... ]

[ ...disappears. ]

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[ Alice picks up the gloves and fan and runs after him. ]


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[ She follows him down the rabbit hole. ]

[ The riverbank disappears. Alice's fall into Wonderland occurs in slow motion. ]


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Oh my ears and whis kers!It is get ting late! It is get ting late! It is! Oh, how late it's

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[ Alice lands in a hall of mirrors and spies the White Rabbit. ]

WHITE RABBIT

[ Exit White Rabbit. Alice tries to follow but runs into a door which mysteriously has closed behind him. ]

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[ A ballet of doors moves in front of and behind Alice; and gradually they recede. ]

[ Meanwhile, very slowly and unperceived by Alice, water rises all around her. Tears. ]

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Dear! Dear! Dear!

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How queer ev' ry thingis to day. Wherein the

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world am I? Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear! How puzz lingthis all is. Let me see if I

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IV. Waiting by the Door

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know all the things I used to know. Four times five is twelve, and

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four times six is thir teen, and four times se ven....

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Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

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Oh, dear! Dear! Dear! Dear! Lon don is the ca pital of

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[ She notices the rapidly rising water and begins to panic. ]

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Pa ris, and Pa ris is the ca pi tal of Rome, and

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Rome... That's all wrong! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I'll try to say "How doth the lit tle..."

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Oh, dear! Oh dear! Where am I, then? Tell me that... Who am

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I? Tell me that... I am so ti redof be ing a lone here.

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Oh Mouse, do you know

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the way out of this pool? Per

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Oh, I beg your par don. Iquite for gotyou did n't like

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V. The Caucus-Race[ Alice sees a Mouse swimming along with the other creatures. ]

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Not like cats! Would you like cats if you were me?

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Are you... Are you fond of dogs? There is such a nice lit tledog

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let me hear that name a gain!

near our house. Kills all the rats, and... Oh, dear!

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Let us get to shore.

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[ The characters gather together. ]

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I'll tell you my his to ry, and you'll un derstand,un derstandwhy it is

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The first ques tionof course... How to get dry.

dry. A hem! This is the dri estthing I know.

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Pope, was soon sub mitted to by the En glish, who

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want ed lea ders, and had been of late much ac customed to

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The best thing to get us

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What is a cau cusrace?

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The ex actshape does n'tmat ter. One, two, three and a way!

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[ They run in a circle, following the Dodo. ]

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The race is o ver! Ev' ry bo dy has won, and all must have pri zes.

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Why, she of course.

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But who is to give the pri zes? Pri zes!

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Pri zes!Pri zes! Pri zes!

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[ Alice finds some comfits in her pocket and hands them around. ]

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But she must have a prize her self, you know. What else have you in you po cket?

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Hand it o verhere. We beg your ac ceptance of this e le gantthim ble.

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Thank you. You pro misedto tell your his tory.

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DODO 3[ Alice produces a thimble from her pocket. ]

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[ The Dodo presents it back to Alice. ]

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ALICE[ To the Mouse. ]

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Mine is a long and sad tale! Fu ry said to a mouse, that he met in the house,

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"Let us both go to law: I will pro secute you. Come, I'll take no de nial; we must have a trial:

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for real ly this morn ing I have no thingto do." Said the mouse to the cur, "Such a trial, dear sir,

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with no ju ry or judge, would be wast ing our breath." "I'll be judge, I'll be ju ry,"said

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VI. The Mouse's Tail

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demn you to d...!"

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You are not at tending! What are you think ingof? What are you think ingof? What?

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I beg your par don. Please come back, and

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[ The Mouse storms off angrily. ]

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VII. He Took Me For His Housemaid

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fi nish your sto ry.

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this be a les sonto you ne verto lose your tem per.

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I wish I had my Di nahwith

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me. She'd soon fetch it back. Our cat.

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The Du chess! The Du chess! Oh my dear paws! Oh fur and whisk ers! Where can

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[ All the remaining creatures scream and run off. ]

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[ The White Rabbit scurries by. looking for something. ]

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I have dropped them? What are you do inghere? Ma ry Ann, run home this mo ment and

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Gloves and a fan.

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fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan. Gloves and a fan.

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ALICE[ The White Rabbit disappears. ]

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[ Taking them out of her pocket and regarding them, she then replaces them in her pocket. She sets out after him. ]

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I hard ly know, sir. I'm not my self,you see.

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Who are you? Ex plain your self.

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I don't see. Why?

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[ Suddenly, a Caterpillar appears, sitting upon a large mushroom and smoking a hookah. ]

VIII. "Father William"

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[ Alice turns away, to leave. ] 3amante

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Is that all?

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No.

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I'm a fraidI am, sir. I can't re member the things that I used to.

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So you think you've changed, do you?

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Can't re memberwhat things? Re peat"You are old, Fa therWil liam."

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old," Fa therWil liam, the young man said, "and your hair has be comeve ry white, and

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yet you in cessant ly stand on your head! Do you think, at your age, it is right?

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now that I'm per fectly sure I have none, why I do it a gainand a gain!"

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[ The Caterpillar joins her, playing "Father William." ]

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old," said the youth, "as I said be foreand have grown most un common ly fat! Yet you

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turned a so mersault in at the door. Pray what is the rea sonfor that?

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use of this oint ment--one shil ling a box. Al low me to sell you a cou ple?"

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old,"said the youth,"and you jaws have grown weak for a nything tough er than su et; yet you

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mus cular strength, which it gave to my jaw, has last edthe rest of my life!"

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old,"said the youth,"one wouldhard lysup posethat your eye was as stea dyas ev er; yet you

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ba lancedan eel on the end of your nose. What made you so aw f'lly cle ver?"

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think I can lis tenall day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

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old, Fa therWil liam," the young man said, and, for that, he was kicked down stair!

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"You are old, the young man said, and, for that, he was kicked down stairs!

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Not quite right, I'm a fraid.

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It is wrong from be ginning to end.

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Are you con tentnow?

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For the Du chess. An in vi ta tion

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from the Queen to play cro quet.

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From the Queen an in vita tion to the Du chess to play cro quet.

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[ A Fish-Footman enters, bearing an over-sized letter. ]

IX. Pig and Pepper

[ He knocks at a door in the mushroom. A Frog-Footman opens the door of the mushroom-house, and inadventently closes it behind him. ]

FISH-FOOTMAN

FROG-FOOTMAN


For the Du chess. For the Du chess. Duchess. Du chess. Du chess.

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From the Queen. From the Queen. Queen. Queen. Queen.

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There's no use knock ing. First, be cause

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[ The Frog-Footman stomps off. The Fish-Footman sits at the door of the house, as Alice approaches, from which are heard noises. ]

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Please then,

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side, such a noise in side, no one could pos sibly hear you.

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how am I to get in?

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Are you meant to get in at all?

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That is the ques tion,you know. I shall sit here, on and off, for days and days, days and days,

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days and days, days and days, days and days, and

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days! Days and days!

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Oh, there's no use in talk ingto him. He's per fectly id i o tic!

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in that soup?Too much pep perin that soup? Too much!

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Too much pep perin that soup? Oh, I don't

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[ The door is thrown open, and the Cook storms out, pot and spoon in hand and,seeing Alice, offers her a taste of the soup. The Duchess follows carrying a baby. ]

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You don't know much, and that's a fact! That's a fact!

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If ev' ry bo dy mind edtheir own bus' ness, the world would go round a

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deal fast er than it does! ...choo!

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Speak rough lyto your lit tle boy, and beat him when he

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wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

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[ The Duchess begins to shake the baby. Unobserved, a Cheshire Cat creeps onto the roof and watches, grinning. ]

DUCHESS

COOK


Wow!


Wow! I speak se verely to my boy, I beat him when he sneez es; for

he can tho rough ly en joy the pep per when he plea ses!

774

wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

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Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

COOK


Here! You can nurse it a bit, if you like! I must get rea dyto play cro

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quet with the Queen! Cro quetwith the Queen!

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If I don't take this child a way.... If I don't take this child a way... Don't

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grunt! That's not the pro perway of ex pressing your self. If you're go ingto

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DUCHESS

[ Handing the baby to Alice. ]

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turn in to a pig, I'll have no thingmore to do with you. A dread ful ly ug ly

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child, but a ra therhand some pig.

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Could you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?

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I don't much care where....

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pends a good deal onwhere you want to get to. Well....

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[ The Cheshire Cat smiles down on Alice. ]

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ALICE[ To the Cheshire Cat. ]

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CHESHIRE CAT

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Well, then it does n'tmat terwhich way you go, which way you go.

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In that di rectionlives a Hat ter.And in that di rection lives a March Hare.

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Vi sit ei ther, ei ther you like they're both quite mad. Quite

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mad. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. I'm mad. We're all mad here.

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No!

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You must be or you would n'thave come.... Do you play cro quet with the Queen

I had n'tbeen in vi ted.

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to day? By the bye, what be

It turned in toa pig.

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came of the ba by? Ah! Did you say 'pig' or

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ALICE

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I said 'pig.' It turned in toa pig.

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'fig?' I thought it would. We're all

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mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. I'm mad. We're all madhere. You

854

must be or you would n'thave come.... Would n't have! I'm mad.

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Rav ingmad,af ter all!

molto rit. 861

You're mad. I'm mad. We're all mad here. Mad! Mad!

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attacca


No

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No room! No room!

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There's plen tyof room.

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room! No room!

For whom?

No room! No room! No room! No room! No

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No room! No room! No room! No room!


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X. Three for Tea, and Four Makes More[ The Cheshire Cat disappears abruptly. The mushroom-house descends back into the ground, revealing the Mad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse at a tea-table. ]

MARCH HARE

MAD HATTER

ALICE 3

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MARCH HARE

MAD HATTER


room! No room! No room! No room! No room! No

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I don't see a ny wine. Then it was n'tve ry

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Have some wine. There is n't a ny.

...is n't a ny.

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ALICE[ Alice sits at the table. The Dormouse tends to doze off. ]

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MARCH HARE

MAD HATTER


ci vil of you to of fer it.

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It was n'tve ry ci vil of you to sit down with outbe ingin vi ted.

Why is a

I be lieve I can guess that.

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ra venlike a wri ting desk?

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Ex act ly so.

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ALICE

ALICE

MARCH HARE 3 3


I do-- at least I mean what I say. That's the same thing, you know.

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mean.

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Not the same thinga bit! Why, you might as well

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say that "I see what I eat: is the same thing as "I eat what I see!"

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Why, you might as well say that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like."

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Why, you might as well say that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I

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breathe."

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It is the same thing with you.

What day of the month is it? What

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day! Two days wrong! I told you but terwould n't suit the works. Have you

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MARCH HARE 3

MAD HATTER

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ALICE

[ To the March Hare. ]3

[ To Alice. ]


No.What's the an swer?

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guessed the rid dleyet? I have n'tthe slight esti

You might do some thingbet terwith your time than wast ingit in ask ing

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rid dles that have no an swer.

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If you knew Time as well as

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I do, you would n'ttalk a boutwast ing it. I dare say you ne vere ven spoke to Time.

know I have to beat timewhen I learn mu sic.

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Ah, that ac countsfor it. He won't stand a beat ing... Now, if on ly you'd kept on good

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terms with him, he'd do al mosta ny thing you like with the clock. Sup pose it were nine o'

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ALICE

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clock, time forles sons. Whis perto time, round goes the clock. Half past one, time for din ner!

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That would be grand, cer tainly.

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I on ly wish it was.

You could keep it to half pastone as

Is that the way you man age?

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long as you liked. Not I.

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MARCH HARE [ Wistfully. ]

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We quar reledlast night just be forehe went mad at the con certgiv en by the

Allegretto molto rit. A tempo949

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Queen of Hearts. I had to sing... I had to sing! Twin kle, twin kle, lit tle bat.


How I won der what you're at. You know the song per haps? Up a bove the


I've heard some thinglike it. Twin kle, twin kle, lit tle bat. How I won der

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world you fly... ...like a tea tray in the sky. It goes on. Twin kle,twin kle,

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MAD HATTER

[ Indicating the March Hare. ]

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ALICE


Twin kle, twin kle.

molto rit. A tempo molto rit. A tempo965

what you're at. Twin kle, twin kle lit-...

lit tle bat. How I won der what you're at.

Twin kle, twin kle. Twin kle, twi-...

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Well, I'd hard ly start edmy third verse, when the Queen bawled out,"He's

How dread fully sa vage!


mur der ing time! Off with his head!" And ev ersince then, he

DORMOUSE [ Sleepily. ]

ALICE 3

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Then you


won't do a thingthat I ask. It's al waystea time. Tea time.We've no time to wash things.

keep mo vinground? But what hap penswhen you come to the be ginning?

Meno mosso molto rit. 982

As the things get used up. Ah!

Hmm.

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Sup posewe change the sub ject!

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[ Alice surreptitiously examines the inside of her cup. ]


I don't know a ny

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I vote the young la dy tell us a sto ry.

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sto ries.

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Then the Dor mouseshall! Wake up, Dor mouse!

Then the Dor mouseshall! Wake up, Dor mouse!

I was n't a sleep. I heard ev' ry word you fel lowswere say ing.

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Tell us a

Wake up!Wake up! Ha!

Wake up!Wake up!

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XII. Tell Us a StoryALICE [ Rather alarmed. ]

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MAD HATTER

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sto ry! Yes, please do! Tell us a sto ry!

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Tell us a sto ry! Tell us a sto ry!

Be quick a boutit, or you'll

Once... Once up on a time there were

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three sis ters and they lived at the bot tomof a well.

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What did they live on?

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DORMOUSE [ Huge yawn. ]

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They lived on trea cle. Trea cle. So they were,

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But the'd have been ill from it.

ve ry ill... Ve ry ill. Ve ry ill.

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I've had no thing

Ve ry ill. Have some more tea.

And

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yet, so I can't take more.

You mean you can't take less. It's ve ryea syto take more than no thing.

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ALICE [ Slightly offended. ]

MARCH HARE 3

DORMOUSE

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so these three sis ters--theywere learn ingto draw.... learn ingto draw... Trea cle.

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What did theydraw?

Theywere learn ingto draw, learn ingto draw, and they learned all

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I want a new cup,let's all move one place on.

man nerof things, ev' rything that be ginswith "M." ...that be

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Why with an "M?"

Why not?

ALICE 3

[ They all move over, one at a time, examining carefully the new place setting. ]3 3

MAD HATTER

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[ The Dormouse has begun to sleep and is pinched awake by the March Hare. ] DORMOUSE3

ALICE

MARCH HARE


gins with "M." Mouse traps,and the moon, and me mory and much ness. Did you

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ev ersee such a thing as a draw ing of much ness?

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A draw ing of much ness?

Now that you ask, I don't think...

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Then you should n'ttalk! Should n't talk,

Thenyou should n'ttalk! Should n't talk,

ALICE

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'cause there's no room! No room! No room! No room! No

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room! No room! No room! No room! No room! No room! No room!

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room! No room! No room! No room! No room! No room! No room!

No room! No room! No room! No room! No room! No room!

Well,that's the stu pidest tea party that I was ev er at in all my

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[ Alice leaves the table abruptly. ]

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all my life. But ev' ry thing's cu ri ous, cu ri ous, cu

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The Queen! The

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The Queen!

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Queen! The Queen! The Queen!

The Queen!

The Queen!

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WHITE RABBIT

[ The White Rabbit runs by. ]

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DORMOUSE

[ The Dormouse, March Hare and Mad Hatter run off, terrified. ]

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MAD HATTER

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Off with their heads, I say! Off with their heads! Off! Off! Off! Off!

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Off, I say, with their heads! Off with their heads! Off with their heads,I say!

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Off! I say lop them off and chop them off and pop them off to day! Off with their heads, I say!

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Off with their heads! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off, I say, with their heads! Off! Off! Off! Off!

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[ The Queen of Hearts enters in high dudgeon preceded by the Gryphon (Lewis Carroll) bearing a banner emblazoned with the Mock Turtle encircled by the inscription, "Queen of Hearts and Marchioness of Mock Turtle." The Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit as herald, and the other eleven Hearts follow behind as the Queen's entourage. ]

XIII. Off!

QUEEN OF HEARTS

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Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off their heads, I say!

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Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off!

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Off with their heads, I say! Off with their heads! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off, I say, with their heads!

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Off with their heads! Off with their heads, I say! Off! I say lop them off and chop them off and

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pop them off to day! Off with their heads! Off with their heads! Off! Off! Off! Off!

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Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! off with ev' r y lit tle one of their heads!

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Off with their heads, I say! Off!

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Who is this? What's your name, child?

Andante1146

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A lice. My name is A lice, if it please your Ma jesty. (They're

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on ly a pack of cards. I need n'tbe a fraidof them.)

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XIV. The Croquet PartyQUEEN OF HEARTS [ Noticing Alice. ]

ALICE [ To herself. ]

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How should I know? It's no bus' nessof mine.

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Off with her head!

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Non sense! Non sense!

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Con si der my dear: she is on lya child...

Off with her...

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Yes.

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Can you play cro quet? Come on, then! Ha!

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QUEEN OF HEARTS

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KING OF HEARTS 3 3

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[Mallet hit. The croquet ball rolls. With the percussion, the Queen of Hearts begins to play, needless to say with minimal regard for the rules.]

QUEEN OF HEARTS

[ To Alice. ]


It's...

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Come on, then! Ha!

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It's... Its' a ve ryfine day.

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Ve ry. Where's the

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Hush! She's un dersen tenceof ex e cu tion! She boxed the Queen's ears...

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Du chess? Ha!

[Mallet hit. The croquet ball rolls. ]

WHITE RABBIT

[ To Alice, with a nervous eye on the Queen of Hearts. ]

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[ Smothering a laugh. ]


How are you get tingon?

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Get to your pla ces! Off with his head! Off with his head!

I don't think they play fair lyat all. They don't seem to have a nyrules.

1181

How do you like the

Not at all. She is so ex tremely... like ly to win,

1184

Queen?

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CHESHIRE CAT [ Appearing discretely. ]

QUEEN OF HEARTS

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that it is hard lyworth while fin ish ing the game.

Adagio1187

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A friend of mine.

Andante1190

Who are you talk ingto?

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I don't like the look of it at all. But it may kiss my hand,if it likes.

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[ The Queen of Hearts smiles, and moves on. ]

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ALICE

KING OF HEARTS

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Don't be im perti nent!

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I'd ra ther not! I'd ra ther not! I'd ra thernot!

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It

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My dear, have this cat re moved!

Off with its head!

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be longsto the Du chess:you'd bet terask her a bout it.

1204

Fetch her here!

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KING OF HEARTS

CHESHIRE CAT

ALICE

[ To the Queen. ]

QUEEN OF HEARTS

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QUEEN OF HEARTS


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You can't think how glad I am to see you a gain.

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The game's go ingon ra therbet ternow.

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'Tis so... "Tis so, and the mo ralis -

1218

Ra ther bet ter now.

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[ The game resumes till the Duchess is marched on. ]

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Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love, that makes the world go round.

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Some body said that it's done by

Ah well, ah well, it means much the

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ev' ry bo dy else mind ingtheir own bus' ness.

same thing, and the mo ral of that is "Take care of the sense and the sounds will take

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care of them selves." A fine day, your Ma jesty.

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[ Weakly, to the Queen, who has suddenly come by. ]

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Ei ther you or your head must be off, and that in a bouthalf no time.

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Have you seen the Mock Tur tle?

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The Mock Tur tle?

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The thing Mock Tur tlesoup is made from. Up, la zy thing!

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Take this young la dyto see the Mock Tur tle. I must see af tersome ex e cu tions.

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QUEEN OF HEARTS

3 3[ The Duchess exits hurriedly. ]

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ALICE3

[ To the Gryphon. ]

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It's all her fan cy. They

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ne ver ex e cutes no bo dy, you know. Come on!

ne ver was so or dered a roundbe fore. Ne ver.

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[ The Queen exits without pomp, her entourage following quickly behind her. ]GRYPHON [ To Alice, in a definitely "non-U" accent. ]

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What is his sor row?

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Ah!

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[ Alice and the Gryphon leave the croquet party, and walk together. ]

XV. A Visit to the Mock Turtle

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[ Sounds of sobbing are heard from afar. ]

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[ Alice and the Gryphon come upon the Mock Turtle, who is weeping. ]

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ALICE 3

MOCK TURTLE

( sobbing sounds ad lib. )

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It's all his fan cy, that; he has n'tgot no sor row, no sor row, you know. It's all his

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fan cy. No. This here young la dywants for to know your

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Sit down, and don't speak a word till I've fin ished. Once

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I was a real tur tle. We were so lit tle. We went to school in the sea.

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The mas ter was an old Tur tle. We used to call him Tor toise.

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Why did you call him Tor toise when he was n't one?

rit. 1289

Be causehe taught us!

[ In an extremely upper-class accent. ] [ A big sigh. ]

[ They listen encouragingly. ]3 33

ALICE [ Unable to refrain from interrupting. ]

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MOCK TURTLE


Reel ing and Writh ing, then the diff' rentbran chesof ma thema tics -

Lento

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Am bi tion, Dis trac tion, Ug li fi ca tion, and De ri sion.

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There was mys tery, an cientand mo dern. Then Drawl ing, Stretch ing and Faint ing in

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Coils. Coils. Coils. Coils. We were so lit tle. Ah!

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[ Resuming his tale. ]3

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How ma nyhours a day did you do les sons?

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Ah! Ten hours the first day and then

nine the se condand so on, That's the rea son, the rea son

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that they're called les sons, be cause they less en from day to day,

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less enfrom day to day, day to day, day to day.

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That's e nougha boutles sons. Games, now!

Ah!

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I have n't.

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You may not have lived much un derthe sea... ...and per hapsyou were

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MOCK TURTLE

( sobbing sounds ad lib. )

[ The Gryphon is obliged to shake the Mock Turtle, to stop his sobbing. ]

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ALICE

MOCK TURTLE

3


I once tas ted... No, ne ver.

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ne ver in tro duced to a lob ster?

So, you can have no i deawhat a de lightful thing a lob sterQua drille is.

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Two lines! You ad vancetwice!

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You form in to a line a longthe sea shore... Each with a lob steras a part ner.

ALICE [ Hastily collecting her thoughts. ]

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Change lob sters and re tire in the same or der. Then you throw... ...as

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Change lob sters and re tire in the same or der. ...the lob sters...

far out to sea as you can. Turn a so mersault in the sea.

1325

Swim af ter them!

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Back to land! Back to land. Land.

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Change lob stersa gain! That's the first fig ure. Back to land.

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It must be ve ry pret ty.

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Would you like to see it? We can do it with out

lob sters.

Adagio1332

You sing. I've for gotten the words.

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ALICE [ Nonplussed, but polite. ]

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[ The Mock Turtle and Gryphon approach one another, and bow. Hand in hand, they dance mincingly. ]

XVI. The Lobster Quadrille

GRYPHON [ Tactfully. ] 3

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hind us, and he's tread ing on my tail. See how ea gerly the lob sters and the tur tles

1340

all ad vance! They are wait ingon the shin gle -- will you come and join the dance?

1344

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?

1348

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Will you, won't you, will you,won't you, won't you join the dance? Slow ly and sad ly...

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[ Giving stage directions. ]

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"You can real lyhave no no tion how de light ful it will be when they take us all and

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throw us, with the lob sters,out to sea!" But the snail re plied"Too far, too far!"and gave a

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look a skance -- said he, thanked the whi tingkind ly, but he would not join the dance.

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Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.

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Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.

1370

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Dance! Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the

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Dance! Dance! I should like to hear her re peatsome thingnow.

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I can't re member things to day. I've tried to say, "how doth the lit tle

1380

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ALICE 33 3


bu sy bee" and"Fa therWil liam."

rit. 1382

Stand up and re peat 'Tis the

'Tis the voice of the lob ster,I heard him de clare--"You have

Allegretto1384

voice of the slug gard.'

mp

baked me too brown, I must su garmy hair! As a duck with his eye lids,so he with his nose trims his

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GRYPHON

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ALICE [ Reciting, as if in class. ]

XVII. The Voice of the Lobster

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belt and his but tons,and turns out his toes. When the sands are all dry, he is gay as alark, and will

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talk in con temp tu ous tones of the shark: But, when the tide ri sesand sharks are a round,his

1396

voice has a ti midand trem ulous sound.

1400

That's dif f'rentfrom what I used to say when I was a child.

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GRYPHON [ Puzzled, but tolerant. ] 3 3


It sounds un common non sense.

1404

Go on with the next verse. It be gins "I

I passed by his gar den,andmarked with one eye, how the owl and the pan therwere

1407

passed by his gar den."

mp

shar ing a pie: The pan thertook pie crustand gra vyand meat, while the owl had the dish as its

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MOCK TURTLE [ Disdainfully. ]

GRYPHON [ To Alice, encouragingly. ]3

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ALICE3 3 3

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share of the treat. When the pie was all fi nished,the owl as a boon, was kind lyper mit ted to

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po cketthe spoon: while the pan therre ceivedknife and fork with a growl, and con cludedthe ban quetby...

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1423

By far the most con fusing thing that I e ver heard!

I think you'd bet terleave off. Sing her "Tur tleSoup,"will you old fel low?

rit. 1428

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MOCK TURTLE 3

3

GRYPHON [ Sagely. To the Mock Turtle. ]

3 3


BeauBeau

titi

fulful

soup,soup!

soWho

rich,cares

andfor

green,fish!

waitGame!

ingOr

ina

any

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p mp

hoto

tuther

reen.dish?

WhoWho

forwould

suchnot

daingive

tiesall

wouldelse

notfor

stoop?two

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Souppen

ofny

theworth

ev'on

ning,ly of

beaubeau

titi

fulful

soup!soup?

SoupSoup

ofof

thethe

ev'ev'

ning,ning,

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beaubeau

titi

fulful

soup!soup!

BeauBeau

titi

fulful

soup!soup!

BeauBeau

titi

fulful

soup!soup!

SoupSoup

ofof

thethe

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XVIII. The Mock Turtle's Lamentwith mournful praise *

MOCK TURTLE

* Lugubriously mellifluent, that is to say.


ev'ev'

ning!ning!

BeauBeau

titi

fulful

soup!soup!

1457

What trial is that?

Allegretto1463

Come on! The trial's be ginning!

f subito pp

rit. 1467

Soup of the ev' ning! Beau ti ful...

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ALICE

GRYPHON [ To Alice. ]

[ The Gryphon providently claps his handover the Mock Turtle's mouth to stop him. ]

MOCK TURTLE

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[ All the Wonderland characters fill the stage, some as jurors, others as spectators, and officers of the court. The prisoner, the Knave of Hearts, is led onstage.]

non rit.

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attacca

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Si lencein court!

Con motoq. = 1001475

f mf

The Queen of Hearts, she

1479

Read the ac cusa tion!

made some tarts, all on a sum merday; The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts and

1483

took them quite a way. Not yet! Not yet! Not

1487

Con si der your ver dict.

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XIX. Who Stole the Tarts?

WHITE RABBIT [ self-importantly. ]

WHITE RABBIT

KING OF HEARTS

WHITE RABBIT [ With the nervous reproof of a courtier. ]

KING OF HEARTS


yet! There'sa great deal to come be forethat! Call the first wit ness!

1491

Call the first wit ness!

First wit ness! First wit ness!

molto rit. 1495

I beg your par don,your

Andante Andanterit. 1499

Bring me a list of the last sin gersat the last con cert!

mp

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KING OF HEARTS

[ The Mad Hatter takes the witness stand, tea-cup and saucer in hand. The Queen of Hearts looks at him frowning. ]

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MAD HATTER

QUEEN OF HEARTS [ To the White Rabbit. ]

3


Ma jes ty, for bring ing these in, but I had n'tquite fi nishedmy tea, when I was sent for.

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f

When did you be gin?

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Four teenthof March, I think it was.

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Six teenth.

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Fif teenth.

Write that down! Take off your hat!

It is n't

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KING OF HEARTS

MAD HATTER3 3 3

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DORMOUSE [ Sleepily. ]

MARCH HARE

KING OF HEARTS 33

MAD HATTER

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Sto len! Sto len! Give your e vi dence,and don't be

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mine. I'm a hat ter.I've none of my own.

ner vous,or I'll have you ex ecu ted on the spot!

molto rit. Moderato molto rit. 1516

Off with his head!

f

The

Andante1520

I'm a good man, your Ma jesty. I had n'tbe gunmy tea, when the twink lingof the tea...

mp

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[ The Queen of Hearts thinks to have discovered the identity of the Hatter as a singer in the concert. ]

QUEEN OF HEARTS

KING OF HEARTS [ Interrupting. ]

MAD HATTER


twink ling of what? Of course, twink lingbe ginswith a "T!"

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It be ganwith tea...

I did n't! I de

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Most things twink ledaf ter that. On ly, the March Hare said... You did!

But what did the Dor mousesay?

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ny it! ...de ny it!

He de niesit! Leave that part out!

Ha!

mp

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MAD HATTER

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3

MARCH HARE [ Indignantly. ]

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DODO 3

KING OF HEARTS 3 3

MAD HATTER

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You must re member or I'll have you ex ecu ted!

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That I can't re member.

f

Off with his head!

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I'm a poor man, your

Off with his head!

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You're a ve ry poor spea ker. If that's all you know, you may

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Ma jes ty.

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KING OF HEARTS

MAD HATTER

3 3

MAD HATTER

QUEEN OF HEARTS

KING OF HEARTS3 3


stand down. You may

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I can't go no low er. I'm stand ing on the floor.

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go! Go! Out side. Out side.

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And just take off his head out side, Out side.

Call the next wit ness.

Con motoq. = 100

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Call the next wit ness!

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QUEEN OF HEARTS

[ The Mad Hatter exits the witness stand, and takes a place in the courtroom. ]

WHITE RABBIT

KING OF HEARTS


Next wit ness! Next wit ness!

1550

Your e vi dence?

Shan't.

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Your Ma jes ty must cross exa minethis wit ness.

f mp f

Pep permost ly.

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Trea cle.

What are tarts made of?

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[ The Cook takes the witness stand. ]

KING OF HEARTS

COOK

WHITE RABBIT [ Apologetically. ]

COOK

DORMOUSE

KING OF HEARTS

QUEEN OF HEARTS


They have n'tgot much e vidence

1562

Call the next wit ness.

head that Dor mouse! Off with its whisk ers!

mp

Call the next wit ness!

molto rit. q. = 100Con moto

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yet.

We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Mad here.

f mp

A lice! A lice! A lice!

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What do you know of this

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ALICE [ To the Cheshire Cat, by whom she is seated. ]3

KING OF HEARTS 3

WHITE RABBIT

CHESHIRE CAT

[ Surprised, Alice jumps up and runs to the witness stand. ]

KING OF HEARTS


No thing. No thing what ev er?

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bus' ness? No thing what ev er?

Un im por tant,your Ma jesty

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That's ve ry im por tant. Ve ry im por tant.

means.

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It does n't mat ter a bit.

Un im por tant, of course! Of course!

ALICE

WHITE RABBIT [ Prompting apologetically. ]

KING OF HEARTS

ALICE

KING OF HEARTS


Si lence! Con si der your ver dict!

Adagio1584

ff

Pleae, your Ma jesty, there's more e videnceyet to come. A let ter, writ ten by the pri soner to... ...to

Andante Meno mosso1587

pp

some bo dy... ...to some bo dy...

1591

It must have been,un lessit was writ tento

It's a set of ver ses.

1594

no bo dy which is n't u su al you know.

subito pp

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[ The King of Hearts is aghast at Alice's impertinence. ]

KING OF HEARTS

[ To Alice. ] [ To the jury. ]

divisi

WHITE RABBIT[ Uncertainly. ]

3

3[ Firmly. ]

3

KING OF HEARTS3

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WHITE RABBIT

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3 3 3


No. And there's no name, no name signedat the end.

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Are they in the pri soner's hand wri ting? If he

did n't sign it, that can on lymake the mat terworse. He must have meantsome mis chief,or else

1600

he'd have signed his name like an ho nestman! Here, here! Here, here! Here, here!

1603

Here, here! Here, here! Here, here!



f

WHITE RABBIT

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QUEEN OF HEARTS

[ All onstage except Alice. ]


So... Off with his head!

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That proves his guilt, of couse! So... Off with his head!

Off with his head!

Off with his head!

It does n'tprove a nything of the sort.

1608

Ha! Read the ver ses.Be

Ha!

Ha!

Ha!

p

[ All onstage except Alice, the White Rabbit and the Knave of Hearts. ]

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6

ALICE

KING OF HEARTS

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6


gin at the be gin ning, and go on till you come to the end; then

1611

stop. Read the ver ses. Then stop. Stop. Read.

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"They told me you had been to her, and men tionedme to him; she gave me a good

Allegro1616

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cha rac ter, but said I could not swim. He sent them word I had not gone (We know it to be

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[ Sharply. ] [ Calmly. ]

XX. A Letter from Somebody

WHITE RABBIT


true), if she should push the mat teron, what would be comeof you. I

1628

gave her one, they gave her two, you gave us three or more; theyall re turnedfrom him to you, though

1633

they were mine be fore. If I or she should chance to be in volvedin this af fair, he

1639

trusts to you to set them free, ex actly as we were. My no tion was that you had been (be

1645

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fore she had this fit) an ob stacle that came be tweenhim, and our selves,and it. Don't

1651

let him know she liked them best, for this must e verbe a se cret,kept from

1657

all the rest, be tweenyour self and me.

molto rit. accel. 1662

The most im por tant piece of e vidence.

Con motoq. = 100

1666

f mp

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68

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98

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98

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3

XXI. Such a Curious Dream

KING OF HEARTS


If a ny one of them can ex plainit, I'll give him six pence.

1670

Ex plain it... Ex plain it...

1673

If there's no mean ing in it, that saves a world of trou ble. Let the

1676

ju ry con si der their ver dict.

1679

No! No! No! No! No!

mf

f

128

128

128

128

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128

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ALICE

KING OF HEARTS

QUEEN OF HEARTS


No! Sen tencefirst-- ver dict af ter wards.Sen tencefirst--ver dict af ter wards.

1683

Stuff!

q. = q1687

Sen tence first-- ver dict af ter wards.Sen tencefirst--ver dict af ter wards.

mp

Stuff and non sense. I won't! Stuff and non sense. Non sense.

1691

Hold your tongue!

Who

Meno mosso1695

Ah! Off with her head!

f

c

c

c

c

ALICE

3

3

QUEEN OF HEARTS

ALICE


cares for you? You're no thingbut a pack of cards.

1697

f

f

1699

1703

1707

1711

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3

[ At the 'truth' of Alice's assertion, all the Wonderland creatures shriek, and mill about in confusion, beginning their exit. ]

3

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6


f mp

molto rit. Adagio

1715

1720

Oh, I've had such a cu rious dream. Such a cu rious dream.

1725

pp

mp

Andante1727

1733

p

rit. 1737

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[ Fade to black. ]

3

[ Lights slowly up on the riverbank scene. Alice is lying on the ground asleep. Lewis Carroll shakes her awake. ]

ALICE 3 3

[ In a short end pantomime, they pack up the picnic and set off for home. ]

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