ACT TWO
1. MURDER, MURDER!
NEWSBOYS
Second London murder! Murder! General Glossop killed on the steps o’ St. Paul’s Cathedral!
VARIOUS STREET PEOPLE
Look at this, another murder,
just like the other murder!
That’s poor old General Glossop – dead!
Last week the bishop copped it!
The bloke what done it hopped it!
That feller must be off his ‘ead!
That’s two in the last four days-
this killer has fancy ways!
To kill outside St. Paul’s
requires a lotta balls!
He hates the upper class!
He must be on ‘is arse!
Who could he be?
Don’t look at me!
VARIOUS GOSSIP LADIES
What a shame! – Dear General Glossop!
hear there’s a lot of gossip!
Although it didn’t come from me!
Of course not! No! – Of course not!
What about that poor old Bishop?
That dreadful dirt they dish up!
Do you think it’s true?
It well could be!
Imagine!
Fancy!
Really!
I say that it goes to show
Some people we think we know
Aren’t all they might appear!
How right you are my dear!
It’s such a shocking thing!
But awfully interesting!
Who could it be?
Well, now – Let’s see!
STREET PEOPLE
Murder, Murder –
doin’ folks in
Murder, Murder
is the worst sin!
Murder, Murder
has me screamin’
“Bloody Murder
in the night!”
Murder, Murder
makes me blood thin!
Murder, Murder
makes me ‘ead spin!
Murder, Murder
starts me drinkin’.
Bloody Murder
in the night!
VARIOUS GOSSIP LADIES
London has a killer on the loose!
Or a gang!
Either way – let ’em hang!
STREET PEOPLE
Gotta get ‘is head inside a noose!
Right away!
The police are no use!
Maybe his nerve will fail him!
They’ve gotta try to nail him!
They’ve gotta trail an’ jail him now!
Murder!
No matter who we’re blamin’,
till they put wot’s-‘is-name in,
there’s gonna be one flamin’ row!
ALL
Murder, Murder,
it’s a curse, man!
Murder, Murder,
it’s perverse, man!
Murder, Murder,
nothing’s worse than
Bloody Murder
in the night!
FIRST NEWSBOY
Read about the worst two murders!
SECOND NEWSBOY
Much worse than the first two murders!
FIRST NEWSBOY
That makes it murders three and four!
GOSSIP LADIES
They’ve murdered dear old Bessie!
I hear extremely messy!
And poor old Archie is no more!
STREET PEOPLE
That’s four in the last eight days!
It’s London’s latest craze!
GOSSIPS
This time he was in Park Lane
STREET VENDOR
and he may come back again!
ALL
Until the killer’s found
there’s danger all around!
What can we do?
STREET PEOPLE
We wish we knew!
ALL
Murder, Murder
once there’s one done
Murder, Murder
can’t be undone!
Murder, Murder
lives in London!
Bloody Murder
in the night!
YOUNG BISHOP
Sweet Death has taken this brave man from us!
STREET VENDOR
Sweet Death ‘as raised ‘is score to five!
YOUNG BISHOP
Friends, take what comfort that you can from us!
STREET VENDOR
Thank God us lot are still alive!
YOUNG BISHOP
God in Heaven – now, forever
Take him home and hold him near!
CONGREGATION
God in Heaven – now, forever
Take him – and leave us lot here!
STREET PEOPLE
Catchin’ such a madman could be hard!
Shouldn’t be!
I agree!
We shall see!
Cos they’re all so thick at Scotland Yard!
Tellin’ me
I agree!
So do we
He’ll kill us if we let him!
They gotta go and get him!
I know a way to net him!
How?
Murder!
No matter who we’re blamin’
till they put wot’s-‘is-name in
there’s gonna be a flamin’ row!
Murder, Murder
on your doorstep!
Murder, Murder
so watch your step!
Murder, Murder
take one more step,
you’ll be murdered
in the night!
Murder, Murder
once there’s one done
Murder, Murder
can’t be undone!
Murder, Murder
lives in London!
Bloody Murder
in the night!
Murder!
2. LETTING GO
SIR DANVERS
Letting go
When the day comes that I
Must say goodbye to you
It’s the last thing in life
I’ll ever want to do
I know it has to be
But it’s so hard for me
Letting go
Facing up to the truth
That it is time to part
Giving way to the day
That may well break my heart
It’s not a thing I choose
To win I have to lose
LISA
Letting go
Moving on in my life
Into the time to come
Day by day
Page by page
Sure of what I’ve become
Papa, you always knew
That’s what I had to do
BOTH
For I know the only way to grow
Is just by letting go
LISA
Letting go
When the times comes I know
I shall return some day
But ’till then this is when
I have to find my way
It’s a fact of life
SIR DANVERS
Though it isn’t fair
BOTH
There will always be
All the love we share
LISA
Still the hardest thing
BOTH
Is letting go
The hardest thing
Is letting go.
3. REFLECTIONS
JEKYLL
My two natures have memory in common.
I am aware that I am slowly losing hold
Of my original and better self…
And becoming absorbed into my second
And worse self.
Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, is pure evil.
As Jekyll, I can share in the pleasures and wickedness of Hyde.
I have more than a father’s interest in him,
And he has more than a son’s indifference towards me!
As Hyde, I care only for myself
And nothing for Jekyll!
As Jekyll, I know how Hyde
Fears my power to cut him off – by suicide!
And yet I find it in my heart to pity him
So wonderful is his love of life!
So wonderful is his love of life!
4. IN HIS EYES
LUCY
I sit and watch the rain
and see my tears run down the window pane.
LISA
I sit and watch the sky
and I can hear it breathe a sigh.
LUCY
I think of him
LISA
How we were
LUCY
And when I think of him
LISA
then I remember …
LUCY
… remember …
LISA
In his eyes, I can see
where my heart longs to be.
LUCY
In his eyes I see a gentle glow
and that’s where I’ll be safe, I know.
LISA
Safe in his arms, close to his heart
LUCY
But I don’t know quite where to start.
LISA
By looking in his eyes,
will I see beyond tomorrow?
LUCY
By looking in his eyes,
will I see beyond the sorrow that I feel?
LISA
Will his eyes reveal to me promises or lies?
LUCY
But he can’t conceal from me the love
in his eyes!
LISA
I know their every look – his eyes!
LUCY
They’re like an open book – his eyes!
BOTH
But most of all …
the look that hypnotized me!
LISA
If I’m wise, I will walk away – and gladly.
LUCY
But sadly, I’m not wise,
it’s hard to talk away the memory that you prize.
LISA
Love is worth forgiving for …
LUCY
… now I realize.
BOTH
Everything worth living for
is there, in his eyes.
Love is worth forgiving for,
Now I realize
Everything worth living for
is there, in his eyes!
5. THE WORLD HAS GONE INSANE
JEKYLL
The world has gone insane!
And parasites are eating at my brain!
And nothing is the way it was before!
A pack o’ wolves is howling at my door!
I’m living in a non-stop nightmare!
Dead men’s dreams!
Filled with screaming pain!
Hurling me to mad extremes
In a world that’s gone insane!
The world has lost its head!
And every evil hour is filled with dread!
I’m floating on a lake – But upside down!
And when I try to breathe, I start to drown!
I cannot speak
As nameless ghosts and faceless ghouls
Bid me join the dead!
No one tells these gruesome fools
That the world has lost its head!
Fiendish creatures leave their graves to taunt me!
Old friends risen from the dead to haunt me!
Godforsaken images that daunt me
Drowning in an endless flood of blood!
The world has lost its mind!
And everywhere I turn, I fear I’ll find
Some nightmare even worse than those I see!
Satanic demons closing in on me!
How can it be
That even though they see my plight,
Everyone is blind!
Night is day and day is night
In a world that’s lost its mind!
The world has gone berserk!
And hiding in the murk, new monsters lurk!
I see a sea of snakes upon the floor!
I see the reaper grinning at my door!
I scream in silence!
Bad is good and good is bad!
Sacred if profane!
And it’s wiser to be mad…
HYDE
In a world that’s gone insane!
6. GIRLS OF THE NIGHT
NELLIE
We’re the pleasures of the nighttime that fade at dawn,
selling treasures of the nighttime til night is gone.
And then when the party’s over, everybody’s gone away,
we stare at an empty day – what is there to do or say?
Nighttime is where we live,
night is when we give everything we have to give.
Most lovers can rejoice, we don’t have a choice,
we just know we have to give.
That’s why the day can never be bright
for the girls of the night.
LUCY
Somehow I know there’s a someday that’s just for me.
Everybody has a someday – so why not me?
NELLIE
Lucy, do you really need to fill your heart with empty dreams?
You’ll always be what you are – stop chasing that distant star!
BOTH
Nighttime is where we live,
night is when we give everything we have to give.
Most lovers can rejoice, we don’t have a choice,
we just know we have to give.
That’s why the day can never be bright
for the girls of the night.
LUCY
Fly away, fly away, let me find my wings.
Let me be the girl I want to be!
NELLIE
I’m afraid to fly away, for all I have is here.
LUCY
I have my hopes …
NELLIE
I have a child, and children must be fed.
Forget your hopes, or you will be misled!
With the dawn they disappear …
LUCY
… then why are mine still here?
NELLIE
Fly away, fly away, fly away …
BOTH
Ask me to share your fantasies, dear,
but don’t ask me where tomorrow is.
Don’t ask me where to find happiness,
though I know for sure where sorrow is.
NELLIE
Sorrow is where the dark meets the light …
LUCY
Someday I pray my fears will take flight …
BOTH
Sorrow is where all hope fades from sight
for the girls of the night …
We’re the girls of the night …
Just the girls of the night …
7. NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM
LUCY
Look at me and tell me who I am,
why I am, what I am.
Call me a fool and it’s true I am,
I don’t know who I am.
It’s such a shame, I’m such a sham.
No one knows who I am.
Am I the face of the future?
Am I the face of the past?
Am I the one who must finish last?
Look at me and tell me who I am,
why I am, what I am.
Will I survive – who will give a damn
if no one knows who I am?
Nobody knows, not even you,
no one knows who I am …
8. DANGEROUS GAME
LUCY
I feel your fingers-
Brushing my shoulder-
Your tempting touch,
As it tingles my spine-
Watching your eyes
As they invade my soul-
Forbidden pleasures
I’m afraid to make mine.
At the touch of your hand-
At the sound of your voice-
At the moment your eyes meet mine-
I am out of my mind-
I am out of control-
Full of feelings I can’t define!
HYDE
It’s a sin with no name-
Like a tiger to tame
And my senses proclaim
It’s a dangerous game!
A darker dream
That has no ending
Something unreal
That you want to be true.
LUCY
A strange romance
Out of a mystery tale
HYDE
The frightened princess
Doesn’t know what to do!
Does she just run away?
Does she risk it and stay?
Either way, there’s no way to win!
LUCY
All I know is, I’m lost
And I’m counting the cost
My emotions are in a spin!
And though no one’s to blame…
HYDE
It’s a crime and a shame!
LUCY
But it’s true, all the same
HYDE
It’s a dangerous game!
BOTH
No one speaks-
Not one word-
All the words are in our eyes
Silence speaks
Loud and clear-
All the words we want to hear!
At the touch of your hand-
At the sound of your voice-
At the moment your eyes meet mine-
I am losing my mind-
I am losing control-
Full of feelings I can’t define!
HYDE
It’s a sin with no name
Like a tiger to tame
LUCY
And though no one’s to blame
HYDE
It’s a crime and a shame
BOTH
And the angels proclaim
It’s a dangerous game!
It’s a dangerous game!
Such a dangerous game…
9. ONCE UPON A DREAM – LISA
LISA
When this all began…
I knew there’d be a price…
Once upon a dream,
I was lost in love’s embrace.
There I found a perfect place,
once upon a dream.
Once there was a time
like no other time before.
Hope was still an open door
once upon a dream.
And I was unafraid,
the dream was so exciting.
But now I see it fade
and I am here alone!
Once upon a dream
you were heaven sent to me.
Was it never meant to be?
Are you just a dream?
Could we begin again
once upon a dream …
10. NO ONE MUST EVER KNOW
JEKYLL
October 7th. After midnight. The experiment is out of control. The transformations are starting to recur of their own accord. I cannot bear much more. The beast has taken a heavy toll, not only on me, who can yet be saved, but on others, who cannot. I remain convinced there is a way to counteract the effects of the formula, but I must have new chemicals for the antidote soon. Every day they say they will be delivered, but still they do not come! I dare not leave this place. I am dangerous – more dangerous than any wild animal stalking its prey…
No one must ever know
What I have done
For if anyone does
All my work is undone
And I must gain control
Of this monster inside
In the name of the people who’ve died!
But how to deal
With a foe I can’t see
Who whenever he wants
Takes possession of me?
In the battle of wills
That is raging inside,
Will I end up as me, or as Hyde?
Could it be?
Have I really lost my way?
Have I lost my mind?
Will I lose the day?
Am I a good man?
Am I a mad man?
It’s such a fine line
Between a good man and a bad…
Somehow I have to get back
to the place where my journey started.
Find the course I charted
when I first departed.
Somehow I have to hang on
to the vision that first inspired me,
to the hope that fired me
when the world admired me!
I’ll find a way back to the higher ground!
And see the view I saw before.
I’ll search the world until the answer’s found!
And then success will pound upon my door!
Somehow I have to rebuild
all the dreams that the wind have scattered.
From what fate has shattered –
I’ll retrieve what mattered!
Somehow I’ve got to go on
till the evil has been defeated,
till my work’s compleated –
I will not be cheated!
God! You must help me carry on!
When it seems all hope has gone,
I have got to carry on!
11. A NEW LIFE
LUCY
A new life
What I wouldn’t give
to have a new life!
One thing I have learned
as I go through life:
nothing is for free along the way!
A new start,
that’s the thing I need
to give me new heart.
Half a chance in life
to find a new part,
just a simple role that I can play!
A new hope,
something to convince me
to renew hope!
A new day,
bright enough
to help me find my way!
A new chance,
one that maybe has
a touch of romance.
Where can it be –
the chance for me?
A new dream –
I have one I know
that very few dream.
I would like to see
that overdue dream –
even though it never may come true!
A new love –
though I know
there’s no such thing as true love –
even so,
although I never knew love,
still I feel that one dream
is my due!
A new world –
this one thing I want
to ask of you, world!
Once – before it’s time
to say Adieu, world!
One sweet chance
to prove the cynics wrong!
A new life –
more and more I’m sure
as I go through life,
just to play the game
and to pursue life –
just to share its pleasures and belong!
That’s what I’ve been here for
all along!
Each day’s
a brand new life!
12. ONCE UPON A DREAM – JEKYLL
JEKYLL
Once Upon a dream
I conceived a perfect plan
That would change the face of man
Once upon a dream.
For it was my dream
To create a perfect world
From this cold imperfect world
Once upon a dream.
And I was unafraid
The dream was so enticing
But now I see it fade
And I stand here alone.
Once upon a dream
All I had to do was try
Too late now to wonder why
It can never be.
Could I begin again?
Once upon a dream…
13. CONFRONTATION
JEKYLL
It’s over now, I know inside
No one will ever know
The sorry tale of Edward Hyde
And those who died
No one must ever know
They’d only see the tragedy
They’d not see my intent
The shadow of Hyde’s evil
Will forever kill
The good that I had meant
Am I a good man?
Am I a mad man?
It’s such a fine line
Between a good man and a…
HYDE
Do you really think
That I would ever let you go?
Do you think I’d ever set you free?
If you do, I’m sad to say,
It simply isn’t so.
You will never get away from me!
JEKYLL
All that you are
Is a face in the mirror!
I close my eyes, and you’ll dissapear!
HYDE
I’m what you face
When you face in the mirror!
Long as you live, I will still be here!
JEKYLL
All that you are
Is the end of a nightmare!
All that you are is a dying scream!
After tonight,
I shall end this demon dream!
HYDE
This is not a dream, my friend-
And it will never end!
This one is the nightmare that goes on!
Hyde is here to stay,
No matter what you may pretend-
And I’ll flourish, long after you’re gone!
JEKYLL
Soon you will die,
And my memory will hide you!
You cannot choose but to loose control
HYDE
You can’t control me!
I live deep inside you!
Each day you’ll feel me devour your soul!
JEKYLL
I don’t need you to survive,
Like you need me!
I’ll become whole
As you dance with death!
And I’ll rejoice
As you breathe your final breath!
HYDE
For I’ll live inside you forever!
JEKYLL
No!
HYDE
With Satan himself by my side!
JEKYLL
No!
HYDE
And I know that, now and forever,
They’ll never be able to separate
Jekyll from Hyde!
JEKYLL
Can’t you see
It’s over now?
It’s time to die!
HYDE
No, not I!
Only you!
JEKYLL
If I die,
You die too!
HYDE
You’ll die in me,
I’ll be you!
JEKYLL
Damn you, Hyde!
Set me free!
HYDE
Can’t you see,
You are me?
JEKYLL
No!
Deep inside -!
HYDE
I am you!
You are Hyde!
JEKYLL
No – never!
HYDE
Yes, forever!
JEKYLL
God damn you, Hyde!
Take all your evil deeds,
And rot in hell!
HYDE
I’ll see you there, Jekyll!
14. WEDDING RECEPTION
JEKYLL
Mrs. Jekyll, may I have this dance?
LISA
Dr. Jekyll, you may have every dance.
UTTERSON
Henry, what is it?
JEKYLL
Don’t make a fuss… terrible pain… get me out of here… need to breathe.
UTTERSON
Oh, my God!
JEKYLL
Oh, God, what now?
Oh God, not now!
Help me somehow!
Please take the pain away!
Feel it fill me!
This will kill me!
Please, God, will me
Somehow to fight, I pray!
Oh, God, help me!
God have mercy!
Don’t let her see!
Not on our wedding day!
LISA
Henry?
HYDE
There is no Henry!… Only Hyde!
STRIDE
Look at this monster, Lisa!
HYDE
And what would you have done with her, Stride?
Put her in one of your Camden Town whorehouses and rented her out a shilling a time?
STRIDE
Damn you, Jekyll – enough!
HYDE
Enough, indeed! End-of-game!
We seem to be married, my love!
Ready for our bridal bed, are you?
UTTERSON
Henry, stay back! Don’t touch her! I beg you – stop! Stop now!
LISA
Henry! Oh God Henry …
Henry, it’s me! If this is you, show me!
UTTERSON
Lisa, no! Stay back!
SIR DANVERS
No! Stop him!
HYDE
Stay! Or she dies!
LISA
Henry, I know you don’t want to hurt me! I know you can hear me… Let me go…
Henry, please… For us… Let me go… please…
JEKYLL
Do it, John. I beg you. Set me free.
UTTERSON
I can’t, Henry!
JEKYLL
We promised, remember?
UTTERSON
Forgive me.
LISA
NO!
HYDE / JEKYLL
Lisa…Lisa…Lisa…
LISA
Go to sleep, my tormented love.