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Libretto adapted from Lewis Carroll’s

Through the Looking-Glass

by Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice

Through the Looking-Glass

Illustration by John Tenniel

Gary Bachlund

ALICE Through the Looking-Glass

CAST In order of appearance

(seventeen singers)

Alice – lyric mezzo soprano or lyric soprano Lewis Carroll / White Knight – lyric tenor

Dean Liddell (spoken) /White King – baritone Gnat – soprano or mezzo soprano

Tiger-Lily/Mrs. Liddell (spoken) – soprano Red Queen – mezzo soprano

Tweedledee – tenor Tweedledum – tenor

White Queen – soprano Humpty Dumpty – tenor

Messenger – baritone Unicorn – baritone

Lion – bass baritone or baritone Red Knight – tenor

Frog – baritone Guard – baritone

Pudding – baritone

ORCHESTRA

Oboe I & II Horn I & II

Percussion – single player (suspended cymbal with soft and hard sticks, triangle,

tam-tam, tambourine, snare drum, bass drum, glockenspiel) Piano Harp

Strings (divisi) – 3,3,2,2,2,1 minimum

Libretto adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

By Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Alice Through the Looking-Glass

Music by Gary Bachlund

piano-vocal score CONTENTS

I. Can We Pretend? – Alice and Lewis Carroll 1 Lewis Carroll: “Child of the pure unclouded brow” 3 Alice: “Dinah, let’s pretend the glass is soft as gauze” 5 II. Jabberwocky – Alice 7 III. The Looking-Glass Garden – Alice: “Hmm… It seems very pretty” 13 Gnat: “Ah! I know you are a friend” 14

Tiger-Lily: “We can talk when there's anybody worth talking to” 21 IV. It’s Like a Chess Board – Red Queen: “Where do you come from?” 23 Red Queen: “Your directions” 29 V. Tweedledum and Tweedledee – Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Alice 33 Alice: “Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle” 36 Tweedledum: “You’ve begun wrong.” 38 VI. The Walrus and the Carpenter – Tweedledum and Tweedledee 41 VII. Battle for a Rattle – Alice, Tweedledee and Tweedledum 50 VIII. The White Queen’s Visit – White Queen and Alice 59 White Queen: We-e-e-e-e-ell? Well! What is it you want to buy?” 66 IX. Humpty Dumpty – Humpty Dumpty: “It’s very provoking to be called an egg!” 70 Alice: “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall” 70 Humpty Dumpty: “Take a good look at me.” 73 X. “Jabberwocky” Explained – Alice and Humpty Dumpty 81 XI. Humpty Dumpty’s Song – Humpty Dumpty and Alice 86 XII. The Lion and the Unicorn – White King, Alice and Messenger 92 Unicorn – “What a fight we might have” with Lion and Alice 102 XIII. Ahoy! Ahoy! Check! – Red Knight, White Knight and Alice 105 XIV. A-Sitting on a Gate – White Knight 109 XV. The Eighth Square, At Last – White Knight, Alice, Red Queen and White Queen 115 White Queen, Red Queen: “Ridiculous! 118 XVI. Hush-a-by, LAdy – Red Queen, White Queen and Alice 127 XVII. Queen Alice – Frog, Alice, Guard and tutti 129 XVIII. A Looking-Glass Banquet –Alice, Red Queen, Pudding 135 XIX. The Fish Riddle – White Queen and Red Queen 139

XX. Oh! Such a Dream – Red Queen: “Meanwhile, we’ll drink to your health” with tutti 142 Alice: “I rise to return thanks” with tutti 144 Alice: “Oh! Such a dream.” With Mrs. Liddell, Lewis Carroll 146 Lewis Carroll: “A boat, beneath a sunny sky” 147 Coda: orchestra 149

Copyright © 2001, 2013 Gary Bachlund All international rights reserved. www.bachlund.org

Check! Check mate.

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Check mate.

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Check mate. Oh... Oh, it was the fault of that nas tyknight,

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I. Can We Pretend?

ALICE [ Delighted. ]

[ Alice and Lewis Carroll are playing chess at a card table near a large, full-lengthmirror with a small shelf at the bottom, Alice holds her kitten, Dinah, in her lap. ]

[ Surprised. ]

Texts by Lewis Carroll as adapted and amended by Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund

Music by Gary BachlundAlice Through the Looking-Glass

LEWIS CARROLL [ Moving his piece almost ruefully. ]

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won if I'd had two queens. Can we pre tend...

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Yes,

if your pawn rea chesthe eighth square...

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I'll set you a pro blem. White pawn to play and win in.. ...in e leven moves.

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Ve ry well. Di nahcould be the RedQueen.

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Alice - Through the Looking-Glass2

If you sat up and fold edyour arms, you'd look ex act ly like her. Do try!

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Pre tend.

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Child of the pure un clouded brow

Let's pre tendwe're kings andqueens.

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and dream ingeyes of won der! Though time be fleet, and I and

thou are half a life a sun der, thy lo ving smile will sure ly hail the love gift of a

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If you're not good, I'll put you through in to

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fai ry tale.

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Look ing Glass House. Look ingGlassHouse. How would you like that?

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I'll tell you all my i de as.

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though the shadow of a sigh may trem blethrough the sto ry, for

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ALICE [ To Dinah. ]

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[ Alice holds Dinah up to her reflection in the mirror. ]

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hap py sum mer days gone by, and van ish'd sum mer glo ry...

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Cer tain ly, Dean.

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Look o ver the pro blemtill I re turn.

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Di nah, let's pre tendthe glass is

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[ The door opens; Dean Liddell enters. Lewis Carroll looks up, and Alice curtsies. ]

DEAN LIDDELL: (spoken) Dodgson, could I have a word with you?

[ To Alice. ][ Carroll exits with the Dean. ]

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ALICE

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soft like gauze, so that we can get through. Why, it's turn ing in to a sort of mist

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now! Ea sye nough... What fun it will be when they see me through the glass, and

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can't get at me!

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[ Alice rises from her place and goes to the mirror, and then through it at measure 64. ]

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[ The mirror (or entire stage) revolves, revealing the room in mirror image. ]

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Ev' ry thing seems to be back wards.Back wards. A book? It's all in a lan guageI don't know.

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If I hold it up to the glass, thewords will all go the right way again!

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The right way a gain...

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'Twas bril lig and the

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ALICE3 3

[ The "Jabberwocky" book is on Lewis Carroll's chair, in the mirror. Alice goes to the book. ]

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[ Alice holds the book up to the mirror so that she is facing the audience. ]

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II. Jabberwocky

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[ Alice reads aloud from the reflection in the mirror. ]


sli thy toves did gyre and gim ble in the

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wabe: All mim sy were the bo rogoves and the mome rathsout

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grabe. Be ware the Jab ber wock, my son! The

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jaws that bite! The claws that catch! Be waretheJub jub bird, and shun the

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[ As she reads, an enactment of the story plays out behind her, in phantasmagorical pantomime which she does not observe. ]


fru mi nous Ban der snatch. He

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took his vor palsword in hand: Long time the max omefoe he sought - So

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rest ed he by the Tum tum tree, and stood a while in thought,

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And as in uf fishthought he stood,

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the Jab berwock, with eyes of flame, came

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whif fling down the tul geywood and bur bled as it came!

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One! Two! One! Two! And through and through and through and through the

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vor pal blade went snick er snack! He left it dead and with its head he went

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back. Ga lumphing back.

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And

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hast thou slain the Jab ber wock? Come to my arms, my beam ish boy! O

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frab jous day! Cal looh! Cal lay! He chort led,chort led, chort led, in his joy.

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grabe.

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[ At the end of the "Jabberwocky" pantomime, chess characters move unobserved behind Alice, coming into view and disappearing again. ]


Hmm...

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It seems ve rypret ty, but it's ra therhardto un derstand. Some howit seems to fill my head

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with i de as-- On ly I don't know ex act ly what they are! Let's have a look

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at the gar den. Oh! Oh! Oh!

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[ Alice closes the "Jabberwocky" book, and places it back down on the chair. Behind her a garden has appeared. ]

III. The Looking-Glasss Garden

ALICE

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[ Noticing the garden, but not the chess pieces. Alice is propelled ahead by the white Queen into the garden, who then vanishes. ]

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Ah!

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I know you are a friend, a dear friend, an old friend. And you won't

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hurt me, though I am an in sect.

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An in sect? What kind of an in sect?

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[ An out-sized Gnat appears, and is startled by Alic'e presence. Alice is startled as well. ]

GNAT

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ALICE

[ Anxiously wondering whether it stings. ]

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What, then you don't like all in sects?

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What kind?

I'm ra thera fraid of them-- at least the large kinds. but I can tell you the names of

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Of course, they an swerto their names.

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some of them. I

GNAT [ Suspiciously. ]

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What's the use of their ha ving

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ne verknew them to do it. Ne ver.

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names if they won't an swerto them?

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No useto them, but it's use fulto the peo plethat name them.

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I can't say. Fur ther on, in the

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If not, why do things have names at all?

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wood down there, they've got no names - no names. How

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No names.

e ver, go on with your list of in sects. Here you'll see a Rock ing Horse

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Well, there's the horse fly.

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fly. Sap and saw dust.

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What does it live on? Sap and saw dust.

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[ The Gnat points out the entry of the Rocking-horse-fly which moves about them in choreographed movement. ]


And then there's the

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Here you'll find a Snap dragon fly made of plum pud ding, its wings of

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Dra gonfly.

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hol ly leaves, its head a rai sinburn ingin bran dy. It makes its nest in a Christ mas

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GNAT

[ The Gnat points out the Snap-dragon-fly, which joins the Rocking-horse-fly in a pas de deux. ]

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box. Fa la la la la la la la la.

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And there's the

You may ob servethe Bread andbut ter fly, its wings, thin sli ces of bread and

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But terfly.

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but ter, its bo dy, crust, and its head, a lump of su gar.

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What does it live

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[ The Bread-and-butter-fly joins the other insects. ]

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Weak tea and cream.

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on? Sup posing it could n't

Then it would die of course.

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find a ny?

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It al wayshap pens.

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But that must hap penve ry of ten.

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GNAT[ The Rocking-horse-fly exits. The other two dance on. ]

ALICE

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[ The Snap--dragon-fly exits. The Bread-and-butter-fly dances sadly alone. ]GNAT

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[ The Bread-and-butter-fly dances weakly and exits with difficulty in its movement. The Gnat sighs and quietly disappears into the garden leaving Alice alone. ]

ALICE

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The

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wood where thingshave no name... O Ti ger Li ly! I wish you could talk!

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We can talk when there's a nybo dy worth talk ing to.

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Wh...?

As well as you can, and a great deal loud er too.

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Can all the flo werstalk?

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[ One Tiger-Lily stirs into movement. ]

TIGER-LILY

ALICE

TIGER-LILY


It is n't man ners for us to be ginyou know.

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I've been in ma ny gar densbe fore, but none of the flo werscould talk.

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Put your hand down, and feel the ground.

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It's ve ry hard. Ve ry hard.

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In most gar densthey make thebeds too soft-- so that the flo wers

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[ Other flowers stir into movement also, relieved that Alice has begun the conversation. ]

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TIGER-LILY[ Alice does so. ] [ And again. ]

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are al waysa sleep.

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I ne verthought of that. Are there a nymore peo plein the

There's one o therflo wer that can move a boutlike you, but

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gar den be sides me?

she's more bush y, red der. Thekind that has nine spikes. She's com ing.

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[ Tiger-Lily points in the Red Queen's direction. ]

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IV. It's Like a Chess Board

[ The Red Queen enters energetically. ]

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Where do you come from?

Andante

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Where are you go ing? Curt seywhile you're think ingwhat to say. It saves time.

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O penyour mouth a lit tle wi der when you speak. And al wayssay,"Your Ma jesty. Your Ma jesty.

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Your Ma jes ty." That's

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I on ly want edto see the gar den,your Ma jes ty...

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RED QUEEN [ To Alice. ]

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right. That's right.

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...and I thought I'd try to find my way to the top of the hill. I de

clare! It's like a chess board! How I wish I could play. I would n't mind be ing a

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You can be the WhiteQueen's Pawn;you're in the

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Pawn, al thoughI should like to be a Queen best!

se condsquare to be ginwith; when you get to the eighth square, You'll be a

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[ Alice makes her way up a small hill, where a chessboard patterned vista beyond the garden can be seen. ]

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RED QUEEN [ Giving instructions. ]

[ Shyly. ]

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Queen.

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Fast er!Fast er!

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Near ly there?We passed it ten min utesa go.

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Are we near ly there?

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[ The Red Queen takes Alice by the hand, and they begin to run in a circle under a tree. ]

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ALICE

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You may rest a lit tle now.

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Of course. Of

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Why, I do be lievewe've been un derthis tree the whole time.

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course. Of course.

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Of course. Of

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[ They stop suddenly. ] RED QUEEN

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ALICE

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course. Well, in my coun try, you'd gen' rally get to

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some whereelse if you ran ve ryfast as we've been do ing.

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Here it takes all the run ning you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to

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get some whereelse, you must run at least twice as fast as that.

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I know what you'd like! Have a bis cuit?

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I am so hot and thirst y.

While you're re freshing your self,I'll give you your di rec tions.

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Your di rec tions. A Pawn moves two squares in its first move.

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You'll find your self in the Fourth Square in no time. That be longsto Twee dle dum

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RED QUEEN

ALICE 3

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and Twee dledee. The Fifth is most ly wa ter.

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Thirst quenched, or would you like a nother bis cuit? The

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No, thank you.

Sixth be longs to Hump ty Dump ty. The Se venthis for est, but one of the Knights

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will show you the way. In the Eighth square, in the Eighth, we shall all be

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ALICE [ Having hidden the dry buscuit in her pocket. ]

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Queensto ge ther! But you make no re mark?

Adagio405

I... I did n't know I had to

You should have said, "It's ex tremely nice of you to tell me all of this." How e ver,we'll sup

molto rit. Allegretto410

make one.

pose it said.

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Speak French when you can't think of the Eng lishfor a thing.

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Turn your toes out as you walk. And re mem ber who you are!

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Good bye. Good bye.

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attacca


Dee dumdee dumdum dee dum dee

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Dee dumdee dumdum dee dum dee

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dee dee dumdum dee dum. If you think we're wax works,

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dee dee dumdum dee dum.

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you ought to pay, you know. Pay!

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you ought to pay, you know. Pay!

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V. Tweedledum and Tweedledee

[ Tweedledum and Tweedledee step out from behind a tree. ]

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE


Wax works were n'tmade to be looked at for no thing. No how!

Meno mosso446

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No how!

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No how! Con trari wise, if you think we're a live, you ought to speak.

I'm sor ry.

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Speak. Speak.

Speak. Speak.

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE

ALICE


Dee dum dee dumdum dee dum dee

Allegro456

Dee dum dee dumdum dee dum dee

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dee dee dumdum dee dum. I know what you're

Meno mosso459

dee dee dumdum dee dum.

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think ing a bout,but it is n't so, no how.

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Con tra ri wise, if it was so, it might be; and

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TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE


That's lo gic.

rit. 466

if it were so, it would be; but as it is n't, it ain't. That's lo gic.

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I was think ing...


Lo gic. Well?

Lo gic. Well?

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Think ing... Twee dle dum and Twee dle dee a greed to

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have a bat tle; for Twee dle dum said Twee dle dee had spoiled his

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brand new rat tle. Just then flew down a mon strouscrow as black as a tar

Più mosso488

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bar rel; which fright enedboth the he roes so they quite for got their quar

molto rit. 498

rels. Twee dle dum and

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Twee dle dee a greed to have a bat tle; Dee

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dum dee dum.

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Allegro con moto526

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You've be gunwrong! The first things in a vi sit is

Meno mosso531

to say "How d' yedo?" And shake hands.

Più mosso534

"How d' ye do?"

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TWEEDLEDUM

[ They begin to go round in a dance. ]

TWEEDLEDEE


Shake hands.

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How d' ye do? How d' yedo? How d' ye... ...do?

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How d' ye do? How d' ye do? How d' ye... ...do?

I hope you're not ti

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Four times round is e noughfor one dance.

How d' ye do?

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TWEEDLEDEE

TWEEDLEDUM

ALICE

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE


red.

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No how! And thank you ve rymuch for ask ing.

How d' ye do? No how!

Yes.

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So much o bliged! You like po e try?

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Pret ty well. Some po e try. Which road leads out of the wood?

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TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE

ALICE


"The Wal rusand the Car penter" is the long est.

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What shall I re peat for her? "The

If it's ve ry long, would you please tell me first which

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Wal rusand the Car penter" Yes!

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road...

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"The Wal rusand the Car pen ter." The sun was shin ing

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TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE

ALICE

VI. The Walrus and the Carpenter

TWEEDLEDEE


on the sea, shin ingwith all its might: He did his ve ry best to make the bil lowssmooth and

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The

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bright And this was odd be causeit was the mid dle of the night.

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Wal rusand the Car penter were walk ingclose at hand: They wept like a ny thing to see such

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quan ti ties of sand: "If this were on ly cleared a way,"they said, "it would be

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TWEEDLEDUM

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grand." Se ven!

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So grand! "If se venmaids with se ven mops swept it for half a

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year, do you sup pose," the Wal rus said, "that they could get it

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clear?" "I doubt it," said the Car penter, and shed a bit ter tear.

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Oy sters,come and walk with us," the Wal rusdid be seech. "A plea sant walk, a

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TWEEDLEDUM


plea sant talk, a long the bri ny beach; We can not do with more than four to

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give a hand to each."

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On the beach! The Wal rusand the Car penter walked on a mile or

so, and then they rest ed on a rock con ven ient ly quite low. And

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"The time has come

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all the lit tle Oy sters stood and wait ed in a row. ...the

TWEEDLEDEE

TWEEDLEDUM


to talk of ma ny things: "And seal ing -wax, and

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Wal rus said! "Of shoes and ships - of cab bages..."

kings. ...and whe ther pigs have

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And why the sea is boil ing hot...

"But wait a bit," the Oy sterscried, "be forewe have our chat: for

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....wings. Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE


some of us are out of breath..." "No hur ry,"said the Car penter.

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"...and all of us are fat." They

"A loaf of bread... ...is what we chief ly


thanked him much for that. The Wal russaid...

need. Pep perand vi negar be sides are ve rygood in deed. Now,

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In deed!

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TWEEDLEDEE


if you're rea dy, Oy stersdear, we can be gin to feed. And feed.

accel. Vivo656

Dear, we can be gin to feed. And feed.

f

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"It seems a shame... ...to play them such a

Allegretto667

The Wal rus said:

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TWEEDLEDEE

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE


trick." And made them trot so quick!"

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"Af ter we brought them out so far..." The Car penter said

"The but ter's spread too thick!"

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no thingbut "The but ter's spread too thick!"

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The Wal russaid: With

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"I weep for them, I deep lysym pa thize."

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sobs and tears he sort edout... Hold ing his pock ethand

684

...those of the lar gest size,

ker chief be fore his stream ingeyes. "O Oy sters!" "You've

689

Said the Car penter:

mf

had a plea sant run! Shall we be trot ting home a gain?"

694

But, an swer came there

TWEEDLEDEE


And this was scarce lyodd, be causethey'd ea ten ev' ry one! And

700

none - ...be causethey'd ea ten ev' ry one! And

f

this was scarce lyodd be causethey'd ea ten ev' ry

705

this was scarce lyodd be causethey'd ea ten ev' ry

one! Shucks!

Presto710

one! Shucks!

f

C

C

C

C

VII. Battle for a Rattle


A ny li ons or ti gers a roundhere?

Lento Allegretto716

It's on ly the

p f pp p mf pp

ppff

Is n't he a love ly sight?

molto rit. A tempo721

Red King snor ing. And what doyou think he's dream inga bout? A bout

If he left off dream ing, dream ing, dream ing, dream ing,

725

you! dream ing, dream ing, dream ing, dream ing,

44

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ALICE

TWEEDLEDEE 3

Bass Drum

TWEEDLEDUM

3 3

TWEEDLEDUM


dream ing! Where do you think you'd be? No where!

729

dream ing! If he left off dream ing... No where! No where!

f mp

If...

Meno mosso733

You're on ly a sort of a thing in his dream.

f p

If I'm on ly a sort of a thing in his dream,what are you?

736

Dit to! Dit to!

Dit to! Dit to!

pp f

3

3

ALICE

3 3

3 3 3

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE


I am real!

740

You know ve ry well you're not real!

Not real!

pp

You self ish things! It's on ly a rat tle. Quite old and

Andante744

Do you see that?

bro ken.

molto rit. 748

It's spoiled! It's spoilt, of course.

f mp

68

68

68

68

44

68

44

68

44

68

44

68

ALICE

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE

TWEEDLEDUM

3

TWEEDLEDUM 3 3

3


Spoilt! My nice new rat tle. You'll a gree, of course, to have a bat tle!

Adagio751

mf

Of course, you'll a greeto have a bat tle! Of course, you'll a greeto have a

755

A bat tle? Twee dle dum and Twee dle dee a greed...

759

bat tle.

She

68

68

68

44

44

44

44

44

TWEEDLEDUM

3

3

3

3

ALICE

TWEEDLEDEE


Twee dle dum and Twee dle dee a greed...

Andante763

must help us to dress up.

Dress up!

molto rit. Presto766

Dress up! Dum dee dum, dee dledee dum dee dum dee dledee

Dum dee dum, dee dledee dum dee dum dee dledee

ff p mp

dum dee deedum, dee dum dum. Dee dlede dum dee dum, Dee dlede

771

dum dee deedum, dee dum dum. Dee dlede dum dee dum, Dee dlede

44

44

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34

34

34

34

34

ALICE

TWEEDLEDUM3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3


dum dee dum, dee dum, dee dum, dee dumdum. Do I look pale?

molto rit. Lento777

dum dee dum, dee dum, dee dum, dee dumdum.

mp

I'm ve ry brave, gen er al ly. On ly to

Presto Lento Presto783

Dum dee dum, dee dledee

mfmf mp

day I have a head ache. Dee dledee dum dee dum dee

788

dum dee dum dee dledee dum dee deedum, And I have a

44

34

44

34

44

34

44

34

34

44

34

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44

34

34

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34

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34

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3

3

3


dum dum. Dee dlede dum dee dum, dee dum, dee dum, dee

794

tooth ache. I'm far worse than you. Far worse Far worse

dum, dee dum, Let's fight un til six, and then have din ner.

molto rit. Moderato800

than you. Din ner!

f mf

And all a bout a rat tle.

Allegro805

ff

811

44

68

44

68

44

68

44

68

3

ALICE

3


It's get tingdark as it can.

molto rit. Lento rit.

818

And dark er.

p pp

It's the crow! It's the crow! Crow!

Presto823

It's the crow! It's the crow! Crow!

f mp

molto rit. 831

f

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

TWEEDLEDUM

TWEEDLEDEE

3 3

attacca


fff

Presto

840

mp ff mp

ff mp

846

mp

852

Bread andbut ter breadand but ter breadand but ter.

molto rit. Lento molto rit. Andante859

I'm

mp

68

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68

24

24

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VIII. The White Queen's Visit

[ In the change of scene, the White Queen runs on, caught up in a wind storm. ]

SNARE DRUM

WHITE QUEEN

ALICE


Bread andbut ter breadand but ter breadand but ter breadandbut ter.

864

ve ry glad I hap penedto be in theway.

Well, yes. Yes. If you

870

Am I ad dressing the White Queen?

p

call that ad dressing, I've been ad dressing my self for the last two hours. I don't know what's the

877

34

34

34

[ The White Queen fumbles with her shawl. ]

3

[ Alice curtsies. ]

3

3

6

6

3

[ The White Queen fingers her shawl even more. ]

3 3


mat terwith it. I've pinned it here and I've pinned it there. And pinned it here and

883

pinned it there.

887

May I put your shawlstraight for you? You pin it all on one

Oh! Oh! O o o o oh!My fin ger'sbleed ing! Oh!

895

side. Come, you look ra therbet ternow.

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24

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24

34

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ALICE [ Gently assisting the White Queen. ]

3

WHITE QUEEN [ Regards her bandaged finger. ]

3

3 3

7

7


Oh! Oh! Not yet. but I will when I fas tenmy

902

Have you pricked your fin ger?

shawl a gain! I will when I fas tenmyshawl a gain. Liv ing back wards

908

I'm con fused.

al waysmakes one a lit tlegid dy at first-- a lit tle... Liv ing back wards!

914

Liv ing back wards!

3 3

ALICE

3

[ The White Queen nods kindly. ]

ALICE

3 3

ALICE


Liv ing back wards! Back wardsliv ing! But there's one great ad vantage: One's mem' ry

919

works both ways. You see? There goes the shawl

Presto924

Ah!

mp

a gain!

931

f mp

68

68

68

68

6

[ The brooch pinning the White Queen's shawl becomes undone, and she grabs wildly at it. And too late; the Queen as pricked her finger. ]

ALICE [ Gasps a warning. ]

[ The White Queen leaps after the shawl, crossing a little brook. Alice follows. ]


Much bet ter,thank you!

Andante937

I hope your fin geris bet ter!

f mf subito pp

Much be ee e e e ter! Much be e e e e e ter! be e e e e e ter! Thank you!

molto rit. 944

p

Adagio

949

Scent edrush es! And what beau ties!

p

24

24

24

24

44

44

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44

44

44

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[ The White Queen begins changing into a ewe. ]

WHITE QUEEN

ALICE 3

3

[ Bleating... ]

3 3

[ At the side of the little brook, Alice sees rushes. ]

ALICE

3 3


953

The pret tiestal waysseem just out of reach.


p

p

960

They've...They've fad ed al read y.

964

3 3

3

ALICE

3


We e e e e e ell? Well! What is it you want to buy?

968

mpf mp

You can

972

I don't quite know yet. I should like to look a roundme first.

look in front of you, and on both sides, but you can't look all around you- un

975

mf

less you got eyes at the back of yourhead. Now, what do you wantto buy? What do you want to

977

WHITE QUEEN [ The brookside has become a small shop, and the Queen a sheep shopkeeper. ]

33

WHITE QUEEN

ALICE3 3

3

3

3

3


bu uy? We ee e e e ell? Don't be e e e e e eg! What do you want to

980

I beg your par don.

mp

buy? An e e e e e egg?

983

I should like to buy an egg. I should like to buy an egg.

Five pencefar thing for one- two

986

An egg. Or an e ee e e e e e egg. An egg!

3

ALICE

WHITE QUEEN

ALICE

WHITE QUEEN3

ALICE


pence for two. On ly you must eat them both if you buy two.

989

Then I'll have one, please.

You must get it for your self. I ne verput things

992

Please.

mf f

in to peo ple'shands. Ne ee e e e ver! Ne e e e e e ver! Ne ver!

molto rit. 995

mp mf

68

68

68

3 3 3

ALICE

WHITE QUEEN

3 6

36


Things do flow a bouthere so!

Allegro molto rit. Adagio Allegro998

subito mp mf

Cu rious, and cu rious

molto rit. 1003

p

er. How ex act ly like an egg he is. Ex act ly.

Adagio molto rit. 1005

68

68

68

68

68

68

44

44

44

[ The shp shifts about, and shelves move. The White Queen exits. Atop a wall sits Humpty Dumpty.]

ALICE

3 3 3

ALICE

3 3 3

segue

3

3 33


It's ve rypro vok ing to be called an egg!

Presto1008

f

Some peo plehave no moresense than a ba by.

Allegro Presto1014

f p mpmf

Hump ty Dump ty sat on a wall: Hump tyDump ty had a great

1019

mp

fall. All the king's hors esand all the king's men could n'tput Hump ty Dump ty

1028

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C 54

C 54

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IX. Humpty Dumpty

HUMPTY DUMPTY3

3

ALICE


in his place a gain.

1036

ff

Don't stand a roundchat ter ing to your self. Don't! Tell me your name and your bus' ness.

Andante1043

mf f mf

A lice. Must a name mean some thing?

1046

It's a stu pidname e nough. What does it mean? Of

pp f pp

course it must. My name means the shape I am. With a name like yours,

1049

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54

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HUMPTY DUMPTY 3

ALICE

3

3


Don't you think you'd be sa ferdown on the ground?

1051

you might be a ny shape.

Of course I don't think so! If e verI did fall... If e ver I did fall... the King has

1053

f mp

To send all his hor sesand all of his men!

1056

pro mised... pro mised...

ALICE 3

3

HUMPTY DUMPTY

3

ALICE 3 3

3

3


It's in a book.

rit. Adagio1058

You've been lis tening at doors a gain! Ah, well, in a

f mp pp

book, that's what you call a His to ry of En gland.

1061

f mp

Take a good look at me, I'm the one that's spo kento a King. Take a look. Take a look.

Andante1064

Take a good look. And to show you I'm not proud, you may shake hands with

1067

f

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44

54

54

54

3

HUMPTY DUMPTY3

3


me. With me. Yes,

1071

all his hor sesand all his men. Yes. They'd pick me up a gain, in a

1075

What a beau tiful belt... Cra vat,I should have said.

1078

min ute,they would!

No, belt, I mean. I beg your par don.

Adagio1081

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[ Almost falling off the wall in trying to shake hands. ]

3 3 3

3

3

33 3 3

ALICE 3

12

3

12


1083

A most pro voking thing when a per sondoes n't know a cra vat from a belt.

It's a cra vat. A pre sent from the

Andante1085

mpmp mf

White King and Queen. They gave it me for an un birthdaypre sent. An un birth daypre sent.

1087

I beg your par don.

1090

I'm not of fend ed. I mean, what is an un birthday pre sent?

54

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54

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54

44

HUMPTY DUMPTY

ALICE

3 3


A pre sent gi ven when it is n'tyour birth day, is n't your birth day,is n't your birth day.

1093

mp

Three hun dredand six ty five.

1096

Of course. Of course. How ma nydays are there in a year?

One.

1099

And how ma nybirth dayshave you? Take one from three hun dredand six tyfive,

p

Three hun dredand six ty four.

1102

What re mains? I'd ra ther

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ALICE 3 3

3 33

3 3 3

3 3 3

ALICE 3 3

3

3 3


see it done on pa per.

1105

mp

You're hold ingit up side down.

1108

That seems to be done right... I thought it looked a lit tlequeer.

pp

Seems to be done right. That shows there are three hun dredand six ty...

1111

mp

...four days when you might get un birthday pre sents, and on ly one for birth daypre sents.

1114

44

44

44

[ Alice, smiling, takes out her memorandum book and writes it out for hm. ]

ALICE

HUMPTY DUMPTY 3

3 3

3


I don't know what you mean by "glo ry."

1117

There'sglo ry for you. I meant "there's a

pp

But "glo ry"does n'tmean that.

1120

nice knock downar gu ment for you." When I

mp mf

use a word, it means what I choose it to mean. Nei thermore or

1122

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54

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54

ALICE 3

ALICE

3


The ques tionis whe theryoucan make words mean so ma nydiff' rent things,

1124

less. The

p mf

ques tionis, which is to be the mas ter- that's all. That's all.

1126

f

They've a tem per, some of them. Par ti cu lar ly verbs; they're the

1128

proud est. Ad jec tives, you can do a nything with, but not with verbs.

1130

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ALICE

3 3 3

3

6

6

HUMPTY DUMPTY 3

3

3 3


How e ver, I can ma nagethe whole lot of them. Im pene tra bi li ty!

rit. 1132

subito pp

You seem ve rycle ver at ex plaining words, sir.

1134

That's what I say! That's what I say!

Would you tell me the mean ingof the poem called "Jab berwock y?"

1136

let's hear it!

1138

f ff

128

128

128

3 6

ALICE

3

3

3

HUMPTY DUMPTY

6



Andante1140

mp pp


1143


1146

grabe.

1149

That's e noughto be gin with. There are plen tyof hard words in there.

pp

128

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X. "Jabberwocky" Explained

ALICE

HUMPTY DUMPTY


Bril lig...

1152

"Bril lig" means "four o' clockin the af ter noon." "Sli thy" means

Sli thy.

1154

"lithe" and"sli my." It's like a port manteau-there are two mean ingspacked in toone word.

Bad gers?

1156

"Toves?" "Toves?" "Toves" are some thinglike bad gers, some thinglike

li zards,some thinglike cork screws. They make their nestsun dersun dials; they

1158

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128

128

128

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128

ALICE


Cheese? Cheese? Cheese?

1160

live on cheese. Cheese.Cheese. To "gyre" is to go roundlike a gy ro scope. To

"gim ble" is to make holes like a gim let. "Mim sey"is"flim sy" and mi ser a

1162

ble, and a "bo ro gove" is a thin and shab bylook ing bird, some thinglike a

1164

and "mome rath?"

1166

live mop. A "rath" is a sort of green pig, but "mome" I'm not

mf

3

3 3 3

3 3 3

3 3 3


And what does "out grabe" mean?

rit. 1169

cer tain a bout. To "out grabe?" "out

grib ing" is some thing be tween bel low ing, bel low ing and whist l' ing,bel low ing and

Lento1171

mf

whist ling, bel low ing and whist ling. With a kind of sneeze in the

1173

mid dle. In the mid dle. "Out grib ing" is some thing be tween bel low ing,

1175

3


whist l' ing and a sneeze. "Out grib ing..." Who'se been re peating all that hard stuff to you?

poco accel. 1177

ff pp

I read it in a book. But I had some po etry re- peat edto me much eas ierthan that.

1180

poco accel. molto rit. 1182

I can re peat po e try as well as o ther folk, if it comes to

It need n'tcome to that.

poco accel. 1184

that. It comes to that.

68

68

68

68

ALICE 3 3

3 33

ALICE


For your en tertain ment... In

Adagio molto rit. A tempo molto rit. 1187

mp

win ter,when the fields are white, I sing this song for your de light-In spring,when woods are get tinggreen, I'll

A tempo1190

try to tell you whatI mean. For your en tertain ment... In sum merwhen the days are long, per


haps you'll un derstandthis song; In au tumn,when the leaves are brown, take pen and ink and write it down.

1196

68

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XI. Humpty Dumpty's Song

HUMPTY DUMPTY


I will if I can re mem ber it.

molto rit. 1199

For your en tertain ment... You need n'tgo on mak ingre markslike

that; they're not sen sible and they put me out! I sent a mes sageto the fish: I

A tempo1202

mf

told them"This is what I wish." The lit tle fish esin the sea, they sent an an swerback to me,

1204

I'm a


For your en tertain ment... The lit tle fish es;an swerwas "We can notdo it,Sir, be cause..."

subito pp

98

98

98

98

98

68

98

68

98

68

ALICE

3 3

3

ALICE


fraid I don't quite un derstand.


Itgets ea sier fur ther on. I sent to them a gainto say "It

mf

will be bet ter to o bey." The fish esan sweredwith a grin, For your en tertain ment... Why,

molto rit. 1213

what a tem peryou are in!" "My! Whata tem peryou are in!" I told them once, I told them twice: They

A tempo1216

would not lis ten to ad vice. They would not lis tento ad vice. Not once, not twice!

1219

HUMPTY DUMPTY 3


I took a ket tlelarge and new,


mp

fit for the deed I had to do. My heart went hop, my heart went thump: I

1225

mf

filled the ket tleat the pump. Thump! Then some onecame to me and said "The

1228

lit tle fish esare in bed." I said to hm, I said it plain, "Then you must wake them up a agin.""Then

1231


you must wake them up a agin."I said it ve ry loud and clear: I went and shout edinhis ear. But

1234

he was ve ry stiff and proud: He said,"You need n'tshout so

1237

mf subito p

loud." And he was ve ryproud and stiff: he said,"I'd go and wake them if-" I

1240

mf

took a cork screwfrom a shelf: I went to wake them up my self. (For your en tertain ment...) And

1243


when I'd found the door was locked, I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked. And

1246

when I found the door was shut, I tried to turn the han dle,but- I tried to turn the han dle,but-

molto rit. 1248

Is that all?

Adagio1251

That's all. Good bye.

mp

Well, good bye,then.

1254

f mf f

ALICE

[ Humpty Dumpty falls backwards, off the wall. ]ALICE segue

( The word turns into a scream.)

6

3


Con motoq.= 92

1258

f

1260

1262

mf mp

molto rit. Adagio1265

I've sent them all! Four thou sandtwo hun dredand se ven! I could n't send all the hor ses;

Andante

1269

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XII. The Lion and the Unicorn

SNARE DRUM

[ A loud nouse is heard from the forest, and soldiers come running through, falling over themselves. As the stage clears, the White King enters, writing in his memorandum book. ]

simile

WHITE KING33

3 3 3

3

3 3


Two are want edin the game. Just look a longthe road, my dear, and tell me if you can

1272

mp

I see no body on the road.

1275

see ei therof them. Such eyes! To be a bleto see

f

I beg your par don.

1278

No bo dy! And at that dis tance too! It is n't re spec ta ble to

beg.

Moderato1281

f

64

44

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44

64

44

64

44

158

44

158

44

158

44

3

ALICE 3

3

ALICE

3

6

[ A Rabbit Messenger arrives. ]

6


I feel faint-- give me a ham sand wich!

Adagio1283

p

Hay, then.

1286

There's no thingbut hay left now.

Hay. There's no thinglike eat ing hay,

1289

mp pp

I should think throw ingcold wa ter o ver you would be bet ter.

1291

when you're faint.

44

44

44

WHITE KING3

36

6

3 6

WHITE KING

MESSENGER 3

6

WHITE KING

6

ALICE 3

3

3


I did n't say there was no thingbet ter. I said there was no thing like it.

1293

mp

Who did you pass onthe road? Quite right, this young la dy saw him too.

1296

No bo dy.

Tell us what's hap penedin the town.

1299

I'll whis per it. They're at it a gain!

f

WHITE KING3

3

3

3

MESSENGER

3

3

MESSENGER3

33

6


Who?

Poco più mosso Allegro1302

Fight ing for the

The Li on and the U nicorn, of course.

mp

crown? The best of the joke is, it's my crown all the

1307

while!


The Li on and the

p

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34

ALICE

WHITE KING

MESSENGER

33

3

MESSENGER

3

3


U ni corn were fight ing for the crown: The Li on beat the u ni

1318

mf pp mf

corn all round the town. Round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them

1327

ppmf

brown: Some gave them plum cakeand plum cake and plum cake anddrummed them and

1335

drummed them, drummed them and drummed them, drummed them right out of the town.

1341

3 3


The Li on and the U ni corn! The Li on and the U ni corn!

1347

The Li on and the U ni corn! The Li on and the U ni corn!

mfp

It's my crown all the while!

Moderato1356

mp

f

1363

44

158

44

158

44

158

158

44

64

158

44

64

WHITE KING

WHITE KING

6

3 6

36


Does the one that wins get the crown?

Adagio1365

Dear me, no!What an i dea!

p

How are they get ting a long?

1367

Each of them has been down eigh tyse ven times.

1369

mf mp

Ten min utesal lowed for re fresh ments.

1372

mp

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54

ALICE

WHITE KING 3

3 3

MESSENGER 3

6

6

WHITE KING

3


1375

mp ff

Presto1378

Look! There's the White Queen!

Adagio1383

mp

How fast those Queens can run!

Presto1386

mp ff

What is this?

Andante1390

Are you a ni mal-- or

mp

54

54

34

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34

68

44

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44

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68

44

44

44

44

ALICE

UNICORN

LION


It's a child.

rit. 1395

veg' ta ble-- or min e ral?

mf

I al ways thought they were fa bu lous mon sters!

Adagio

1398

mf

I al ways thought U ni cornswere fa bu lous mon sters too.

1399

If

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74

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WHITE KING

UNICORN3 3 3

ALICE

3 3

UNICORN


It's a bar gain, if you like.

1400

you be lievein me, I'll be lievein you.

Then

What a fight we might have for the

poco accel. Andante

1402

hand roundthe plum cake,Mon ster!

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but they al ways join on a gain.

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Now cut it up.

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She kept nonefor her self a ny way. Do you like plum cake, Mon ster?

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A hoy! A hoy! Check! You're my pri son er!

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A hoy! A hoy! Check!

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RED KNIGHT

[ The Red Knight enters, followed by the White Knight. ]

WHITE KNIGHT (Lewis Carroll)

[ As the Red Knight approaches, the White Knight backs away cautiously. ]

WHITE KNIGHT


I al ways do. I al waysdo.

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serve the rules of bat tle,of course. A hoy! A hoy! Check!

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[ At the end of the battle the Red Knight exits, after ceremoniously shaking hands with the White Knight. ]

ALICE

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want to be a nyone'spri son er. I want to be a Queen.

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So you will.

I'll see you safe to the end of the wood.

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Is it ve ry long?

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Or

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[ The White Knight stops Alice, and turns to face her. ]

ALICE

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WHITE KNIGHT


dee dumdeedum deedum dum dee dum...

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I'll tell thee ev' ry thing I can: there's lit tle to re late.

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I saw an a ged a gedman a sit ting on a gate.

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[ Alice sits at his feet as the White Knight sings his song. ]

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trick led through my brain like wa ter through a sieve. "I

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look for but ter flies,"he said,"that sleep a mongthe wheat: I make them in tomut ton

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pies, and sell them in the street. I sell them un to men," he said,"who sail on

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storm y seas; and that's the way I get my bread-- a tri fle, if you please.

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use so large a fanthat they theycould not be seen. So, hav ing no re

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thumped him on his head. "I hunt for had dock's eyes," he said, "a mongthe hea ther

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bright, and work them in towaist coat but tons in the si lent night.

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cop per half pen ny, and that will pur chasenine. I some times

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knolls for wheels of Han somcabs. And that's the way" (he gave a wink) "by which I get

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my wealth-- my wealth-- And ve ry glad ly

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will I drink Your Hon our's no ble health." And now, if e'er by

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chance I put my fin gersin to glue, or mad lysqueeze a right handfoot in to a left hand shoe.

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whose look was mild,whose speech was slow, whose hair was whiter than the snow,

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whose face was ve rylike a crow, with eyes like cin ders,all a glow,

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mum bling ly and low, that sum mer ev' ning long a go... That old man... I

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[ The White Knight raises Alice to her feet. ]

XV. The Eighth Square, At Last!

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go, and then you'll be a Queen. But you'll stay to see me off first?

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turn in the road, I think it 'll en courage me, you see.

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The eighth square at last!

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Well, this is grand! I ne verex pected I should be a Queen so soon. If I

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[ Alice crosses the last brook, spies a golden crown, and tries it on. ]3 3

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[ She practices walking with the crown on her head, but stiffly, as it tends to fall off. Unseen by her, the Red and White Queens enter. ]

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ALICE


Ri

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ev' ry one o beyedthat rule, no body would e versay a ny thing.

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di cu lous!Ri di cu lous! You can't be a Queen un tilyou've passed the pro perex

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The pro perex am in a tion. Can you do ad

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The pro perex am in a tion.

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di tion? What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and oneand one and one?

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I lost count.

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She

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nine from eight.

Nine from eight? I can't.

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can't do substrac tion. Di vi sion? Di vide a loaf by a knife?

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Try a

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no ther? Take a bone from a dog; What re mains?

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I can do ad dition, if you give me time- but I

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Can you do sums?

can't do Substrac tion un der a ny cir cum stan ces.

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Of course, you know your A B C?Can you

How is bread made?

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an sweruse fulques tions? How is bread made?

You take some flour...

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ALICE

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Where do you get the flower? In a gar denor in the hed ges?

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It is n't picked at all. It's

How ma nyac resof ground?

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Fan her head! She'll be fe verish af ter so much

ground.

think ing. Do you know lan guages? What's the French for fid dlede dee?

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[ During the following inquisition, the White Queen fans determinedly until Alice's hair is completely windblown. ]3

ALICE


Queens

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tell me what lan guage 'fid dle de dee'is, I'll tell you the French for it.

Ne ver! Ne ver! What's the cause of

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ne vermake bar gains! Ne ver!

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light ning? Which re mindsme, we had such a thun derstorm last Tues day.

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She ne vercould, you know.

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part of the roof came off, and e ver so much thun dergot in-- and it

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[ The White Queen has become confused and weary. She sits Alice down next to her and readies herself for a nap leaning against Alice. ]

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tired, poor thing! Sing her a sooth ing lul la by.

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I don't know a nysooth ing

I must do it my self, then. Hus a by, la dy, in

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lul la bies.

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[ The White Queen puts her head in Alice's lap and sleeps. ]

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go to a ball-- Red Queen, and White Queen, and A lice,and all! And now you know the

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words. Just sing it throughto me. I'm get tingsleep y too.

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Do wake up, you hea vy things.

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No ad mit tancetill the week af ternext! What is it now?

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[ Alice finds a doorway, over which is written, "QUEEN ALICE." A Frog in livery comes to his place on a stool beside the foor, and sits. ]

XVII. Queen Alice

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I've a scep terin my hand, I've a crown on my head. Where's the

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it? I should n'tdo that. You let it a lone,and it 'll let you a lone.

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To the Look ingGlassworld it was A licethat said "I've a

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scep terin my hand, I've a crown on my head. Let theLook ingGlasscrea tures,what ever they be, come and

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And me! Me! Me!

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dine with the Red Queen, the White Queen..."

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[ The door is thrown open, and all the Looking-Glass creatures are assembled for a party. ]

ALICE


Then fill up the glass esas quick as you can and sprin klethe ta blewith but tonsand

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bran: put cats in the cof feeand mice in the tea-- and wel comeQueen A licewith thir ty times

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bran: put cats in the cof feeand mice in the tea-- and wel comeQueen A licewith thir ty times

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long with the Red Queen, the White Queen...

Then

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three! Thir ty times three, and nine tytimes nine! Thir ty times

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three! Thir ty times three, and nine tytimes nine! Thir ty times

three, and nine ty times... nine!

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three, and nine ty times... nine!

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I'm glad they've come with out wait ing to be asked. I should ne verhave known

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You've missed the soup and the fish!

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who were the right peo pleto in vite.

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XVIII. A Looking-Glass Banquet

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in tro duceyou to that leg of mut ton. A lice--Mut ton:

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Mut ton--A lice. Cer tain ly not! It is n't e ti quetteto

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May I give you a slice?

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ALICE [ She takes up a sharp knife, and addresses the Red Queen. ]

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[ The Leg of Mutton is removed, and the Pudding is served. ]

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Pud ding-- A lice.

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May I give you a slice?

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Make a re mark. It's ri di cu lous to leave

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all the con versation to the Pud ding. Re movethe Pud ding!

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Ev' ry poem was a bout fish es in some way.

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It would be such a treat! May I?

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XIX The Fish Riddle

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bought it. Now cook me the fish! That is ea sy.andwill not take more than a

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min ute. Let it lie in the dish! That is ea sy, be causeit is al ready

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in it. Bring it here! Let me sup! It is ea sy to set such a dish on the

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mid dle: Which is ea si est to do? Un dish co ver the fish, or dish cover the

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Take a min ute to think a boutit,

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health! Then fill up the glass es as quick as you can, and


Queen A li ce's health! Then fill up the glass es as quick as you can, and

Queen A li ce's health! Then fill up the glass es as quick as you can, and

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drink to Queen A licewith thir ty times three! Thir ty timesthree and nine tytimes nine!

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[ The Looking-Glass creatures do exactly as the lyric indicates, filling glasses, sprinkling the table with buttons and bran, putting cats in the coffee and mice in the tea.... As Alice will say, "Just like pigs in a trough." ]


[ with Red Queen ]


Thir ty times three and nine ty times thir ty and thir ty and thir ty and

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Thir ty times three and nine tytimes thir ty and thir ty and thir ty and

You ought to re turnthanks in a

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Just like pigs in a trough!

nine ty times....

nine ty times....

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I rise to re turn thanks. Thanks.

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She real lydid rise! Rise!

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[ Throwing things about, the Looking-Glass creatures scream and shout, and run for any available exit. The Looking-Glass world disappears, until only Alice remains onstage, alone in a circle of light. The Looking-Glass world is gone, but the crown remains unnoticed downstage is it own circle of light. ]

[ Lewis Carroll re-enters the room with Mrs. Liddell. ]

ALICE [ Eagerly addressing Lewis Carroll. ]MRS. LIDDELL: Time for bed, Alice. Say good-bye to Mr. Dodgson.

recit. - Each next measure only after the spoken lines for each character.

ALICE [ to Carroll ] Good-night. [ Going to her mother ] I knew you meant good-night.

MRS. LIDDELL: Of course. [ dryly and pointedly ] Good...night, Mr. Dodgson.

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LEWIS CARROLL:Good-night, Mrs. Liddell.

LEWIS CARROLL: Good-night, Alice.

[ Lewis Carroll watches them both leave. ]


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[ She rushes to look for and take up her crown, and exits on the last measure. ]

[ Blackout. ]

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