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Mary Poppins MARY POPPINS adapted for Mark Day School, Spring 2015 CAST OF CHARACTERS Bert, Bertolt, Bertha……...Chimney Sweeps and Street Artists Katie Nanna……...The Nanny who quits Mrs. Brill, Ellen……...The Cook and Maid at 17 Cherry Lane Winifred and George Banks……….The parents of Jane and Michael Jane and Michael Banks………….The children who need a nanny Mary Poppins………...The Nanny Constable……….The Policeman who watches the neighborhood Admiral Boom, Binnacle, Miss Lark, Willoughby……….The Neighbors and the dog Bird Woman…….The Lady who sells bird seed Mrs. Corry……..The Ageless Woman who runs the Talking Shop Nelius……...The Statue that comes to life Bank Chairman……..The Old Gentleman who runs the bank where Mr. Banks works Mr. Dawes………The Son of the Chairman Clerks, Messenger, Customers Suffragette Sisters Chorus Toys Chorus Penguins & Statues Chorus Supercalifragilistic Chorus Chimney Sweeps Chorus SCENE BREAKDOWNS SCENE 1: PROLOGUE (Berts,Constable, Michael, Katie Nana, Michael, Jane, Miss Lark, Admiral, Binnacle, Willoughby) SONG: Wind’s in the East SCENE 2: KATIE NANNA QUITS (Katie Nanna, Mrs Brill, Ellen, Winifred, Suffragettes) SONG: Sister Suffragettes SCENE 3: ADVERTISING FOR A NEW NANNY (Winifred, George, Police, Jane, Michael, Mrs Brill, Ellen) SONG: Precision and Order and The Perfect Nanny SCENE 4: MARY POPPINS ARRIVES (George, Winifred, Admiral, Binnacle, Jane, Michael, Poppins) SCENE 5: TIDYING UP THE NURSERY (Poppins, Jane, Michael, Toys Chorus) SONG: Spoonful of Sugar SCENE 6: OUTING IN THE PARK (Poppins, Berts, Jane, Michael, Penguins, Chorus) SONG: Jolly Holiday SCENE 7: THE PLAN TO GO TO THE BANK (Admiral, Binnacle, Lark, Willoughby, Ellen, Winifred, Jane, Michael) SCENE 8: MRS. CORRY’S TALKING SHOP (Poppins, All Berts, Michael, Jane, Mrs. Corry, Chorus) SONG: Supercalifragilistic INTERMISSION SCENE 9: ON THE WAY TO THE BANK (Poppins, Jane, Michael, Bird Woman) SONG: Feed the Birds SCENE 10: A RUN ON THE BANK (George, Michael, Jane, Chairman, Dawes, Clerks, Customers) SONG: Precision & Order Reprise, A Man Has Dreams SCENE 11: THE CHILDREN RUN AWAY (All Berts, Jane, Michael ) SONG: Chim Chiminy SCENE 12: THE CHIMNEY SWEEPS (All Berts, Poppins, Jane, Michael, Sweeps, Messenger) SONG: Step in Time SCENE 13: THE SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER (George, Winifred, Jane, Michael, Ellen, Mrs. Brill, Poppins) SCENE 14: GEORGE’S MEETING AT THE BANK (George, Dawes, Chairman, Clerks) SCENE 15: THE DAY MARY POPPINS LEAVES (Mrs. Brill, Ellen, Admiral, Binnacle, George, Winifred, Jane, Michael, Poppins, Constable, Bert, Bertolt, Bertha, Willoughby, Dawes, Chairman, Clerks, full cast for song) SONG: Let’s Go Fly a Kite
BERTOLT LIKE SOMETHING IS BREWING’ AND ‘BOUT TO BEGIN BERTHA CAN’T PUT MY FINGER ON WHAT LIES IN STORE, ALL B: BUT I FEEL WHAT’S TO ‘APPEN, ALL ‘APPENED BEFORE. (GEORGE appears with WINIFRED and their 2 children JANE and MICHAEL. All of them are disconnected) B’s alternate A FATHER, A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER, A SON BERT THE THREADS OF THEIR LIVES ARE ALL RAVELLING UNDONE BERTOLT SOMETHING IS NEEDED TO TWIST THEM AS TIGHT BERTHA AS A STRING YOU MIGHT USE WHEN YOU’RE FLYING A KITE ALL B: CHIM CHIMINEY, CHIM CHIM CHERREE CHIM CHEROO (MICHAEL and JANE run around with a makeshift kite, pursued by their nanny KATIE NANNA) MICHAEL: Hurry up Jane! Let’s run! KATIE NANNA: Come back here, you little blighters! You’ve got to do your lessons. MICHAEL: (tauntingly) I can’t do my lessons if I’m flying a kite! JANE:(teasing) And you can’t make us. You’re only our nanny. (The Children stamp on KATIE NANNA’s foot and succeed in losing her. Their freedom is short-lived as they run straight into the local CONSTABLE) CONSTABLE: Oi! Not you two ragamuffins again! Come along home! Oi -- come here! (The CONSTABLE takes the Children away as Bert stops in front of #17 Cherry Tree Lane. MISS LARK is coming the other with with her dog WILLOUGHBY) ALL B: Mornin’ Miss Lark MISS LARK (a snob): Morning. (Willoughby the dog is thrilled to see the BERTS and starts wagging his tail, looking for a pet, jumping up and down) BERTOLT: Hello there, Willoughby. BERTHA: Ya little scruffer MISS LARK: She’s hardly a scruffer. She’s a champion pedigree. Come along Willoughby BERT: Well she certainly likes to play with the riff-raff like us. MISS LARK: Well, I never... (ADMIRAL with binoculars & BINNACLE enter parapet) ADMIRAL: By Jove, is that the beauteous Miss Lark I spy on the horizon MISS LARK: Oh Admiral! (WILLOUGHBY growls at the Admiral) Willoughby! Naughty boy! We like the Admiral. (She giggles and continues) Admiral, it’s almost boom time. ADMIRAL: That’s right Miss Lark, 5 minutes and and 6 seconds. Binnacle is the time cannon ready? BINNACLE: Ready and charged, sir! BERT: Mornin’ Admiral and Seaman, How’s it lookin’ up there? ADMIRAL: Dark clouds gathering at No. 17. BINNACLE: The storm’s been brewing for a long time. ALL B’s: OF ALL LONDON’S BY-WAYS WHERE I DOFF MY CAP THIS ONE’S THE HARDEST TO FIND ON A MAP BERT: CHERRY TREE LANE BERTOLT: AS SWEET AS A SONG BERTHA BUT THE NANNIES WHO COME HERE, ALL B THEY DON’T STAY FOR LONG CHIM CHIMINEY, CHIM CHIM CHEREE CHIM CHEROO. (ALL B’s snap their fingers and the interior of the house burst into life. It’s chaos: KATIE NANNA storms toward the door with her packed bags) Scene 2: Katie Nanna Quits/ “Sister Suffragettes” KATIE NANA: That’s the final straw! Those children can swim to America, for all I care! Mrs. Brill: Well, isn’t she the heartless one. Let her go!
Mrs. Brill: Don't you be trying to stop the wretched creature! Let her go, that's what I say, and good riddance! I never liked her from the moment she set foot in the door.
Mrs. Brill: Always complaining, Ellen. You’re almost as bad as Nanny. Her and her high and mighty ways! Katie Nanna: Indeed, Mrs. Brill! I wouldn't stay in this house another minute, not if you heap me with all the jewels in the Vatican. Ellen: No, no, Katie Nanna, don't go! Katie Nanna: Stand away from that door, my girl!
And we'll sing in grateful chorus "Well done, Sister Suffragette"
Good evening, Katie Nanna, Ellen. Mrs. Brill. We had the most glorious meeting! Mrs. Whitbourne-Allen chained herself to the wheel of the prime minister's carriage. You should've been there. Suffragette 1 He couldn’t go anywhere, he had to listen to our demands! Katie Nanna Mrs. Banks, I would like a word with you.
SUFFRAGETTES: We're clearly soldiers in petticoats And dauntless crusaders for women's votes Though we adore men individually We agree that as a group they're rather stupid
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray SUFFRAGETTES: Our daughter's daughters will adore us And they'll sing in grateful chorus "Well done, Sister Suffragette" Katie Nanna: Being that as it may, I do not wish to offend, but SUFFRAGETTES: From Kensington to Billingsgate One hears the restless cries From every corner of the land: womankind arise Political equality and equal rights with men Take heart for Mrs. Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again No more the meek and mild subserviants we We're fighting for our rights, militantly - never you fear
Our daughter's daughters will adore us And they'll sing in grateful chorus - "well done"
ELLEN: Mrs Banks. Hadn’t I better put your placards away? You know how the Cause infuriates Mr. Banks.
KATIE NANNA: My wages, if you please.
Admiral Boom: Posts, everyone! Four, three, two, one. KATIE NANNA: Now! ADMIRAL: Fire! (huge boom shakes the neighborhood, everything rattles, but everyone adjusts and goes on as if nothing has happened. )
Admiral Boom: Nonsense. Bang on the dot, as usual. How are things in the world of finance? Mr. Banks: Never better. Money's sound. And the British pound is the admiration of the world. Admiral Boom Good man. Banks, shouldn't wonder if you weren't steering into a nasty piece of weather right over your house. Banks! Do you hear me? Binnacle: Mr Banks, storm’s coming to you and your family. It’s gonna be a doozie. Mr. Banks: (as Katie Nanna is exiting, GEORGE enters his house) Hello, Katie Nanna. Where are you off to? Katie Nanna: Hmph! I quit! Mr. Banks. And nothing will persuade me otherwise, so don’t bother trying.Mr. Banks: Good gracious!! (to Winifred) Not another one! Winifred, Why can’t you keep the nannies in control? WINIFRED: Well, the children aren’t easy, dear. GEORGE: Then why can’t you keep the children in control? WINIFRED: Dear, the children are exuberant. I thought Katie Nanna would be firm with them. She always looked so cross. GEORGE: Winifred, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint. All right, then we must advertise for another nanny right away. Now, where are the children? They need a talking to.
Mr. Banks: Very well. Ellen, Mrs Brill, get on your coats and go at once to find them. ELLEN: It always falls on us. GEORGE: I don’t want my evening disrupted by their disappearance. (he opens the door to speed ELLEN and MRS KRILL on their way. CONSTABLE was just about to knock. MICHAEL, JANE are with him) Constable: I believe these valuables belong to you, sir. Mrs. Banks Jane! Michael! Oh, my incorrigible little darlings. Mr. Banks: Winifred, please don't be emotional. Thank you, Constable. Children, come here at once and explain yourselves... Well?
Mr. Banks: Excuse me Constable, thank you for returning the children. Now good night. POLICE: Good night sir. Good night Missus. Good night, you little tikes. Jane: Thank you, Constable. Mrs. Banks: I'm awfully sorry about this, George.. Mr. Banks: Ellen, take Jane and Michael to the nursery straightaway.
MUSIC #2 - Cherry Tree Lane, skip to George’s section (George) PRECISION AND ORDER THAT’S ALL THAT I ASK THE RUNNING OF A HOUSEHOLD, A STRAIGHTFORWARD TASK. THE CHILDREN, THE SERVANTS ARE ALL YOUR DOMAIN WHILST I REMAIN THE SOVEREIGN OF CHERRY TREE LANE (hear a thunderclap of the impending storm)
A NANNY SHOULD RULE A NANNY IS A PARAGON WHO SUFFERS NO FOOL A NANNY’S A STALWART OUR CHILDREN WOULD GAIN BY HAVING SUCH A NANNY IN CHERRY TREE LANE WINIFRED: Of course, George, I’ll write the advertisement now-- GEORGE: SO TAKE CONTROL OF SITUATIONS SHOW YOUR AUTHORITY WHEN INTERVIEWING STAFF YOU KNOW YOUR ROLE, THEY KNOW THEIR STATIONS EFFICIENCY AND FORETHOUGHT CUT THE JOBS IN HALF GEORGE: Choosing a nanny requires insight, balanced judgment, and an ability to read character. On second thought, I’d better do it. (he takes the pen and paper from Winifred to finish writing the ad) ELLEN returning, MRS BRILL: PRECISION AND ORDER HE WANTS NOTHING LESS IT’S LIKE AN ARMY BARRACKS YES, AND WE’RE IN THE MESS NO WONDER THE NANNIES ARE DRIVEN INSANE WE’RE LIVING IN A MADHOUSE IN CHERRY TREE LANE GEORGE: Now, let’s see--- Wanted. Uh, no. Uh, required. Nanny: firm, respectable, no nonsense. Jane: Father? Mr. Banks: Yes?
Jane: We’ve written our own advertisement, Mother. WINIFRED: Goodness, that was fast. GEORGE: Children in charge of writing job qualifications. Absolutely absurd. WINIFRED: Now, George, let’s hear it. GEORGE: Oh, very well.
Have a cheery disposition Mr. Banks: Jane, I don't--
Michael That's the part I put in.
You must be kind you must be witty Mr. Banks: Well, of all the ridicu-- Mrs. Banks George, please! Jane: Take us on outings give us treats Sing songs bring sweets Never be cross or cruel never give us castor oil or gruel Love us as a son and daughter And never smell of barley water
We will never you give you cause to hate us We won't hide your spectacles so you can't see Put toads in your bed or pepper in your tea. Hurry, nanny. Many thank. Sincerely
Admiral Boom: I'll take the report, Seaman Binnacle. Binnacle: The wind has changed, Sir. Seems to be comin' in from a new quarter. Admiral Boom So it is. Mr. Binnacle: Sir? Admiral Boom What is it? We’re 10 seconds to the hour! Binnacle An unidentified flying object ‘o some kind off the port bow. (Mary Poppins is flying in) Admiral: Blimey, where’d I put my binoculars?! I can’t see a thing. Too late. Posts, everyone! Four, three, two, one. FIRE! (the neighborhood rocks from cannon fire. Meanwhile, inside No.17 Cherry Lane...) WINIFRED: George, dear, the cannon flummoxed you. May I adjust your carnation? You’re leaving for work a little early this morning. GEORGE: (holding the letter) Yes, Winifred. I want to put the advertisement in the postal box this morning. (knock at the door) Rather early for visitors. Mary Poppins: Good Morning! GEORGE: Yes? POPPINS: I’ve come in answer to the advertisement. WINIFRED: Oh my goodness GEORGE: We haven’t placed any advertisement, at least not yet. POPPINS You are the parents of Jane and Michael Banks, are you not? GEORGE & WINIFRED: Yes, we are. POPPINS And you are looking for a nanny? GEORGE & WINIFRED: Yes, we are… POPPINS Very well then, Now, let’s see (takes the children’s mended letter out of her pocket) “Plays games, all sorts.” Which I most certainly can. “Take us on outings, give us treats.” (George looks around uneasily to the children and Winifred, then back at Poppins) JANE: Michael, it’s out advertisement! POPPINS: “Rosy cheeks and fairly pretty.” There’s no objection on that score, I hope? GEORGE: Oh no. POPPINS: I’m glad to hear it.
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