The Prince's Grace CAST COPY

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The Princes Grace

Act I

Scene 1

Young woman, Young man, Woman, and Man enter. Centre Stage.

Man

Welcome to the theatre

Woman

To the theatre

Young man & young woman

The theatre

Man

Welcome to the theatre, where escapism is our theme.

Woman


ManTo The theatre

Young man & young woman

The theatre

Woman

Welcome to the theatre, where love is champion,

Young man& young woman


Woman

To the theatre

Man

The theatre

Young woman

Welcome to the theatre, where youre embarrassed to go for a piss

Woman


Man

To The theatre

Woman

The theatre

Man

Welcome to the theatre,


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Woman

Where we hope to live out our dreams.

Man

We travelling pheasant mistrals

Shall weave you a tale tonight

A tale that will sit within the tapestry of your thought.

Woman

We travelling peasant minstrels

Shall tell you a story tonight

A story well worth the ticket you bought

Young man

We travelling peasant minstrels should not build this up too muchFor they look like theyre not going to enjoy it anyway.

Woman

We travelling peasant minstrels shall stick to what we rehearsed, If

we want to receive our pay

Young man

We travelling peasant minstrels join the hero of our tale

Woman

Upon the morning of a Friday,

He awakes in a bed, full of longing and lust.

In the monotony of perfection he has discovered disgust.

Man

He is the prince of a city.

The largest city, of all the land.

He has everything he could wish for

He has a life most plentiful and grand.

Woman

But he knows something is wrong

He knows it deep within his heart

He knows that something must change

Young man

He just isnt quite sure where to start

Greensleves is played on violin, drum and bass beat begins behind violin.Prince awakes and turns off alarm clock. He is wearing a sheet, looks out

over balcony

Prince:How can a princes life be so mundane?I would trade in my fortune and fameTo exist in a time where love knows no tameBoundaries paved with rain but gain through passion.

I fail to fashion myself a bride,I long for this ever changing tideTo consume me and wash away the lies that run through meI try to hide from my Fathers watchful eyesThat begrudgingly judge me, and with sorrow sigh.With no soul mate Id rather die.


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I must find a woman that loves meIn order to do this she must not seeThat I am part of the royalty,She must take me for who I am.I must tear off my gold and jewellery to become a man

and conceal my identity to succeed in my plan.Enter Noah and Ramsaythe princes two best friends.

RamsayYes Prince!

NoahNow then Prince!

Prince

No my friends, you must refrainFrom calling me by that name

NoahWhy must we refrainfrom calling you by the nameOf which every last day has been the same?

RamsayYou are the son of the Citys King,We could only possibly call you one thing

PrinceWould I not exist if a name had not been given to me?

RamsayJust tell us what youre doing

NoahYeah, put us out our misery

PrinceYou see my friends, this plan I have constructed is mine,And...Im not sure I wish to share it at this time.

NoahNo no Prince, no. You know you cant do that,You cant go to tell us somethingAnd then withdraw it backTo the darkness of your mind

Where no matter how we rummageIt will be impossible to find.

PrinceNow curiosity rears its inquisitive headWhen only moments ago you wished for my plan not to be said!

NoahOh please mightyPrince! Sarcastically

Ramsay

Or whatever you wish to be called

NoahTell us the ingenious planFor we are ever so enthralled


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PrinceFirst you chomp at the bitNow you serenade me with sarcasmThe lowest form of wit

NoahNow, dear prince, arrogance is not a virtueTell us this plan, or Ramsay will hurt you.

PrinceAlright, fair shout,Let me explain what this is all about,Were constantly surrounded by womanthat only what us for one thing-

Ramsay-Yeah I know its great!

PrinceBut before too long we will reap the re-percussionsThat this is bound to bring,Im not talking about our sex life-Im talking about finding a genuine wife!I need a woman that wants me for meIn order to do this she cannot seeThat I am part of the royalty

For then her actions will surely be affected by greedWhich is not something anyone needs.

RamsaySo whats the plan then prince?What do you intend to do?

PrinceSomething that I invite you to do too,Secretly strip ourselves of our statusReject the church

NoahYou think its easyTo revolutionize yourself secretly?Think of what the vicar would sayLet alone your family!

RamsayHow can we go about it without itdestroying our integrity?

PrinceI have thought on the vicar,I have come to realise the power shift that has taken place.I am the son of the citys kingAnd he cannot refuse the authority of my grace.He will play along, as if he never knewFor since we had wings, I think its about time we flew.

End scene

Scene 2

Church. Vicar is kneeling praying. Noah bursts in.


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NoahVicar! Dear Vicar!The Prince is on his way here,and has something bizarre to tell you!

VicarThank you Noah, yes hide over there!

Comic kafuffle as vicar hides Noah. Noah is hidden badly. Vicar goes toreturn to the position he was in but falls over and groans in agony. Prince

walks in, sees this strange position the vicar is in and watches for amoment, unnoticed, bemused and confused. Vicar becomes aware of his

presence and consequently lets out a little scream

PrinceI scare you?

VicarGive me a heart attack is what youd do!

PrinceThen it would be a heart attack for two. Helps vicar up

VicarThank you, I think, so Prince, what brings you here?

PrinceNever mind what brings me here,What were you doing over there?

VicarErr, just trying out a new religionSeeing what the fuss is about

Prince You

are the finest vicar this city has to offerWithout a shadow of a doubt.What is this new religion?Tell me what you found out.

VicarI, young price, have come to realiseThat the fruits of life are spread far and wideAnd to quote the holy book...chapter one...page thirteen struggles

for wordsa mans gotta try all the fruits of the forestDo you know what I mean?

PrinceI dont recall the holy book saying anything of the sortIn fact Im pretty certain a polar opposite lesson is taught

VicarBy a cat my tongue is caught! Mocking the princes rhymeYou think you knowledge of the book is greater than mine?

PrinceI think its viable to say you cant even sense the divine!

VicarThen why do you seek my education,Week after week?


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Pour your heart out at my confession,Whining about how your future is bleak!

PrinceBecause my father forces me!

You think I would share with you willinglyThe trials and tribulationsMy life has dealt me

VicarYou are the son of the Citys kingWhat trials and tribulations could your life possibly bring?

PrinceLove loss through lack of labour.

VicarThe lack of labour?It is surely a dream for a teenager

PrinceYet recently a realisation has revealed itself to me

VicarThe prince has had an epiphany! MockCare to share this information with me?

Care to darken my illuminative blindnessAnd stop my mind from being free?

PrinceI dont want to be here vicar,

Conversing with you causes the flesh of my ear, to sear.And dont get me started on the way you look at me in yourconfession boothYou fucking queer!

Prince goes to the door

VicarWalk out that door and face the wrath of your father.

Prince stops

PrinceOppressive confession, thats typical of the church,Alright, then vicar, you have a deal.

VicarCome into the booth and reveal what you have concealed

Vicar and price move into the booth

PrinceForgive me father,For this will be my last sin;I will never after ask for forgiveness again.For tomorrow my life will begin

VicarToo good for the church now?Is that what youre trying to tell me?


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Have you thought for a second about your father?The disgrace this will bring on your family?

PrinceThis is where the difference lies

Between you and I.I have conspired a master planTo ensure my honour will not die

VicarWhat is this master plan?Or do you endeavour to leave me in the dark?

PrinceTo ensure the fire of this plan ignites

You must create the spark!

VicarSo you seek a favour?Yet seconds ago you almost fled and flew!

PrinceThis favour benefits me as well as you.How do you think it will look?For my personal tutor in spiritualityIf I turn my back on the one thing

my father thinks matters to me?

VicarI always give creditWhere credit is due

And this blasphemous blackmailDemands much credit for you.

Prince

So we have a deal?I turn my back on the churchAnd you keep your lips sealed.

VicarYes prince,we will both be forsaken if notStill my curiosity begsFor you to reveal your plot.

Why have you turned your back on the church?

PrinceI must play my gameWith my cards close to my chestFor it does not suit the royaltyTo be under unnecessary unrestI consider us boththrough different means blessedand now I shall fly vicar

no longer possessed by the oppressed.

Prince exits. The vicar watches him leaves then beckons Noah out from theshadows.


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VicarNoah, I speak to you now,Not as a tutor,But as a member of the hierarchy.I order you to occupy the princes presence

And watch his every moveDont allow him to breathe a sentenceWithout you knowing who its to.Report back to me on a daily basisAnd may the hierarchy protect you.

Noah bows and exits.

End scene

Scene 3

Royal palace. The queen of the City, the Princes mother is waiting for himto come home.

QueenPrince! Where have you been for the past nights of this week?

No answerto share the answers I seek?

PrinceOut

QueenI did not wish for an answer so weak

PrinceRamsay and Noah will be here shortlySo forgive me for leaving so abruptly

Prince goes to his room

Surely I am of an ageWhere my mother can no longer confine me to this cageWe must define a page, that we both can read from

Where she will not constrict our harmonyBy singing a different songThen our melody will transgress to a utopia of emotion.Her suffocating loving devotion is a poisons potionNot a clear succulent solution

Noah and Ramsay enter

NoahOh do stop this melodramatic whine!You think you are the only person who has problems

with their parentsAt this time?

PrinceWhat have your parents done to cause you to speak in this way?


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NoahSame old shit mate, just a different day.So whats the plan for tonight?

Prince

My plan is to get far away from my mothers sight.Lets go for a drink,And see where the night takes us from there.Is it me, or can you smell a sate of ecstasy Potent in the air

They laugh, and leave.

QueenI worry about my sonAgain the darkness of the night engulfs himWithout a second thought to his closest kinI fear a dark sin has taken him under his wingI can feel the wind of madness soaring withinI can feel temptation beginning to winI can feel frustration breeding bloody creationI can feel its sting.I cannot cause the sound of redemption to ringI pause for inspiration to bringthe right words to my lips, so I can send them to his earsand encourage him to break free from his negative peers.

End scene

Scene 4

Pub. Pre drinks. Prince Noah and Ramsay are sitting on a table in themiddle. A table is to the left of them and one to the right of them. One hasto men sitting on it. The other has an old man, a young man and a woman

sitting on it.

NoahWell then friends,This place seems as good as anyTo inebriate ourselves with alcoholAnd be merry

RamsayA nice quiet placeto get the night started

PrinceAnd then without a traceWe shall be departedOnto a space where base rattles bonesAnd we will experience our first tasteOf methadrone

Attention moves to the side table with the two men on it

Man oneI disagree whole heartedlyIn my vision I see a nation that is freeFree from the grip of a dying economyBy destroying the impure that decays our societyMy ethnicity dictates my priority


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And these job thieving bastards have really started to bother me.They are clearly a lesser human being than I.And for this cause I would gladly die.

Attention moves to the other table

Old ManI am an old manThat has managed to surviveWhilst masses of people around me have diedI went head first into war, a bore the flag with prideNo with old age my body is sore, I just want to sit insideWith a pint and a cigarette, nothing more.Time is something I cannot bide.

Attention moves back to the table with two men

Man twoWell I believe in a demographic societyWhere ethnicity does not dictate priorityI will die before the governing authorityIs lead by the likes of your minorityI cannot fathom understandingFor why youre so derogatoryTo a human being because theyre differentAnd thats what bothers me.

Prejudice blinds your sight,The freedom to think, believe and say what you likeIs a basic human rightAnd just because these people are different to you,You think its them you need to fight?

What you believe is wrong-So shut the fuck up and get out of my sight!

Attention moves to old mans table

Young manOld man, I have to make you understandTimes have changed since your generation ruled this landI realise this is not what you had plannedBut my life is at risk due to that cigarette in your handThe smoke fills my lungs and tastes of decayThe smell on my clothes lingers for daysAnd all this for that cigarette you blaze?Its not fair that I am constricted by your old fashioned days.

Young woman

Try and open your eyes

To see the obvious compromise

Surely both of you can be pleased

By emphasizing with each others made up minds

Why not let the pubs, clubs, and workplaces decide?

Why not publicly vote to conclude

Where each party can freely reside?

Attention moves to princes table

Ramsay

What are these people talking about?

Prince

I wonder if that man can define irony


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Noah

I wonder if that man has a cigarette for me

Prince and Noah move to respectable tables, they return in sync.

Prince is smoking a cigarette.

Prince

Drink up then lads

They drink the rest of their drinks

Noah

Lets go

They leave

Prince

Could he define irony?

Noah

Ironically no.

End scene

Scene 5

The club. A mostly improvised scene. The prince gets talking to a girl.

They talk for some time. Noah and Ramsay disappear for some time. They

come back and grab Prince; they all go outside for a cigarette. Ramsay is

hanging off prince and giving him a head massage.

Noah

It appears Ramsay

Is in a state of ecstasy

Prince

Well light his cigarette

Before it gets the best of me

Noah

I see the prince

Has already found tonights princess

Prince

Being away from her causes my heart un-rest

Noah

I think thats a bit much prince.

Do you fancy a key?

Prince

I think now is the last time you will see me tonight.

Noah

No Prince! I cannot let you out of my sight!

Prince

Noah, you are a good friend

And I appreciate your concern


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But the time you wish to spend with me

Will have to wait its turn

Noah

Why do you want to leave?

To spend the night with a whore?

Prince

Within this whore

I see a beauty that is pure

Noah

Your physical attraction

Has left you blatantly blind

Pure beauty is surely

Harder to find

Prince

If Im making a mistake, Noah

There will be a lesson to learn from it

Until then I will conduct my actions as I see fit.

Ill see you tomorrow

After my meeting with the vicar

In the meantime I suggest you . . .

Consume a-lot more liquor.

Prince exits

Ramsay

Relax Noah, Im sure...

Noah starts to exit

Where are you going?

Noah

Nowhere Ramsay stay here, Ill be back soon!

Ramsay is left alone. He looks around, goes to mingle with a group of

people, decides against, then goes to mingle with a different group, this

group includes grace.

End Scene

Scene 6

Church. Vicar is kneeling praying. Noah runs in, out of breath.

Vicar

Noah please take a seat

Noah

Vicar, I regret to inform you I have suffered a defeat.

The prince has escaped my company

To spend the night with a common girlWhere he is staying and what her name is

Im afraid I cannot tell

Vicar

This is dyer news indeed Noah


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For the hierarchy has foreseen

The prince will grace the presence of an un-fit female

And produce a child un-clean,

If the one he is with now

Is the one of this prophecyThen down from the sky will thunder fiery debris

And on your head Noah will be

The collapse of the hierarchy!

Noah

How can I stop this Vicar?

How can I redeem my disgrace?

Vicar

You must find the girlThat goes by the name of grace

And to prevent this tale of woe

You must take the princes place-

Your seed must occupy the womb

Of the Princes Grace.

Leave me now Noah, I must meditate on this further

If you do not succeed, I will be witness to your murder.

End scene

Scene 7

Back at the club. Ramsay is chatting to a group of people, Noah enters, sees

him and pulls him aside.

NoahRamsay, what was the name

Of the girl Prince left with tonight?

Ramsay

I cant remember her name Noah,

Why, is everything alright?

Noah

This is a matter of upmost importance Ramsay

Try to remember her name, please think very carefully.

Ramsay

I cant remember Noah,

But I was talking to a girl a minute ago

Whose name was Grace

Im sure shell know

Noah

Whos name was what?

RamsayWhos name was grace

Noah

Is she still here?


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Ramsay

Yes

Noah

Can you see her?

Ramsay

Yes

Noah

Can you describe her face?

Ramsay

Shes. . .the most beautiful human being Noah.

I swear that much is true

But why Noah?

Why do you insist I describe her to you?

Noah

I have been given an order Ramsay

An order you could not possibly comprehend

If I carry out this order,

The foundation of society is what I will defend

But I cannot complete this task Ramsay,

I cannot complete this task alone.

You are the one I need Ramsaystruggles to find words

If you help me. . .our names will be. . .written in stone

And for a thousand years to come

Children will learn of what we did tonight,

They will see that you and I are the ones

That sacrificed ourselves of what is ultimately right.

But you must swear your allegiance to me Ramsay

Swear to follow me with every step

For I, am a member, of the Hierarchy RamsayA power you know you must accept

Ramsay

In you I place my faith Noah

Surely what you say must be true.

But what is it that I must do Noah?

Noah

Lead me to grace, and do as I do.

Noah and Ramsay see Grace walking away from the crowd and follow her.

Noah attacks her. He and Ramsay hold her down. Ramsay is reluctant.

Noah engulfs himself in the act Ramsay and Noah exit leaving Grace

alone. This is the end of the night.

End scene

Scene 8

Woman

And so it is the morning after the night before.

Much has happened in a day for the prince;

Young man


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Secretly rejecting the church,

Drugs, music, and sex with a common girl,

His best mates raping his future girlfriend

Man

If hind sight did serve him well

He would see that close guarded secrets

Are, for some, too tempting not to tell.

Young woman

And now again we see his poor mother

Waiting for his return

Her over powering intense love

Is something that he must discern

Mother again is waiting for the arrival of her son. Prince enters.

Queen

Have you already outgrown

The desire to be in your parents favour?

I can no longer tolerate this deceitful behaviour.

Please honour me PrinceAnd recognise me as your saviour

You constantly hold yourself back with needless labour

she holds him close, he pushes her away, she falls over and cuts her head

Prince

Mother you smother me,

My anger must be vented

For the integrity of my sanity- she cuts him off

Queen

Vent your anger then prince,

I wish Id vented mine

When my breast was raw from the gums

That were attached to your screaming lungs,

I should have delivered you back to the divine!

Prince

Your cheeks are wet

With tears that are filled with regretAnd the reason your upset

Is that you didnt kill me as a child?

Your inner-pressing oppressive depression

Is infectious and running loose and wild!

Prince leaves. Mother is on the floor.

Queen

This blood I bleed runs in vain

Not in artery, for I am forsaken byThe one person that matters to me.

My family tree,

Is bombarded by debris

That falls from the suns sky


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And systemically buries me

All I have ever tried to be

Is a loving mother-can he not see!?

All I am now is a solitary banshee,

Wailing to warn him of death

And misery.

End Scene

Scene 9

Church. The vicar is kneeling praying. Prince Enters

Vicar

Why is it to selfThat when the prince penetrates my presence

The stench of melodrama

Reeks havoc on my senses?

Come in Prince

My noble boy,

Tell me have you successfully executed

The plan you aspired to employ?

Prince

Your fakery fails to masquerade your apathy

Vicar

Fakery masquerading apathy?

Paranoia is persistent in bettering you I see.

I ask my questions out of innocent curiosity

Prince

Well since your curiosity is in full swing

I take it you have other questionsFor this table

That you wish to bring

Vicar

Oh yes Prince

Your actions as of late

Has caused the quantity of my questions

To become very great

PrinceAsk away then Vicar,

Ill warn you I may lie

Vicar

Then it seems within you

Is where the power will lie

Prince

Your first question please vicar!

It seems forever is whenI have been here since

Vicar

My first question is


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What are you doing here Prince?

You told me you would never ask forgiveness again

Prince

I am not here for forgiveness

I can never sin!

Vicar

How ironic that you sit there with arrogance

Yet claim to have every positive virtue

Prince

I gaze on morality

From a different view

Vicar

Morality only differs

In the eyes of the sick

Prince

Well from where Im standing

You need a bucket!

Moralitys fluxations are parallel to times

Its impossible to decipher a definitive divine.

Vicar

You say defining divinity must be a sin

But the obscenity I see is irony again

You describe something as in-describable

You prove that something

Is not provable

Prince

Id respect you more, vicar

If you articulated you pointsWith ideas that are real

As opposed to bombarding me

With stupidity and non-senseical spiel.

Its time for your next question vicar,

I regret to inform you

It will be your last.

Vicar

My second question will be my last?

Prince

As surely as the present

Will become the past.

Vicar

It seems blood and power

Are parallel in rushing to your head

Prince

You will see some thingsAre left better un-said

Vicar

Rather than threat


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Why dont you answer me instead

Is the colour running in your veins red?

Prince

I waste my time

Talking with this senile old man

Vicar

My last question price

Concerns your secret plan

Prince

Ask away vicar

Ill inform you if my senses

Say I can

Vicar

Rumours are circulating

Regarding your where-abouts as of late

You must understand that

The hierarchy controls your fate

You must yield to them prince

For there numbers are great

And it is them that truly control this sate

PrinceI will not grovel and kneel

At the knees of a self proclaimed hierarchy of man

Vicar

The hierarchy is hereditary

And soon you will rule this land

Prince

Must the sea of equalityfail to wash against

our lands sand?

Vicar

Can you not understand

That the common man

Must be ruled with an iron fist

For his numbers are too great

For the devil to resist

Prince

I will not be the sun

In a universe of hate!

Vicar

You are the son of the king

And resistance is too late

For since before you were born

We had mapped out your fate

Prince

I have one direction

In which I wish to walk


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I have no words left

Of which I wish to talk.

End scene

Scene 10

The park, evening. Noah enters.

Noah

Her screaming sound

Waves through my body and mind

Manic peace is found

And congealed blood tells no lies

Individual integrity is beneficial to manAnd I am forever protected by the hierarchys plan.

A close eye on the prince is what I must keep

To provide the answers the hierarchy seek

I will gladly be a pawn

In this just and fair game

For ultimately it will be me

That is granted personal gain.

Enter Ramsay, opposite side of stage

Here comes my less able partner in crime

I will hide to see if his emotions are stable

Or if he feels he has crossed dome sort of line

Ramsay

How can I come to terms

With the evil I did last night?

Noah

Evil is not evil as if infiltrating his mindIf the individual feels its right

Ramsay

Noahs voice echos in my mind still paces

Noah

Then be still and accept that you have done no ill

Ramsay

But inflicting pain...

That cannot be fair

A duo, a pair

Turning a girls life into a nightmare

Noah

It was necessary Ramsay Comes out from his hiding place

Think the Vicar, and the lesson he taught

RamsayI think of the princes face

Gazing on a scene distraught


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Noah

I feel the princes grace

Something you should not try to abort

Prince enters

Prince

Green has turned to black

Ive seen the burning back of human shame

As attack on each other ends all gain and hope

Now our neck is in the noose of the rope

We must pull it from taught to loose to cope

In a sea of hate we cannot stay afloat

In order to be great we must board the boat

That cuts through the waves of tradition and hateI shall not succumb to the power of fate

As the hour is becoming late

The waves drown you and I.

I see myself standing as the outstanding fly

Towards the holy palace of the sky

But I see this paradise on earth

Noah

Explain how these thoughts were given birth

Prince

Through the hate of equality and mirth!

The vicar has confirmed

What I always suspected was true.

The hierarchy controls all of us Noah,

This includes you.

Noah

Paranoia Prince

Do not give into its gripCan you not see

How your logic has been stripped

Prince

A guerrilla army

Tries to harm me

By spreading fear

Your propaganda wont calm me

Or make me think that its right

I blink in the night

And I know theyre watching me just out of sight

Their spies are everywhere

Spreading the fear

Brainwashing minds looks at Ramsay

So they cannot think clear

Noah

You feed us lies

You patronize

Prince

You cannot see straight

With wool covering your eyes

Pull it away and see


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Whats happening to you and me

Victims of corrupt power we will be

Must we forever and always

Live through these days

Of injustice and corruption?

Noah

I will not stand and watch this self destruction! Grabs prince

Maybe its best they do control our lives

I can see us blessed by abiding by their lies

Prince

Can it be that you are one of their spies?

Noah hits Prince. Prince falls to the floor. Noah kicks him until he is

dragged away by Ramsay. Noah and Ramsay exit.

Injustice is inevitable

In a society of class

But I was certain friendship

Would forever last.

My friends forsake me in my despair

Upon realising corruption is potent in the air

Surely all thats left to declare

Is that they are a part of this dyer affair.

Mankind has the potential of such phenominal flairBut I am continually confronted

By the apathy of those who dont care.

Enter Grace, smoking a cigarette. She is walking from one side of the stage

to the other.

Eyes the hypnotize in the most humble of ways

And mercifully thore cold dismay!

Please! What is your name?Who should I thank for the eyes that so wildly tame?

Grace

My name? Its Grace.

Tell me, do you always approach strangers

With that melodramatic look

Spread across your face?

Prince laughs

So Ive told you my name,

No you tell me yours

Prince

My name is. . . .is Noah

Grace

Its Noah?

Prince

Of course!

Grace

Well then Noah, could you do me a favour

And walk me home?


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Its just the dark sort of scares me

When Im on my own.

Prince

Grace, I would consider it a pleasure

To walk with you from this placeAnd I will do so with,

A Princes Grace.

End of Act I


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Act II

Scene 1

Man

And so the prince has met his grace.

Woman

These two lovers fates,

Are hopelessly interlaced.

Man

Their predictable doom lies in wait.

Young woman

So; she thinks that his name is the name of his friend that raped her?

Young man

And he doesnt know that his friend was told to impregnate her?

Young woman

And I presume that they will find all of this out later?

Young man

No doubt in the theatrical fashion as we have seen,

Only I fear it will be greater

Woman

Well yes, thats the long and short of it

If you want to be so blunt.

In fact you just sort of ruined the ending

You miserable little

Man

We join our infatuated hero

Woman

As he basks in the morning haze of desire fulfilled,

Man

Blissfully ignorant of plentiful blood that will be spilled.

Scene 2

Church/Graces bedroom.Prince and Grace in bed, VicarandNoah

speak in Church.

Vicar:

You have done well Noah

And will be rewarded sufficiently,

Although I am still undecided on the princes fate

In light of the news you have given me.

It seems he is confused,

And therefore wishes to wage war on our hierarchy

We must open his eyes to make him see

That this method of government

Is beneficial to society.

Noah


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The prince is a danger.

What if he refuses to see

What if he rejects the hierarchys

Magnificent company?

Vicar

Then he will be dealt with properly.

The time has come for the king to be alerted

About these pressing times.

Deliver this to the Queen

And they will know the full length

Of their childs crimes.

Deliver this letter Noah

And do so with the up-most haste,

For there is little time left,None of which we can afford to waste.

Graces bedroom. Prince is getting dressed.

Grace

Why must you leave so soon?

So hastily depart from the sanctity of bed?

Come back into my warmth

And upon this pillow your head

And let my head lay upon your chest

And fill your senses with the sweet sent you like best.

Noah with you I am truly blessed

And in your arms I blissfully forget the rest.

Prince

Grace, I long to lie with you

on this day and every other

But I must meet with the vicar

To appease my father and mother.

You are too beautiful to look so sad.

Smile and be happy my sweetheart.

I will be back soon and hold you in my arms

And make it certain that we shall never part.

Grace

Its true I dont want to see you go Equally in truth I dont want to be left alone

There is something you must know;

I am a devils seed, thats been sewn.

A weed that has grown into your life

And emitted its deadly pollen

To leave you swollen in strife!

I have a womb bearing a bastard entity

For the night before last

Two bastards raped me!

Prince

Can you remember anything about them?

What they looked like?


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Think hard.

Grace

I can only remember pain,

Pain that makes me never want to leave this room

Such potent pain

Will drive me insane soon.

Prince

Then we must leave this city

And start anew

For outside these walls

Is a life for me and you.

Grace

How can I believe what you say is true

Prince

Because I love. Please trust me

Grace

I do.

Prince

Then we shall leave tonight and be guided by moonlight.

If you place your fate in my hands

Then in return

I will place my love in yours

And teach this child all he needs to learn.

But I must leave you now to meet the vicar

So I do not arouse suspicion.

I also fear that I must inform

My mother of my decision.

Prince leaves.

Royal Palace, Noah enters Queen is waiting.

Noah

Your majesty,

Queen

Noah

Noah

I have a letter for the king.

Queen takes it from him

Queen

Thank you Noah.

Pause

I know what you have done.

I am aware of the seed you have planted

That will grow to destroy my only son.

We must all serve our hierarchy Noah.

We must serve it through struggle and sacrifice.


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Prince, walking to church, is confronted by Ramsay

Ramsay

Prince, Prince,

Must you ignore me

And walk past me like a ghost?

Prince

For these feelings of frustration

You named yourself the host.

Ramsay

Noah is the one that hit you

If you remember correctly I pulled him away

PrinceThen into the night you disappear

As quickly as dawn becomes day

Ramsay

I came back to find you moments later

But you were gone

Prince

Forgive me for having to leave the place

Where you had done me so wrong.

Noah walks past coming back from royal palace on to way to church, they

see each other.

Now I must leave for my time is precious

Far too precious to spend with you

Ramsay

Please prince, there are things I must say to you.

Prince

I must meet with my mother, and then the vicar.

Meet me here after if you wish to talk

Ramsay

Meet with your mother, why where did you sleep last night?

Prince

I slept with my Grace, under sweet moonlight.

Ramsay is left alone. Prince enters royal palace. Queen is waiting for him.

Queen


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I hope you have come to apologise,

For causing such physical and emotional pain,

For since the last time you graced my presence

Our relationship was subject to tremendous strain.

You struck me down and opened my skin

And watched with no remorse as the blood flowed from within.

Prince

Mother I beg of you, forgive my sins!

Queen

I forgive you, for our Lord would too.

Prince

I accept your forgivenessAnd now I must ask for it again.

Tonight I am leaving the city,

For beyond these walls there is no sin

Beyond these walls I can live in peace

For I do not wish to rule

I cannot dictate pain and suffering

He who can is a helpless fool.

Queen

Goodbye Prince, you have truly reached the point of no return.

I can no longer teach you, for you can no longer learn.

Church, Prince enters

Vicar

Sit down Prince,

We have much to talk about

This agreement you and I have

Has come to an end.

This secrecy I can no longer conceal

And your heresy I can no longer defend.

Prince

Your words are noises

I cannot comprehend

On what do your accusations

Of heresy depend?

VicarMy accusations depend on solid rock,

Rock you have extracted from a quarry of hate

First you reject my teachings and the church,

But this was not what sealed your fate.

You are rejecting our hierarchy

In doing so you will destroy our society.

But you can be our leader in years to come

If only to our power you will succumb.

Prince

Must you bombard me with repetition

Of your a-moral disposition

Do not speak, now you must listen.


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You claim to have a moral monopoly,

You base your actions on moral authority,

But you still allow people to live in poverty.

You should not beat the masses down

With an oppressive hand

You should deliver unity to this land!

Who truly feels the benefit of your plans?

It isnt the poor

It isnt the ones who need it the most

It is yourselves, as you play a perfect host

To a regime of oppression and terror most gross.

Vicar

This system of government

Keeps all men that serve it unitedIts cruelty keeps the population loyal

Terror may make the blood boil

But it boils through fear and fear leads to love

Compassion is blind,

But power has the beauty of the stars above

Prince

Your badly phrased metaphor

Has no beauty

Nor does un-just

Systematic cruelty.

Graces room, Ramsay enters.

Grace

Who are you? Why are you here?

Ramsay

You dont know me, but I am afraid to say I know you

My conscience has persuaded me telling you is the right thing to do

The night before last you were visited by two,

One cowardly stood and watched,

As the other savagely raped you.

I am that coward,

And I come to you this day

To offer my most sincere,

And useless apology.

I am sorry I stood and watched,Watched him commit this this sin,

I now I am trying to make things right,

Grace

Who was the other that was with you that night?

Ramsay

I am sorry

Grace

Redeem yourself by telling me his name

Ramsay

His name is Noah


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Grace

The Noah that speaks with the vicar?

Ramsay

The same.

Grace

You must go now. Go. Go. Leave!

Be satisfied with the woe you have weaved!

How can I be so wickedly deceived?

Is he who promised me everything,

Taken everything away from me?

He who gave me hope

Of love and securityIs the same man

That planted this parasite within me.

This virus that eats away at my insides

Is the spawn of the man who so bitterly lied.

I shall not give another soul to evils side

I must make his unborn die

For my womb will bear misery

If I let it survive!

And so must end a short, troubled innocent life

For I must tear a wound in us both with my knife!

She stabs herself through the stomach

Church

Vicar

It seems to me you have confused your role in our society,

A prince is not a law giver, the law giver is the almighty.

Prince

Worthless tricks may set up transitory bonds

But only solidarity makes lasting ones

Vicar

Our lord is not a worthless trickster

You must honour him

And ask for his forgiveness to set you free!

Prince

I do not need permission to be free!

God and man are one sea

Crashing waves of empathy

Eroding away the rock and tree!

When he is ready he will capture and deliver me

Through my rapture to the vicinity

Of his divine divinity

And I will see

Not what you have foreseen for me

But an age of equality and prosperity!

Justice will overthrow your hierarchy!

Vicar


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You have gone too far prince

You have reached the point of no return

Forever in hell is where you will dwell

Your skin will boil, blister an burn

Princes goes to leave

And your beloved Grace will be the least of your concern

Prince

What do you know of Grace?

Vicar

I know she carries anothers unborn child.

Prince

How

Vicar

Her body is promiscuous

And her love wild.

Prince hits vicar to the floor, grabs him by the throat and threatens him

with knife. Leaves.

Prince, walking to Graces room meets Ramsay

Prince

Ramsay

What have you done?

They run to Graces room. They find her dead. Prince cradles her.

Prince

My one true loves life has been taken,But by whose hand?

Her womb pierced by a knife!

Was this abortion planned?

Why have you taken yourself from this world?

Why is the innocent un-born damned?

The ruthlessness of deaths scythe

Proves there is no justice in this land.

It is said man is born free,

But the shackles of life weigh him down.The bells of redemption may ring

But hate muffles their harmonic sound.

He picks her up

Come with me now my sweetheart,

As beautiful in life as you are in death.

I will take you from this place,

And lay you both where you can finally rest.

Church, Noah enters

Noah

Vicar, I carry orders from the king


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In light of the letter you did send,

Upon reading the news I did bring

He did not find the content hard to comprehend.

And so he places in you

The power to do what you see fit,

For he believes that you are wise and just

And if the Princes life must be forfeit,

Then it must.

Vicar

Thank you Noah, you have done well,

But now I have another task for you;

As you predicted the Prince has rejected

Our glorious hierarchy

In doing so he has provenWhat a danger he is to society.

He seeks anarchy.

Anarchy is an evil beast

That will bring much suffering and pain

We must put an end to this prince

Before he can spark this ferocious reign.

You must find him, and arrest him, and bring him to me

If he resists you, bring me his body.

Graces grave. Ramsay and Prince are digging a grave. Grace is wrapped

in a blood soaked sheet. (Prince can hear her singing.) Prince stops digging

and cradles her body,

Prince

Reflected by a thousand ripples

Warm rays of sun beam down

Onto a shallow stream that glistens

And trickles over rocks with harmonic sound

This is where I will look

When I wish to see you standing strong

Continually singing in perfect harmony

Your beautiful life song

Noah enters with two guards. Prince goes to him, Noah hits him back and

draws his sword.

Prince

Armed?

Noah

I have come to arrest you

Prince of the city!

Prince

In whose name

Noah

In the name of our glorious hierarchy

Prince

Ours?

If it were ours it would not drive this wedge between us,


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If it were yours you would not be forced to kill in its name,

If it were Ramsays he would not stand here broken and weeping.

If it were the peoples they would not suffer under its reign.

And if it were Graces, she would not lie here slain.

Ramsay

I weep Prince, for Noah and I

Are the reason Graces blood has bled.

The hierarchy ordered us to rape her

And now she lies here dead.

Noah

I knew youd tell him about the rape thing.

Stop your jaw from moving Ramsay,

Before I detach it from your head,You should be standing next to me

But you stand with the heretic instead.

We must honour our hierarchy, Ramsay

For they guide us down the path of light

Please, come and stand by my side

And do what you know is right.

Ramsay joins Noahs side, then stabs Noah in the neck. Ramsay then stabs

guard 1, simultaneously Guard 2 stabs Ramsay and Prince stabs Guard 2.

Both guards fall to the ground. Ramsay looks at prince, the falls.

Prince

What is this life that I have come to lead?

The life of a slave that never shall be freed.

Rife grief causes my heart to bleed

And into this pain, I must concede .

But no. Not in this time and not in this place

For my glorious death shall not be a disgrace

It will be a testament to my love, Grace.

It will enlighten my people

And let revolution take place!

I must sacrifice myself,

For with the public death of the heir to the throne

The hegemony of the hierarchy shall be other thrown !

Optional scene

Royal palace, Vicar enters.

Vicar

Your majesty.

Queen

Do you know why I have summoned You?

Vicar

I do not want to dishonour you by taking a guess

Queen

I am well aware of your honour

Do not attempt to impress


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Vicar

You have summoned me to see

Weather I followed your orders correctly

Queen

Yes Vicar. Tell me what you have done.

Vicar

I have served the greater good

By sacrificing one.

The Prince is being arrested as we speak

Then he will be executed.

His words are strong, but his actions are weak.

The people will forget him

City square, people busy, going about daily business. Prince walks to

centre.

Prince

My fellow people

Listen to me this day.

My fellow slaves/country men

Hear what I have to say;

You the people

Are the backbone of our society

You give your body, your mind, your heart and your love

For the benefit of humanity

But you are enslaved

We are oppressed

By a monolithic hierarchy of men.

Self-appointed dictators,

whose actions only benefit them

I call them men. But they are not men.

They are monsters.

Monster that strangle us with their greed!

Upon us they enforce ignorance

And blind us with false wants and needs.

They enslave us, and would have us believe,

That we do not need to be freed.

They hold the clouds above us

To shield us from the rain,But do not fear my people

Do not disdain!

The love hope hate and pain

That you feel in your gut

Has swelled up so much

That it soon will erupt.

That feeling is power,

That you yourselves hold inside.

It is the power of the people

And that can never die!

So I bid you now, fight on this day

For the love of humanity

So your children can say;


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My parents died

For the sake of, democracy!My parents diedFor the sake of my liberty!My parents united,

And so I am free!The prince killed himself,To overthrow the hierarchy!

The prince stabs himself.Black out

WomanAnd so ends out taleOf bereavement, debauchery and woe.

ManInto the tapestry of revolutionIts themes have been sewn

WomanThe prince has martyred his own lifeAnd in doing so seeks changeBut the misconceptions of his suicideWold to him, seem strange

Young man

Some people say he was a misled fool,Who didnt change anything at all

Young womanSome people say he was a glorious manWho killed himself to spread equality though the land

ManBut whatever is said

WomanWhatever is written in years to comeThe radical reader will recognise his struggle

ManAnd see a small piece of liberty was won.

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