Nyman MAN & BOY: DADA Part II

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ACT TWO Scene 10 Tea in the front room of the boy’s house. Michael lays out three places at the table. Cake and jam sandwiches etc. Michael goes upstairs. The doorbell rings. The mother moves to the door to let the old man in.

Michael

Mother

Kurt

q = 70         























       

       

       

       q = 70                    mp

Rehearsal Piano

     mp

  

  



                  

Reh. Pno.

     

   

  

  



  



5

  

  



  



       

       

  



  

  

  





9

                                  

Reh. Pno.

     

   



  

13

                  

Reh. Pno.

             



  

  





  

  

                                 





  





                         





Act 2 file corrected 07/11/05

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Act 2 16

                  

Reh. Pno.

                    



                       

  

               

         





 



19

Reh. Pno.

 

22

 

Reh. Pno.





            

           

 





               

 





         

                                             



       



 





                                                

          

  



  



G1   q = 120   25

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

    

  mf       I ar - rive

















   

to have tra - di - tion

q = 120                  mf

  



  

 



        -

   



al

Bri - tsh

   





  

tea

in tea - cups,



  

on

           

 





 

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Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

     sau        

  -

cers













 





  



 

ti - ny

  

  



  

  



with

   







spoons.

   

 











 





32

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

   

       

  



















   

   





   

  







   



  

35

Mi



     mf

Mo



            

You'll be luc - ky,

K

Reh. Pno.

        



There's no su -gar



    

  

 

     



    



. make no mis -take.

 



3

 

3

 

for



 



    

 





a start.

 



           



  3

 

3

     

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Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  

 





 







  



  

  

  

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

you.





        

  



  

 

3





   

to bake this

tion



    3

      

used all my ra -



3









            

    



 

3

She shows him the cake. He reaches for it. Well, he almost manages to take a bite out of it. Playfully she smacks his hand down.

       cake for

I've

  



      



 



Su - gar's ra - tioned.

46

Mi



3

   

3



3

     

























                                

 

                       

51

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

       



















 





It

is



 -

n't

                                                                  

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Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.





        tea - time yet.    













Have - n't

the



                                   





put



 

ket - tle

 









on.









 







  















59

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

 



  f

 



    



  

f





Of

course,

   





 



 









There must

  























be

 



  





62

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  

     



 a

    



  





spe - cial

 







time

to

      

 





 





have

tea.



    





       







  

H1    65

Mi

Mo



K

 

Reh. Pno.

101

Act 2

q = 142

 

They sit at the table laid with cake and sandwiches. Kurt studies the sandwiches. The mother folds her arms.































q = 142                                         mp

 



 





 





 



 







 

  











Mo















K

 













70

Mi

Reh. Pno.

                                                     

  



 





 



mf

 



    



 

     

75

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  



 mf  

I



 



sup - pose

you



         





  

  are

a



 re



-

    

fu

-

gee?

                



     



    













               



    



       

    

102

Act 2

  























80

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



 mf    I 











am

worse

than

that

here.

                

       



      



         

  



 



I

am



al - most

        

     

  





a

      

  

   

  

























     cri

  

  

85

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

-



mi nal.









I

es - caped from

 

Ger

 -

 

 

ma - ny.

Then

I





took

a

                                                                               

  























90

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



   boat

 from

 Nor

 -



    



way.

But the Bri - tish

on

                                    

  

    

      

  -

ly

see

       





my

Ger

         

-

  

man

         

  

pass -

   

103

Act 2

  











Mo













K

 

95

Mi

Reh. Pno.

     -



  

port

and

as - sume







 



 

I

must

be

a

-

zi.

Na

                                                    

 

 I'm

a to

-

tal

                                

  























100

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



     Art

 -





I

tell

ist,





  

them

as

best as I



                                

   

   

  











can.



So they

          

  





          

    

  

     



  











Mo













K

 

105

Mi

Reh. Pno.

 













put

me

in

a

camp

on

the

   



             

  

        

 Isle

   of

         



Man.









I

can

                                       

104

Act 2

  



















Mo





 



 





 



 

K

 

110

Mi

Reh. Pno.

  

 

stay

here in

  Bri

-





tain,

the

                                  

   

  

 

im - mi - gra - tion



 man

  



wrote,

                                    

                         

115

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

    

























on

the





strict



 

un - der - stand

  -



ing

I

 leave

   by





the

  first

 boat.

                                                                                    

  



















120

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



                            

 mp







Don't you have







 a



                              

           



  

   

 

sub mp

    



105

Act 2

   125

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

 



fa

-









  















mi - ly?

     











Not

long

a

-





go

the

                        

             

     

mf

       

sub mf

    



    



 

    

    



  























130

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



   Na 





-





zis

killed







my





wife.

     I was not

told

  



 for

three

 months

                                                                             

        

  



















Mo





















K

 

135

Mi

Reh. Pno.

   that

 she

         



 



 had





 

died.

          

  



  I

      

  





 

have

a

son

called

             

          

  



 

Ernst,

      

      

        

106

Act 2

    140

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  





















       who

  I

  



love,

                    

     







 

  





but

it

is

-

for

him,

dan

                        

      

    

ger - ous

 

        



     

  



















too.

   

145

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



             

 











    







  











  



   



 





  

 

 

   





  



148

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 

      



          





mf



  

What

can you do







      

    

  



 

such

a

 in





     

   

  

si

   

   -

tu - a

 -



tion?

      

    

   

I1

107

Act 2

  q = 112   



























152

Mi

Mo

K

  

 

sub. mp



 

 



  









haps I can mar - ry an at -

                        

sub. mp

Reh. Pno.

       

mp



Per -

q = 112          

  







 



 









 





 

  







  



























   



157

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

  



  

tract - ive Bri - tish wo - man, who can cook for me

    

  



and

  

 

    

        

 

  



  

mp



I



will give me a bed?







 



 

 

              



     



  

 

163

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

  

hope

 you



   are

not

 

    look - ing at



 

me?

 

    



What?

   



 





          

  



       









  

 

do you think,

Is it time now,







  

        

 

  



      

  



108

Act 2

  



























169

Mi

Mo

K



   



     Reh. Pno.









for

fa - mous



  





cup

of





  



Bri - tish tea?

 

 

 



 

                              

  



 

               

174

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 mf  

 

 (blushing)

 Not





Be

yet!



    



    

sub mf

  

 

-





cause,





the



   

   





be - cause



 

   

      





ket - tle



has - n't





   

  

         

           



      

178

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



 



   boiled.



















                                        

182

Reh. Pno.







 

  



   

 



   





   



  

  

      

 





 





     







 













  

 

 

 

 



109

Act 2 Scene 11               186

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

q = 154



In Michael’s neat bedroom upstairs. Nothing is out of place. Michael has laid out his collection of bus tickets. Kurt knocks and enters. Michael shows him the tickets.



  q = 154          f



                  





















 

                                          

 

191

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

   

    196

Mi

f

     

This

K

Reh. Pno.

       200

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

    

Mill





















 



 





is

a

good

one.



       Hill to Crys - tal Pa - lace

–

that

to



 

Wa - ter - loo.

                          

was my first.



   

Pon - ders End



  









                 



  

                                              

 

 

  

Optional repeat





This





 





one will

cost

you,

       

                                                            

110

Act 2

    205

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

     

    

Black - wall Tun - nel

K

Reh. Pno.

Reh. Pno.

My

best







  

bus - es



 

are...

         



   



bus - es

  



My

best



   

are the thir - ty eight,





twen - ty one,





twen







 

                                                         







-

ty

four,

     

      and I



                                                                    

    





 









                                                            al - so

K







to Kew.

215

Mi





210

Mi

  

  

love

the

one - o -

two.

220

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 f   It

     









  

can't

be

pos - si - ble

   



to col - lect

e

    -

v'ry

bus



 



ti -

cket



 in

 Lon -

  don?

                                                                  

111

Act 2

   225

Mi







 







                                                 



May - be.

K

Reh. Pno.

  







                 

  

 

 

230

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 





        E - ven if you



   



could,



what is

K

Reh. Pno.

  

the



point?

                                                                 

   234

Mi



    

   

  

 



Dun

 

       

    

  

 

 -



no.



 

 





 



   







    

   

  

 

237

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

   





mp

 





 

Is

it

be - cause

 

you

 look



   a - round

    and

  

e - v'ry - thing

 



is

such



  

a mess?

                 mp                                  

112

Act 2

   242

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





mp









I don't un - der                                                    







stand.......







                   mf               

J1

 

247

Mi

 

f

K

Reh. Pno.



   You

look







 



at

the

bomb

sites,

 







the

farms

are

 

 emp

-

 -

ty,

                                                                          

 



252

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.



  



 



no

one's









down

the

 coal

  

 

 

pits,

 the

K

Reh. Pno.



 

fac - tor - ies

are

                                                                                 

257

Mi



   closed.



 



Is

 



that

it?





f



 Can't



     say.

 

                                                                            

113

Act 2

 

262

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 













mf







You

want

e

 -



v'ry -



thing



 



back in

its

                                          mf                                     

 

267

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





   place.







The

King's



   on





his

throne,

     

fish and chips









at

the

dog

   race.

                                                                       

 

272

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.



  





 





How

  





diff' - rent











we

   



are,

me





  

   and







you.

                                                      

         

277

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

  



 





I

like

my



   

   







cha - os

                  





  and

rub















-

bish,

and

all

you

                                           

114

Act 2

 

282

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





  



  think



a - bout

 

  



     





is

bus

 

  







num - ber

one



           

K1   









-

o

-

-

     

  

  





    







-





two.

                      

287

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

     







K

Reh. Pno.

mf

   





That's

the one

I

real

 -

K

Reh. Pno.

ly want,



  



it's the one

I've



    

 



ne - ver seen;





It's

the







Bull and

 

 Crown,



Ching - ford,







 mf        How do we find this

 

   

 

     







ti -

cket?

  







to

Gold

   -





 



ers Green.





                        

 You







297

Mi



                                         

                     

  

 

               

   

   





292

Mi

mf







    

break in - to the



  

gar - age at

night



                                                      

 

    302

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 



115

Act 2  



when the





bus - es

are

a - sleep,



  



 



   



 

   

 



and be - fore



 



the clean - ers

   

have





ar - rived,





and you





                                               

307

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





    







the floor.  hunt a - bout on          And                                                           

   312

Mi

K

 



 

Reh. Pno.

  











if you found this



ti - cket,





and

if





this whole

                               

   



col - lec - tion

was

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

         would you

 







com - plete,

what

                           

317

















mp







Some - how....



be?

                                    

                     

sub. mp

       

     

116

Act 2

    322

Mi



Reh. Pno.











          I've ne ver been to the Bull                  mf                             sort

K





of

don't

  

know.

mf

327

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 



   

and Crown,

 





Ching

                

  

   



-



ford,







the

bus

sta



but I live near

           

-

     

    





 

tion

de - pot



             

331

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





        where the red

   bus

 -

 

 

es

sleep.



 

 

I've

 

  

ne - ver been to



  



Gold - ers Green,



but I

  

                                                            336

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 

     live



 





near

the

bus

 



sta - tion





de - pot

   

where

the





red

Lon

  -

don

 bus

-

                                                       

Kurt stands by the door.                    - es sleep.                                                                         

341

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

117

Act 2

                   346

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

 

     









            

 

molto rit.           

 

 

          

molto rit.  



 

 

 

118

Act 2 Scene 12 Moments later. Downstairs in the front room. The mother puts the cosy over the tea pot. Kurt enters. She looks up.

Alla tango q = 90      350

Mi

Mo

K

  



      Alla tango q = 90            mp cantabile

Reh. Pno.

    

mp

    

  

          

























   



   

                             

       

 

             

 



   

                   

  

   

          

   

       

355

Mi

Mo

K

  

 





mp



3

This is the co - sy we put o - ver the tea - pot



 

        

       

        



                

  

 

 







To keep the tea hot.

  



        

 3          



     

Reh. Pno.







   

mp

So,

                   

     



    

             

   

fa - mous



  

               

119

Act 2

  







360

Mi

Mo

K





Now, I come to think of it

I



          

Reh. Pno.



              

        ket-tle is boiled?

                       

      



  

                 

sup - pose you'd



   



pre - fer



 

       

  

                         



your





tea





        



cold.



 

   

       

               

  











Mo













K

 

365

Mi

Reh. Pno.

  



  

I for - get to

  

  

  





      

re - spect - ful - ly

 

 

 

    

in - form you







that I

dance

   

  and I'm

        



high - ly

a - dept

 

 

    at the tan - go.

           



 

370

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

 



  

 





  

 



  

Is there no

end to

what

you can do?





    

  







     









  

    







Would you con - si - der

a





  

3



3

   

 

120

Act 2

  



Mo





K

 

374

Mi

Reh. Pno.

 3

  



tan - go

for

   



3





 

(reconsiders)

 

Cer - tain - ly



not...

not





 

be - fore

tea.





two?



  



  

 







   

 



   



 





  



















377

Mi

Mo

K

 

  (mp) 



I

will

 



 

Reh. Pno.

   

 

take you to the Ham - mer - smith

 

(mp)

    (mp)   



 

             

  

  

Pa - lais,

  





   or

3

 

ra - ther,

   



  

















you

  

will





                 

                        

   

 

  

  take



me,

  

            

   

 

 

381

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



             be -cause I don't have mo - ney to pay.                      

                  

  

                    

 

At

       

       

                 



mp

  

 







my



   ex - pense.





  

                          

  



              

Mi

Mo

K

386   q =104 































  



all

life.

 







    I

mf





love

 

mf cantabile

  







wo - men.

q =104      

Reh. Pno.

121

Act 2

L1

 

 

 



I've

loved

 

 

wo - men

        

          

 

my

  

          

   





         

 

  



































393

Mi

Mo

K



     Wo - men I

love

      Reh. Pno.

  



 

I call ‘arrs’.

 

In

   

 

 

Ha

-

       

  

             

             

 

no

 -



ver

   I

had a

              

      

  

 

 

  













Mo















K

 

400

Mi



   four sea - ter



 

car,

                   

Reh. Pno.



       

and when I drove a - long

  

 

I





 









ne - ver

  

    

al - lowed

more

than

two

                      

 





 

 

122

Act 2

  













Mo

















K

 



   

406

Mi

 Reh. Pno.



 

friends in - side



I

     

al - ways



  

 

kept one seat





 

-

ty

just in

emp

                       

   



 







 

    case

I

 drove

     



past

a

         

  



 

  



























412

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 



beau - ti

  -

ful

  



 





  









 

   

   

and



you

are







  

def - 'nite - ly





 



  

 



(looks at the mother)



‘arr’,









a

real





 





 







418

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.







   

 

   ‘arr’.

 

 

 

 

mf    That's







 



  



              

not the sort





of talk



       

I

want









to

hear,





  



and you've made me blush like a

          



  

          

   423

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



     



123

Act 2

sil

 

  -

ly



   

  



















cow.



      

They sit at the table. She pours tea. Kurt stuffs himself with thin white sandwiches. The mother watches him.











                   

 

 

 







 

  











Mo















K

 









 



427

Mi

Reh. Pno.



 











   

  q = 90  

    

    



 





 

 

  

   

 

432

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



mp



I

   



 

    

know it

was hard in the





  war.



q = 90      

 

  

  

mp









    















mp

   



    

I



lost

 



  

e - v'ry - thing.

My work....

   

My wo -

 man....

 

      



 





 

 







   





 

124

Act 2

   439

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.





 





I'm

  

  sor -



  

  

 





   

  

   p

ry.

 

Should - n't

 

have





pp



asked.

          











(stops eating) p







 



What

hap - pened

to

                             

  

  

  









Mo











K

 







445

Mi

  

                

you?

                                 

Reh. Pno.

    

  

  

 

  

  









Mo











K

 









449

Mi

Reh. Pno.

 

                  

  

              



 

 

 

  

 

     

M1

125

Act 2

  q = 146   453

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

 mf  

 



I

lost

 



alm - ost



e

-



  

 

 

v'ry - thing, too.



 q = 146         mf       

  



   

  

           

  





   

My

hus



 

-





band... -



               

                            

459

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



   

 



The



 

doo

-

 



I

                 





dle - bugs....



             

  







    still



lis

-









ten

to

the





   

night



sky.



                                               

 

   

465

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



   



  





    I



still

      ex - pect

                                     





    

         





the

stars

to

go

out.



 

 

                                                      

   

126

Act 2

   471

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  

 



Then





 



a

noise like

no



 

o



 - ther



  



noise.

















        

mf



What

      

        

             

        

  











             

                         

is

a

doo-

            

477

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



          - dle - bug?       

  

  



  



 

The

V

1



                                   

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  

 







       





The

         



The





483

Mi





 ro

-





 



cket

o - ver Lon - don.



                       

 

 

        

She pushes the cake his way. She pours him more tea. He cannot stop eating. She watches him.

        



















doo - dle - bug!

doo - dle - bug!

                                  

                       

                          

           

127

Act 2

  







489

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 

 







Ter - ri - ble





     

 things



try.



 

I've seen



                                     

  





hap - pened in your coun -





   



pic - tures

of

Na



-



 

                                       

495

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  





   - zis for



 -

cing









peo - ple

to

scrub

the





     

        

    

         









  



pave - ment

with tooth





  

   

brush - es.



                              

                 

  























500

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 





  

Oh that

                               

      was per -haps

    

more



   of a joke.

                      

     You don't want to

       

128

Act 2

  



















505

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.





       be - lieve

ev'

 -

ry

-

                  

 



thing you

hear.

 

  

  





Mo







K

 

Reh. Pno.

   done





 

on

both

sides.

       

     

  

   

        

 



      

ter

3

    

      

 



  

      











               



things were



 

 

 

- ri - ble

Michael enters from his room upstairs. The mother stands and hugs Michael by the shoulders.

509

Mi

3

A - ny - way,

  

 





   

,

              

,

N1   q = 88   513

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 p 

 



 

I

said













I

lost



q = 88                                       p          



3



 

e - v'ry - thing...



   That's



                               

129

Act 2

   518

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

   



 



not

quite

 



true.....

I've



              

  

  







  



              

           

521

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  



  

3

still





got



my



son.



    



    





 



 

  q = 102  



 





 

 

 

 

524

Mi

Mo



K

 

Reh. Pno.







    

  

  



 

(looks at the devoured table) mf





Oi!





















q = 102    mf

 

 

 

 



  

 

 

 

  



 



 



130

      

Act 2

528

3

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  



Who's

 

3   3       

stuffed him - self



  

3



  

sil - ly

 

 

 and

      left

no-thing



    

 

for

    me,

  

 

 

for



me?

   



    

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

  

131

Act 2 Scene 13 q = 168       533

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

There is a discarded ticket box attached to the iron pole of a bus stop. Michael and Kurt pull out a number of old tickets and sift through them on the ground. A bus goes by. The conductress stands on the open deck. Ting ting! She isn’t stopping. They both ignore the bus.





        q = 168          

























        

                f                        

    

       

539

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





K

Reh. Pno.



                                                       

   544

Mi





  

 

                   



f





It's

my



  birth -







  

day next week.













    

 

     

 

 

 

 



f      

  

What is the one thing

           

                                    

   





   





132

Act 2

     549

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

K

Reh. Pno.





         

  

it. You can't af - ford

it



a -ny - way.













                                    

  

Do you

want that

K

Reh. Pno.



     Bil - let       

 

yes.....



             



I

do











  













It

won't

want





from the Crook - ed

       

 





Well,









get



  

ti - cket

             

             

for -



   

 



Just



559

Mi

      



                      you want in the whole world for your birth - day?                                                                    553

Mi





that.

to St. Al - bans?

                                    

       

565

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

     cost me

 

 

mo - ney

              





         

 







 

 



to

get

that.

All we

need

     

     



 



to

do

     

is

break in

-

to

the bus ga

-

rage.

                           

     570

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





                  



   

 

 por - tant thing     

  

 

  

    

 



To be

ho - nest

 

  







that's not



                          





 

in

the

world.



    

             

the



most



im -

               



 

But it's close.



 

 



         

575

133

Act 2

 



All

right



 

                                                    

   

580

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.



               then, what is it, what                          





     is

it,

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

  



 

                             

  



is

can't

what

      

it

I







  





I

 



af - ford?

          





  

         



585





  



want

   a



     

 

        

  



bike.

 



                                                                

134

Act 2

     591

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





     





          





   

I'll

get you a

      

     

              





      





 

I'll

get

     

  

 





bike.

     

     









 

    



No - bo - dy makes them a - ny





        

more.





     

     

        





     

598

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.

There's no

K

Reh. Pno.

  

  you

a





















bike.

                                                                                             

602

Mi



  

pe- trol

                         

             

for cars.

So no - one's go - ing



to sell









a bike.





                                      



       



                    

O1

  q = 84   609

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.



 mp      But if I



  



find

bike

a

 

   like









 

  

 





no bike

is,

such

a

bike.

like



q = 84                                      



mp legato

 

    

  



 

 



  

 



    

135

Act 2

   617

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





    



In





fact

a



   bike



 

so

im - por

   





  

  

-

                            

      

  



tant



you

          



  

won't

 you

       

 





want,

  

 





 





625

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.



   

   won't

want

    

  



 

to

   



 









ride



it,

  

 



   





bike

 



you

will

  



      





631

Mi

K

Reh. Pno.





       at a - mazed,       

P1 q = 168 f          Show me a

K

Reh. Pno.

     

but

bike,

 f

q = 168

 

    



   

  

       



show me



   



 



    

 

don't

dare

      a

bike,

show

          

  

me a

  

  

 

  



touch it.



  

 



             



bike.



     I

  



 



 



 



  

   







you

  

  





   

   

639 Mi





stare



  







  



A

      

    



want

to

ride,



   

   



  

   



 

  

    

136

Act 2

           644

Mi

I want to

K

 



ride.



     

   

Mi

Reh. Pno.

 



me

    

  



   

Just



 

 

   

 

    

   







show me a

   

  

  

  

 





      





 





 

  



 



     

      

 







 





me!



bike



  

show



      



  





Oh,

 

 





bike.

  

   



They let the bus tickets run through their fingers. There is nothing they want. They toss them up in the air. Clouds of bus tickets.

                                 

mf

      

  

662

 

Reh. Pno.

a





    

654

Reh. Pno.

Show

  

 

I dare not touch.

K



   

    

649

 

      

Reh. Pno.

   





   

  

  

 



  

 

 

     

                           

  

         



    

           

,

                               

          

137

Act 2 Scene 14    671

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

q = 78

The mother is alone in the house. Kurt knocks. She lets him in.



     q = 78              p        









                                      

674

Reh. Pno.

                            

                    

         

677

Reh. Pno.

                 

                                 





 



680

Reh. Pno.

                   q = 158  

               

               

  







683

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 







 

mf



 



 

   

It's a love ly day to - day! q = 158                                                                     mf

 



  

    

    

  



  





  

138

Act 2

 

688

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 

 



mf







 

I

don't

think

so.

It



                               

 

    



 



has - n't





 

stopped rain

 -



ing.

                                               

  



 





  



   





693

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



 

K

Reh. Pno.











 







I'm





                                                        I've

         698

Mo



 





ve - ry

sus

 

brought





 

 -

pi

-

some - thing



for



  

  







you.

    



cious.



 





                                                                        

You



 

 





  

    

can't

    

    

 

  

                

   

see

it.......



 

703

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



 







 

 

 

 





 

 

 

                                                     

It



  

is - n't

    

food

    

You can't

  



touch



it....



It





  

 

139

Act 2

708

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 

 



want

a





 





 















                                                       does - n't

       

bone.

It

    

 



won't crease



 





   

    

713

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.











          And it's just for you.                                                                

 

















  

    















 

    

718

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.







I'm

 

e - ven



more



sus - pi - cious.



                                                                    



 





  

    

    

                

  



  



Q1

 

723

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

q = 104 f

   You





were

q = 104        f    

  

 

in - ter - est - ed,



 you

                     

  said,



  



in the Ger - man

                              









V

1

ro

 

-

              

cket.

    

140

Act 2

 

727

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

 

K

Reh. Pno.

   

What did you

             

 







 

   731

Mo



  



call them,





 





   

     



 



 

       







    













  

-

dle

-

                           





   

Doo



              



please?



bugs..........

   



  

  





 

 

 

    

    















And

when

the

        









doo - dle - bug

     

 





 

ro -

           

 







 

how

long

did you

735

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

     - cket

 

                   



 

cuts

out



  o

-



ver

 



Lon



-





don,



              





                                       















739

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

     count be

  - fore

 



it

lands?

                 

 

You





count

to



                                                            

   743

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

twen

     

   -

ty.









I

    

    

 











Reh. Pno.

 









K

Reh. Pno.

 

    

   752

Mo

Reh. Pno.

 

ve



-

 



 

ry

 









but

I'll

put

the

ket

  



  

-

ful



 

of

you,

                

 

  

 -

 



tle

on...

   

 

 

 

  







think

I

(semi-spoken)





  

thought

           





Song.





I K

   

  

Doo - dle - bug



             subito pp      

  

writ - ten you a

  

pp



750

Mo

have



                                                   

That's K

       





747

Mo

141

Act 2

 need

   to

sit

 

 

  

 

 

 

 





down.





                                          

142

Act 2

 

755

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

K

Reh. Pno.











                                         Kurt doesn’t hesitate. He lies on the table and shapes himself like a medium sized rocket. The mother seems paralysed.

 

758

Mo



    

 

 

  

 







  



 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

    

 

143

Act 2 DOODLEBUG SONG Approximate pitches and rhythm, free within suggested outlines, using all possibilities from speech to singing

761 K

(preliminary ignition)

 

  ,     

  whoor

whoosh

  

chuk



chuk

-

    

 ,   sta

-

 

szing!

Szing



  



chuk



teeee -

,

    

perrsh



per

  

,

ning

      Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.......

K

 

 , Chu

764 K

 

-

 ka

,

 chuc



perrsh

 

per - ra

  Wha!







ssssssssssssssssssssss

nn

 



Woorshshshshshshshshshssssss

Kurt changes his position on the table. Swivels to a different angle.

 





keeeeeeeeniiiiiiiiiing

 



Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng...





(falsetto)

slow gliss.

 





ka Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

-

766 K



 

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

    chu

            

(through the night sky)

765 K



 

Yhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine................

  

    chu

  

  

(booster engine gains height)

763 (initial rocket thrust fades)



ra

vroooooooom!

762 K

 

-



K

(q = c.60)

f                 Chuk chuk chuk chuk chuk -

760

 Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

-





churh

 -



ningchk!



          

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

Rocket engine cuts out – silence

 











Eins,

zwei,

drei,

vier,

fünf,

(pitches and rhythms ad lib.)



144

Act 2

q = 148 f     





I

that's

e

769

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

think *

     sechs, q = 148         f

  

 

-

nough –

K





sieben,

acht,

neun,





Reh. Pno.

K

Reh. Pno.













Reh. Pno.

     







zehn,

                                        

 

Kurt rolls off the table onto the floor with a hint of a dive. The mother sits at the table crying. She shakes with tears.

 

 

 

    

     

- stand!

K





it!

 

p

 

 p



What

is

q = 144      

 



q = 144



 

 

   

R1

sub. p

  



 

 

  











 

  What

                       

   

You

won't

 

 

  

 

 





 

         

 



  

You've





done

no -

 





 thing!









un

-

 

     





it?

778

Mo

 



Stop



775

Mo

           

 



 





772

Mo



               









der

-

 

have I done?

                                   

* Kurt continues counting as before (not co-ordinating with the new tempo).

145

Act 2

   781

Mo

K



     

You

Reh. Pno.











don't

like

the

                       (crying)   

K

Reh. Pno.

 

My

                           

hus

-

K



 

Reh. Pno.



V

1

        

 

band







was

              

   

   







 

 rock

 

-

et.



         



killed







by

a







 

                

        

 





788

Mo













song?



   



  

 

785

Mo















                                                                        

791

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 









                                  

 mp



I'm



    so

                 

 sor

-

    ry.

                  

   

146

Act 2

 

795

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



 





  

I've

been

          

  

   

 a

      

799

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

 

weren't

sil - ly



to

know.







You



fool.













I

         

   

                  







 





           





                                           



        

 

  



 



am

a

-

                                















803

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



    shamed

  of



 my





self.

                                           

S1 q = 150

f (wiping her eyes)           

807

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

no.

No,

 

I'm



q = 150          f marcato

   







po - si - tive that

      

 



it's

good

   







                                                   

  a



 song.

 I

   

  

 

might

need to

    hear



    

 



 

it



              



 

 

      813

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

a

 

147

Act 2 

cou - ple



 

of



 

times

be -



   

  fore

I











can.......



                               

 q = 78  

Kurt hugs her.

     

 

                    

819

Mo

  

mf

K

Reh. Pno.



      I don't want you

 

to think

I

q = 78          mp       

 



am



ex

-



 

 

ult

-

ing

       

  

in

the

 



 









 

 



 

  

war.



 



  

824

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

    I want

   you

to

       







 



  



be - lieve

it's

e - v'ry - thing

       

 

 q = 82  



    





 

  that



 

I

ab

 



   

-

 



hor.

    

 



829

Mo

f marc.

K

Reh. Pno.

    I 



 

be - lieve

 the

 whole



 

point

q= 82                                 

  f

  

 

 



of

 

 

a

pro - per



  war

                                  



 

 

     is

to

make

         

  

148

Act 2

 

834

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



        ab - so - lute                    

 



 





 



 



                               

ly

sure

that

 

  

  

no



one

 



  





 

                                is

killed



at

 



all.



839

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  





The

great

            

  -

       

 

est

wars





are

                 

  

 





 







fought

when

               





842

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



      no - bo - dy                    













dies

at

all.

       

       

         

  







         

The mother leans against his shoulder. She wipes her face.

845



Reh. Pno.

q = 120                  

 

  



 

 

                                        

 

    





   





 

Act 2

                                         

848

Reh. Pno.

 



  

851

 

Reh. Pno.



  





           







 









 

 

   

                    

  

 



         



149



           



             

 



   

150

Act 2 Scene 15 Another day. In the front room. On the table are a few presents. The mother watches Michael unwrap the birthday presents. A few balloons. Cards on the mantelpiece. Kurt arrives with an object wrapped in brown paper. It is almost too large and awkward a shape to carry. It is difficult to guess what is under the brown paper.

q = 164     

































853

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  

     q = 164           f

  





      

859

Reh. Pno.

       



 





865

Reh. Pno.



 

  

  

 





 

      

     









 



       









 





     

     

      



    















  

  

       











 



                                   

 





 







 







   



870

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.



  

 



f



  







   





  

 

Hap - py birth - day! Hap - py birth - day! Hap - py birth - day,





         







Mi

-

      





 



  





  

 



chael!



    









      

 









  







151

Act 2

   876

Mi

Mo



  

  

     

Hap - py birth - day, dear Mi

     Hap f

K

Reh. Pno.

-

- py birth - day, dear Mi

-



  

  

  

  

  

  

   

   

Michael takes the large object in brown paper and unwraps it.





-



-

  

  



  



chael! Hap - py birth - day

 

   





chael! Hap - py birth - day

 

chael! Hap - py birth - day, dear Mi

                     

  

chael! Hap - py birth - day, dear Mi

 

     

882

Mi



 to



you!

 



to

you!

               

 











 

f

 

It's

a bike,



Mo



 











K

   











Reh. Pno.



 

  

                          

   





 



 





   



 

it's

a bike.

it's

a bike,

888

Mi

Mo



K

 

Reh. Pno.



it's



  

a bike,





 



 

       it's

a

bike,

 





  



a

bike.



       

         it's









   It's what I've

























                                             

  

 

 



  

 







 



 

   

152

Act 2

   894

Mi

Mo



K

 

Reh. Pno.





al

-

-







ways

want

-

-









      



K

 

Reh. Pno.

bike.

















It's

what

I've

al

907



Reh. Pno.

 

want

-

ed.







  







       







     

   











   









     





      

            







               

    

  

        

ways



  



q = 150             

 







It is a violently twisted boy’s bike. It looks like a piece of metal that has had a head-on crash with a vehicle. The bike frame and the wheels contorted. Michael looks at it. Michael looks up.

902





 -







T1

Reh. Pno.





















      





      

      





bike,



      

Mo

a





a

it's



 

it's

bike,







It's a



898

Mi

ed.

      





         

     





   



     

 

      



















              









      









   

      









   

  

153

Act 2 911

       

Reh. Pno.

                 

Mo



K

 

Reh. Pno.

















         

    

      

        













 







 

,

   











  



,



q = 80

    916

Mi

   

(confused) p



It's



a

p

 



bike,

it's

a



bike,



 it's

a

bike.

































 q = 80     



  





 



 

 

   



 





  

 







  

















 f    It's





a

spe

 

 

924

Mi

Mo

K



Reh. Pno.

                 

f

   f

 

 

 

 

 -

cial





kind

of

bike.

                  

  

 

 

 

 

 

     

  

   

154

Act 2

  















927

Mi

Mo

K

 

 

  

 It's

a

DA

-



-

 



DA





bike.

                                                    

Reh. Pno.

    

Mo

K



  

Reh. Pno.

 

   p     930

Mi

 

(lowers his head)



Thank

 

thank

 

 

 



















        



     



 

 



you.





 

 

              p 

 



 

you,





 

 

                   

 

 

 





  q = 148  



























934

Mi

Mo

K



 

 

f





It's

q = 148             

Reh. Pno.



       f

 





                   









 



    

           













 a

                







155

Act 2

  























939

Mi

Mo

K

 

    spe

-





cial

kind

       

Reh. Pno.

          









of

bike.

















      



      



Most

                



child -

      

ren

have

      

                         

  























944

Mi

Mo

K

 

 







bikes

 that







they

ride

Reh. Pno.

 



 



    











a - round

  



all

day.

           

                  



  

      







   









    

    





  



















   



949

Mi

Mo

K

 

 

  



This

          

Reh. Pno.





 

is

a





bike



 

  

which

     

         



you



  

hang

    

  

on the



wall.



    

 

    

















        

   



   

156

  

Act 2

The boy runs out of the room. The mother looks at the old man.

953

Mi

Mo

K

Reh. Pno.

  





   

p

Mi

 -

 



chael?

Mi



  

-

 



  

   



















chael?



 

    

  

 

   

sub. p





  mf

      

          



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