Brigadoon Draft 6

8/19/2019 Brigadoon Draft 6

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BRIGADOON

FIONA: Stephanie Meadowcroft

LUNDIE: PENDING

JEFF: PENDING

MEG/JANE: Hayley JackowitzTOMMY: Jake Satterfield

ACT I, SCENE I

A forest in the Highlands of Scotland.

About five in the morning.

TOMMY ALBRIGHT and JEFF DOUGLAS are discovered on stage.

TOMMY is about thirty. He is of medium height, virile

looking, with an attractive but sensitive

face. He is dressed in tweeds.

JEFF is about the same age. He is retiring, and good-natured

primarily because he doesn't care.

He is in gray flannels and a tweed jacket.

TOMMY

Now where the hell are we?

JEFF

What's in the middle?

TOMMY

Nothing.

JEFF

That's where we are.

TOMMYIn nothing?

JEFF

Yes. And for a fellow with my potentialities, this is an

ideal location. We'll find our way out when the sun comes

up.

.

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TOMMY

A fine couple of game hunters we are. We come all the way

over here from New York, and the first night out we get

lost.

JEFF

Maybe we took the high road instead of the low road.

TOMMY

There's something about this forest that gives me the

feeling of being in a cathedral.

JEFF

If we were, I'd know where the exit was.

TOMMY

You don't believe in anything, do you?

JEFF

Of course I do.

TOMMY

Really? What?

JEFF

Practically anything I can understand.

TOMMY

What about the things you don't understand?

JEFF

I dismiss them.

TOMMY

I envy you.

JEFFWhy?

TOMMY

You seem very satisfied.

JEFF

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I am. Aren't you?

TOMMY

No, I'm not.

JEFFThat's the silliest thing I've ever heard. You've got a fine

job and you're engaged to a fine girl, and you're lost in a

fine forest. What more do you want?

Exit?

Women enter, we run around opposite side, enter

MEG

Hello!

JEFF

Could you tell us where we are?

MEG

Of course we can tell ye. Ye're in Brigadoon.

TOMMY

Brigadoon?

FIONA

Aye.

JEFF

That's funny. There's no town called Brigadoon on the map.

MEG

I shouldna be surprised.

TOMMY

Why isn't it on the map?

FIONAFor good an' sound reasons. If ye've been walkin' all night,

ye mus' be tired an' hungry. Winna ye like somethin' to eat

an' perhaps a place to lie down afore ye start back?

TOMMY

That's very nice of you. Thank you.

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FIONA

Good! (She holds out her hand to TOMMY) My name is Fiona

MacLaren.

TOMMY

(Taking her hand) Mine is Tommy Albright. (They look at eachother for a moment) And this is Jeff Douglas.

FIONA

(Withdrawing her hand) How do ye do, sir?

MEG

(Enthusiastically) I'm Meg Brockie!

JEFF

I'm glad you're happy about it.

FIONA

There's a little tavern on the next street where ye can get

some food.

MEG

(Quickly taking JEFF's arm) I'll take ye to it.

JEFF

(Exiting) Is there a phone I could use?

MEG

(Confused) …No…I don't think so.

(They exit)

TOMMY

Go ahead. I'll be along in a minute. (Referring to MEG) You

know, if I hang around this town very long I'll probably

discover that everybody in it is slightly nutty. Is that

possible?

FIONA

I canna say.

TOMMY

Why not?

FIONA

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I dinna know what "nutty" means.

TOMMY

It means slightly insane.

FIONA(Turning on him suddenly) Well, then I can assure ye we're

all far from insane. We're a most blessed group of people.

An' I never realize how fortunate we are until I meet

someone from the outside. An' now I'm sorry I said all that,

but ye angered me when ye called us insane.

TOMMY

(Quite surprised and a bit sheepish at the outburst) Hey,

you don't like me very much, do you?

FIONA

That's the odd part. I like ye very much. I jus' dinna like

anythin' ye say.

TOMMY

(After a moment's rest) Fiona…

FIONA

Now I'll show ye some place where ye can lie down an' rest.

TOMMYWhat are you going to do?

FIONA

Gather some heather for the weddin' in town.

TOMMY

Where do you do that?

FIONA

On the hill--where the heather is.

TOMMY

May I go with you?

{CUE HEATHER ON THE HILL}

FIONA

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No. I'll do it much faster alone.

TOMMY

I won't bother you. Really. Maybe I'm the one who's slightly

nutty, but…

CAN’T WE TWO GO WALKIN’ TOGETHER,

OUT BEYOND THE VALLEY OF TREES,

OUT WHERE THERE’S A HILLSIDE OF HEATHER

CURTSEYIN’ GENTLY IN THE BREEZE?

THAT’S WHAT I’D LIKE TO DO:

SEE THE HEATHER—BUT WITH YOU.

THE MIST OF MAY IS IN THE GLOAMIN’

AND ALL THE CLOUDS ARE HOLDIN’ STILL,

SO TAKE MY HAND AND LET’S GO ROAMIN’

THROUGH THE HEATHER ON THE HILL.

THE MORNIN’ DEW IS BLINKIN’ YONDER;

THERE’S LAZY MUSIC IN THE RILL;

AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS WANDER


THERE MAY BE OTHER DAYS AS RICH AND RARE.

THERE MAY BE OTHER SPRINGS AS FULL AND FAIR.

BUT THEY WON’T BE THE SAME—THEY’LL COME AND GO;

FOR THIS I KNOW:

THAT WHEN THE MIST IS IN THE GLOAMIN’,


IF YOU’RE NOT THERE I WON’T GO ROAMIN’

THROUGH THE HEATHER ON THE HILL;

THE HEATHER ON THE HILL.

FIONA

(A little disconcerted) Ye see. Ye can say nice things when

ye want to.

TOMMYIt almost sounded like I was making love to you, didn't it?

FIONA

Oh! There's a difference between makin' love an' jus' bein'

sentimental because ye're tired.

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TOMMY

Is that what I'm being—sentimental because I'm tired?

FIONA

I believe so. But 'tis very agreeable.

(Sings)

THE MIST OF MAY IS IN THE GLOAMIN’

AN’ ALL THE CLOUDS ARE HOLDIN’ STILL,

SO TAKE MY HAND AN’ WE’LL GO ROAMIN’


THE MORNIN’ DEW IS BLINKIN’ YONDER;

THERE’S LAZY MUSIC IN THE RILL’

AN’ ‘TIS A LOVELY TIME TO WANDER


THERE MAY BE OTHER DAYS AS RICH AN’ RARE.

THERE MAY BE OTHER SPRINGS AS FULL AN’ FAIR.

BUT THEY WON’T BE THE SAME—THEY’LL COME AN’ GO.

TOMMY and FIONA

FOR THIS I KNOW:

THAT WHEN THE MIST IS IN THE GLOAMIN’,


IF YOU’RE NOT THERE I WON’T GO ROAMIN’THROUGH THE HEATHER ON THE HILL.

THE HEATHER ON THE HILL.

(TOMMY leans forward as if to kiss her, but she draws away

from him)

FIONA

I'll get my basket and we'll be off.

(FIONA crosses to get her basket and returns to TOMMY. Arm

in arm, rather dreamily, they begin to walk slowly off, andMEG enters, carrying a Bible)

BLACKOUT

NEW SCENE

MEG

Fiona! Where have ye been? (Sets Bible down)

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FIONA and TOMMY reenter

FIONA

Ye see, I knew we were out far too long. (To TOMMY) Wait for

me. I shan't be but a few minutes. (Starts to exit)

TOMMY

Fiona!

(FIONA stops and turns. He crosses and without saying a word

takes her in his arms and kisses her. She exits. Enter JEFF)

JEFF

Good morning, laddie.

TOMMY

Hi! Where've you been? What the hell happened to you? What

kind of a day did you...how do you feel?

{CUE ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE}

JEFF

(As if the thought just dawned on him) Surprisingly well!

How about you?

TOMMY

(With incredible enthusiasm) I never felt better in my life!

JEFF

(Eying him with sudden interest) You, too?

TOMMY

(Singing)

MAYBE THE SUN GAVE ME THE POW’R,

FOR I COULD SWIM LOCH LOMOND

AND BE HOME IN

HALF AN HOUR.MAYBE THE AIR GAVE ME THE DRIVE,

FOR I’M ALL AGLOW AND ALIVE!

WHAT A DAY THIS HAS BEEN!

WHAT A RARE MOOD I’M IN!

WHY, IT’S…ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE!

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THERE’S A SMILE ON MY FACE

FOR THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE!

WHY, IT’S…ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE!

ALL THE MUSIC OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE

LIKE A BELL THAT IS RINGIN’ FOR ME!

AND FROM THE WAY THAT I FEEL

WHEN THAT BELL STARTS TO PEAL,

I WOULD SWEAR I WAS FALLING,

I COULD SWEAR I WAS FALLING,

IT’S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE.

WHEN WE WALKED UP THE BRAE

FIONA

(enters singing)

NOT A WORD DID WE SAY.

IT WAS…ALMOST LIKE BEIN’ IN LOVE.

BUT YOUR ARM LINKED IN MINE

MADE THE WORLD KIND O’ FINE.

TOMMY

IT WAS…ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE.

FIONA

ALL THE MUSIC OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE

TOMMY

LIKE A BELL THAT IS RINGIN’ FOR ME!

FIONA and TOMMY

AND FROM THE WAY THAT I FEEL

WHEN THAT BELL STARTS TO PEAL,

FIONA

I WOULD SWEAR I WAS FALLING,

TOMMY

I COULD SWEAR I WAS FALLING,

FIONA and TOMMY

IT’S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE!

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TOMMY

No Brigadoon on the map. No phones in the whole town. And

three or four other things that I passed over when I was out

with Fiona this afternoon.

JEFF

I don't know…

TOMMY

I don't understand it. I'm beginning to feel a little like a

damn fool.

JEFF

What are you getting so worked up about?

TOMMY

(Calls) Fiona!

FIONA

(Entering) What, Tommy?

TOMMY

Come here.

FIONA

Tommy, what is it?

TOMMY

Is this your name here in this Bible?

FIONA

Aye! An' why…? (She stops herself. Then, thoughtfully) Oh!

TOMMY

Well, come on. What does it all mean? Is there any

explanation or isn't there?

FIONA

Aye, there is. But I cannot tell ye.

TOMMY

Well, is there anybody who can? I'd like to know.

FIONA

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Ye mus' talk with our schoolmaster, Mr. Lundie. 'Tis goin'

to be hard for ye to believe what ye'll hear. Ye'll think

there is somethin' wrong with us an' ye'll leave. I know it.

TOMMY

Maybe I will and maybe I won't. Come on, Jeff.

BLACKOUT

ACT I, SCENE V

Outside the house of MR. LUNDIE.

Immediately following.

MR. LUNDIE is a quaint Scottish schoolmaster in his late

fifties. Though his eyes have a genuine kindness and his

manner is entirely benign, he speaks with little trace of

emotion. He wears metal-framed glasses.

FIONA, TOMMY, and JEFF enter and walk toward the house.

MR. LUNDIE

Why, hello, Fiona. What a pleasant surprise!

FIONA

Mr. Lundie, I'd like ye to meet Mr. Tommy Albright and Mr.

Jeff Douglas.

MR. LUNDIE

(holding out his hand) Good afternoon, gentlemen. (He

studies them both carefully)

FIONA

I was wonderin' if ye'd be good enough to tell these

gentlemen about Brigadoon. They've heard an' seen a good

deal an' they're very perplexed indeed.

TOMMYPerplexed is right.

MR. LUNDIE

What happened in Brigadoon was a miracle an' most folk dinna

believe in miracles. Miracles require faith, an' faith seems

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to be (focused slightly on JEFF) dead. Now this miracle

happened…let's see…what's today?

FIONA

Friday.

MR. LUNDIE

Friday. That means it happened exactly two hundred years

ago. Two hundred years ago the Highlands of Scotland were

plagued with witches; I dinna suppose ye have such women in

your world.

TOMMY

Witches?

JEFF

Yes, we still have them. We pronounce it differently.

MR. LUNDIE

Uh-huh! They were not real sorcerers, but their influence

was very real indeed. Now, here in Brigadoon we had an old

minister named Mr. Forsythe. An' a good man he was. But he

was growin' old, an’ he began to wonder if there wasn't

somethin' he could do to protect the folk of his parish not

only from them, but from all the evils that might come to

Brigadoon. In the hush of a sleepin' world, he asked God to

make Brigadoon an' all the people in it vanish into theHighland mist. Vanish, but not for always. It would all

return jus' as it was for one day every hundred years. The

people would go on leadin' their customary lives; but each

day when they awakened it would be a hundred years later.

An' when we awoke the next day, it was a hundred years

later.

TOMMY

You mean…you mean you go to bed at night and when you get up

the next day it's a hundred years later?

MR. LUNDIE

Aye.

TOMMY

Suppose somebody around here gets fed up and wants to leave.

MR. LUNDIE

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Oh, he canna leave.

TOMMY

You mean I've got to stay here now?

MR. LUNDIENo, no, lad. If anyone of Brigadoon leaves, the enchantment

is broken for all. That night when the people go to sleep,

Brigadoon will disappear forever.

TOMMY

For argument's sake, suppose a stranger like, well…me came

to Brigadoon and wanted to stay…

MR. LUNDIE

Aye, he could. A stranger can stay if he loves someone here

enough to want to give up everythin' an' stay with that

person. Which is how it should be. 'Cause after all, lad, if

ye love someone deeply, anythin' is possible.

TOMMY

I think I want to stick around and see if this place

evaporates like you say.

BLACKOUT

ACT II, SCENE II

(Lights on FIONA looking for TOMMY)

FIONA

Have you seen Tommy?

MEG

Why, no, I dinna think he came back with us.

FIONA

Oh, dear. Tommy?

TOMMY

(entering…casually:) Fiona!

FIONA

(Running to him) Tommy! I thought ye might have gone.

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TOMMY

No, I didn't go. I couldn't.

FIONA

An' ye're all right?

TOMMY

Of course I'm all right.

FIONA

I'd have died if anythin' had happened to ye. (Going into

his arms) I love ye so.

TOMMY

How can you be sure of that after one day?

FIONA

I dinna know. 'Tis jus' when a lass falls in or out of love

she knows it right away.

TOMMY

I wish it were that clear to me.

FIONA

Why?

TOMMY

Because I have the peculiar sensation I'm hearing my own

secret being told.

FIONA

Ye mean--ye think ye're in love with me?

TOMMY

Think? What good does thinking do? If I thought about it, it

wouldn't make any more sense than the miracle.

{CUE THERE BUT FOR YOU GO I}

But what I feel is something else.

FIONA

What do you feel, then, Tommy?

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TOMMY

THIS IS HARD TO SAY,

BUT AS I WANDERED THROUGH THE LEA

I FELT FOR JUST A FLEETING MOMENT

THAT I SUDDENLY WAS FREE OF BEING LONELY;THEN I CLOSED MY EYES AND SAW THE VERY REASON WHY.

I SAW A MAN WITH HIS HEAD BOWED LOW.

HIS HEART HAD NO PLACE TO GO.

I LOOKED AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WITH A SIGH:

THERE BUT FOR YOU GO I.

I SAW A MAN WALKING BY THE SEA.

ALONE WITH THE TIDE WAS HE.

I LOOKED AND I THOUGHT AS I WATCHED HIM GO BY:


LONELY MEN AROUND ME,

TRYING NOT TO CRY.

TIL’ THE DAY YOU FOUND ME

THERE AMONG THEM WAS I.

I SAW A MAN WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN

A LOVE THAT WAS ALL HIS OWN.

I THOUGHT AS I THANKED ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY:


{music continues}

FIONA

(Holding him close) Tommy!

TOMMY

I love you, Fiona. I guess that's all there is to it.

FIONA

I've wanted to hear ye say it. Even though it be at the last

minute like this.

TOMMY

(holding her away from him) the last minute?

FIONA

Aye. Soon now 'tis the end of our day.

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TOMMY

And then you…you…? (He motions with his hand, FIONA nods)

But, Fiona, I can't leave you. Not now I can't. (Pauses,

then, with hesitant excitement) Didn't Lundie say someone

could stay if he loved someone enough?

FIONA

Aye.

TOMMY

Well, that's for me! Where do I go? Who do I talk to? Where

do I get a passport to disappear? I don't want to be without

you ever again. I'd be afraid to be.

(sings)

I SAW A MAN WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN

A LOVE THAT WAS ALL HIS OWN.

I THOUGHT AS I THANKED ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY:


BLACKOUT

ACT II, SCENE III

(lights on Jeff and Tommy)

TOMMY

Jeff, I'm not going back with you!

JEFF

You're pulling my bonnie leg, aren't you?

TOMMY

No! I've never been more serious in my life. I tell you,

Jeff, in one day I feel more a part of her and all this than

I ever felt about my fiancée Jane or anybody or anything

back home.

JEFF

My boy, that's because it is one day. But don't you realize

if you stay here it's for always?

TOMMY

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I know.

JEFF

You're absolutely positive that there'll never come a time

when you'll miss your family, your friends, the life you

belong to? How can you know that now?

TOMMY

Because--well, here's where I know you'll think I'm crazy--

because I believe in her. And what's more, I believe in this

place.

JEFF

You do not. You just want to. This Highland voodoo town

makes no more sense to you than it does to me. This is a

dream. Why, even now you're not really moved by it. You just

think you are.

TOMMY

How do you know?

JEFF

Because I do. I don't feel a thing.

TOMMY

You actually don't feel anything?

JEFF

Nothing. Except like going home. But if you really believe

as much as you think you do…(MR. LUNDIE and FIONA enter.

“okay, good luck pal.”) I'll wait for you outside the town.

(exits)

FIONA

Tommy, what did he mean by that?

MR. LUNDIE

Fiona tells me ye want to stay, lad.

FIONA

Tommy, what is it?

TOMMY

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It's no good, Fiona. I'm leaving. And it isn't because I

don't love you. I think I do. But I guess I don't trust my

own feelings.

FIONA

Ye mean ye're not sure ye can accept everythin'?

TOMMY

That's about it.

MR. LUNDIE

Ye better hurry, Fiona. There's not much time left. (Turns

to exit, stops) Dinna feel ashamed of yourself, Tommy. 'Tis

the hardest thing in the world to give up everythin'; even

though 'tis usually the only way to get everythin'. (exits)

{CUE FROM THIS DAY ON}

TOMMY

Do you understand at all?

FIONA

(Sings)

DINNA YE KNOW, TOMMY,

THAT YE’RE ALL I’M LIVIN’ FOR?

SO HOW CAN YE GO, TOMMY,WHEN I’LL NEED YE MORE AND MORE?

TOMMY

(kindly) no, Fiona. You won't remember that way. And neither

will I.

(Sings)

YOU AND THE WORLD WE KNEW

WILL GLOW TIL’ MY LIFE IS THROUGH;

FOR YOU’RE PART OF MEFROM THIS DAY ON.

AND

SOMEDAY IF I SHOULD LOVE,

IT’S YOU I’LL BE DREAMING OF;

FOR YOU’RE ALL I’LL SEE

FROM THIS DAY ON.

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THESE HURRIED HOURS WERE ALL THE LIFE WE COULD SHARE.

STILL I WILL GO WITH NOT A TEAR, JUST A PRAYER

THAT

WHEN WE ARE FAR APART Y

OU’LL FIND SOMETHING FROM YOUR HEARTHAS GONE! GONE WITH ME

FROM THIS DAY ON.

(music continues)

You see? we mustn't be sorry about anything

FIONA

I'm not. In fact I shouldna be surprised if I'll be less

lonely now than I was afore ye came. I think real loneliness

is not bein' in love in vain, but not bein' in love at all.

TOMMY

But it'll fade in time.

FIONA

No. It winna do that.

(Sings)

THROUGH ALL THE YEARS TO COME

AN’ THROUGH ALL THE TEARS TO COME

I KNOW I’LL BE YOURSFROM THIS DAY ON.

BLACKOUT

ACT II, SCENE IV

(a bar in New York City)

JEFF

(drunk) Tommy! My old friend Tommy!

TOMMY

How are you, Jeff?

JEFF

(to audience, drunk) It's my old friend Tommy! He's back!

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TOMMY

Hello.

JEFF

Where've you been all month, Tommy?

TOMMY

Up on a farm in New Hampshire.

JEFF

A farm. What were you doing there? Why?

TOMMY

Because, my dear tank, I'm in love, and I 'canna' get over

it.

JEFF

oh.

TOMMY

And the trouble is, because I can't be with her I can't be

with anyone else. When I'm with people and they're talking

to me, they might say one little word that opens the door to

a memory for me and suddenly I don't hear them talking

anymore.

JEFFYou must be fascinating company.

TOMMY

When I'm alone, it's easier.

(JANE ASHTON enters. She is in her late twenties, chic, very

attractive, though perhaps a little severe)

JANE

Tommy!

TOMMY

Hello, Jane.

JANE

What a wonderful surprise!

JEFF

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Hello, Jane.

JANE

When did you get back?

JEFFHello, Jeff.

TOMMY

A little while ago.

JEFF

How are you, Jane?

JANE

(ignoring him) I’ve been worried half to death about you.

JEFF

Fine, Jeff, how are you?

JANE

Let me look at you

JEFF

Well, I don’t want to eat and run. I think I’ll go up to my

room and have a drink.

TOMMY

I’ll see you, Jeff.

JANE

(half-turning) Hello.

JEFF

Good-bye! (exits)

JANE

Tommy, why didn’t you write me?

TOMMY

Nothing to say, I guess.

JANE

You’ve certainly been antisocial since you returned from

Scotland. If you really want to avoid everybody, why don’t

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we take Mr. Jackson’s house? It’s far away and right on the

top of a high, beautiful hill…

(the instant she says the words “high, beautiful hill,”

FIONA’s voice is heard offstage singing. As FIONA sings,

JANE continues talking, but in pantomime. Occasionally,TOMMY nods to her. FIONA has appeared to him DS)

FIONA


BUT WHEN THE MIST IS IN THE GLOAMIN’,

AN’ ALL THE CLOUDS ARE HOLDIN’ STILL,

IF YE’RE NOT HERE I WON’T GO ROAMIN’

THROUGH THE HEATHER ON THE HILL;

THE HEATHER ON THE…

(TOMMY turns sharply to JANE, interrupting FIONA’s song.)

TOMMY

No, Jane! No!

JANE

No, what?

TOMMY

I can’t go through with it! There’s going to be no wedding

next month.

JANE

Do you mean you’re postponing it again?

TOMMY

No, I am not postponing it. I’m calling it off for good!

JANE

Calling it off!

TOMMYI can’t do it! Ever.

JANE

You have a nerve! After all this time I’ve waited for you

and tried to be patient and put up with your idiotic whims

and temperament?

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TOMMY

I’m sorry. It’s not your fault. You’ve been wonderfully kind

to me. But something strange happened a few months ago that

I can’t explain, and now I don’t fit here any more.

JANEI think you’re going clean out of your mind. But I refuse to

stand here and argue with you in this bar! And if you think

anyone else is going to put up with your nonsense, you’re

raving mad. So think that over, Mr. Albright, when you’re

all alone!

(she exits. FIONA remains DS)

FIONA

I think real loneliness is not bein’ in love in vain, but

not bein’ in love at all.

TOMMY

You understood; Fiona—I didn’t.

FIONA

YOU WALKIN’ THOUGH THE HEATHER

WHEN WE WERE THERE TOGETHER,

THAT’S ALL I’LL SEE

FROM THIS DAY ON.

TOMMY

You were right. It never faded.

(sings)

THESE HURRIED HOURS WERE ALL THE LIFE WE COULD SHARE.

STILL I WILL GO WITH NOT A TEAR, JUST A PRAYER

THAT—

FIONA

THROUGH ALL THE YEARS TO COME

AN’ THROUGH ALL THE TEARS TO COME

FIONA AND TOMMY

I KNOW I’LL BE YOURS

FROM THIS DAY ON.

(they kiss)

CURTAIN

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