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    Stageplay

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    ACT I

    Scene 1

    Floor; fully lit, therapists office, DR. BUMBYswinging key on chain like a pendulum, leaningagainst his desk. ALICE staring intensely at it,

    seated in the middle of a two person couch,dressed in dark raggy clothing, hair in a messybun. Stage; no lights, curtains open

    Song: Jason Tai - Therapy

    DR. BUMBYCome now Alice, Its only a dream.

    ALICEIts not a dream its a.. memory, and it makes me sick.

    Stage; lights up, Floor; lights dimmed. Enter

    stage left MR. LIDDELL, MRS. LIDDELL AND LIZZIE,going about normal day.

    DR. BUMBYNow focus. Wait, your floating again. Weightless,relax.

    Sound effect: fire/burning

    ALICEFire! Im... Im in hell!

    Smoke on stage, MR. LIDDELL, MRS. LIDDELL AND

    LIZZIE coughing, choking, fanning flames.

    DR. BUMBYForget it, abandon that memory Its unproductive. Go toWonderland.

    ALICEI cant, Im trapped in my past.

    MR. LIDDELL, MRS. LIDDELL AND LIZZIE allcollapsed. presumed dead.

    Enter stage right OFFICER and SARGENT

    OFFICERSargent look! Theyre badly burnt, call a doctor!

    SARGENT waves over DOCTOR

    Enter stage right DOCTOR

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 2.

    DOCTORI dont think theyre going to be alright, theepidermis... Its singed to the third layer.

    DR. BUMBYNo Alice, discard that delusion. Forget it, go to

    Wonderland.

    Lights down on stage, curtains close. Floor;lights back up.

    ALICEId rather not doctor, Its shattered, Its dead to me.

    DR. BUMBYAlice, listen to me, go to Wonderland. Now. Where areyou?

    ALICE

    Ah, Ive found it, my beautiful refuge. Mm. Itsdifferent somehow. Things have changed...

    DR. BUMBYChange is good. Its the first link in the chain offorgetting.

    ALICEWait, somethings wrong. Oh, no! Not that!

    (squirming and loosing focus)

    DR. BUMBYDont struggle Alice, let the new Wonderland emerge.

    ALICEPollution, corruption. The new Wonderland Its killingme! My mind is in ruins!

    DR. BUMBYForget it Alice, block that dream. Now. Wake at thesound.

    DR. BUMBY picks up a bell to wake her

    Sound effect: "ding"

    Enter CHARLIE, CHILD 1 and 2 from right wing tofloor, children sit cross legged, play amongstthemselves and with toys.

    DR. BUMBYThere Alice. Better now arent we?

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 3.

    ALICEMy heads exploded and theres a steam hammer in mychest.

    DR. BUMBYYes well the cost of forgetting is high.

    ALICEMy memories make me vomit, what can i-

    DR. BUMBYRemember other things.

    (interrupting her)Let me put a record on to calm your nerves

    DR. BUMBY starts playing a record through hisgramophone on his desk

    Song: Benny Goodman & His orchestra & Martha

    Tilton - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon

    ALICEI want to forget, who would choose to be aloneimprisoned by their broken memories?

    DR. BUMBYIll set you free Alice. Memory is often more a cursethan it is a blessing.

    ALICESo youve said, many times...

    DR. BUMBYAnd ill say again. The past must be paid for.

    DR. BUMBY sits at his desk, writing a review ofthe session, reading it out loud as he writes.ALICE still recovering from her memory.

    "Patient has suffers hallucinatory episodes, even as achild, never recovered from the shock. Patientscondition has worsened, no doubt because of the fireresulting in the passing of mister, misses and youngLizzie Liddell".

    Now before our next session collect your pills from thehigh street chemist.

    DR. BUMBY hands ALICE a prescription, CHARLIEwalks to the door.

    ALICEVery well doctor, Ill go do that now.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 4.

    ALICE opens door to find CHARLIE on the other side

    CHARLIEIts my turn to forget Alice

    CHARLIE walks in and sits on the couch

    DR. BUMBYNow Charlie, your father was hung for killing yourmother, who beat you. Lets forget that shall we? Thepast is dead Charlie.

    ALICE walks out and shuts the door behind her,curtains open, Enter right stage WHITE RABBIT,hopping about, checking the time.

    CHILD 1Wasted doctors time?

    ALICEI deserve my tears, leave me alone..

    CHILD 2(saying to CHILD 1)

    10 years in the loony bin. No mother, no father. Shesan orphan.

    ALICE ignores the children, walks up right flightof stairs to stage to get medicine. sees WHITERABBIT. CHILD 1 and 2 exit right wing, DR. BUMBYexit left wing, Lights down on floor.

    ALICERabbit..? White rabbit!

    WHITE RABBIT runs off stage, ALICE follows.

    Scene 2

    Enter ALICE right stage, looks around for WHITERABBIT, monsters begin to emerge and encircleALICE

    Song: Roisin Murphy - Royal T

    ENTER NURSE WITLESS left stage, creatures growcloser light grows darker, NURSE WITLESS walkscloser to ALICE, creature start to exit stage,NURSE WITLESS puts hand on ALICES shoulder,creatures all exit, lights go up.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 5.

    NURSE WITLESSMy stars and garters, Alice Liddell.

    ALICENurse witless. What luck.

    NURSE WITLESSOut on your own? You look frazzled deary, your notdoing well?

    ALICENot really, I was on my way to get some pills and Ithought I saw..

    NURSE WITLESSYour stuffed rabbit? I think I saw him down the alley.

    ALICE goes to search for WHITE RABBITStill a mess, humph, no surprise her kin roasted like

    chestnuts before her eyes, 10 years in Rutledge asylumwasted every ones time, doctor Bumby wont do better,still hauling out questions about the fire, her memory.I deserve consideration dont I? who got her a place atBumbys orphanage? Whered she be without me? On thestreet! Selling her backside!

    ALICEI cant find him!

    NURSE WITLESSCome on deary come back with me, theres some choresyou can help me with.

    ALICE and NURSE WITLESS exit stage, lights fadedown, lights fade back up, enter NURSE WITLESS,followed by ALICE carrying things for NURSEWITLESS, ALICE puts down items.

    ALICENurse witless do you mean to harm me..? To send me backto the asylum?

    NURSE WITLESSI wont say no, youre an unappreciative girl arentyou? Im the one who got you out of wretched place, gotyou a place with Dr. Bumby and-

    NURSE WITLESS staggers offstage and comes back onquickly, starts morphing into one of the creaturesthat were attacking ALICE before

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 6.

    ALICEWhat..!? Nurse, no! No! Noooo!

    ALICE staggers back, hands out stretched, crouchesdown hands holding her head as NURSE WITLESS comestoward her, lights fade, curtains close.

    Curtains open revealing the set to be wonderland.ALICE lying in middle of the stage, arms holingherself together, in blue dress and white apron,hair freed from the bun she had previously.

    Enter CHESHIRE CAT from left stage, gazes uponALICE lurking, unseen by her.

    Song: Lustre - Spirit

    Alice slowly regains consciousness and gets upslowly, looking around.

    ALICEIs it mad to pray for better hallucinations..

    Alice looks around moreWhere am I..? At least the place Ive landed issomewhat familiar.

    CHESHIRE CATAbout time, too, Alice.

    ALICEBlasted cat! Dont try to bully me. Im very much onedge!

    CHESHIRE CATPurrfect. When youre not on edge, youre taking up toomuch space.

    ALICEYoure no help at all!

    CHESHIRE CATBut you know I can be. Im the Cheshire Cat

    CHESHIRE CAT takes ALICEs hand to shake

    ALICEIll frighten myself when necessary, Cheshire, thanksvery much. I was hoping to escape all that!

    CHESHIRE CATAbandon that hope. A new law reigns in thisWonderland, Alice, its very rough justice all round.Were at risk here, you be on your guard!

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 7.

    ALICEI havent come here looking for a fight.

    CHESHIRE CATMm pity, ones certainly looking for you.

    ALICEWonderlands changed Cheshire.. I dont feel safe hereanymore.

    ALICE and CHESHIRE CAT walk exit stage left,lights fade down, lights fade up ALICE andCHESHIRE CAT enter stage right. A table with a potand spoon is set off to the side.

    CHESHIRE CATWhere entering Hatters Domain. Appearances, as youknow better than most, can be deceiving, Alice.

    ALICEDr. Bumby says change is constructive, thatdifferent is good.

    CHESHIRE CATDifferent denotes neither bad nor good, but itcertainly means not the same. Id talk to the HatterAlice, he knows more about different than you.

    ALICEBut does he know the difference between good and bad?

    CHESHIRE CAT

    Do you? You ARE mad remember?

    ALICE(offended)

    Ive managed without you so far, Cat. Return towhatever hole you reside in, Ill call if I need you.

    Enter DUCHESS and walks to table, begins to cook.

    CHESHIRE CATPredictably rash. Its not a question of if, Alice,its when.

    CHESHIRE CAT exits stage, ALICE notices DUCHESS,DUCHESS notices her back still stirring her pot.

    DUCHESSAh, Its you Alice, you may approach.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 8.

    ALICEWhy would I do that...

    (stepping on bones on the floor)you want to eat me... youre a cannibal! And how do youknow my name?

    DUCHESSOh nonsense Alice you dont remember? Well, you haveabandoned us for so long i was begging to wonder if youhad finally gotten out of that wretched asylum. I amthe Duchess,

    DUCHESS extends a hand out to greet ALICECharmed.

    ALICEWhy um.. why exactly do you eat people?

    DUCHESS

    Pish posh Alice dont be such a kill joy, Ive lost mytaste for the insane. Im strictly on a porcine diet,everythings better with a bit of bacon dont youagree? Of course you do.

    ALICEDuchess Im looking for the Mad Hatter, a friend, tomake sense of what Wonderland has become, where can Ifind him?

    DUCHESSWhy I havent the slightest clue, my alabaster skinneeds protection from the harsh environment youre so

    eager to make sense of, hell be around. This is hisdomain of course. Now go away.

    ALICE walks offstage holding her head, curtainsclose. Enter ALICE right side floor, right side isdimly lit, with a spotlight on ALICE.

    Song: Air - Highschool Lover

    ALICEOur lovely library was a fire trap. A disaster waitingto happen! I was the last one in the library, the nightof the fire. The log I added to the grate was dead whenI went upstairs to bed.

    Enter MR LIDDELL, MRS LIDDELL and LIZZIEIf it wasnt... Im responsible for my familysdeaths..

    Spotlight moves to center floor

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 9.

    LIZZIEYoure part frog, Alice, I swear. You jump so well!

    MRS LIDDELLIf you leap from that table again, Alice, Ill expire.Youre 2 times too reckless, my girl.

    ALICEMother...? Lizzie..?

    ALICE gets up and slowly goes to inspect if herfamily is really there.

    MR LIDDELL

    Picking up a book off the shelf, opening it andreading from a page

    Amanita muscaria, Alice, is merely a stinky toadstool.A spongy consistency, but poisonous. You know it as a

    mushroom.

    ALICEFather..?

    LIDDELL family walk over into spotlight, forming afamily photo, staring straight, and through ALICE.

    MRS LIDDELLLizzie, remember when a burst of steam lifted yourdress up around your neck? Just outside Harrods it was.Fortunate your undergarments had just been laundered.

    ALICE and LIZZLE giggle

    ALICEOh Lizzie, it really is you.. and mother and father.. imissed you all so much

    ALICE rushes towards them, soon realising theycant see her.

    MR LIDDELLWhoever destroys a soul, destroys the world. There ismuch wisdom in that, Alice.

    LIZZIEPapa, your enthusiasm for photography makes the Librarysmell like rotted fruit. And Im certain thosesolutions are toxic!

    MRS LIDDELLWell all roast in our beds, Alice, for the sake ofyour fathers unnatural devotion to printed paper. This

    (MORE)

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 10.

    MRS LIDDELL (contd)horde of flammables wants only a malignant spark, andpoof... Our flesh and blood is smoke and ash.

    ALICEMy.. family... no.. no this must be a memory..

    Alice falls to her kneesThey really are gone..

    Lights fade to black on floor

    Scene 3

    ALICE and DR. BUMBY enter floor to therapistsoffice, lights up, ALICE is on the couch, DR.BUMBY leaning on his desk.

    DR.BUMBY

    Alice have you been taking your pills you do seem abit...

    ALICEHappy?

    DR. BUMBYManic. Verging on...

    ALICEEcstatic

    DR. BUMBY

    Psychotic, I fear youve taken a turn for the worst,want to end up in Rutledge Asylum again? No, and whatsthis nonsense I head about Wonderland being real? We gothere in our sessions ONLY, as a coping mechanism.Youre confusing reality and fantasy.

    ALICEBut it IS real doctor. I saw the White Rabbit and nextthing I knew I was there, Cheshire Cat, the Duchess,and talk of the Mad Hatter too! Theyre all scared,somethings threatening Wonderland, but Im close to thetruth I can feel it.

    DR. BUMBYThe truth is your beloved cat knocked over a lamp andcaused that fire. You suffered terribly because of it,but Im going to help you forget if you just cooperate.

    ALICEDYNAH DIDNT CAUSE THE FIRE SOMEONE ELSE DID. IM GOINGTO FIND OUT WHO AND WHY, AND IT COULDNT HAVE BEEN

    (MORE)

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 11.

    ALICE (contd)ME... I SAW THEM, I SAW MA PA AND LIZZIE, THERES MORETO THIS STORY!

    DR.BUMBYAlice calm down this is your survivors guilt talking.

    Flush the unpleasant from your mind, Alice. Reject thepainful as you would the repulsive and depraved.Forgetting is an art.

    ALICEI need to find the Mad Hatter hell know what to do.

    ALICE storms off up to left wing.

    DR. BUMBYAlice, no wait!

    Lights fade on floor, exit DR. BUMBY. Curtains

    open to Wonderland revealing MAD HATTER on thefloor fixing his hat and a long table containingitems for a tea party. ALICE enters Wonderlandfrom right wing.

    MAD HATTERForgettings just forgetting except when its not. Thenthey call it something else.

    ALICEHatter Ive been searching for you! What can you tellme about whats happening in Wonderland?

    MAD HATTER

    Completes hat and puts it on his head.I feel like an un sprung spring, like an un corrodednail, like an un tarnished piece of metal that sticksin your eye!

    ALICEAnswer me Hatter, Im suffering, and changes here are acause, or theyre the reflection.. or the effect. Whatsgoing on? What are the new rules?

    MAD HATTERThe law is just. Just a whisper away. Who knows how tomeasure rules? With a ruler! Cruel rules.

    ALICEYoure madder than I am, the least you can do is tellme whats going on!

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 12.

    MAD HATTERDo I look like I know? Your judgment must beseverely impaired. Come join me for a spot of tea.

    MAD HATTER grabs a cup off the table and offers itto ALICE, the two hear a a steam train noise and

    Wonderland starting to shake.

    Sound Effect: Steam Train

    ALICEWhat was that!?

    MAD HATTERNow its the Infernal train! Never time for tea.

    Enter DOOR MOUSE and MARCH HARE sneakily, sittingdown and enjoying the tea party.

    While your brains on holiday were ruined! Now were all

    mad here and thats a good excuse for going to hell ina teapot, but not for forgetting what your senses saw.

    ALICEThe Infernal train?

    DOOR MOUSEYoull never stop us! Silly Hatter and Alice

    ALICE and MAD HATTER turn around to see DOOR MOUSEand MARCH HARE at the tea party.

    MARCH HARE

    The trains left! Youre too late!

    MAD HATTERThe insolence, the arrogance the execrable tablemanners! They are destroyers of Wonderland! Defilers!Denuders! Derangers!

    ALICEThe March Hare and the Door Mouse control the infernaltrain?

    MAD HATTERNo the two are just a slave to its corruption.

    DOOR MOUSEEnough talk! Abandon false hope! Forget the past!

    MARCH HAREThe damage is done ahahahhaahahahahhaha!! let themadness begin!!

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 13.

    MAD HATTEREnough you two!

    MAD HATTER strikes DOOR MOUSE and MARCH HAREacross the back of the head, knocking them out.

    All I wanted was another tea party! We can still be

    friends hahahahaha!

    MAD HATTER cranes their heads back, forcing themto sip tea although unconscious.

    ALICEWhere is the train going! Whats Its purpose tell menow!

    MAD HATTERNever mind what you want to talk about Alice its timefor some tea.

    DOOR MOUSE and MARCH HARE regain someconsciousness, but are still dazed.

    DOOR MOUSEThe one who lead you here..

    MARCH HAREHe knows the about the infernal train, and who set itin motion..

    ALICERabbit? White rabbit lead me here into this mess!

    ALICE runs off stage, lights fading down behindher.

    Scene 4

    Curtains open, WHITE RABBIT enter stage right,hopping about about and checking the time, ALICEenter stage right running and searching, she spotsWHITE RABBIT.

    Song: Bjork - Army Of Me

    Enter CARD GUARDS, they march to the song,blocking ALICE from easily making her way to theother side to tlak to WHITE RABBIT

    The two shout over the guards to

    ALICERabbit i need you to tell me ab-

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 14.

    WHITE RABBIT checks the time one more

    WHITE RABBITIm late! Im late Alice I dont have the time!

    WHITE RABBIT goes to leave

    ALICEWhat are you so late for?

    ALICE takes a step towards WHITE RABBIT, Cardguards stop and turn and move in paternedformation forming a maze, making it impossible forALICE to get to the WHITE RABBIT, the earth startsto shake and there are train noises.

    Sound Effect: Steam Train

    WHITE RABBIT

    For the train Alice, of course!

    ALICE starts to make her way through the maze,rushing.

    ALICEWhat? Please dont tell me youre the conductor!

    WHITE RABBITIm not the enemy you seek Alice, we must all play ourassigned roles, are you a pawn or a queen? An idiot ora practiced fool? However this turns out consider theprospect that youve been misled Alice. Then ask by

    WHOM?

    ALICEWho set that bloody train in motion!? Where is itcoming from!?

    WHITE RABBITIt arrived when you arrived. And its more horrible thenyou can even imagine, the death of a dream!

    ALICEThe death of MY dream, my Wonderland is shattering!

    WHITE RABBITEveryone knows the mischief began among your fathersmountain of paper, Alice; the real question is how?Caterpillar may know!

    WHITE RABBIT exit stage. ALICE gets out of themaze and reaches for WHITE RABBIT but misses him.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 15.

    ALICEWAIT!

    Lights fade, curtains close.

    Scene 5

    Enter CHARLIE, CHILD 1, CHILD 2, seated on floorplaying with toys and eachother.

    Enter ALICE for therapy session with DR. BUMBY,ALICE passes children and enters room to find noone there, resumes the playing of a record alreadyin the gramophone and sits on the couch trying torelax.

    Song: Todd Rollins - The Boogie Man

    Enter DR. BUMBY stage seedily, talking and playing

    with the children,

    We hear lyrics in the song beginBoo, Im the Boogie Man

    The terrible, horrible Boogie Man

    I come in the middle of the night and frighten, badlittle girls like you.

    Beware, better have a pair

    Im going to follow you everywhere

    I crawl through the ceiling and walls and fall on, badlittle girls like you.

    ALICE begins to realise significance and becomesusspicious of DR. BUMBY

    Ill torture you and hunt you

    Ive got you where I want you

    A victim of my dark and dirty plot

    Lights become brighter over DR. BUMBY and CHARLIE,CHILD 1, CHILD 2 foreshadowing and hinting towardsthe significnce of the lyrics and DR. BUMBYScharacteristics and past behaviours.

    And at the slightest whim

    Ill tare you limb from limb

    In other words Ill put you on the spot

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 16.

    Boo, Im the Boogie Man

    ALICE now has an assumption and is looking forevidence in DR. BUMBYS ofice, scared he may comein, she opens a drawer and is distracted by hersearch

    The terrible, horrible Boogie Man

    I come in the middle of the night and frighten, badlittle girls like you!

    DR. BUMBY enters his office and sees ALICErumaging, he lets her for a while before turningthe record player off, gaining her attention,ALICE is stunned and quickly shuts the drawer.

    DR. BUMBYAlice. Youre early for our appointment..

    he walks to wards ALICE, she backs awayseems like youre eager to tell me soemthing..

    ALICEOh! Why no, no not at all doctor.. I do um.. I have togo

    ALICE goes to leave, DR. BUMBY stands in her way,and then lets her pass, starting at her leave.

    DR. BUMBY goes to his desk, picks up his phone anddials.

    DR. BUMBYYes, hello. Prepare a room, sadly your recentlyreleased patient Alice Liddel has taken a turn for theworst, I fear she needs to be commited for more...treatment. Yes thankyou, goodbye.

    DR. BUMBY hungs up and sits at his desk. lightsfade to black, exit DR. BUMBY to left wing.

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    17.

    ACT II

    Scene 6

    Curtains open to ALICE in dim lit mist.

    Song: Air - Empty House

    ALICEThe cat saved my life! I didnt leave the lamp in thelibrary and she didnt didnt knock it over! She was inthe room with me when the fire started!

    Enter LIZZIE left stage.

    LIZZIEA locked room is little more than a cage. A prison byanother name. I despise concealment of any kind.

    ALICELizzie hated locked rooms. Her room was farther fromthe fire than mine. Smoke could not have killed her.She never locked her door! And besides, she knewanother way out of the house... out of the window!

    LIZZIEHis hand was slimy, Alice; like an eel from the Isis.And his name wont help.

    ALICEWhat was his name!? Oh Lizzie.. I wish you could hearme, that I wasnt just seeing you in my head.

    LIZZIEClaimed Id stolen his heart. Trifling with hisaffections! Creepy sod. Touching me... Told Papa tonever invite him to tea again! Im no toy! He wanted meto do things I didnt want to do.

    ALICESo.. Someone incapacitated or killed Lizzie, thenlocked her door, then took the lamp downstairs andstarted the fire to cover up their crime! Their planwas to kill us all!

    Exit LIZZIE

    ALICELizzie wait! Tell me what happened to you..

    Lights down, curtains close, ALICE exit stage.

    Lights up floor, floor is set up like asylum.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 18.

    Song: Yoav and Emily Browning - Where Is My Mind?

    ALICE is in the left corner of the floor in astriaght jacket sitting against white walls,beside her is WHITE RABBIT.

    WHITE RABBITI want to take the ears of, but I cant. I hop, andwhen I hop, I never get off the ground.

    ALICERabbit..? what are you doing here?

    WHITE RABBITIts my curse, my eternal curse. I want to take the earsoff but I cant! Its my curse! My eternal curse!

    ALICERabbit no! Calm down! Im so sorry! None of you are safe

    when my mind is in ruins!

    WHITE RABBITI want to take the ears of but I cant!! please!!! takethem off!!! PLEASE!!

    TWEEDLE DEE and TWEEDLE DUM, RADCLIFF entersbehind them.

    DR. RADCLIFFIn my professional opinion madness is often a curabledisease, but not in this case.

    NURSE WITLESSCruel to be kind thats my technique as they say, butshes as mad as a hatter poor deary.

    DR. RADCLIFFHumiliation I say, I approve your release, and you comeback like a bad penny, reputation I say, people talkAlice, STAY Alice, SIT.

    TWEEDLE DEE and TWEEDLE DUM pick ALICE up, DR.RADCLIFF and NURSE WITLESS follow, place her inchair, place head drill on her head. TWEEDLE DUMproceeds to drill the top of her head.

    TWEEDLE DEEIf it isnt whats her name from the idiots ward.

    TWEEDLE DUMYeah, its Alice, uncles prize lunatic.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 19.

    NURSE WITLESSThese instruments are gruesome but a hole in the headgives the troubles more space!

    TWEEDLE DEE and TWEEDLE DUM pick her up again andlay her on a near by bed, NURSE WITLESS and DR.RADCLIFF follow. NURSE WITLESS has a jar of

    leeches.

    NURSE WITLESSSome mental conditions are relieved by blood letting,doctor thinks they wont be effective but Im at the endof my tether, and these leaches need the work!

    TWEEDLE DEEA bakers dozen nurse let me put them on her!

    TWEEDLE DUMNo let me nurse pick me!

    NURSE WITLESS hands TWEEDLE DEE leeches, heproceeds to put them on her. When finished DR.RADCLIFF throws her stuffed rabbit at her.

    ALICEWhat..? You, stole had my rabbit.. I need... to know,what happened.. the truth..

    DR. RADCLIFFYou abandoned it the last time you were here atRutledge Asylum you silly girl.

    NURSE WITLESS, DR. RADCLIFF, TWEEDLE DEE andTWEEDLE DUM move back to chair. Enter from rightwing to floor CHESHIRE CAT, DUCHESS, MAD HATTER,DOOR MOUSE, MARCH HARE, WHITE RABBIT, MR LIDDELL,MRS LIDDELL and LIZZIE. All surround and look toALICE, who is sitting upright, staring at herselfin the vanity beside her bed.

    ALICEHave I gone mad...?

    DOOR MOUSEIm afraid so..

    MARCH HAREBut Ill let you in on a secret.. the best people are

    DR. RADCLIFFIn a huff as usual, oozing with attitude andaccusations, Ive stolen her rabbit. Ridiculous. Shegoes on and on about her killing memories, her need toknow the truth

    (CONTINUED)

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    CONTINUED: 20.

    DR. RADCLIFF gets out paper and reads off it.Well truth from the coroners report is:the families cat knocked over that lamp and caused thefire, the blaze trapped her parents and her sisterupstairs, Lizzie never unlocked her door and died inher bed

    DR. RADCLIFF puts paper away.The guilty cat ALWAYS sets her off she denies it makesno sense it cant be true well I agree, from the getgo Alice was my candidate, the girls a pyromaniacobsessed with fire, I once remarked that she had rolein her families demise, and she suffered a psychoticepisode.

    ALICE falls back on bed. EVERYONE exit stage,lights fade to black.

    Scene 7

    Curtains open to Wonderland, a small potionlabeled "drink me" sitting on a table is to theside of the room, stage is dark except for table,table area is lit.

    Song: Emilliana Torrini - White Rabbit

    ALICEHow am I meant to find caterpillar like this? I have abetter chance of squashing him.

    ALICE notices potion and goes to it, fabric sheetcomes in front of ALICE as she drinks it, a lightpointed at the sheet growing further away givingus the illusion that she is shrinking. Fabricsheet gets pulled away and lights come up,revealing large set, as if ALICE is small,CATERPILLAR is seen sitting on a beautifulycusioned platform smoking a hookah.

    ALICEDr Radcliff...?

    CATERPILLARYes, but in wonderland I would prefer Caterpillar. But

    the question on my lips is WHO are YOU?, No dont tellme, the famous Alice, am I correct? and you came to meseeking knowledge?

    ALICEYes, my memories are shattered, this infernal train hasruined nearly all I can recall, and Wonderland willperish completely and then ill I loose my mind. I needto save all my friends.

    (CONTINUED)

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    CATERPILLARYouve got it backwards Alice, save Wonderland andyoull save yourself.

    ALICEThe White Rabbit told me you could tell me about the

    infernal train?

    CATERPILLARThe train isnt the problem Alice its just the result,the Queen has been neglected! She MUST be served.

    ALICEThe red queen? If my head was on properly shed cut itoff! What could she know that I dont?

    CATERPILLARShe is someone you once knew and loved, she knows all,find her Alice, youve left it long enough, she grows

    impatient.

    CATERPILLAR blows smoke all round ALICE, fabricsheet comes in front of ALICE a light pointed atthe sheet grows closer giving us the illusion thatshe is growing. Curtains close.

    Scene 8

    Curtains open lights up, RED QUEEN is on throne incorner of stage, enter ALICE followed by CHESHIRE.

    Song: Jason Tai - Queensland

    CHESHIRE CATAbout time you got here Alice. You and the Red Queencant coexist, shes meant to be dead, but she cantroll over and do so without telling you what she knowsfirst, this is YOUR hallucination remember?

    ALICEYoure too little too late Cat, the Caterpillar told mepretty much the same thing.. he also said I once knewher.. who could she be?

    CHESHIRE CATWell go over there, and find out.

    Exit CHESHIRE CAT. ALICE walks over to RED QUEEN.

    ALICE...Lizzie?

    (CONTINUED)

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    RED QUEENYou dont know your own mind, ha! You may address me asRed Queen, or your highness.

    ALICEIts a compete stranger..

    RED QUEEN gives ALICE a sour glare..your highness.

    RED QUEENWhat you claim not to know is merely what youvedenied, youve captured your memories, what are youdoing with them!? Youve allowed another person tosucceed in poisoning it.

    ALICECan you give me more than a warning Lizzie? I mean, RedQueen. Caterpillar said youd help, that youre the

    key, serve you, and ill be free.

    RED QUEENYou see the pattern of destruction, I know you do, theInfernal Train is destroying all memory of your pastand especially the fire, now, who would want that? Whobenefits from your madness?

    ALICEThe destruction of Wonderland is the destruction of meand visa versa, Im innocent, someones doing this tome. I didnt kill my family! Im not the reason youredead..

    RED QUEENYes, the train must be stopped. Your view conceals atragedy, the whole truth you cant see confused youbecause you wont LOOK at whats AROUND you!

    ALICEA certain doctor opened a practice mere weeks beforethe fire. I saw him, a preening undergraduate. Now Iremember him! Dr. Bumby! That key he uses to hypnotizeme belongs to your room!

    RED QUEENGo Alice. Do your worst.

    ALICEOnly if you come with me.

    ALICE and the REd queen run off stage lights fade,throne is moved off stage.

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    Scene 9

    Lights come up revealing children, like livestock, are wondering around in mist, confused,dressed the same, wearing numbers around theirnecks. DR. BUMBY is standing on the left side of

    the stage appearing to be waiting for something.Enter ALICE and RED QUEEN right stage, slowlymaking her way through the children. Throughoutthe scene all wonderland creatures come on one byone, comforting the children and stading withALICE and the RED QUEEN.

    Song: Jason Tai - Moorgate Station

    ALICEYou oozing sore of depravity! Children wearing numbersaround their necks, as If they were breeding livestock!

    DR. BUMBYA declaration on their pedigree. You could use one.Theyre proud.

    ALICEYou monster! They cant remember who they are or wheretheyre from! How many minds have you twisted toforget!?

    DR. BUMBYNot enough! Yours would have been a triumph! Still,youre an insane wreck! My work is done.

    ALICEYouve used me and abused me, but you will NOT destroyme!

    DR. BUMBYNo? The damage is done. You cant even recognize whatshappened. And youre powerless to change it or moveagainst me. Ive made certain of that.

    ALICEYou corrupted my memories, but you failed to make meforget!

    DR. BUMBYI wouldve made you into a tasty bit! Clients out thedoor waiting for a piece from a raving delusionalbeauty, with no memory of the past, or no sense of thefuture. But you wouldnt forget, you insisted onholding on to your fantasies. Youre MAD! Like yoursister.

    (CONTINUED)

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    ALICEDONT speak of her! You didnt know her!... You tookadvantage of my sister, burnt our house down and killedmy family to cover your crime! You will PAY! Ill seeyou charged. In prison, some half-wit bruiser will makeyou his sweetheart... and then youll HANG!

    DR. BUMBYOh really!? A hysterical woman, former lunatic, roaringoutrageous accusations against a respectable doctor. Mygod, Alice, who would believe you? I scarcely believeit myself.

    ALICEYou... MONSTROUS creature... Such evil will bepunished!

    DR. BUMBYOh, I hardly think so, Alice. Youre powerless against

    me. In any case, youre well known for you failure todistinguish fantasy from reality. Your imagination willdestroy you.

    ALICEIt will save me!

    Live stock children, wonderland creatures andALICE all together push DR. BUMBY, their forcethrows him in front of a train, killing him, andfreeing them.

    Sound Effect: Steam train

    Live stock children take off their numbers and runaround happy. ALICE embraces RED QUEEN, MR AND MRSLIDDELL Enter, the family embrace. Enter CHESHIRECAT.

    CHESHIRE CATAh Alice, forgetting pain is convenient, rememberingit? agonizing, but recovering the truth is with thesuffering. And our wonderland though damaged is safe.

    CHESHIRE CAT turns to audience...For now.

    Lights fade to black curtains close.


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