ACT II, SCENE 1
(Time has passed, and the Land of Oz is filled with fear.)
CITIZENS OF OZ
EV’RY DAY, MORE WICKED!
EV’RY DAY, THE TERROR GROWS!
ALL OF OZ IS EVER ON ALERT!
THAT’S THE WAY WITH WICKED—
SPREADING FEAR
WHERE E’ER SHE GOES
SEEKING OUT NEW VICTIMS SHE CAN HURT!
A HYSTERICAL WOMAN
LIKE SOME TERRIBLE GREEN BLIZZARD
THROUGHOUT THE LAND SHE FLIES…
AN OUTRAGED MAN
DEFAMING OUR POOR WIZARD
WITH HER CALUMNIES AND LIES!
ALL
SHE LIES!
SAVE US FROM THE WICKED!
SHIELD US SO WE WON’T BE HEXED!
GIVE US
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE NEXT?
WHERE WILL SHE STRIKE—
NEXT!?
(Outside the Wizard’s palace, MADAME MORRIBLE and FIYERO look on as a well-turned-out GLINDA addresses an adoring CROWD.)
GLINDA
Fellow Ozians—as terrifying as terror is, let us put aside our panic for this one day… and celebrate!
(Sings)
OH WHAT A CELEBRATION
WE’LL HAVE TODAY
CROWD
THANK GOODNESS!
GLINDA
LET’S HAVE A CELEBRATION
THE GLINDA WAY
CROWD
THANK GOODNESS!
MORRIBLE
FIN’LLY A DAY THAT'S
TOTALLY WICKED-WITCH-FREE!
CROWD
WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
THANK GOODNESS!
(MADAME MORRIBLE turns to GLINDA and FIYERO, who’s been named the new Captain of the Guard.)
MORRIBLE
And thank goodness for you, Glinda! And for your handsome swan, our new Captain of the Guard! You’ve been the forefront of the hunt for the Wicked Witch, haven’t you Captain?
FIYERO
Actually, I don’t think of her as a Wicked Witch—
MORRIBLE
So Captain, how does it feel?
FIYERO
Frustrating, but I became the Captain of the Guard to find her and I will not rest—
MORRIBLE
No, being engaged!
CROWD
Congratulotions!
FIYERO
This is an engagement party?
GLINDA
Surprised?
FIYERO
Yes!
GLINDA
Oh, good! We hoped you’d be—the Wizard and I!
(Sings)
WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
RIGHT, DEAR?
COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
RIGHT HERE, LOOK WHAT WE’VE GOT:
A FAIRY-TALE PLOT
OUR VERY OWN HAPPY ENDING
WHERE WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
TRUE, DEAR?
COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
AND WE’RE HAPPY TO SHARE
OUR ENDING VICARIOUSLY
WITH ALL OF YOU
HE COULDN’T LOOK HANDSOMER
I COULDN’T FEEL HUMBLER
WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
BECAUSE HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!
MORRIBLE
And Glinda dear, we are happy for you! As Press Secretary, I’ve striven to ensure that all of Oz knows the story of your braverism! How vividly I remember…
(Sings)
THE DAY YOU WERE FIRST SUMMONED
TO AN AUDIENCE WITH OZ
AND ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NOT TELL YOU WHY INITIALLY
WHEN YOU BOWED BEFORE HIS THRONE
HE DECREED YOU’D HENCE BE KNOWN
AS GLINDA THE GOOD—OFFICIALLY!
FIYERO
That’s not how you described it to me!
GLINDA
Well, no, not exactly, but we’ll talk about that later.
MORRIBLE
THEN WITH A JEALOUS SQUEAL
THE WICKED WITCH BURST FROM CONCEALMENT
WHERE SHE HAD BEEN LURKING—SURREPTITIALLY!
SOMEONE IN THE CROWD
I HEAR SHE HAS AN EXTRA
THAT ALWAYS REMAINS AWAKE!
ANOTHER PERSON
I HEAR THAT SHE CAN SHED HER SKIN
AS EASILY AS A SNAKE!
A THIRD PERSON
I HEAR SOME REBEL ANIMALS
ARE GIVING HER FOOD AND SHELTER
A FOURTH PERSON
I HEAR HER SOUL IS SO UNCLEAN
PURE WATER CAN MELT HER!
FIYERO
WHAT!?
CROWD
MELT HER!?
PLEASE—SOMEBODY GO AND MELT HER!
FIYERO
Do you hear that? Water will melt her!?
GLINDA
Shhh! Dearest!
FIYERO
People are so empty-headed, they’ll believe anything!
GLINDA
Excuse us just a tick tock.
FIYERO
I can’t just stand her grinning, pretending to go along with all this!
GLINDA
Fiyero, do you think I like hearing them say all those awful things about her? I hate it!
FIYERO
Then what are we doing here? Let’s go. Let’s get out of here.
GLINDA
I can’t! I can’t leave now. Not when people are looking to me to raise their spirits.
FIYERO
No, you can’t leave because you can’t resist this! And that’s the truth!
GLINDA
Well maybe I can’t Is that so wrong? Who could?
FIYERO
You know who could! And who has!
GLINDA
Fiyero, I miss her too. But we can’t just stop living. No one has searched harder for her than you. Don’t you see? She doesn’t want to be found. We’ve got to face it.
FIYERO
You’re right. You’re right. And look, if it makes you happy, of course I’ll marry you.
GLINDA
But it’ll make you happy too, right?
FIYERO
You know me, I’m always happy.
(FIYERO leaves)
GLINDA
Fiyero—! Oh—yes, thanks plenty, dearest! He’s gone to fetch me a refreshment. He’s so thoughtful that way!
(Sings)
THAT’S WHY I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
NO, I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
THOUGH IT IS, I ADMIT
THE TINIEST BIT
UNLIKE I ANTICIPATED
BUT I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
SIMPLY COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
WELL—NOT “SIMPLY”…
‘CAUSE GETTING YOUR DREAMS
IT’S STRANGE, BUT IT SEEMS
A LITTLE—WELL—COMPLICATED
THERE’S A KIND OF A SORT OF… COST
THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS GET… LOST
THERE ARE BRIDGES YOU CROSS
YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU’D CROSSED
UNTIL YOU’VE CROSSED…
AND IF THAT JOY, THAT THRILL
DOESN’T THRILL LIKE YOU THINK IT WILL
STILL—
WITH THIS PERFECT FINALE
THE CHEERS AND THE BALLYHOO
WHO
WOULDN’T BE HAPPIER?
SO I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
BECAUSE HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
WELL, ISN’T IT?
HAPPY IS WHAT HAPPENS…
WHEN YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE...
CROWD
WE LOVE YOU GLINDA, IF WE MAY BE SO FRANK…
GLINDA
THANK GOODNESS!
CROWD
FOR ALL THIS JOY, WE KNOW WHO WE’VE GOT TO THANK:
THANK GOODNESS!
MEN
THAT MEANS, THE WIZARD…
WOMEN
GLINDA…
GLINDA
AND FIANCÉ!
CROWD
THEY COULDN’T BE GOODLIER
SHE COULDN’T BE LOVELIER
WE COULDN’T BE LUCKIER…
GLINDA
I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER…
CROWD
THANK GOODNESS…
GLINDA AND CROWD
TODAY!
THANK GOODNESS FOR TODAY!
when someone in the crowd says " I HEAR SHE HAS AN EXTRA " you missed out the word EYE at the end of the sentence...
ReplyDeleteNot to be a massive pain but could you post the whole of Act II as one post please? That would be sooo useful... :)
ReplyDeletereally bad so many eorros
ReplyDeleteyeah how am i supposed to keep it simple
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