Friendship and Bishop
The Bishops Candlesticks By Class IX A by Norman McKinnel
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
All Rights Reserved. 2011-2012.
Director: Soujanya (02-6761729) deep_red_rosie@yahoo.com
THE BISHOP’S CANDLESTICKS SCENE : The kitchen of the BISHOP’S cottage. It is plainly but substantially furnished. Doors R. and L. and L. c. Window R. c. Fireplace with heavy mantelpiece down R. Oak settee with cushions behind door L. C. Table in window R. c. with writing materials and crucifix (wood). Eight-day clock R. of window. Kitchen dresser with cupboard to lock, down L. Oak dining table R. c. Chairs, Books, etc. Winter wood scene without. On the mantelpiece are two very handsome candlesticks which look strangely out of place with their surroundings. MARIE and PERSOME discovered. MARIE stirring some soup on the fire. PERSOME laying the cloth, etc. PERSOME. Marie, why isn’t the soup boiling yet? It ought to be. You haven’t tended the fire properly, child. MARIE. But, Madam, you yourself made the fire up. PERSOME. Don’t answer me back like that. It is rude. MARIE. Yes, Madam. PERSOME. Then don’t let me have to rebuke you again. MARIE. No, Madam. PERSOME. I wonder where my brother can be. It is after eleven o’clock (looking at the clock} and no sign of him. Marie, did Monseigneur the Bishop leave any message for me ? MARIE. No, Madam. PERSOME. Did he tell you where he was going ? MARIE. Yes, Madam. PERSOME. " Yes, Madam " (imitating). Then why haven’t you told me, stupid! MARIE. Madam didn’t ask me. PERSOME. But that is no reason for your not telling me is it? MARIE. Madam said only this morning I was not to chatter, so I thought... PERSOME. Ah mon Dieu, you thought! Ah ! It is hopeless.
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MARIE. Yes, Madam. PERSOME. Don’t keep saying " Yes, Madam," like a parrot, Nincompoop. (MARIE nods) Well. Where did Monseigneur say he was going ? MARIE. To my mother’s, Madam. Monseigneur asked me how she was, and I told him she was feeling poorly.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
All Rights Reserved. 2011-2012.
Director: Soujanya (02-6761729) deep_red_rosie@yahoo.com
THE BISHOP’S CANDLESTICKS SCENE : The kitchen of the BISHOP’S cottage. It is plainly but substantially furnished. Doors R. and L. and L. c. Window R. c. Fireplace with heavy mantelpiece down R. Oak settee with cushions behind door L. C. Table in window R. c. with writing materials and crucifix (wood). Eight-day clock R. of window. Kitchen dresser with cupboard to lock, down L. Oak dining table R. c. Chairs, Books, etc. Winter wood scene without. On the mantelpiece are two very handsome candlesticks which look strangely out of place with their surroundings. MARIE and PERSOME discovered. MARIE stirring some soup on the fire. PERSOME laying the cloth, etc. PERSOME. Marie, why isn’t the soup boiling yet? It ought to be. You haven’t tended the fire properly, child. MARIE. But, Madam, you yourself made the fire up. PERSOME. Don’t answer me back like that. It is rude. MARIE. Yes, Madam. PERSOME. Then don’t let me have to rebuke you again. MARIE. No, Madam. PERSOME. I wonder where my brother can be. It is after eleven o’clock (looking at the clock} and no sign of him. Marie, did Monseigneur the Bishop leave any message for me ? MARIE. No, Madam. PERSOME. Did he tell you where he was going ? MARIE. Yes, Madam. PERSOME. " Yes, Madam " (imitating). Then why haven’t you told me, stupid! MARIE. Madam didn’t ask me. PERSOME. But that is no reason for your not telling me is it? MARIE. Madam said only this morning I was not to chatter, so I thought... PERSOME. Ah mon Dieu, you thought! Ah ! It is hopeless.
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MARIE. Yes, Madam. PERSOME. Don’t keep saying " Yes, Madam," like a parrot, Nincompoop. (MARIE nods) Well. Where did Monseigneur say he was going ? MARIE. To my mother’s, Madam. Monseigneur asked me how she was, and I told him she was feeling poorly.