-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Titanic Music: Maury Yeston Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Peter Stone Premiere: Wednesday, April 23, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT I 1.OVERTURE / PROLOGUE: IN EVERY AGE 2.HOW DID THEY BUILD TITANIC? 3.THERE SHE IS 4.LOADING INVENTORY 5.THE LARGEST MOVING OBJECT 6.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP 7.GODSPEED TITANIC 8.BARRETT'S SONG 9.TO BE A CAPTAIN 10.LADY'S MAID 11.WHAT A REMARKABLE AGE THIS IS! 12.THE PROPOSAL/THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE 13.HYMN / DOING THE LATEST RAG 14.I HAVE DANCED 15.NO MOON 16.AUTUMN / FINALE ACT TWO 17.DRESSED IN YOUR PYJAMAS IN THE GRAND SALON 18.THE BLAME 19.GETTING IN THE LIFEBOATS 20.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP (Reprise) 21.LADY'S MAID (Reprise) 22.THE PROPOSAL / THE NIGHT WAS ALIVE (Reprise) 23.WE'LL MEET TOMMOROW 24.STILL 25.TO BE A CAPTAIN (Reprise) 26.MR. ANDREW'S VISION 27.IN EVERY AGE (Reprise) / FINALE ACT I 1.OVERTURE / PROLOGUE: IN EVERY AGE Thomas ANDREWS, Designer & Builder of R.M.S. Titanic: IN EVERY AGE MANKIND ATTEMPS TO FABRICATE GREAT WORKS AT ONCE MAGNIFICENT AND IMPOSSIBLE.. ON DESERT SANDS, FROM MOUNTAINS OF STONE A PYRAMID! FROM FLYING BUTTRESSES ALONE A WALL OF LIGHT! A CHAPEL CEILING SCREAMING ONE MAN'S ECSTACY! ONE MAN'S ECSTACY... MIRACLES THEM ALL! CHINA'S ENDLESS WALL STONEHENGE, THE PARTHENON, THE DUOMO THE AQUEDUCTS OF ROME! WE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE WITH MAMMOTH BLOCKS OF STONE A GIANT PYRAMID NO, NOT A PYRAMID... NOR GOTHIC WALLS THAT RADIATE WITH LIGHT... OUR TASK WAS TO DREAM UPON AND THEN CREATE A FLOATING CITY!... A FLOATING CITY!... A HUMAN METROPOLIS... A COMPLETE CIVILIZATION! SLEEK! AND FAST! AT ONCE A POEM AND THE PERFECTION OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING... AT ONCE A POEM AND THE PERFECTION OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING... 2.HOW DID THEY BUILD TITANIC? Stoker Frederick BARRETT: HOW DID THEY BUILD TITANIC? NEAR A THOUSAND FEET IN LENGTH. HUGE BEYOND PAST ENDEAVOR STRONG BEYOND MORTAL STRENGTH FORTY-SIX THOUSAND TONS OF STEEL ELEVEN STORIES HIGH! SHE'S A GREAT PALACE, FLOATING... QUIET AS A LULLABY 3.THERE SHE IS BARRETT: (To his girl on the dock:) FARE-THEE-WELL, MY DARLIN' I'LL BE BACK BEFORE A FORTNIGHT HAS PASSED... Radioman Harold BRIDE: FARE-THEE-WELL, MY DARLIN' I'LL BE BACK BEFORE A FORTNIGHT BARRETT & Lookout Frederick FLEET: HAS PASSED... FARE-THEE-WELL, MY DARLIN' ALL THREE: I'LL BE BACK BEFORE A FORTNIGHT HAS PASSED! (They turn and introduce themselves) BARRETT: Barrett - stoker off the Baltic - FLEET: Fleet - lookout off the Majestic - BRIDE: Harold Bride - wireless operator with the Marconi Telegraph Company. BARRETT, BRIDE & FLEET: (looking at the ship, overwhelmed) THERE SHE IS... TOWERING HIGH... BROAD AND GRAND... SHIP OF DREAMS! BARRETT, BRIDE, FLEET & CREWMEN: SAILING DAY! MORNING BRIGHT! TAKE YOUR FLIGHT! SHIP OF DREAMS!... SHE STRAINS AT HER LINES, THE SMOKE FROM HER FUNNELS TRAILING. HER PROW LIKE A KNIFE, SHE'LL CUT THROUGH THE WAVES UNFAILING. SOON TO BE UNDERWAY, SIZE AND SPEED UNEXPLORED... AND I'LL BE ABOARD THAT SHIP OF DREAMS! 4.LOADING INVENTORY STEVEDORE: 7,000 HEADS OF FRESH LETTUCE, TITANIC! 3rd Officer Herbert PITMAN: MORNING, MR. LIGHTOLLER 2nd Officer Charles LIGHTOLLER: MORNING, MR. PITMAN PITMAN: MORNING, MR. BOXHALL MORNING, CAPTAIN SMITH! LIGHTOLLER: MORNING, CAPTAIN! 4th Officer & Navigator Joseph BOXHALL: MORNING, CAPTAIN... STEVEDORE: 36,000 ORANGES, TITANIC! PITMAN: MORNING, MR. HITCHENS Quartermaster Robert HITCHENS: MORNING, MR. PITMAN PITMAN: MORNING, MR. MURDOCH HITCHENS: MORNING, CAPTAIN SMITH Capt. Edward J. SMITH: MORNING, MURDOCH... 1st Officer William MURDOCH: MORNING, CAPTAIN! CAPT. SMITH: MR. PITMAN, PLEASE COMPLETE THE LOADING OF THE FREIGHT AND PREPARE FOR THE BOARDING OF THE SERVING STAFF AND CREW! PITMAN: AYE, CAPTAIN! CREW & STAFF: BELLBOY: THERE SHE IS... MORNING, MR. ANDREWS HELLO MR. ISMAY TOWERING HIGH MORNING, MR. ETCHES HELLO MR. PITMAN BROAD AND GRAND MORNING, MR. WHITELY SHIP OF DREAMS! STEVEDORE: 42,000 fresh eggs, Titanic! CREW & STAFF: BELLBOY: SAILING DAY... MORNING, MR. CRAWFORD HELLO MRS. HUTCHINSON MORNING BRIGHT! MORNING, MRS. ROBINSON HELLO MRS. BEECHAM TAKE YOUR FLIGHT... MORNING, MR. WEIKMAN! SHIP OF DREAMS! PITMAN: 122,000 pounds of meat, poultry and fish, Titanic! STEVEDORE: 40 tons of potatoes, 1,100 pounds of marmalade, 37,000 bottles of wine, beer and spirits, Titanic! PITMAN: 55,000 china dishes and 20,000 crystal drinking glasses, Titanic! STEVEDORE: One Renault town carriage motorcar, Titanic! CREW & STAFF: BELLBOY: SOON TO BE... MORNING, MR. WIDGERY HELLO MR. OLIVER UNDERWAY... MORNING, MR. HARTLEY SIZE AND SPEED... HELLO MR. JOUGHIN CHEERS! MR. WEIKMAN UNEXPLORED! ALL: ...AND I'LL BE ABOARD THAT SHIP OF DREAMS! 5.THE LARGEST MOVING OBJECT J. BRUCE ISMAY, Chairman of the White Star Line: CAPTAIN SMITH, HAS THERE EVER BEEN A FINER MORNING TO SAIL? CAPT. SMITH: NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS, MR. ISMAY! NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS ONE, SIR! ISMAY: MR. ANDREWS, HAS THE LINE EVER HAD A FASTER SHIP FOR THE MAIL? ANDREWS: NOT AS FAST AS THIS, MR. ISMAY! NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS ONE, SIR! ISMAY: THE PRIDE CAPT. SMITH & ANDREWS: THE PRIDE ALL THREE: OF MANKIND... DOMINION OVER THE SEA! ISMAY: THE DREAM CAPT. SMITH & ANDREWS: THE DREAM ALL THREE: OF PROGRESS... IT BRINGS GREAT HONOR TO ME! CAPT. SMITH: TO BE THE MASTER! ANDREWS: THE BUILDER! ISMAY: AND THE OWNER! ALL THREE: OF THE LARGEST MOVING OBJECT IN THE WORLD! 6.I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP PITMAN: 3RD CLASS PASSENGERS PROCEED AT ONCE TO THE GANGWAY! PLEASE BRING YOUR BOARDING DOCUMENTS AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS!... KATE MURPHEY: Holy Mother of God! Is that a ship or a mountain? KATE MCGOWAN: It looks long enough a body could walk to America! I'm Katherine McGowan, but everyone calls me Kate. KATE MULLINS: I'm Kate, too. Kate Mullins. KATE MURPHEY: And I'm Kate three! Kate Murphy - KATE MULLINS: It must be fate, then! KATE MCGOWAN: It's not fate. It's Irish. KATE MULLINS: You travellin' alone? KATE MCGOWAN: Not me. I've got a feller. See that good-lookin' one up ahead? I'm plannin' to marry him. KATE MURPHEY: When's that gonna be? KATE MCGOWAN: Soon as I meet him. GET ME ABOARD THREE KATES: CALL OUT MY NAME 3RD CLASS PASSENGERS: IT'S TO AMERICA WE AIM TO FIND A BETTER LIFE, WE'VE PRAYED TO MAKE THIS TRIP! LET ALL OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN KNOW THAT THIS DAY LONG AGO WE DREAMT OF THEM AND CAME ABOARD THIS SHIP! ALL: FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE! FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE! GET US ALL ABOARD! PITMAN: SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS PROCEED TO "C", "D" AND "E" DECKS! PLEASE CONTACT THE SHIP'S PURSER TO ARRANGE DINING ASSIGNMENTS!... CHARLES CLARKE: NO ACCOUNT IN THE NATIONAL PRESS HAS QUITE DONE JUSTICE TO THIS! EDGAR BEANE: IT'S A SIGHT FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME! EDGAR & ALICE BEANE, CHARLES CLARKE & CAROLINE NEVILLE: YES, A SIGHT FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME! CHARLES CLARKE: AND THE CHANCE TO RUN AWAY AND MARRY NOW WE TWO DAREN'T MISS CAROLINE NEVILLE: IT'S A CHANCE FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME! 2ND CLASS PASSENGERS: YES, A SIGHT FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME! CAN'T WAIT TO BOARD THAT SHIP TODAY, BE WITH HER WHEN SHE PULLS AWAY AND TAKES HER MAIDEN SAIL I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP! THE LARGEST, GRANDEST ON THE EARTH, AND I'VE RESERVED A BERTH TO BE ABOARD, NOW POINT ME TOWARD THAT SHIP! ALICE BEANE: THE FINEST PEOPLE WILL ATTEND. THE BEST AMONG THEM WE'LL BEFRIEND THEY'LL STAND RIGHT NEXT TO US. BE AT MY FINGERTIP... ALL: GREAT HEADS OF STATE AND MILLIONAIRES WHO RUN THE WORLD'S AFFAIRS WILL ALL BE THERE. I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP! FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE! FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE! GET US ALL ABOARD! THE 1ST CLASS ROSTER PITMAN: COLONEL JOHN JACOB ASTOR AND MS. ASTOR TOO. ARRIVING NOW FROM THE BOAT TRAIN DIRECT FROM WATERLOO STATION MAY PROCEED TO THEIR PARLOUR SUITE A-62 ALICE BEANE: HER NAME IS MADELINE SHE'S JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S SECOND WIFE, SHE'S ONLY NINETEEN-YEARS-OLD AND NOW SHE'S MARRIED TO A PROMINENT MAN WORTH OVER A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS HER SENIOR! THEY'VE ONLY BEEN MARRIED SEVEN MONTHS SHE'S ALREADY SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT AND THE SCANDAL WAS SUCH THEY RAN AWAY TO EUROPE TO AVOID THE PUBLICITY! AVOID THE PUBLICITY! PITMAN: Mr. and Mrs. Isador Straus may proceed to Parlour Suite B-55! - ALICE BEANE: AREN'T THEY MODEST? YOU'D NEVER THINK BY LOOKING AT THEM THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER OWN MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE... OWN MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE OUTRIGHT! AND HE WAS CLOSE ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND AND SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TWO FULL TERMS! AND THAT'S HIS WIFE OF FORTY YEARS, NAMED IDA SAD! SHE HASN'T BEEN WELL SO THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN WINTERING ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA FRENCH RIVIERA! PITMAN: Mr. Benjamin Guggenheim and party will find his customary suite on "A" deck! ALICE BEANE: MADE HIS MONEY BY SMELTING GOLD SPENDS IT LIKE WATER FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE LOUIS QUATORZE SUITE! SO HE CNA LIVE IN LUXURIOUS SIN WITH HIS LATEST MISTRESS! AND THEY CALL THAT JUSTICE! THEY CALL THAT JUSTICE?... PITMAN: Mr. and Mrs. George Widener may proceed to Promenade Suite B-51! ALICE BEANE: HE'S THE RICHEST MAN IN PHILADELPHIA. PITMAN: Mr. and Mrs. John B. Thayer and family, Promenade Suite B-58! ALICE BEANE: VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD! PITMAN: Mrs. Charlotte Drake Cardoza, Suite B-54! ALICE BEA...
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