The Iron Lady Page #3
The TEARING STEADY RHYTHM OF TRAIN WHEELS AGAINST STEEL AND
TRACK-
The STREAK of countryside, FLEETING and ABSTRACTED, a BLUR
SCHOOL BOY 4 VO
I am sick and weary of all this
delay
Then just visible in the glass, NELLY[mid 20’s] reflection
indistinct yet rippling in the glass
Blue Revisions dated 11th June 2012 7.
SCHOOL BOY 3 VO
You hear what my friend says? Do
you cross the mountain with us or
not?
7 INT. SCHOOLHALL. MARGATE. DAY. 1885. 7
NELLY, seemingly lost in watching the play, oblivious to
BENHAM’s brief gaze, quietly observant, noting little to
give away her state of distraction bar the steam of her wet
boots and the sense that her mind is always elsewhere-
SCHOOL BOY 3
Fair weather or foul, I have no
time to lose. And I am for
pushing on-
But still BENHAM clocks it, looking back, resuming watching-
The SCHOOL BOY MOUTAINEERS climbing a mountainous pile of
plaster and cardboard Alp. The endless icy landscape beyond
and SWIRL of the PERCUSSIVE STORM DEAFENING IN THE
ORCHESTRA PIT:
A YOUNG PERCUSSIONIST SWILLS peas in a tin tray, creating the
noise of falling rain. It builds and builds-
ALL carrying NELLY far away, deep within her mind
8 EXT. STREET. FREE TRADE HALL. MANCHESTER. 1857. DAY. 8
POURING RAIN-
The impressive Manchester Free Trade hall looming above-
The TURN of WHEELS over wet cobbles-
The STEAMING FLANK OF HORSES, HOOVES TREADING WET COBBLES AS
THEY PULL A CARRIAGE TO A STILL
FINGERS REACHING UP to UNFASTEN a carriage door, CHARLEY
DICKENS [18 yrs] stands holding an umbrella waiting-
A young NELLY [18 yrs] steps down from the carriage to be
greeted by CHARLEY, holding up the umbrella, trying to shroud
her from the pouring rain.
CHARLEY:
(holding out a hand)
Miss Ellen, welcome. I am Charley
Dickens. Welcome to Manchester.
NELLY smiles, suddenly a glove clasped in her hand falls to
the ground. CHARLEY at once bends down picks it up.
Blue Revisions dated 11th June 2012 8.
NELLY:
Thank you..
Behind NELLY, MRS FRANCES TERNAN [late 40’s] NELLY’s mother a
bright, lively woman peering out into the grey of Manchester
life.
CHARLEY:
Welcome..Welcome..Mrs Ternan.
MRS TERNAN:
Charley, thank you. So wet.
CHARLEY:
Yes, do be careful.
MARIA TERNAN [20 yrs] NELLY’s sister smiling clutching a hat
box-
CHARLEY (CONT’D)
Miss Maria. Come inside..Come
inside..
The SWAY of CRINOLINE skimming the rainy pavements-
CHARLEY (CONT’D)
My father is waiting. The others
are already here. What a day!
NELLY, MRS TERNAN guided by CHARLEY towards the entrance of
the Free Trade hall passing a poster advertising-
The Frozen Deep by Mr. Wilkie Collins. Under the management
of Mr. Charles Dickens clearly visible on a billboard
overhead-
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