The Iron Lady Page #2
NELLY (CONT’D)
No Geoffrey, dear. Not yet. You
come in on the final line.
(hushed)
We don’t want to scare Mr Benham
just yet or he may not return.
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GEOFFREY nods, NELLY smiles, hurrying to take her place
next to BENHAM.
BENHAM:
I recall no lion in Mr Dickens
and Mr Collins Play, Mrs Wharton
Robinson.
NELLY:
A little dramatic licence. I am
confident that Mr Dickens would
have let it pass-
NELLY deflects, with a smile.
NELLY (CONT’D)
Shall we begin?
NELLY nods to an OLD STAGE MANAGER.
NELLY (CONT’D)
Yates, would you drop the backing.
The OLD STAGE MANAGER nods, hurrying to drop a scenery cloth,
revealing a mountain landscape.
The SCHOOLBOYS begin a short musical introduction. MR
LAMBOURNE indicates the pace with a nod of his head.
SCHOOL BOY 1
Well, my lads, the day is
breaking at last.
NELLY is up at once-
NELLY:
..No..the day has broken,Hadley.
On BENHAM noticing-
NELLY (CONT’D)
Lets get it right.
The EARNEST SCHOOLBOY MOUNTAINEER nods.
SCHOOL BOY 1
Well, my lads the day has broken-
NELLY consoled, offers a nod and we are away as the SCENE
BREAKS into life on the stage, as the SCHOOLBOY WAITER serves
coffee to the SCHOOLBOY MOUNTAINEERS, lost in earnest acting-
SCHOOL BOY 1 (CONT’D)
What do you say to the weather,
now?
SCHOOL BOY 2
I say the weather will do.
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SCHOOL BOY 3
I say doubtful!
SCHOOL BOY 2
I say - bad!
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NELLY’s hand silently stills the absent tap of an ERRANT
SCHOOLBOY’s foot against his chair as he sits in a
makeshift prompt box close by.
NELLY:
(shouting out)
John.
The SCHOOL CONDUCTOR NODS to a KEEN VIOLINIST, BOW AT THE
READY:
SCHOOL BOY 2
I can see for myself that there's
a storm coming.
THEN he nods to a LARGE SCHOOLBOY who rattles a metal storm
sheet, whilst the JOLLY PERCUSSIONIST turns a wind drum,
and a THIRD SCHOOLBOY SHIFTS a TIN OF PEAS, building in
momentum like icy drops of sleeting rain, all just visible
in the makeshift wings.
SCHOOL BOY 2 (CONT’D)
I smell the snow-
The RISING SOUNDS of percussive storm LOUDER NOW-
SCHOOL BOY 2 (CONT’D)
....I feel the hurricane, in the
air.
TWO SCHOOLBOY MOUNTAINEERS cross the stage, joining the
cafe scene
SCHOOL BOY 3
Well are you ready at last?
The BACK AND FORTH OF THE METAL STORM TRAY RATTLING, THE
PERCUSSIVE TAMBA BUILDING IN STEADY RHYTHM SUDDENLY SLICING
WITH:
6 INT. CARRIAGE. TRAIN. NEAR STAPLEHURST. KENT. DAY. 1865. 6
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