ACT I SCENE 6

 

[The Slumber Room at Whispering Glades. SIR FRANCIS lies in a half-open casket draped with the Union Jack flag and surrounded by floral tributes. SIR AMBROSE approaches]

 

 

 

 

 

SONG: FRANK

 

SIR AMBROSE:

A LAWYER ATTENDS A SESSION

DREAMS OF A NEW PROFESSION

DRAMA WAS MY OBSESSION

NO NEED FOR A PROMPT

I WOULD STAND UP ALONE

 

ONLY THE BEST PRODUCER

ONLY MAE WEST WILL DO SIR

THEN I SUGGEST YES YOU SIR

I HELD THE STAGE IN A CLASS OF MY OWN

 

THOUGH AN ACTOR

KNOWS GRIEF WITHIN A PLAY

HE MAY NOT HAVE THE LEAST RESOURCE WHEN

FRIENDS PASS AWAY

 

THOUGH AN ACTOR

KNOWS PERICLES BY HEART

HE MAY NOT HAVE THAT EXTRA SOMETHING

TO PLAY THE PART

 

IT'S THE SECRET

OF GETTING BY

WE KEEP IT SHORTER

WE'RE NOT COLE PORTER

THOUGH WE MAY TRY

 

THOUGH BEHIND ME

ARE YEARS UPON THE STAGE

I NEVER HAD THE LEAST RESPECT FOR

WHAT COMES WITH AGE

 

OLD FRIENDS PERISH

EXPRESSLY OLDER FRIENDS I CHERISH

IT'S ALL A LITTLE BIT NIGHTMARISH

FRANK

 

[Scene continues with SOMEHOW]