Mary poppins


Admiral:        Wind's come around and changed, blowing dead on from the west!   Ellen



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Admiral:        Wind's come around and changed, blowing dead on from the west!  

Ellen        We don’t give a fig about which way the wind is blowing, Admiral.  Just use your binoculars and be on the lookout for him.

ADMIRAL:    Listen here, I don’t take orders, I give them.

MRS BRILL:    Your Admiral, sir-ness, please excuse Ellen for her abruptitudeness. (to Ellen) Ellen, if you want the old geiser’s help, try using honey.  It works better than your vinegar.

ELLEN        It don’t matter.  The master’s probably jumped in the river by now, and they’ll have to drag it for his body.

BINNACLE:    That’s a nasty end.  What did he do?

ELLEN:        He never came home last night.  The missus is distraught.  The children won’t come out of the nursery.  And Mary Poppins is packing her bags.  We sent the constable out this morning to check the bank. The only thing we discovered was,

ELLEN & MRS BRILL (whispering)     he'd been discharged last night.

ADMIRAL    Dreadful end. He seemed to have been a fine, stable gentleman

BINNACLE:     No hanky-panky, if you know what I mean.

ADMIRAL:    Very regular habits.

ELLEN & MRS BRILL:    Poor Mr. Banks.

(Meanwhile, inside No.17 Cherry Lane, Mrs. Banks is in silent conversation with the Constable.  Michael and Jane are watching Poppins pack)

Michael:        She doesn't care what happens to us.

Jane:        She only promised to stay 'til the wind changed. Isn't that right, Mary Poppins?

Poppins:    And the wind has changed, children.  You won’t need me anymore.

MICHAEL:    Won’t need you?!?  Mum is crying in her handkerchief.  Father’s gone missing.  The cook and Ellen are running in and out of the house in a panic.  The Police are in the living room.  Scotland Yard has been called in….And it’s all because of me.  (starts to cry).

POPPINS:        Now, Michael, you’re exaggerating again.  Jane, comfort your brother.

Jane:        Mary Poppins, don't you love us?

Poppins:        And what would happen to me, may I ask, if I loved all the children I said good-bye to?

(Michael storms out of nursery.  Jane follows him.  They go to hug their mother)

WINIFRED:    Oh my darlings.  Don’t be frightened.  I’ll take care of you.  And Father will be back, I’m sure.



MUSIC - #23 SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (REPRISE)..................Poppins

POPPINS    (alone)        WITH EVERY JOB WHEN IT’S COMPLETE

            THERE IS A SENSE OF BITTER-SWEET,

            THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU KNOW THE TASK IS DONE.

            THOUGH IN YOUR HEART YOU’D LIKE TO STAY

            TO HELP THINGS ON THEIR WAY,

            YOU’VE ALWAYS KNOWN THEY MUST DO IT ALONE

    Goodbye, Children.  Goodbye No 17 Cherry Lane.

ADMIRAL: (Looking through binoculars)  Land-ho.    That’s him.  That’s George Banks.  Alive and in the Flesh. Heading straight to No.17. And he’s skipping?! ?!  (George is whistling or singing “Spoonful of Sugar”)

BINNACLE: (grabbing the binoculars)    Gone off his rocker.  That’s what he done.

(Ellen & Mrs Brill hug each other.  And run to greet George.)

MRS BRILL    Oh, Mr Banks we was so worried about you.

ELLEN:        Mr Banks, you didn’t jump in the river.  The missus will be relieved.

GEORGE:        Top of the morning, ladies!  It’s never been a more beautiful day.  A perfect wind, Admiral, wouldn’t you say.

ADMIRAL:    Perfect for what?

GEORGE:        Oh, all kinds of things.



(George spins them around and heads into the house, still whistling and/or singing “Spoonful of Sugar”)

ELLEN:        He has gone off his crumpet!

WINIFRED:    George. (she hugs him)  Oh, You’re back.  We’ve been so worried. What happened at the bank?

GEORGE:    (hugging the children)  I was sacked, discharged, flung into the street.

JANE:        Oh no, Father!

MICHAEL:    That’s terrible!

GEORGE:        Not at all Michael.  It’s supercaligragilisticexpialidocious (he runs off)  And I spent your tuppence...

WINIFRED:    George,  George, GEORGE, where are you going?!  Why are you in the cellar?

ELLEN:    (to Mrs. Brill)    I hope he doesn’t jump in the furnace.

MRS. BRILL:        Not so macabre, Ellen.  He’s just dotty, that’s all.

GEORGE: from offstage)    You'll see in a moment, my dearest dear.

MICHAEL:    Did father actually say supercaligragilisticexpialidocious?

WINIFRED:    Did he actually call me his dearest dear?! Oh.

MUSIC #16 - Let’s go fly a kite………(full cast)

GEORGE:        Children, don’t come down here.  I have a surprise.

MICHAEL:    This doesn’t sound like father at all.

WINIFRED:    Don’t worry children.  We’ll be fine.  I can feel it in my bones.

ELLEN:        Fine?!  The master lost his job.   And the missus, says don’t worry. They’ve ALL gone daft.  The creditors will kick them out on their bums into the street, before we know it.

MRS. BRILL    We best start packing our bags.

CONSTABLE    Don’t be too hasty.  Things may be lookin’ up.  At least he showed up.  In what state, I couldn’t say...

(GEORGE re-appears and presents his children with a kite)

GEORGE:      Come’ on Family.  You, too.  Ellen.  Mrs. Brill. Constable. We have an outing to go on, and it’s long overdue!



Michael:        Father, you mended it!

Jane:        It's wonderful! However did you manage it?

GEORGE:                With tuppence for paper and strings

                You can have your own set of wings

                With your feet on the ground, You're a bird in flight

                With your fist holding tight To the string of your kite

                 Oh, Let's go fly a kite



Up to the highest height

 JANE/MICHAEL/GEORGE        Let's go fly a kite

                     And send it soaring

 JANE/MICHAEL/GEORGE/WINIFRED    Up through the atmosphere

                     Up where the air is clear

                     Oh, let's go fly a kite



(As they sing, the house and nursery melt away and the family is outside.  They send the kite up.  Ellen & Mrs Brill join the family.  Soon the stage is filled with people flying kites. including the Admiral w/Miss Lark, Willoughby, Barricle, and the Constable, and Dawes and the clerks.  One of the kites says, ‘Give Women the Vote’)

long interlude

WINIFRED:    Oh George, it’s so wonderful to have you back.  I know we can manage.  I’ll get a job.

GEORGE:        My love, first things first!  Let’s get this kite airborne!

JANE/MICHAEL:    Hurray father!   You did it!

GEORGE:        WE did it!

MICHAEL:    Father, how do you know how to fly a kite?

GEORGE:        Michael, I’ve always known.  I had just forgotten how important it was.  

BERT:        Mr. Banks, when you ready to run on the rooftops of London--

BERTOLT & BERTHA:    Allow us to give you the grand tour.

bert/Bertolt/Bertha    When you send it flying up there

All at once you're lighter than air

            You can dance on the breeze



Over houses and trees

            With your fist holding tight



To the string of your kite

ALL:            Oh, Let’s go, fly a kite

            Up to the highest height

            Let’s go fly a kite

            And send it soaring,

            Up through the atmosphere

            Up where the air is clear.

            Oh, let’s go fly a kite.



Dawes:    (also flying a kite with the clerks)    Oh, there you are, Banks. I want to congratulate you. Capital bit of humor. Wooden leg named Smith. Or Jones or whatever it was. Father died laughing.

Banks:        Oh, I'm so sorry, madam.

Dawes:        Oh, no, nonsense. Nothing to be sorry about. Never seen him happier in his life. He left an opening for a new partner. Congratulations.

Banks:        Thank you, sir. Thank you very much indeed, sir.


POPPINS;
(As she soars into the air!!!)  Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Kite Flyers:        Up through the atmosphere

            Up where the air is clear

             Oh, oh, oh, fly a kite.   
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Bert:        That's gratitude for you. Didn't even say good-bye.

 
Poppins:
        No, they didn't.

BERTOLt         Look at them. Looks like  they think more of their father than they do of you.

 Mary Poppins:    That's as it should be.

BERTHA:        Don’t it bother you just an eensie beensie bit

 Mary Poppins:    Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking.

BERT:        Is that so? Well, I'll tell you one thing, Mary Poppins, you don't fool us for a second.

 Mary Poppins:    Oh, really?

BERTHA :    Yes, really. we know exactly how you feel about these children.

 Poppins:    That will be quite enough of that, thank you.  Spit spot and Off I go. (Poppins open her umbrella and flies away.



 Bert        Good-bye, Mary Poppins. Don't stay away too long.

ALL            Let’s go Fly a kite

Up to the Highest Height

Oh, let’s go fly a kite.

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