Mary Poppins Page #3

Synopsis: When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews). Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns).
Production: Walt Disney Productions
  Won 5 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
88
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
G
Year:
1964
139 min
874,828 Views


(Lights down)

Scene 3 – In the House and the Street in Front

(Lights up on a line of nanny from center stage to the bottom of stage right steps, Ellen is peering out the door-top of stage right steps. Mr. Banks is in his chair reading the newspaper. Michael and Jane are down stage center, looking sadly at the line of nannies as though through a window.)

Ellen:
Coor! There’s a fair queue of nannies outside. Shall I show ‘em in?

Mr Banks:
(looking at watch) Ellen, I said 8.00 and 8 o'clock it shall be!

Jane:
I don’t understand, Michael. They’re not what we advertised for at all!

(Jane and Michael look sadly at each other as Ellen leads them off stage left. Market sellers come down middle aisle and side aisle with sacks or baskets of wares and gather in a cluster in front of stage left. Act as though they are trying to sell wares to the nannies and the audience.)

Market seller 1:
(with a full basket covered with a cloth) Roll up, Roll up, get your juicy tomatoes here.. just 40 pence.

Market seller 2:
(with a sketch pad and pencil, to one of the nannies) Come on then, let me do your portrait madam. I do a good likeness.

Market seller 3:
(with a basket covered with a cloth on his/her head) Come and get your freshly baked bread!

Market seller 1:
(noticing the line of nannies, nudges the other sellers and nods towards the nannies) What’s this all about then. What are they queuing for?

Market seller 2:
Apparently, they’re advertising for another new nanny! This will be the 10th new one in about 4 months.

Market Seller 3:
What happened to the nannies that left?

(Other market sellers shrug. Nannies start talking amongst themselves. Market sellers edge closer and listen.)

Nanny 1:
I hear that the kids are a nightmare and that they’ve struggled to find a nanny who can control them! But right now, I need the money and I hear that the pay is good!

Nanny 2:
I hear that the last time the kids ran away, they were nearly eaten in the zoo!

Nanny 3:
They just need some love and understanding!

Nanny 4:
A clip round the ear you mean!

Market seller 1:
You can’t treat children with violence.

Nanny 1:
And what do you suggest, a little talking to…

Nanny 2:
A count to 3

Nanny3:
Or time out on the naughty step! (All the nannies laugh together)

Nanny 4:
Now what they need is a nanny like me.. Firm but fair.

Nanny 2:
I think that children should be seen and not heard!

Nanny 1:
Well after the ones I've worked with, I can handle them!

Nanny 2:
Well I’ve known this family for years, father works all of the time, takes his job at the bank very seriously. He never spends time with his children and most nights they are in bed before he gets home.

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Don DaGradi

Don DaGradi (1911 – August 4, 1991) was a Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. more…

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