"The Phantom..." by Ken Hill (1993) - 02. Welcome Sir, I'm So Delighted | Текст песни

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• "The Phantom..." by Ken Hill (1993)
• 02. Welcome Sir, I'm So Delighted

DEBIENNE:
Welcome, sir, I'm so delighted, Everyone is so excited...

(He indicates the group, who give Richard little flutters with their fingers)

What we need is someone new - just like you!
To pull this sinking ship back into shape!
(to front) And then we might forget the very dreadful way,
That really awful things go on here every day...

(There has been agitation in the ranks at this. Remy steps a little DL, rapping his ledger with his pencil. Faust and Mephistopheles cross to be behind Debienne, one to each ear)

REMY:
That's quite enough of that.

FAUST AND MEPHISTOPHELES:
You're not supposed to rat.

DEBIENNE:
(spreading his hands) Splipped out.

FAUST AND MEPHISTOPHELES:
(together; to each other) No doubt.

(They drop him and Remy crosses to Richard, who has eased over to the box to be with Raoul)

REMY:
(to Richard) Ignore him, dear sir.

RICHARD:
A word, if I may,
I've something to say...

(Faust and Mephistopheles have broken upstage a little and are whispering together)

REMY:
(to them) Pay attention, there!
(to Jammes, indicating off L) Close that door!

(As Jammes hurries round Debienne, Faust and Mephistopheles, to disappear off UL, Remy is singing off into the wings R)

Let's have some silence here - not a sound!

(Faust and Mephistopheles rejoin Debienne who is cupping his hands to his ears. They sing to Richard)

DEBIENNE / FAUST / MEPHISTOPHELES:
(together) We're all agog, sir.

RICHARD:
(using his cane to indicate an area DR) Gather round...

(In a little musical break, Richard crosses to L, Raoul leaves the box, Debienne, Remy, Faust and Mephistopheles form a little group DR, Debienne and Remy at the rear, Jammes dancing back on once more to take a low position at the front of them, hitting her pose instantly at the end of the breal)

I'd like to say -

(Raoul re-enters quickly from R, and crosses to Richard)

RAOUL:
We'd like to say,
(to Richard) Include me, too,
Unless you feel,
I'm in the way...

RICHARD:
(irritably) Not at all,
But let me speak.

(He crosses L a little, as the chastened Raoul breaks upstage a little)

MEPHISTOPHELES:
He's very chic!
It's unique!

(Faust crosses to C)

FAUST:
(to Richard; ingratiatingly) We're at your service,
Devotedly.
We're waiting with bated breath...
You're loyal troops...
Especially me!

(In the small break that follows, Jammes dances R a little, and presents her group. In all that follows, which is a simple, fairly static setting based upon three groups: Faust, Mephistopheles; Debienne, Remy; Richard, Raoul; Jammes, who does not sing, fills every tiny moment with dance or movement)

RICHARD:
(crossing back in a little) I want my staff,
To be a team,
To make me proud,
To be their boss.

FAUST:
We will, not half.

RICHARD:
(crossing back L, angrily) Don't intervene!

RAOUL:
(moving into Faust) It's not allowed,
And makes him cross.

(Seizing his opportunity, Mephistopheles leaves the group, delicately pulls Faust back by the scruff of his neck, and takes his place)

MEPHISTOPHELES:
(ingratiatingly; to Richard) I like your plan,
So just say when,
I'll help you pick,
Your new recruits.

RICHARD:
Well done, that man,
Ten out of ten.

FAUST:
(to others) She loves to lick,
The boss's boots.

(Mephistopheles turns on him moving UR)

MEPHISTOPHELES:
You rotten beast!

FAUST:
Get knotted love!

MEPHISTOPHELES:
You amateur!

FAUST:
You're such a bitch,
(to Richard) The true artiste,
Is far above,
This sort of gir -
- lishness...

MEPHISTOPHELES:
That's rich!

(Debienne hurriedly pushes through them, crossing to C)

DEBIENNE:

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