BPTP Aladdin 2018 1 Overture ACT 1 – PROLOGUE Enter ABANAZER to sinister music. Abanazer Ha ha ha . . . Oh magic ring, forged by the spells of Egypt’s ancient Gods. I call upon you to tell I Abanazer, the greatest magician in all the land, the whereabouts of the magic lamp. So I may become ruler of the entire earth . . . ! Oh magic ring deliver to me your enchanted slave, so that I may ask the questions to the answers that I crave! Enter SLAVE OF THE RING. Slave What is thy wish o’ master? Abanazer The lamp, where is it? Speak, I command you! Slave In a cavern below the ground, the lamp lies hidden, safe and sound. Abanazer Yes, yes but where?! Slave Near a mountain top in a foreign land, but master do try to understand, you who are wicked cannot make your way, to the depths of the cavern – outside you must stay. Abanazer What? Slave If anyone evil, inside it should tread – in the blink of an eye he should surely be dead. Another soul must play the part, an honest boy who is pure of heart. Without his help the lamp remains outside your grasp, despite your pains. Abanazer Ten thousand curses! Where am I to find a boy as innocent as that? Slave I know of but one, who’s life’s full of pity. He dwells far off in Peking city. Aladdin, a washer woman’s child, his days are spent in running wild. Abanazer A wild one ey? I’ll soon tame him, take me there for the lamp shall be mine! Slave To China then our journey will begin. To the market place in old Peking. Exit SLAVE. Abanazer To China is the destination, My evil plans are underway Soon I’ll stand in old Peking In search of Aladdin . . . my prey! Ha ha ha. SCENE 1 – THE MARKET PLACE IN PEKING SONG – Loco in Acapulco Wishee Hello everybody, you’re not tonight’s audience are you? Come on, speak to Wishee. Are you tonight’s audience? You do understand
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Overture ACT 1 – PROLOGUE
Enter ABANAZER to sinister music.
Abanazer Ha ha ha . . . Oh magic ring, forged by the spells of Egypt’s ancient
Gods. I call upon you to tell I Abanazer, the greatest magician in all the
land, the whereabouts of the magic lamp. So I may become ruler of
the entire earth . . . !
Oh magic ring deliver to me your enchanted slave, so that I may ask
the questions to the answers that I crave!
Enter SLAVE OF THE RING.
Slave What is thy wish o’ master?
Abanazer The lamp, where is it? Speak, I command you!
Slave In a cavern below the ground, the lamp lies hidden, safe and sound.
Abanazer Yes, yes but where?!
Slave Near a mountain top in a foreign land, but master do try to
understand, you who are wicked cannot make your way, to the
depths of the cavern – outside you must stay.
Abanazer What?
Slave If anyone evil, inside it should tread – in the blink of an eye he should
surely be dead. Another soul must play the part, an honest boy who is
pure of heart. Without his help the lamp remains outside your grasp,
despite your pains.
Abanazer Ten thousand curses! Where am I to find a boy as innocent as that?
Slave I know of but one, who’s life’s full of pity. He dwells far off in Peking
city. Aladdin, a washer woman’s child, his days are spent in running
wild.
Abanazer A wild one ey? I’ll soon tame him, take me there for the lamp shall be
mine!
Slave To China then our journey will begin. To the market place in old
Peking.
Exit SLAVE.
Abanazer To China is the destination,
My evil plans are underway
Soon I’ll stand in old Peking
In search of Aladdin . . . my prey! Ha ha ha.
SCENE 1 – THE MARKET PLACE IN PEKING
SONG – Loco in Acapulco
Wishee Hello everybody, you’re not tonight’s audience are you? Come on,
speak to Wishee. Are you tonight’s audience? You do understand
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Chinese don’t you? (Deliberate and loud) Me can’t hear you! Are
tonight audience?! Oh good you do understand – this would be a long
show if you didn’t. Welcome to Peking Market place, do you know
who I am?
Audience reaction.
I’m Aladdin’s brother Wishee Washee. Now you may think that’s a
funny name but it’s custom round here to name people after their
jobs. She’s called Mrs Runs an English Takeaway but we call her runs
for short ‘cos that’s what you get when eat one of her pies!
Enter ALADDIN.
Aladdin Wishee Washee, the police are after me!
Wishee Oh no! You haven’t been parking your rickshaw on double yellow lines
again have you?
Aladdin No, no not this time Wishee . . . where can I hide?
Wishee Err Aladdin over here, hide in this basket. Now everybody act normal!
ALADDIN hides in the basket as POLICE OFFICERS enter looking for him. SFX ‘The Bill
theme tune’.
Ping Hello, hello, hello.
Pong What’s going on here then?
Ping I’m Ping.
Pong I’m Pong.
Ping/Pong And together we are Ping Pong.
Wishee You telling us, I can smell you from here!
Ping Oi! Less o’ the cheek. We could book you for that kinda comment
laddie.
Pong Be careful. Anything you say may be taken down and . . .
Wishee Knickers!
Pong What?
Wishee You said that anything I said would be taken down. So I said . . .
Ping We heard what you said thank you and the only thing that’s going to
be taken down is you, to the police station if you don’t watch it young
man!
Pong We’re looking for Aladdin Twankey. Have you seen him?
Wishee No PC Pong.
Ping If you do, tell him to give me a call, on flee, flee, flee! Come on, they
don’t get any better. Until next time.
Pong Come along Ping.
Pong Come along Pong.
Exit POLICE OFFICERS.
Wishee It’s safe to come out now Aladdin, they’ve gone.
Aladdin Phew, that was close. Thanks brother!
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Wishee Don’t mention it.
Aladdin Well the market square seems busy this morning. What’s with all the
excitement everybody?
Citizen Didn’t you watch Good Morning China today? Princess Yasmin is
travelling through here with her Mother the Empress. They’re going
visit the Imperial Baths.
Aladdin Princess Yasmin? But she’s the most beautiful girl in all of China!
Citizen You’re not gonna try and see her are you?
Aladdin Why not? What’s the point of having a beautiful princess if no-ones
allowed to look at her. I might even ask her to marry me if I can get
close enough.
Wishee Marry you? Why should you get all the girls? She might want to marry
me.
CITIZENS laugh.
Wishee What’s so funny?
Aladdin Ah Wishee, don’t you ever get fed up of working in the laundry?
Wishee Of course I do but someone’s got help our mother!
Aladdin There must be more to life than washing other people’s sheets . . . I
don’t know how yet, but one day when I’m rich I’ll ask for the
Princess’ hand in marriage.
Exit ALADDIN and CITIZENS as ABANAZER enters to sinister music.
Abanazer So this is Peking is it? This must be the market place but where is this
boy Aladdin? I need him, for only then will I find the entrance to the
secret cave. I’ll explore the yonder streets.
ABANAZER exits as WIDOW TWANKEY enters.
Twankey Help! Help, Police, help!
Wishee Mother, whatever is the matter?
Twankey We’ve been robbed. A woman has just come into the Laundry and
paid for her washing with a dud coin.
Wishee Counterfeit?
Twankey Well she had two like everybody else. What are you doing out here
anyway?
Wishee Just been talking to our Aladdin.
Twankey Typical that, he’s never here when you want him. Now you’d better
go and man the shop.
Wishee Mother I can’t work today.
Twankey Why ever not?
Wishee I’ve got sickness.
Twankey You’ve got Sickness?
Wishee Yes. . . I’m sick of work!
Twankey I’ll give you sickness you cheeky monkey, it’s all that food you eat.
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Wishee Waste not want not!
Twankey I don’t know where you put it all. I only have to so much as look at a
spring roll and I go up at least three dress sizes! Now go inside and put
the mangle on.
Exit WISHEE WASHEE.
(To Audience) Oh what am I going to do? We’ve got no money and no
food left to eat in the pantry . . . we’re ever so poor you know . . . I’m
a poor, lonely widow . . . I’m a penny-less washer-woman trying to get
by . . . a single parent family left with two wayward sons and the
family business to run. It’s not easy bringing up Aladdin and Wishee
Washee on my own. But they’ve been ever so good to me since their
father died. Frankie Twankey was the love of my life. Just thinking
about him brings tear to my eye. The sun was shining, it was a
beautiful day, I was cooking Sunday dinner. I sent him out to pull a
cabbage and he dropped down dead in the vegetable patch. Well I
was heartbroken so did the only thing a woman could, I opened a tin
of peas instead! It’s just not the same as fresh. But that’s the story of
my life – make do and mend. I don’t know how I manage to stay so
cheerful! What do you mean I don’t? Well you’ll have to cheer me up
then. When I shout hanky panky – you all shout to reply with: hello
Twankey! Can you do that? Right – hanky panky! Audience response.
Brilliant, let me peg this washing out.
Enter ABANAZER to sinister music.
Abanazer Still no sign of this wretched boy Aladdin. I’ll see if this old hag can
help me. Tell me Madam are you Peking’s oldest inhabitant?
Twankey Certainly not, I’ve just arrived at the age of 32!
Abanazer (To Audience) Ha, well she must’ve taken the long way round.
Twankey Pardon me but I don’t recognise you . . .
Abanazer I’m hardly surprised for I am a stranger to these parts.
Twankey Do you know, I was just thinking you were dressed a little bit strange .
. . where you from?
Abanazer Egypt Madam is the land of my birth.
Twankey Egypt eh? Say are you married?
Abanazer Certainly not!
Twankey Are you single?
Abanazer No.
Twankey Well if you’re not married and you’re not single then what are you?
Abanazer That’s none of your business!
Twankey Fair enough.
Abanazer I’m here to seek the boy Aladdin
Twankey I happen to have a son called Aladdin.
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Abanazer You do?
Twankey I do indeed. Aladdin Twankey.
Abanazer (To Audience) Could this be the boy I am looking for? I must make
further enquiries. (To Twankey) Tell me Madam, may I meet this little
angel of yours?
Twankey Why you’re in luck, cos here he comes now!
Enter ALADDIN.
Twankey Aladdin come over here and say hello this fine gentleman. And BE
POLITE ‘cos he might lend us a few yen!
Aladdin Morning sir.
Abanazer My dear boy you are the very image of him! Tell me, did your late
Father ever speak to you of his long lost brother?
Aladdin No sir.
Abanazer Then behold, I am the long lost brother he never spoke about!
Embrace me nephew!
Twankey Hang on a minute, it’s all very well you coming round here saying that
you’re my late husband’s long washed brother, but can you prove it?
Can you identify yourself?
Abanazer But of course. Do you have a mirror?
TWANKEY gives ABANAZER a hand mirror, he looks at himself.
Twankey Here you are.
Abanazer Why yes that’s me.
Twankey/Aladdin (To Audience) Should we trust him?
Audience No.
Twankey I’m afraid they say we shouldn’t trust you.
Abanazer Well if you want to listen to those fools and deny your own
MILLIONAIRE brother in law, that’s fine!
Twankey Hang on a minute, did you say millionaire? I’ve just remembered
something!
Abanazer (To Audience) I thought she might.
Twankey Of course we remember him never talking about you, he almost never
stopped! What was it he never called you?
Abanazer Abanazer my dear woman, Abanazer.
Twankey Av-a-banana - that was it! But we can’t keep calling you that all the
time if you’re a member of the family now. We must call you Abs for
short.
Abanazer ABS?!
Twankey Why yes. He’s Aladdin so we call him Al. I’m Twankey and you can call
me any time you like!
Aladdin A long lost uncle and a millionaire, I think I must be dreaming.
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Twankey Well if you are do NOT wake up! Here, you couldn’t lend me a few of
yen to till I go the Post Office could you?
Abanazer Alas dear lady at the moment my pockets are empty. But fear not,
soon undreamt of wealth shall be yours!
Twankey I have some pretty wild dreams me you know . . .
Aladdin Now if you’re as wealthy as you say you are, how come you’ve no
money in your pockets?
Abanazer Curses, the boy is sharper than I thought. I dress like this to avoid the
attention of those who would rob a wealthy merchant such as myself.
My vast treasure store lies within a cave not far from here.
Aladdin Well how soon can we go there?
Abanazer Patience dear nephew when the time is right. Perhaps tomorrow,
perhaps tonight. I shall return so do not fear. (To Audience) Gullible
fools. Little do they know just what he has to fear in the secret cave . .
Goodbye Aladdin - ha ha ha.
Exit ABANAZER to sinister music.
Aladdin Goodbye Uncle. Oh Mum, all our troubles are over!
Twankey You bet they are. Retirement here I come!
Aladdin Wishee come on out, everybody hear the news.
Enter CITIZENS and WISHEE.
Twankey Everybody gather round. Our happy days are here again!
SONG – Happy days are here again
Enter PRIME MINISTER.
Prime Minister Make way for the Empress! Her most celestial highness, Chicken
Chow Mein, the Empress of all China!
Enter EMPRESS.
Empress Is this it Prime Minster, have we arrived?
PM Indeed it is your Highness, the imperial baths are yonder.
Empress Good and my daughter the Princess Yasmin?
PM She approaches your Highness, suitably veiled.
Empress Excellent. Please read aloud the proclamation.
PM By order of her most celestial Highness, no man shall gaze upon the
beauty of her daughter the Princess Yasmin unless he wishes to die.
Therefore to prevent any unfortunate accidents you are commanded
to return to your homes until the royal visit is over.
Exit CITIZENS.
PM Behold the Princess Yasmin.
Exit PRIME MINISTER as POLICE OFFICERS enter followed PRINCESS YASMIN and SO-SHY.
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Empress Now if all goes well tonight precious daughter of mine, RICH Prince
Po-key will ask for your hand in marriage and we won’t have to use
these blighted public baths again, I’ll have new ones fitted in the
Palace grounds.
Yasmin But I don’t want to marry Prince Po-key Mother. He’s old, he’s fat!
He’s got more chins than the Chinese telephone book and a face that
could turn milk sour!
Empress I admit he’s no oil painting but looks aren’t everything. He’s very, very
rich and that’s all that matters. For the country in running out of
money, so I’m asking you to marry a rich Prince who will bring us in
some much needed wealth and besides.
Yasmin But Mother I want to marry for love not riches!
Empress Why can’t you be more like Katie Price? We’ve been through this -
you are a Princess, you have a responsibility to the people of China!
So come along.
Exit EMPRESS followed by POLICE OFFICERS.
Yasmin Oh how I long for freedom to wander through the market place like
an ordinary person instead of everyone avoiding me. There must be a
boy out there who'd love me for myself and not just because I'm the
Princess of China.
Enter ALADDIN cautiously.
Aladdin Hello . . .
Yasmin A boy!
Aladdin A man!
So-Shy Oh no, please go away, if you’re discovered looking at the Princess
you’ll be killed on the spot.
Aladdin I just wanted to make sure you weren't bald and spotty!
Yasmin What?!
Aladdin Just a joke. Everyone knows you’re the most beautiful girl in all of
China!
So-Shy And who are you?
Aladdin Aladdin Twankey.
So-Shy Aladdin Twankey??!
Aladdin Yes the son of a washer-woman but I’m ambitious and I’m
determined make a success of my life somehow.
Yasmin If only Aladdin were rich So-shy, then he could ask for my hand in
marriage.
So-Shy Princess your veil.
Aladdin Don’t cover your face again. To hide yourself away is such a shame.
Yasmin But if anyone should see us together Aladdin they will chop of your
head.
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Aladdin Let them. I’d say that you are well worth the risk!
Enter WISHEE.
Wishee Hiya kids!
Aladdin Wishee what’re you doing here?
Wishee I’ve been sent to look for you . . . Oh hello there. Bit shy is she
Aladdin?
Aladdin No she’s not. This is the Princess Yasmin.
Wishee Pleased to meet you . . . PRINCESS! Oh err, Aladdin quick, run for your
life!
Aladdin Why?
Wishee What do you mean why? You heard the proclamation. Anyone who
looks at her will be put to death. Well you’ve gone and done it now. . .
And here comes the Empress.
Empress (Offstage) Yasmin where are you?
Enter EMPRESS.
Empress You were right to be . . . he’s looking at my daughter . . . Policemen,
arrest him at once!
Enter POLICE OFFICERS and CITIZENS who have come to see the commotion.
Wishee Please don’t hurt him your highness he didn’t mean to look at her.
Aladdin Of course I meant to look at her.
Wishee You see what I mean? He’s completely bonkers, he doesn’t know
what he’s saying!
Empress He has broken the law and must be punished. Fetch the royal
executioner.
Enter TWANKEY.
Twankey What’s going on out here?
Emperess Nothings going on madam, it’s this boy’s head that’s coming off!
Twankey What? Our Aladdin? No, you can’t!
Empress I can I’m the Empress, I’m in charge, everyone must do as I say!
Wishee Blimey, she thinks she’s Judge Judy!
Empress I’m more powerful than her. I only have to breathe out and thousands
of Chinese will die.
Twankey I’m not surprised, I can smell your breath from here!
Empress Executioner? Get him on the phone now.
Pong We can’t do that,
Empress Why ever not?
Ping He’s been cut off!
Empress Enough with the jokes, this is no laughing matter. Prime Minister you
will have to do it.
Yasmin Mother, please!
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Emperor Be quiet Yasmin. Throw the prisoner on the floor so that he may cut
off his head.
Yasmin Somebody do something!
Enter NEWSPAPER SELLER.
Paper Seller Letter for Aladdin, letter for Aladdin!
Aladdin Yes . . .
Ping Put it in the basket, he’ll read it later!
Empress Enough of this, the prisoner must pay.
Prime Minister One, two, three . . .
Enter ABANAZER.
Abanazer Alakazam!
ALL onstage free. ABANAZER swaps the sword with another long object.
Abanazer Alakazee!
ALL onstage unfreeze.
Empress What on earth is this?
Wishee Aladdin run!
Prime Minister After him!
Empress Quick, he’s getting away!
Ping Get back here boy.
Chaos emerges as CHARACTERS exit.
Abanazer As my time of triumph now draws nigh with the help of the clueless
Aladdin the lamp and it’s genie will soon be mine! So you horrible
children start shaking with fear! For I Abanazar will be sovereign
supreme!
SONG
SCENE 2 – THE IMPERIAL PALACE
Enter YASMIN.
Yasmin It's no fun being a Princess, you know. I'm never allowed to go out
and meet anyone my own age . . . But a Princess can’t just wander
about wherever she wants to and I have a duty to behave like one. Oh
I’m fed up of duty . . . How I long for some fun in my life!
SONG – Girls just want to have fun
Yasmin There must be an ordinary boy out there for me . . . Aladdin, now
there’s someone who’s fun! Oh what am I to do?
Enter SO-SHY.
So-shy You’re looking very despondent for a princess who has everything.
Princess But I can’t have the one thing I really want.
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So-shy And that is . . . ?
Yasmin Freedom! (Pause) I do hope Aladdin managed to escape the
Policemen.
So-Shy Don’t worry about Aladdin. If the stories I’ve heard about him are
true, the police won’t stand a chance of catching up with him.
Yasmin Do you really think so?
So-Shy Forgive me for saying so but you do seem rather concerned about
him. I mean he’s only the son of a washer woman, he means nothing
to a royal Princess like you.
Yasmin How wrong you are, he means everything to me. I think I’ve fallen in
love with him.
So-Shy You’ve fallen in love with him? But how about your suitors? Prince
Wong and Prince Chan not to me mention Prince Wan - you know the
one you like?
Yasmin Oh Gok Wan is very likeable but he’s constantly telling me what to
wear. Besides I don’t think it’s really girls he’s interested in.
So-Shy Well what about Prince Po-key then, the man your Father is expecting
you to marry? He’s on his way to the palace now with a casket of
jewels for you.
Yasmin I don’t care. He can keep his riches, if I can’t marry Aladdin I’ll die
alone! For at last I have found true love.
Enter ALADDIN.
Aladdin Oh Princess! Do you really mean that?
Yasmin Aladdin, you’re safe! How did you manage to get in to the palace?
Aladdin Simple, I climbed the wall!
So-Shy Excuse me but if Aladdin is caught here you’re highness . . .
Aladdin I just had to see you again!
Yasmin Keep watch for my Mother and the police. Let us know the moment
they appear.
Exit SO-SHY.
Aladdin I’ve got such good news. By this time tomorrow I’ll be the richest man
in China.
Yasmin If only that were true.
Aladdin It is, I swear it. My long, lost Uncle has arrived. He’s going to take me
to a place where there a more jewels than either of us could have
imagined.
Yasmin I’ve never heard of such a place.
Aladdin Neither have I. But if he’s says he’s going to take me there, I have to
believe him.
SONG
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Aladdin That was so much fun let’s sing another!
Yasmin I’d love to but you really must go before the Police Officers arrive.
Aladdin At the first warning of their approach I’ll be off.
Enter SO-SHY.
So-Shy Princess the Empress is coming, the police must’ve heard you singing!
Yasmin Quickly go . . .
Enter EMPEROR and POLICE OFFICERS.
Emperor So you’re at it again are you? It’s the dungeon for you now boy. Police
arrest him . . .
Enter ABANAZER.
Abanazer Stop! Abracadabra, abracadee – by the power of Egypt I command
you to freeze!
ALL onstage freeze except for ALADDIN.
Aladdin Uncle Abanazer, you’ve saved me. But how did you know I was here?
Abanazer I watched from afar with my magic powers and when I saw you were
in danger I hurried to your rescue.
Aladdin Magic powers? What about the Princess and everyone else? They look
like the wax works at Madam Tussauds.
Abanazer It looks more like a meeting of the Bramley Players to me!
Aladdin How long will they stay like this?
Abanazer But a moment more. Now hurry, go tell your Mother. By this time
tomorrow you’ll be dead . . . decidedly richer! Now go . . .
Exit ALADDIN. YASMIN, SO-SHY, EMPRESS and POLICE OFFICERS unfreeze, as ABANAZER
watches.
Empress Where’s he gone? We must all go after him!
Yasmin But Mother please!
Exit YASMIN, SO-SHY, EMPRESS and POLICEMEN.
Abanazer Foolish boy! Aladdin will never see his pretty Princess again. He’ll rot
beneath the ground while I Abanazer take my rightful place as master
of the universe haha! Now I must find out where the jewelled cavern
lies. I call upon you Slave of the Ring.
Enter SLAVE.
Slave You summon me o’ master.
Abanazer Of course I summoned you, I am the greatest wizard in the land. Now
tell me where the lamp lies.
Slave If you say so . . .
North of the city, close to the sea
Where the land meets the sky, tonight you must be.
The stars of the night will show you the way
To the cavern in which your desire does lay.
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Exit SLAVE.
Abanazer Now away to the secret cave where Aladdin will see just what lies in
store for him aha . . .
Exit ABANAZER to sinister music.
SCENE 3 – TWANKEY’S LAUNDRY
SONG – 9 to 5
Twankey Right you lot, clear off! I’ve got some ironing to do. Hanky panky!
Exit CITIZENS.
Audience Hello Twankey.
Twankey You haven’t seen Aladdin have you? I’m ever so worried. Do you know
if Aladdin’s poor Father were here today to see how he behaved! ‘I’ll
make you proud of me one day Mum’, sounds just like his bloomin’
father. ‘Don’t worry’ Titania he used to say (I won’t tell you what used
to call me for short), one day Dame Fortune will come knocking on
our door. Only one that ever came was her daughter Miss Fortune!
(Changing the subject) Any-whoo welcome one and all to my well
known laundry. We’ve got some guests in tonight. We’ve got . . .
Enter WISHEE.
Wishee Hiya kids! I’ve just got back from the sweet shop. Do you want some?
Audience Yes.
Wishee Here you go then!
WISHEE throws sweets out to the audience.
Twankey Now you’ve finished that I need you to help.
Wishee Oh Mum! I’ve only just got back and you’re ordering me around
already. It’s not fair, you don’t order Aladdin around like that.
Twankey That’s because Aladdin shows me some respect . . . which is more
than you do. I mean it’s not as if you’re a great help anyway.
Wishee I do my best to help out and you’re always complaining. One day I
might walk out of here and never come back.
Twankey Yes, I can see how you might struggle to remember where you live!
Wishee Well I think you’re being mean to me and I’m going to ask these
people out here what they think. (To Audience) What do you all
think? Do you think that I deserve better treatment?
Audience reaction.
Wishee There you are you see, they agree with me. You need to start being
nicer to me.
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Twankey OK. I’ll start being nicer to you if give me a hand counting out this
washing. There should be eleven items but there’s only ten. Can you
help me count them?
WISHEE takes the items from TWANKEY, counting one twice so that the total makes
eleven.
Twankey That’s not right! Let’s do it again and spread them out this time. You’ll
help me won’t you boys and girls?
Audience Yes.
TWANKEY counts out the items spreading them across the stage, there are ten.
Twankey There you are look.
Wishee Wrong! Watch. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 . . . add five makes eleven - wahay!
Twankey Enough of this, let’s get everything back in the basket. We’ve got a
few loads to do.
WISHEE picks up an item.
Wishee Who’s this for?
Twankey Rachel Reeves but don’t tell anybody.
WISHEE picks up another item.
Wishee And these?
Twankey They belong to Janice! (TWANKEY hands the item to Janice). There
you go love, now let’s get these clothes washed.
SFX telephone ring. WISHEE picks up the iron instead of the phone.