Qe Grade 9 Reading Material

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If

is

af this

moment

that

rony

aN

Mai*at

opposite

gdes

of the

hafi-see

each

othgl

They

have

fuen

cheeing

on

their

reqwiwe

ftiends,

clapping

in

rhythm.

Now,

as

fhey

see

each

other,

thek

voices

die,

theii

smites

fade,

theh

iandi

slowty

go

ta

tiii

t agt,

rl,

fights

fade

on the

ofhers

who

disappar

into

the haze

of

the

naixirouna

is

a

delicate

cha-cha

begrns

and Tony

and

Maria'stowly

walkforuard

to

meet

eich

other.

slayly,

7s

though

in

a.

dpam,

they

drift

inta

thesfeps

of

the

dance,

always

tooking

at

each

other,

completely

lost

in

each

other,

unaware

of

.anything,

any

ptace,

,ry

ti-,*,

anything

but

one another,

Then:

(6)

TONY:

You're

not

thinking

I'm

someone

etse?

(7)

MARIA:

I

know

you

are not.

(8)

TONY:0rthatwe

have

met

before?

(9)

MARIA:

I know

we

have

not.

(101

TONY:

I

felt,

I knew

something-never-*fore

was

going

to

happen,

had

to

happen. But this

is-

(11)

MARIA

[interrupting

My

hands

are

cold.

[He

takes

them inhis./

yours,

too.

[He

moves

her

hand

to

his

face,]

So

warm.

[She

rnoves

hls

hands

to her

faie.1

(12)

TONY:

Yours,

too.

(13)

illARlA:

But

of

course.

They

are the

same.

(14)

TONY:

lt's

so

much

to believe-you're

not

joking

me?

(15)

ItlARlA:

I

have not yet

leamed

how

to

joke

that way.

I

think now I

never

will.

lyoulsively,

he

stops

fo kiss

her

hands;

then

tenderly,

innocenily,

her

lips.

The

music

bursfs

out,

the

liglttsflare

up,

and

Bemardo

is

upon

tiem in

an

icy

rage.

NOTES

(16)

(171

(18)

(1e)

(20)

l21l

(221

BERNARDO:

Go home,

"American.n

TONY:

Slow down,

Bernardo.

BERNARDO:

$tay

away

from

my

sister

TONY:

.,.Sister?

[Riff

steps

up.]

BERNARDO

[to

Maria]:Couldn't

you

see he,s

one of

them?

MARIA:

No.

lsawonly

him.

BERNARDO

[as

chinocomes

upf:

r

tord

you,

there's

one

thing

they want

from

a

Puerto

Rican

girl

TONY:

That's

a lie

RIFF: Cool,

boy.

(23)

124)

Page,3

of 13



(25)

CHINO

[toTonyl:

Get

away.

(26)

ToNY:

You

keep

out,

chino,

[fo

Maria :Don't

risten

to

themr

(zt)

BERNARDO:

She

will

listen

to

brother

before_

(28)

RIFF

foverlapping :

lf

you

characters

want

to

selfle_

(29)

GLAD

HAND:

please

Everything

was going

so

well

Do

you

fellows

get

pleasure

out

of

making

trouble?

Now

come

on-it

won,t

hurt

you

to nave

a

good

time,

Musrc

sfarfs

again.

Bemardo

is

on

one

side

with

Maria

and

chino,

Anita

joins

them.

Tony

is

on

the

otherwith

Riff

and

Dieset,

Light

emphar*,

r,,

rrrr

group.

(30)

BERNARDO:

lwamed

you_

(31)

CHINO:

Do

not

yell

at

her, 'Nardo.

{32)

BERNARDO:

you

yelt

at

babies.

(33)

ANITA:

And

put

ideas

in

the

baby's

head.

(34)

BERNARDO:

Take

h6r

home,

Chino,

(35)

MARIA:

'Nardo,

it is

my

first

dance.

(36)

BERNARDO:

Please.

lve

are

famiry,

Maria.

Go.

[Mariahesrtafeg

then

stafts

out

with

chino

as

fhe

light

fottows

her

to

the

other

group,

iniin,r,,

prrrr..

I

-

-

'-'

(37)

RIFF

fio

Dreset,

iytdicating

Tony

happity :

r

guess

the

kid,s

with

us

for

sure

now.

[Tony

doesn,t

even

hear;

ne is

stiiinljZt

Miria,

*n,

siopi

rw-,

*iiri/-

(38)

CHINO:

Come,

Maria.

[They

nntinue

out,]

(39)

ToNY:

Maria'.,

[He

is

unaware

that

Bemardo

rs

crossrng

towdrd

him,

but

Riff

intercepts,l

(40)

BERNARDO:

I don't

want you.

(41)

RIFF:

I

want

you,

though.

For

a

war

council-Jets

and

Sharks.

(42.

BERNARDO:

The

pleasure

is

allmine,

(43)

RIFF:

Let's

go

outside,

(441

BERNARDO:

I

would

not

leave

the ladies

here

alone.

We

will

meet

you

in

half

an

hour,

RIFF:

Doc's

drugstore?

[Bemardonods.lAnd

na

jaubefore

then.

BERNARDO:

I

understand

the

rules-Native

Boy.

[The

tights

are

fading

on

them, on

everyone

but

Tony.l '

t.

"

-

"r"'a

{45)

(46)

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4

of

13



/

(47)

RIFF:

Spread

the

word,

Diesel.

(48)

DIESEL:

Right,

Daddy-o.

(49)

RIFF:

Let's

get

the

chicks

and kick it.

Tonf

(50)

TONY:

Maria.,.

fMusic

sfarfs./

(51)

RIFF

fin

darknessJ:

Tony

(52)

DIESEL

[ n

darkness]:

Ah,

we'llsee

him

at Doc's.

They

exit,

Tony

is

left

standing

alone in

the

light.

(53)

TONY

[speaking

dreamily

over the

musicl:

The most

beautiful sound I

ever

heard,

154)

VOICES

[offstage]:Maria,

Maria, Maria,

Maria...

(55)

TONY: All the beautiful words of the world in

a

single word,

(56)

VOICES

[offstagel:

Maria, Maria,

Maria,

Maria...

fsvyelling

in

intensrty.]

(57)

T0NY:

Maria

I've

just

met

a

girl

named

Maria,

And

suddenly

that name

Will never

be the same

To me.

Maria

l've

just

kissed

a

girl

named

Maria,

And

suddenly

l've

found

How

wonderful

a sound

Can be

Maria

Say

it loud

and there's

music

playing-

Say

it

soft

and it's

almost like

praying-

Maria.,.

l'll never

stop

saying

Maria

The most

beautiful

sound

I ever heard

Maria.

(58)

CHORUS

[affstage,

agalnsf

Tony's obbligatal.

l've

just

met

a

girl

named

Maria,

And

suddenly

that name

Will

never be

the same

To

me.

Maria-

l've

just

kissed

a

girl

named Maria,

And

suddenly I've

found

NOTES

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5

of

13



How

wonderful

a sound

Can

be

(5e)

TONY:

Maria-

Say it loud

and there's

music

playing-

Say it

soft

and it's

almost

like

praying-

Maria-

I'll

never stop saying Maria

The

most

beautiful

sound I

ever heard-

Maria.

During

the song,

the sfage

be

hind

Tony sfarfs

to

go

dark;

by

the

time he has

finished, it

ls

sef for

the

nert

scene.

ACT

',

SCENE

5

11:00

P.M,

A

back

atley.

A

suggesfio

n

of

buildings;

a fire

escape

climbing,to

the rear

window

of an unseen flat.

As

Tony stngs,

he

looks

for where

Maria

lives, wishing

for

her. And she does

appear,

at the window

above

him,

which opens

onto the fire

escape.

Music

sfays

beneath most

ofthe

scene.

(60)

TONYfsingsJ:

Maria, Maria.,.

(61)

MARIA:

Ssh

(62)

TONY:

Maria

(63)

MARIA:

Quiet

(64)

TONY:

Come

down,

(6s)

MARIA:

No.

(66)

TONY:

Maria...

(67)

MARIA:

Please.

lf

Bernardo-

(6S)

TONY:

He's

at

the dance.

Come

down.

(69)

MARIA:

He

willsoon

bring Anita home.

(70)

TONY:

Just

for a minute.

(71)

MARIA

fsmiles/:

A minute

is not

enough.

.

l72l

TONY

fsmilesl:

For

an hour then.

(73)

MARIA: lcannot.

(74)

TONY: Forever

'

(75)

MARIA:

Ssh

page

6 of 13

NOTES\

\



(76)

TONY:

Then

I'm

coming

up.

l77l

WOMAN'S

VOICE

[fron

he

otrshge

apartnent :Maria

(78)

MARIA: Momentito,

Mama..,

(79)

TONY

[climbing

up]:lvlaria,

Maria-

(80)

MARIA:

Cillatel

[Reaching

her

hand

ouf

fo sfop him.JSshl

(81)

TONY

fgrabbingherhandJ:

Sshl

(S2)

MARIA:

lt

is

dangerous.

(83)

TONY:

I'm

not

"one

of them."

(84)

MARIA: You

are.

But

to

me,

you

are

not. Just

as I

am one

of

them-

/She

gesfures

toward

the apartment.l

(s5)

TONY: To me; you are all

the-

fSfre

6lryers

his

mouth

with

her

hand.]

(86)

MAN'S VOICE

[from

the

unseen apartnent]:

Maruca

(S7)

MARTA:

Si,

ya

vengo,

Papa.

(88)

TONY:

Maruca?

(S9)

MARIA:

His

pet

name for

me,

(eo)

T0NY:

I like him,

He will like me,

(91)

MARIA:

No, He

is

like

Bernardo: afraid.

[Suddenly

laughing.]

lmagine

being

afraid

of

you

(92)

TONY:

You

see?

(93)

MARIA

[touching

his tace]:

I

see

you.

(94)

TONY:

See

cnly

me.

(e5)

MARIA

fsingsJ:

Only you, you're the only

thing

l'll see forever.

ln

my eyes,

in

my words

and in

everything I

do,

Nothing

else

but

you

Ever

(eo)

TONY

fsrngsJ:

And

there's nothing

for me

but Maria,

Every

sight that

I

see

is

Maria.

(921

MARIAfsingsl:

Tony, Tony,

NOTES

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13



(102)

(es)

TONY

fsingsJ:

Always

you

,

every thought I'llever know,

Everywhere I

go,

you'll

be,

(se)

MARIAfsingsJ:

Allthe

world is

only

you

and

me

And now

the buildings, the world fade away, leaving fhem suspended

in

spae.

(100)

MARIA[singsJ:

Tonight,

tonight,

It

all

began

tonight,

I saw

you

and the

world went

away.

Tonight,

tonight,

There's

only

you

tonight,

What

you

are, what

you

do, what

you

say.

(r01)

TONY

fsingsJ:

Today,

all

day

I had

the feeling

A miracle would

happen-

I know now I

was right,

For here

you

are

And what was

just

a world is a star

Tonight

(103)

(104)

TONY & MARIA

[sing]:

Tonight, tonight,

The

world

is

full

of light,

With suns and moons all

over

the

place.

Tonight, tonight,

The world

is

wild and bright,

Going mad, shooting stars into space.

Today the world

was

just

an address,

A

place

for me

to

live in,

No

better than all right,

But here

you

are

And

what

was

just

a

world is a star

Tonight

MAN'S

VOICE

[offstage]:

Maruca

ItiARlA:

Wait

for

me

[She goes

insr'de

as

fhe

buildings begin to come

back

into

place.l

(105)

TONY

fsingsJ:

Tonight,

tonight,

It

alliegan

t6night,

I

saw

you

and

the

world went away,

(106)

MARIA[returning]: I cannot stay, Go

quickly

(107)

TONY:

l'm not

afraid.

(108)

MARIA: They

are strict

with me,

Please.

Page 8 of 13



'

(109)

TONy:

[He

kisses

trer./Good

night.

NOTES

(110)

MARIA:

Buenos

noches.

(tit)

TONY:

ltove

you.

(112)

MARIA:

y.es,

yes.

Hurry.

[He

crimbs

down.lwaifl

when

wiil

r

see

you?

/He

sfarfs

back

up.lNo

-

r

(1i3)

TONY:

Tomonow.

(1141

MARIA:

I

work

at

the

bridal

shop.

Come

there,

tlts)

TONY:

At

sundown.

(116)

MARTA:

yes,

Good

night.

(Ii7)

TONY:

Good

night.

/He

starts

off.l

(118)

MARTA:

Tony

(i1e)

TONy:

Ssh

t120)

MARIA:

Come

to

the

back

door.

(121)

TONY:

Si.

[Again

he

stafts

out.]

(122)

['lARrA:

Tony /He

sfops.

A

pause.]what

does

Tony

stand

for?

(i23)

TONY:

Anton.

(r24)

MARIA:

Te

adoro,

Anton.

(125)

TONY:

Te.adoro,

Maria.

[Both

sjng

as

music

starts

again.]

Good

night, good

night,

Sleep

welland

when you

dream,

Dream

of

me

Tonight.

she

goes

insrde,

He

ducks

out

into

thg.shgdows;usf

as

Bernardo

and

Anrta

enter,

followed

by

lndio,,

and

pep

and

their

girts.

one

is'a

iteiined-btohd,

bangred beauty:

consuelo,

The

other,

mori

quieilydreised,

rs

Rosa/ia,

sd

is

nottoo

bnght.

l

(126)

BERNARDO

flooking

up

to

the

windowl:Maria?

(i2z)

ANITA:

She

also

has

a

rnother,

Also

a

father.

(12s)

BERNARDO:

They

do

not

know

the

country

any

better

than

she

does,

(129)

ANITA:

You

do

not

know

it

alll

Girls

here

are

free

to

have

fun.

She-is-in-

llmerica-now.

(130)

BERNARDO

fexaggerated/:

Butpuerto-Rico-is-in-America-now

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(13r)

ANITAfin

disgusf]

Ai

(1

32)

EERNARDO

[cooi

ng]:

Anita

Josefina

Teresita-

(133)

ANITA:

lt's

plain

Anita

nour-

(134)

BERNARDO

[continuing

through]:

-Beatriz

del

carmen

Margarita,

etetera,

etcetera-

(135)

ANITA:

lmmigrant

(136)

BERiIARDO

[pulling

her

to

hin :Thar*God,

you

can't

change

pur

hairl

(137)

PEPE

[fondling

Consuelols

bleached

mop.]

ls

trat

pssible?

(13s)

GONSUELO:

ln

the

U,S.A.,

everything is

real.

(139)

BERNARDO

[to

chino,

who

enters]:

chino, how was

she

when

you

took her

horne?

(r40)

CHINO:

All right. 'Nardo,

she

was onty

dancing.

(141)

BERNARDO:With

an

nAmerican.n

Who is

really

a

Polack.

(142)

ANITA:

Says the

Spic.

(143)

BERNARDO:

You

are not

so cute.

(144)

ANTTA:

That

Tony

is,

(145) ROSALIA:

And he works.

(146)

CHINO: A delivery

boy.

(147)

ANITA: And

what

are

you?

(14s)

GHINO: An assistant,

(149)

BERNARDO:

Sil

And

Chino makes half what

the Polack

makes--the Polack

is

American

[Aburtesque

orration

in

mock

Puefto

Rican

auent.

Bemardosfarfs

ffie

first

line wik

her.l The

mother of Tony was

bom in Poland;

the father

still

goes

to

a

night school. Tony

was born in

America,

so

that makes him

an American. But

us? Foreigners

(150)

PEPE

& CONSUELO:

Lice

(151)

PEPE,

CONSUELO,

&

ANITA: Cockroaches

(152)

BERNARDO:

Well, it is

true You remember how

we were

when we first

came

Did

we

even think

of

going

back?

(153)

BERNARDO

&

ANITA:

No We

came

ready,

eager-

(154)

ANITA

[mocking]:With

our hearts open-

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/

(iss)

COIISUELO:

Our

arms

operF

(i56)

pEpE:

you

came

with

your

pants

open.

(r54

coNsuELo:

you

did,

pig fsraps

him]yafltgo

back

with

handcufh

(is8)

BERNARDO:

I

am

going

back

with

a

Cadiilac

(15e)

CHINO:

Air-conditioned

(160)

BERNARDO:Buitt-in

barl

(161)

CH|No:

Tetephone

(162)

BERNARDO:

Televisionl

(i63)

CHINO:

Compatible

color

(164)

BERNARDO:

And

a king-sized

bed.

fGrabsrndaJCome

on.

NOTES

(165)

ANITA

{mimicking :

Come

on.

(166)

BERNARDO:

Well,

are

you

or

aren,t

you?

(167)

ANITA:

You

have

your

big,

important

war

councit,

The

council

or me?

(16S)

BERNARDO:

First

one,

then

the

other.

(169)

ANITA

preaking

away

from

himl:

I

am

an

American girl

now.

I

don,t

wait.

(170)

BERNARDO

ffo

chinol:

Back home,

women

know

their

prace.

(171)

ANIrA:

Back

home,

ritile

boys

don't

have

war

councirs.

(172)

.BERNARDO

fto

A ita]:

you

want

me

to

be

an

American?

[To

the

boys]:

v6monos,

chicos.

Es

tarde.

[To

Anik

again :

gu.n*

;o.hes,

Anita

Josefina

del

carmen,

etcetera,

etceteri,

etcetera.

iue

iows

ana

eiits

with

thg

boys.l

(173)

ROSALIA:

That's

a

very

pretty

name:

Etcetera,

(17a)

ANITA:

Ai

(175)

CONSUELO:

She

means

well.

(176)

ROSALIA:

We

have

many

names

at

home.

(177)

ANITA

fmimickingJ:

At

home,

al

home.

lf it's

so

nice

nat

horne,,,

why

don,t

you

go

back

there?

(17s)

ROS*ALIA:

I

would

like-/A

look

fromAnrfa.fiust

for

a

successful

visit.

fSfi

e

sings

nostatgicailyl,

Puerto

Rico...

You lovely island..,

lsland

of

tropical

breezes.

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Always

the

pineapples

growing,

Always

the coffee

blossoms

blowing...

(17s)

ANITAfsingsJ:

Puerto

Rico..,

You

ugly island...

lsland

of tropic

diseases.

Always

the hunicanes

blowing,

Always the population growing...

And

the money

ow-rng,

And

the babies

crying,

And

he

bullets flying.

I

like

the

island

Manhattan-

Smoke

on

your

pipe

and

put

that in

[All

sing,

except

Rosalia]:

I

like

to be in America

0K

by me in America

Everything

free in

America

For

a smallfee

in

America

(180)

ROSALIA:

I like

the city

of San

Juan-

(181)

ANITA:

I

know

a boat

you

can

get

on.

(182)

ROSALIA:

Hundreds

of

flowers

in full

bloom-

(1S3)

ANTTA:

Hundreds

of

people

in

each room

[All

sing,

except

Rosalia/:

Automobile

in

America.

Chromium

steel in

Amerlca,

Wire-spoke wheel

in

America-

Very

big

dealin

America-

(184)

ROSALIA:

I'lldrive

a Buick

to San Juan-

(185)

ANITA:

lf there's

a road

you

can drive

on,

(lso)

ROSALIA:

I'llgive

my cousin

a free

ride-

(1S7)

ANITA:

Hovi

can

you

get

all

of them

inside?

[All

sing,

except Rosalia]:

An immigrant goes

to

America,

Many hellos

in

America;

Nobody

knows

in

America

Puerto

Rico's

in

America.

[The

girlswhistle

and

dance.]

(188)

ROSALIA:

When will

I

go

back to

San Juan-

(189)

ANITA:

When

you

will

shut

up

and

get

gone

(190)

ROSALIA:

l'llgive

them new

washing machine--

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(191)

AilfA:

WhdhqrefrEygottrerB

b

keep

clean?

[Hl

sing,

excesRanlbfi

I like

fire shores

of

Amerirn

Comfort

is

yours

in

Americal

Knobs

on the

doors

in America,

Wall-to-wall

floors

in

America

[They

whistle

and

dance.]

(192) ROSALIA:

I'll

bring T.V, to San Juan

(193)

ANITA:

lf

there's

a

cunent

to

tum

on.

(194)

ROSALTA:

Everyone

there willget

big

cheer

(195)

ANITA:

Everyone

there

wlllhave

moved

here

Tbe

song

ends in

a

joyous

dance. The

lights

black

out.

NOTES

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