Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland, how do you get to Wonderland?
Over the hill or underland, or just behind the tree?
When clouds go rolling by, they roll away and leave
the sky.
Where is the land beyond the eye, the people can not
see, where can it be?
Where do stars go, where is the grass that's blue?
They must be somewhere in the sunny afternoon.
Alice in Wonderland, where is the path to Wonderland?
Over the hill or here or there, I wonder where.
Sister: ...leaders, and had been of late much
accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar,
the earls of Mercia and Northumbria declared for him,
and even Stigand... Alice!
Alice: Hmm...? Oh, I’m listening.
Sister: And even Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury,
agreed to meet with William and offer him the crown.
Alice: He he he!
Sister: William’s conduct at first was mo....
Alice: He he he!
Sister: Alice...! Will you kindly pay attention to your
history lesson?
Alice: I’m sorry, but how can one possibly pay
attention to a book with no pictures in it?
Sister: My dear child, there are a great many good
books in this world without pictures.
Alice: In this world perhaps. But in my world, the
books would be nothing but pictures.
Sister: Your world? Huh, what nonsense. Now...
Alice: Nonsense?
Sister: Once more. From the beginning.
Alice: If I had a
world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing
would be what it is, because everything would be what it
isn’t. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn’t be, and
what it wouldn’t be, it would.
Cats and rabbits, would reside in fancy little houses,
and be dressed in shoes and hats and trousers.
In a world of my own.
All the flowers would have very extra special powers,
they would sit
and talk to me for hours,
when I’m lonely
in a world of my own.
I could listen to a babbling brook and here a song,
that I could understand. I keep wishing it could be that
way, because my world would be a wonderland.
Alice: It’s just a rabbit with a waistcoat... and a
watch!
White Rabbit: Oh my fur and whiskers! I’m late, I’m
late I’m late!
Alice: Now this is curious! What could a rabbit
possibly be late for? Please, sir!
White Rabbit: I’m late, I’m late, for a very important
date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I’m late, I’m late,
I’m late!
Alice: It must be awfully important, like a party or
something! Mister Rabbit! Wait!
White Rabbit: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, I’m overdue.
I’m really in a stew. No time to say goodbye, hello! I’m
late, I’m late, I’m late!
Alice: My, what a peculiar place to have a party.
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some
way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that
Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself
before she found herself falling down what seemed to be
a very deep well.
Alice: I really shouldn’t...uhh...uhh...be doing
this... After all, I haven’t been invited! And curiosity
often leads to troubl – l – l – e – e – e! Oh! Well,
after this I shall think nothing of fa-... of falling
downstairs! ... Oh! Ahhh...
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end?
Alice:
I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time? I must
be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let
me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I
think-"
You see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort
in her lessons in the school-room, and though this was
not a very good opportunity for showing off her
knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still
it was good practice to say it over)
Alice:"--
yes that's about the right distance -- but then I wonder
what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?"
Alice had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or
Longitude either, but she thought they were nice grand
words to say.)
Alice: Oh, Goodness! What if I should fall right
through the center of the earth... oh, and come out the
other side, where people walk upside down. Oh, but
that’s silly.
Oh, mister Rabbit! Wait! Please! ... Curiouser and
curiouser!
WHITE RABBIT I told you she's
the right
THE DORMOUSE I
am not convinced.
WHITE RABBIT How
is that for gratitude? I've been up there for weeks
trailing one Alice after the next! And I was almost
eaten by other animals! Can you imagine? They go about
entirely unclothed in public. I had to avert my eyes.
TALKING FLOWER
She doesn't look anything like herself.
THE DORMOUSE
That's because she's the wrong Alice.
TWEEDLEDEE
And if she was, she might be.
TWEEDLEDUM
But if she isn't, she ain't.
TWEEDLEDEE
But if she were so, she would be.
TWEEDLEDUM
But she isn't. No how.
ALICE How
can I be the "wrong Alice" when it's my dream? And who
are you, if I may ask.
Dee shakes her hand, speaking very fast.
TWEEDLEDEE
I'm Tweedleehe's Tweedledum.
TWEEDLEDUM
Contrariwise. I'mTweedledum he'sTweedledee.
THE DORMOUSE
We should consult Absolem.
TALKING FLOWER Exactly. Absolem will know who she is.
TWEEDLEDEE
I'll escort you.
Dum pulls her away from Dee.
TWEEDLEDUM
It's not being your turn.
They tug her between them.
TWEEDLEDEE
Leave off!
TWEEDLEDUM
Let go!
ALICE
Are they always this way?
WHITE RABBIT
Family trait.
(to Tweedles)
You can both escort her.
Dee takes one arm. Dum takes the other and ALICE, THE TWEEDLES, THE DODO,
WHITE RABBIT and DORMOUSE start off.
TALKING FLOWERS
It can't be her. She looks nothing like Alice.
She is not even wearing the right dress.
ALICE Who
is this Absolem?
WHITE RABBIT
He's wise. He's absolute.
THE TWEEDLES
He's Absolem.
They enter a forest of tall mushrooms surrounded by mist.
THE CATERPILLAR (O.S.)
Who are you?
ALICE
Absolem?
THE CATERPILLAR
You’re not Absolem. I’m Absolem. The question
is...who are YOU?
He blows smoke rings in her face. She coughs.
ALICE
Alice.
THE CATERPILLAR
We shall see.
ALICE What
do you mean by that? I ought to know who I am!
THE CATERPILLAR
Yes, you ought. Stupid girl. Unroll the Oraculum.
The White Rabbit unrolls an ancient PARCHMENT lying on a toadstool.
WHITE RABBIT
“The Oraculum: Being a Calendrical Compendium of
Underland.”
ALICE
It’s a calendar.
THE CATERPILLAR
Compendium. It tells of each and every day since
the Beginning.
WHITE RABBIT
Today is Griblig day in the time of the Red
Queen.
THE CATERPILLAR
Show her the Frabjous day.
White Rabbit turns the scroll further into the future.
TWEEDLEDEE
Frabjous being the day you slay the Jabberwocky.
ALICE
Sorry? Slay the...what?
TWEEDLEDUM (O.S.)
That being you there with the Vorpal sword.
TWEEDLEDEE (O.S.)
No other swords can kill the Jabberwocky. Nohow.
TWEEDLEDUM (O.S.)
If it ain’t Vorpal, he ain’t dead.
Alice backs away.
ALICE
That’s not me.
THE DORMOUSE
I know!
WHITE RABBIT
Resolve this for us, Absolem. Is she the right
Alice?
The CATERPILLAR looks Alice in the eye.
THE CATERPILLAR
Not Hardly.
He blows smoke, obliterating himself from view.
THE DORMOUSE
I told you!
WHITE RABBIT
Oh dear!
TWEEDLEDUM
I said so.
TWEEDLEDEE
No, I said so.
TWEEDLEDUM
Contrariwise, you said she might be.
TWEEDLEDEE
No. You said she would be if she was.
THE FLOWERS
Little imposter! Pretending to be Alice! She should be
ashamed!
WHITE RABBIT
I was so certain of you.
They all glare at her as if it is somehow her fault.
ALICE I’m
sorry. I don’t mean to be the wrong Alice. Wait, this is
my dream. I’m going to wake up now and you’ll all
disappear.
She closes her eyes and pinches herself. She opens them again. The
animals are still there.
ALICE (CONT’D)
That’s curious.
She pinches herself again. The animals just look at her.
ALICE Pinching
usually does the trick.
The Dormouse pulls a long sharp hat pin from her scabbard.
THE DORMOUSE I
could stick you if that would help.
ALICE It might actually. Thank you.
THE DORMOUSE My
pleasure.
She stabs her in the ankle with relish. Alice yelps.
CHESHIRE CAT
ALICE `Cheshire
Puss,' `Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to
go from here?'
CHESHIRE CAT `That depends a good deal on where you
want to get to,'
ALICE `I
don't much care where--'
CHESHIRE CAT
`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,'
ALICE `What sort
of people live about here?'
CHESHIRE CAT
`In that
direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round,
`lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the
other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit either you like:
they're both mad.'
ALICE `But I
don't want to go among mad people,'
CHESHIRE CAT `Oh,
you can't help that,' `we're all mad here. I'm mad.
You're mad.'
ALICE `How do
you know I'm mad?'
CHESHIRE CAT `You
must be,' `or you wouldn't have come here.'
ALICE `And how do you know that you're mad?'
CHESHIRE CAT `To
begin with,' `a dog's not mad. You grant that?'
ALICE `I
suppose so,'
CHESHIRE CAT `Well,
then,' `you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags
its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm
pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm
mad.'
ALICE `I call
it purring, not growling,'
`Call it what you like,' said the Cat. `Do you play
croquet with the Queen to-day?'
`I should like it very much,' said Alice, `but I
haven't been invited yet.'
`You'll see me there,' said the Cat, and vanished.
RED QUEEN’S PALACE
RED QUEEN Someone stole three of my tarts!
She leans into the face of a frog.
RED QUEEN (CONT’D) Did
you steal them?
FOOTFROG #1 No, your Majesty.
She walks the row, studying the face of each frog. At the end, she whirls
to leer into the face of one terrified frog.
RED QUEEN
Did you steal my tarts?
FOOTFROG #3
No, Your Majesty.
She wipes a telltale bit of jam from the side of its mouth. She holds her
finger up and sniffs the juice.
RED QUEEN
Squimberry juice.
FOOTFROG #3
I was so hungry!
RED QUEEN
Off with his
head!
Red Knights converge on the guilty Frog.
RED QUEEN
Ilosovic Stayne...you knave, where have you been
lurking?
She holds out her hand. He kisses it, barely. She sighs.
KNAVE OF HEARTS
Majesty, I found the Oraculum.
He lays it on a table and rolls it out.
RED QUEEN That?
It looks so ordinary for an oracle.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Look here. On the Frabjous Day.
He points to the illustration of Alice in the scroll.
RED QUEEN
I’d know that tangled mess of hair anywhere. Is it
Alice?
KNAVE OF HEARTS
I believe it is.
RED QUEEN
What is she doing with my darling Jabberwocky?
KNAVE OF HEARTS
She appears to be slaying it.
RED QUEEN
She killed my Jabberbabywocky!
KNAVE OF HEARTS
Not yet. But it will happen if we don’t stop her.
RED QUEEN
Find Alice, Stayne. Find her!
KNAVE OF HEARTS
I will bring her head and lay it at your feet.
RED QUEEN
No. Bring the whole girl. I want to do it myself.
A MAD TEA PARTY
The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one
corner of it:
MARCH HARE
What? Where? Who’s there?
MARCH HARE
THE DORMOUSE `No room! No room!'
they cried out
when they saw Alice coming.
ALICE
`There's plenty of room!'
MARCH HARE
`Have some wine,'
the March
Hare said in an encouraging tone.
ALICE
`I don't see any wine,'
MARCH HARE
`There isn't any,'
ALICE
`Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,'
MARCH HARE
`It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without
being invited,'
MAD HATTER
Your hair wants cutting... It’s you. *
THE DORMOUSE
No, it’s not. White Rabbit brought us the wrong
Alice.
MAD HATTER
It’s absolutely Alice. You’re absolutely Alice!
I’d know you anywhere.
He takes her hand and pulls her back over the top of the table. She tries
not to step on any teacups. He plunks her down in the
chair next to his.
MAD HATTER Well,
as you can see we’re still having tea. It’s all because
I was obliged to kill Time waiting for your return.
You’re terribly late, you know... naughty. Well anyway,
time became quite offended and stopped altogether. Not a
tick ever since.
ALICE Time
can be funny in dreams.
MAD HATTER
Yes yes, of course. Have you any idea why a raven is
like a writing desk?
ALICE
I’m good at solving puzzles.
THE DORMOUSE
`Do
you mean that you think you can find out the answer to
it?'
ALICE `Exactly so,'.
MARCH HARE `Then you should say what you
mean,'
ALICE `I do, `at least--at least I mean
what I say--that's the same thing, you know.'
MARCH HARE `Not the same thing a bit!'
`You might just
as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as
"I eat what I see"!'
THE DORMOUSE `You might just as well say,
that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing
as "I sleep when I breathe"!'
MAD
HATTER Yes
yes, of course. But now you are back, you see, and we
need to get on to the Frabjous day. I’m investigating
things that begin with the letter M. : moron, murder,
malice
HATTER/HARE/DORMOUSE
Downal
wyth Bluddy Behg Hid!
ALICE
Sorry?
CHESHIRE CAT
“Down with the Bloody Big Head”.
Bloody Big Head being the Red Queen.
THE DORMOUSE
It’s a secret language used by us...
the Underland Underground Resistance!
MAD HATTER
Come, come. Therefore, it’s high time for Time to
forgive and forget. Or forget and forgive, whichever
comes first. Or, is in any case, most convenient. I’m
waiting. *
The March Hare taps his watch, listens to it, dips it into his tea cup,
listens again.
MARCH HARE
It’s ticking again!
The Cat puts his tea cup down with disgust.
CHESIRE CAT
All this talk of blood and slaying has put me off my
tea.
MAD HATTER
The entire world is falling to ruin and poor Chessur’s
off his tea.
MAD HATTER
...Shukem juggling sluking ur-pals. Bar lom muck egg
brimni. *
THE DORMOUSE
Hatter!
The Hatter jerks. He pulls himself back to the moment.
MAD HATTER
(Fez ??) Thank you. I’m fine.
CHESIRE CAT
What’s wrong with you, Tarrant? You used to be the life
of the party. You used to do the best Futterwacken
in all of Witzend.
ALICE
Futter...?
THE DORMOUSE
It’s a dance.
MAD HATTER
On the Frabjous day, when the White Queen once
again wears the crown, again. On that day, I’ll
Futterwacken... Vigorously. *
THE
QUEEN'S CROQUET-GROUND
A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the
garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there
were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red.
Alice thought this a very curious thing, and she went
nearer to watch them, and just as she came up to them
she heard one of them say,
TWO `Look out now, Five! Don't go splashing paint over
me like that!'
FIVE `I couldn't help it,' `Seven jogged my elbow.'
SEVEN `That's
right, Five! Always lay the blame on others!'
FIVE `You'd better not talk!' `I heard the Queen say
only yesterday you deserved to be beheaded!'
TWO `What for?'
said the one who had spoken first.
SEVEN `That's none of your business, Two!'
FIVE `Yes, it is
his business!' `and I'll tell him--it was for bringing
the cook tulip-roots instead of onions.'
SEVEN Seven flung
down his brush, and had just begun `Well, of all the
unjust things--'
when his eye chanced to fall upon Alice, as she stood
watching them, and he checked himself suddenly: the
others looked round also, and all of them bowed low.
ALICE `Would you
tell me,' `why you are painting those roses?'
TWO `Why the
fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a
red rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and
if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our
heads cut off, you know.
FIVE So you see,
Miss, we're doing our best, before she comes, to--'
SEVEN `The
Queen! The Queen!'
There was
a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager
to see the Queen.
RED QUEEN `
And WHAT is this?
When the
procession came opposite to Alice, they all stopped and
looked at her, and the Queen said severely She said it
to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and smiled in
reply.
WHITE RABBIT It’s a “who”, Majesty. This is...um
RED QUEEN Um?
ALICE From
Umbradge.
RED QUEEN What
happened to your garments?
ALICE I outgrew them. I tower over everyone in Umbradge.
They laugh at me. So I’ve come to you, hoping you might
understand what it’s like.
RED QUEEN
`And who are these?'
pointing to the
three gardeners who were lying round the rosetree;
ALICE `How
should I know?'
said Alice, surprised at her own courage. `It's no
business of mine.'
The Queen
turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for
a moment like a wild beast, screamed `Off with her head! Off--'
ALICE `Nonsense!'
said Alice, very
loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Consider,
my dear: she is only a child!'
RED QUEEN
The Queen turned
angrily away from him, and said to the Knave `Turn
them over!'
RED QUEEN `Get up!'
said the Queen, in a shrill, loud voice, and the three gardeners
instantly jumped up, and began bowing
RED QUEEN `What have you been doing here?'
TWO `May it
please your Majesty,' `we were trying--'
RED QUEEN `I
see!' said the
Queen, who had meanwhile been examining the roses.
`Off with their heads!'
The
procession moved on, three of the soldiers remaining
behind to execute the unfortunate gardeners, who ran to
Alice for protection.
ALICE `You
shan't be beheaded!'
said Alice, and
she put them into a large flower-pot that stood near.
The three
soldiers wandered about for a minute or two, looking for
them, and then quietly marched off after the others.
RED QUEEN `Are their heads off?'
SOLDIERS `Their heads are gone, if it please your
Majesty!'
RED QUEEN `That's
right!' shouted the Queen.
RED QUEEN
You must find Alice, Stayne. Without the Jabberwocky, my
sister’s followers will surely rise against me.
(bitter)
My ugly little sister...why do they adore her and not
me?
Stayne comes up behind, but does not touch her.
KNAVE OF HEARTS I cannot understand
it. You are far
superior in all ways.
RED QUEEN I know. But Mirana can make anyone fall in
love with her: men, women, even the furniture.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Majesty, isn’t it better to be feared
than loved?
RED QUEEN
I’m not certain anymore. Oh, let her have the crowd! I
don’t need them. I have you.
RED QUEEN (CONT’D)
I do have you, don’t I, Stayne?
He manages a smile, but gives her no reply.
WHITE
QUEEN’S PALACE
WHITE QUEEN
What news, Bayard?
WHITE RABBIT
Alice has returned to Underland.
A smile lights up the Queen’s soft lovely face.
WHITE QUEEN
Where is she now?
WHITE RABBIT At
RED Queen’s palace. Forgive me, I allowed her to divert
from her destined path.
WHITE QUEEN But that is exactly where she will find the
Vorpal Sword. We have our champion! Rest now. You’ve
done well.
ABSOLEM
Alice sees a tell-tale plume of smoke coming from a topiary mushroom.
ALICE
Absolem?
THE CATERPILLAR
Who are you?
ALICE I
thought we’d settled this. I’m Alice...but not that one.
THE CATERPILLAR How do you know?
He blows smoke in her face. She coughs and waves it away.
ALICE You
said so yourself.
THE CATERPILLAR
I said you were Not Hardly Alice. But you’re much
more her now. In fact, you’re Almost Alice.
ALICE Even
so, I couldn’t slay the Jabberwocky if my life depended
on it.
THE CATERPILLAR
It will. So I suggest you keep the
Vorpal Sword on hand when the Frabjous Day
arrives.
She abruptly pokes him with her finger.
THE CATERPILLAR
No touching! There’s no touching!
ALICE You
seem so real. Sometimes, I forget that this is all a
dream.
He blows smoke at her again.
ALICE Stop
doing that!
He chuckles and his whole body jiggles like green jelly. He keeps
chuckling as he obliterates himself from view.
RED QUEEN’S PALACE
KNAVE OF HEARTS
Majesty, Alice has escaped.
The Queen is so angry she slaps him.
KNAVE OF HEARTS
On the Bandersnatch.
She slaps him again.
KNAVE OF HEARTS
With the Vorpal Sword.
She slaps him yet again.
RED QUEEN
How could you let this happen?
KNAVE OF HEARTS
I may have underestimated her. But we have her
conspirators. The Hatter and a Dormouse.
RED QUEEN
Off with their heads!
WHITE QUEEN’S PALACE
WHITE QUEEN
I had hoped to have a champion by now.
ALICE Why
don’t you slay the Jabberwocky yourself? You must have
the power.
WHITE QUEEN
In the healing arts. It is against my vows to bring harm
to any living thing.
She lifts the spy glass and sees something in the distance.
WHITE QUEEN
We have company.
She gives the spyglass to Alice.
The Hatter, the Dormouse, the White Rabbit, and
Tweedles appear over the rise. (Video?)
Alice runs to greet the Hatter.
ALICE I’m so happy to see
you! I thought they were going to...
MAD HATTER (manic/enthusiastic)
So did I. But they didn’t. Here I am...still in one
piece...and I’m rather glad about that now that I’m
seeing you again...I would have regretted not seeing you
again...especially now that you’re
he proper size...it’s a good size...just right,
in fact...a right proper Alice size...
ALICE
Hatter.
He jerks and comes back to himself.
MAD HATTER
I’m fine.
ALICE
Where’s your hat?
The Hat materializes in the air worn by the Cheshire Cat.
ALICE (CONT’D) Chessur?
CHESHIRE CAT
How’s the arm, luv?
ALICE All healed.
The Hatter holds out his hand for the Hat. Chess
returns it reluctantly.
CHESHIRE CAT
Good-bye, sweet Hat.
MAD HATTER
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
ALICE A
riddle! This will be fun. Let me think about it.
MAD HATTER
You do know what tomorrow is.
ALICE The
Frabjous day. How could I forget? Oh, I wish I’d wake
up!
MAD HATTER
You still think this is a dream?
ALICE Well,
it can’t possibly be real. This has all come from my own
mind.
ALICE I
give up. Why is a raven like a writing desk?
MAD HATTER
I haven’t the slightest idea.
ALICE
(amused)
I’ll miss you when I wake up.
INT. THE WHITE QUEEN’S COURTYARD - - THE FRABJOUS DAY
The White Rabbit blows his trumpet.
WHITE RABBIT
Who will step forth to be champion for the White
Queen?
The Hatter steps forward valiantly.
MAD HATTER
That would be I!
CHESHIRE CAT
You have very poor evaporating skills. I should
be the one.
TWEEDLEDUM
No, me!
Dee pushes Dum behind him.
TWEEDLEDEE
No, me!
The White Rabbit holds up the Oraculum and the illustration of Alice
slaying the Jabberwocky. Everyone falls quiet.
TWEEDLEDUM
No other slayer, nohow.
TWEEDLEDEE
If it ain’t Alice, he ain’t dead.
All eyes turn to Alice.
WHITE QUEEN
Alice, you cannot live your life to please others. The
choice must be yours because when you step out to face
that creature, you will step out alone.
Overwhelmed, she runs.
THE TOPIARY GARDEN - LATER
Alice falls onto a garden bench and weeps.
THE CATERPILLAR
Nothing was ever solved with tears.
ALICE
Absolem?
THE CATERPILLAR
On the leaf. He’s hanging upside down on a leaf,
spinning a chrysalis.
ALICE Why
are you upside down?
THE CATERPILLAR I’ve come to the end of this life.
ALICE
You’re going to die?
THE CATERPILLAR
Transform.
The chrysalis begins to cover his body.
ALICE Don’t
go. I need your help. I don’t know what to do!
THE CATERPILLAR
I can’t help you if you don’t even know who you
are, stupid girl.
ALICE I’m
not stupid! My name is Alice. I live in London. I have a
mother named Helen and a sister named Margaret. My
father was Charles Kingsley. He had a vision that
stretched half-way around the world and nothing ever
stopped him. He would have liked it here.
(with revelation) I’m his daughter. I’m Alice Kingsley.
THE CATERPILLAR
Alice At Last! You were just as dimwitted the
first time you were here. You called it Wonderland as I
recall...
The name stirs a distant memory.
ALICE
Wonderland.
ALICE (CONT’D)
It wasn’t a dream at all. It was a
memory! This place is real! And so are you. And
so is the Hatter.
THE CATERPILLAR
And the Jabberwocky. Remember, the Vorpal Sword
knows what it wants. All you have to do is hold on to
it.
Fairfarren, Alice. Perhaps, I will see you in another life.
He
disappears inside the green chrysalis.
The BATTLE
The White Queen and her allies meet the Red Queen and her army at the
same clearing in the wood.
WHITE QUEEN
Hello, Iracebeth.
RED QUEEN
Mirana.
The White Rabbit blows his trumpet.
WHITE RABBIT
On this the Frabjous Day, the Queens, Red and
White shall send forth their champions to do battle on
their behalf.
WHITE QUEEN
Oh ‘Racie...
The Red Queen’s eyes soften to hear her childhood nick-name.
WHITE QUEEN
We don’t have to fight.
The Red Queen’s eyes narrow suspiciously.
RED QUEEN I
know what you’re doing. You think you can blink those
pretty little eyes and I’ll melt like Mums and Daddy
did.
WHITE QUEEN
Just give me my Crown.
RED QUEEN
It’s my crown! I’m the eldest!
JABBERWOCKY!
Behind her, a dark form rises. The March Hare twitches
uncontrollably.
MARCH HARE
Look up! It’s here! Look up!
Jabberwocky’s vast wingspan darkens the clearing. It swings
its reptilian head, whips its pronged tail,
extends one
deadly claw and adjusts it’s vest.
Alice can barely contain her fear.
ALICE But
this is impossible.
MAD HATTER
Only if you believe it is.
ALICE
“Sometimes I believe as many as six impossible things
before breakfast”.
MAD HATTER An excellent practice, but just at the
moment, you should focus on the Jabberwocky.
She smiles.
RED QUEEN
Where’s your champion, little sister?
Alice steps boldly into the clearing.
ALICE Here.
ALICE Six
impossible things. Count them, Alice. One! There’s a
potion that can make you shrink. Two! And a cake that
can make you grow.
Three. Animals can talk. Four. Four, Alice!
Cats can disappear.
MAD HATTER
Watch your head!
ALICE Five.
There is a place called
Wonderland. Six. And I can slay the Jabberwocky!
MAD HATTER
Behind you!
VIDEO
ALICE Off
with your head!
WHITE QUEEN
Iracebeth of Crims, your crimes against Underland
are worthy of death. But that is against my vows.
Therefore, you are banished to the Outlands. No one is
to show you any kindness or ever speak a word to you.
You will have not a friend in the world.
Stayne bows to the White Queen.
KNAVE OF HEARTS
Majesty I hope you bear me no ill will.
WHITE QUEEN
Except this one. Ilosovic Stayne you
will join Iracebeth in banishment from this day
until the end of Underland.
The White Knights grab Stayne and chain him to Iracebeth.
RED QUEEN
At least, we have each other.
In a last panic, Stayne pulls a knife and tries to stab her.
She screams. The Hatter knocks the knife away. Stayne drops to his knees
before the White Queen.
KNAVE OF HEARTS
Kill me...please.
WHITE QUEEN
But I do not owe you a kindness.
Red and White Knights drag them away.
RED QUEEN
You tried to kill me! You
tried to kill me!
The Hatter bursts into an enthusiastic dance.
MAD HATTER
Oh Frabjous Day! Callou! Callay!
ALICE What
is he doing?
CHESHIRE CAT
Futterwacken.
The Hatter pulls Alice into the dance.
The White Queen leans down to the still bleeding Jabberwocky’s neck to
catch a drop of its blood into a vial.
WHITE QUEEN
And blood of the Jabberwocky. You have
our everlasting gratitude. And for
your efforts on our behalf...
The Queen hands the vial to her.
ALICE Will
this take me home?
WHITE QUEEN
If that is what you choose.
Alice lifts the vial. The Hatter puts his hand on hers.
MAD HATTER
You could stay.
ALICE What
an idea... a crazy, mad wonderful idea.
ALICE (CONT’D) But I cannot. There are questions I have
to answer. And things I still must do.
ALICE (CONT’D)
I’ll be back again before you know it.
She drinks the potion.
SISTER `Wake up, Alice dear!' said her sister; `Why,
what a long sleep you've had!'
ALICE `Oh,
I've had such a curious dream!'
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ÿçûêà, íà îñíîâå ñëåäóþùèõ èñòî÷íèêîâ:
1.
Lewis Carroll.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
http://www.cherry-design.ru/alice/content.php?book=103
2.
Alice by Linda
Woolverton Based on Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll,
http://www.simplyscripts.com/2010/11/03/alice-in-wonderland-script/
3.
Disney's Alice In Wonderland movie script,
http://www.scifiscripts.com/cartoon/AliceScript.htm
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