Posted June 14, 200817 yr I can't join you all so I'm doing my own GWTW commentary. 14.27 and Darius is on his way up the stairs to his starting position, passing the last stragglers arriving. Edited June 14, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author Act 1 1. 14.30 the cast make their way through the audience tojoin other members who are on the revolve Tara. Darius booms "1861' and narration follows about the red earth of georgia and the richness of tara Beautiful song from the slaves as they go about their various jobs on the plantation "Born To Be Free" Fine plantation called Tara it belongs to Gerald and Ellen O'Hara... the O'Haras appear. and then the girls Scarlett, Sue Ellen and Careen. The song continues. The slaves discuss Lincoln's plans to free all slaves Mammy scolds Scarlett for coming out without a shawl. Gerald comes back from Twelve Oaks . He'sbought Pork's wife and daughter. News of Ashley to marry Madeleine. Gerald tells Scarlett she isn't right for Ashley should marry Cade Calvert At least the Wilkes marry their cousins and keep their strangeness to themselves - always gets a laugh. Gerald sings about his land - On your land your child will take your place. Go into supper. Pork brings in Dilcey and Prissy. Dilcey gives prissy to Scarlett as her maid. Ellen returns from the white trash Slatterys. Mammy opines they should shoot 'em. Ellen insists the overseer is dismissed. The family gather for prayers. Susannah Fellowes sings amazingly well. Another beautiful song. Scarlett's mind is on Ashley. The girls press their mother about their dressesfor the ball. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 2. Mammy scolds Scarlett about showing her bosoms before 3 o'clock. The families gather at Twelve Oaks - ensemble sings. Scarlett flirts with all the boys. Darius/Rhett is watching the scene from the balcony and is invited down. The girls talk about his dreadful reputation. "He refused to marry her!" Scarlett meets Melanie. The boys set out a picnic mat for Scarlett and fuss around her. The ladies sing "She's No Lady" Rhett chats to some of the gentlemen and moves over to the refreshment table where he talks to the slaves. The men start talking about the possibility of war - one Southerner can whip forty yankees. Ashley If georgis fights ......but I stillhope the yankeeswill let us go in peace. We're joininhg the trop. Rhett - Has anyone of thought we have no foundries, factories, coalmines and the yankees have ships with which they could bottle up our harbours. etc Of course you gentleman have thought of that. All we have is Cotton, slaves and arrogance uproar. takes leave to see library."Arrogant devil. He looks like one of the borgias!" is he kin to them. i don't know them. Scarlett and Ashley meet in the library - scene very like film and "Softly as a whisper" is sung as a duet. Can't we resolve to remain as friedns. Love isn't enough when people are as different as we are.scarlett " passel of mealy mothed brats" Slaps Ashley. He leaves with dignity. She throws a vase and Rhett pops up from the settee. Scarlett storms off. she bumps into Charles Hamilton who proposesawkwardly and she accepts to spite Ashley. Paul Mitchell brings news that the South is at war and the energetic Join The Troop is sung. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 3. Narration Mr Ashley married Miss Melanie Hamilton and Miss O Hara married Mr Charles Hamilton.. Aunt Pitty extend an invitation to Scarlett to Atlanta. Telegram about Charles dying in camp Mrs O Hara's prayer plays softly. Scarlett complains about her time in morning - her mother sends her to Atalanta for a change of scene. She meets Uncle Peter the faithful family retainer. "All the very best people" - The Atlanta ladies - Mrs Merryweather, Mrs Elsing, Mrs Mead etc have tea from china cups and welcome Scarlett to Society - they vie to get Scarlett to nurse with their group. The bazaaris coming up. Miss pitty almost faints when she sees Scarlett waving from her window to the revellers as they go by. Deliverance - the ladies need Pitty ad mellie to help out. can't they're in mourning. Charles would want them to help the cause he died for - Scarlett suggest it will be more acceptable if they all go. dancing to theLLorena. Great excitement as someone catches sight of Captain butler the hero blockade runner. Darius enters wearing a top hat. he's about 7 feet tall. Bows and sings "Butler at your service" Sings I'm your man. He speaks toScarlett and Melanie. Melanie and Scarlett give their wedding rings for the cause. Laughs when Scarlett calls him a hero.she then calls him a mercenary. He counters with far sighted and tells her he's run thousands of bales of cotton to england where he's keeping them until he'll get a dollar a poundthenext year when cotton is scarce. Scarlett "When elephants roost in trees" Dr meade announces the bidding to lead the reel.The ladies are shocked "buying and selling people!" Rhett "You mean like a slave auction?" he bids 150 dollars for Scarlett she accepts. they dance the reel then awaltz - reputation ruined. "Don't make me mad" "but you look gorgeous when you're mad" Scarlett is the talk of the town. Ellen sends Gerald to bring Scarlett home. he comes in plastered on the arm of Rhett. he'slost 500 dollars in a poker game with Rhett. Rhett returns Melanie's rings which he'sredeemed. Not mine? "No, indeed". Not yours!" Rhett leaves. Scarlett sees her chance and blackmails her father.She stays. "SCarlett O'Hara again. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 4. Scarlett creeps into melanie'sroom and reads AShley's letters and is happy he doesn't show any sentiment of love. News of Gettysburg. The ladies gather at the daily examiner. rhett comes dashing in to say the lists are coming out through the newspaper offices. He distributes the lists. Scarlett readsthrough. Ashley's not listed. Mrrs Meade has lost D'arcey. he'll not be needing these boots" other ladies too. The ladiessing the heartbreaking Can this be all?" Rhett says he's sorry to Scarlett and asks if there are many of her friends. Just about all ehr former beaux. Melanie admits to Scarlett in the next scene that she's jealous that scarlett has achild and she'd love to have Ashley's. Scarlett in an aside says Melanie would be taking something which should be hers. Ashley returns home for Christmas. He's ashaken man and admits to scarlett howbad things are in the war although he'd been telling heroic tales to everyone else all week. They say goodbye and Ashley asks her to take care of Melanie. he said he admired her body, spirit etc. She thinks he still loves only her. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 5. Mrs Elsing parlour. Spirit of Atlanta Dr mead praises Melanie. Willie Guinan of the home guard squares up to the seated Rhett "If you weren't under this roof." Rhett rises "I shudder to think what would happen. your bravery in the Home Guard is well known!" "If you were killed by a train, your death wouldn't sanctify the railroad. " Rhett shocks everyone with his War is always about money speech. Traitor! "We've been sheltering a viper in our bosoms". Rhett look spointedly at her chest "I can find more ample refuge elsewhere!" Melanie refuses to be browbeaten and insisits she will not vlose her door to Rhett because Ashley thinks the same Rhett calls bringing presents. he teases Scarlett about Ashley again. melanie is pregnant. Melanie gets a telegram that Ashley is missing. The war goes badly they can hear it from Atlanta. Pitty Pat evacuates and leaves the young ladies UNCHAPERONED! Some months later Rhett finds Scarlett out on the verandah. Now now smooth your ruffled fur! She wants to go to Tara. Scarlett you do like me don't you? Sometimes. When you aren't acting like a varmint. I thinkyou like me because I'm a varmint! He sings a gentle verse of I'm your man. Areyou asking me to marry me? Good Lord ! No!I'm not a marrying man. I'm asking you to be my mistress. "Passel of brats". That's why I like you're the only frank woman I know. Get out you insufferable peacock.Rhett leaves laughing. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 6. Melanie's baby. Scarlett pushes through the panicking crowds.finds Dr meade tending thousands of wounded. He tells her there's nothing to it just tie up the cord. I know nothing about birthing babies. Difficult birth. "If I die promise me you'll take my baby. If it's a boy bring him up like Ashley a girl like you. Fine looking boy worriedabout Miss Melanie" The Home guard leave the city. The Yankees will be here by dawn. Fetch Captain Butler. "He's in a house with bad women" the spotlight shines on Rhett carousing with two women You can tell your grandcjildren you saw the glorious south disappear. I'm leaving you here. I'm joining the army. I'mserious. I've got a war to fight. You cad. I don't expect you to understand or forgive me. even if you do, I don't give a damn" I hope the cannons blow you into a million pieces! Scarlett gets them home even does a Mother Courage and pulls the cart herself when the horse dies. Learns her sisters are still ill but recovering.no-one can tell her about Ellen until mammy says the Lord took her yesterday. Mrs O'Hara's prayer. gerald has lost his mind. We'll wait for Mars O'hara. slaves tell her the yankees burnt all the cotton and took all the live stock. Scarlett takes charge and tells them to search the neighbouring plantations for food. She goes to the ruined Twelve Oaks. Scarlett sings "Gone With The Wind" clear, slow and strong Intermission Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author Act 2 Overture 7. Darius appears on the top stage wearing his top hat and talks of Lincoln's proclamation of freedom for the slaves. A yankee officerwonders who will look after all the freed slaves. born to be free reprise. At Tara the only thought is food. Scarlett sets everyone to work picking the tiny scraps of cotton the yankees left in the fields and she goes out every day scavenging for food. . Yankee raider comes Scarlett shoots him. I jump off my seat. The yankee has money and jewellery he'sscavenged. They keep the horse I'll tell them it walked in from nowhere. Scarlett goes to bury the man. Melanie sings "Desperate Times", a prayer for strength and courage to be kind and comfrot those around her. 1865 The war is over . The South has lost. 600,000 died. how to live together. Soldiers returning home turn up and are sheltered at tara. Will benteen with wooden leg decides to stay and work to pay off his debt to them. Another ragamuffin hoves into view. melanie runs to .Ashley.. Mammy holds back Scarlett "He's her husband!Ain't he? Will tells Scarlett the Yankees are raising the taxes on tara. 300 dollars. She goes to the orchard where Ashley is axingg wood. He mentions that he knows only one southerner with money - Captain Butler. "we're the ones being winnowedout" every callous, every blister is a medal" Let'sgo away!" You couldn't leave your son your father" Yes, I could" I'll take melanie and the baby and go" "Alright I love you! I can never make you understand" You needn't go you won't starve because I threw myself at you. Amy Slattery get off that step you trashy $l*t." Wilkerson threatens her and to buy up tara cheap. Mirror I want; to be Scarlett O hara again - Mammy - new dress from curtains. Goes to Atlanta. Ladies discussing the Klan and also say Butler's in jail due to be hanged if he won't say where the gold is. I hope they do hang him It will be the only good thing the yankees do.In the jail in the saloon My arling littlesister.how are things back home. i never forgetted you to forgive me after that night. You look svery prosperous good enough to eat. i'd die if they hanged you What have you been doing with your hands Ploughing? What is the horny handed woman's mission does it begin with m and its' not matrimony? how much? talking love and thinking money! What collateral. earrings/ Tara? You have eyes like a cat, a cat in the dark. Pretty dress? Laughs when she says curtains Why not stay with Miis Pitty Pat. 13 of us. What else have you to offer. myself Yeeeeeeees! I'll give you 300 dollars if you agree to be my mistress? yes! will you give me the money.no not here.... in Atlanta, cant; get it yankees would get it all. You could have said. nad miss hearing you agree to be my mistress? i don't know ehen I ever herd anything doso gratifying.was I the only man you were going to try this on?i should have known sings Nobody Knows You breaks off Cheer up you can come to my hanging. i'll put you in my will. They won't hang you soon enough to pay the taxes. Now with your gloves off or with your gloves on. Scarlett stomps out. rhett chuckles and sings again. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 8. Scarlett bumps intofrank kennedy and is bored with his story until I cleared a thousand dollars last year and expect tomake 2000 this year and there's the timbe. She tells him her sisiter going to marry Tony Fontaine. Mammy protests. scarlett threatens to send her to tara. "You can't send me toTara. I is free" She marries Frank. (Rhett is out of jail "buys Scarlett's earrings. and she buys a sawmill which she runs herself.) "It ain't fitting!" Prissy disagrees she hopes the world is changing and sings her song about her future dreamsof getting education and teaching others. Scarlett gets a letter from Will her father is dead. He had refused tosign a compensation deal with the union because he would have had to denounce the southern cause. No ending to your story. on your land your child will ive and take your place. Will announces he wishes to marry Sue Ellen. careen wants to be a nun. Ashley wants to go north. She gives Pork her father's watch. AShley " I can't fight you both" A & M, scarlett , and slaves go to Atlanta. Ella Kennedy is born. "All ugly babies turn out ok eventually" Scarlett says she'll go around hersefl to and from her sawmill. She's attacked by white renegades in the shanty town and brought home by Big Sam a former foreman at Tara. Frankand the other men whisper together. Frank gets his gun and they go out. The men goto a meeting. the women sew. Melanie goes to put beau to bed. India Wilkes whyy are you staring at me has my face turned green? You have endangered all of us and put our men in danger too. Melanie Hush@ Knock on door. Yankees ask for Ashley and frank wait.Rhett comes in drunk supporting Ashley.ot tonight I don't likt to say in front of the ladies. At bell watling's sporting house big party lots of champagne and ladies. Quick get a doctor not Dr meade. India " I will but I depiseyou! Frank diud he get way >No he's dead shot in the head. And Ashley will he survive> Rhett 's look turns thunderous Frnak's body is in the hall. Rhett calls. She won't see you. Tipsy Scarlett " I'll be down directly" I still want you more than any woman. I'm asking you to marry me! Will it convince you if I knelt down.I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husband. I'mfond of you Rhett. kisses her - stop you're making me faint. i wanna make you faint your precious Ashley etc. Say yes! Marries goes way for a long honeymoon. Mammy can't stand him The slaves argue about what they should do now they're free. Pork wants them to follow the peaceful way. sam speaks about the respect he gotin the north. "Mr O'Hara." Slaves raise the roof singing On The Wings Of the Dove. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 9. She ain't Mrs hamilton.mrs kennedy she's Mrs butler. Mammy. He brought me back a red silk petticoat. I'm never going to wear it. Everything going to change again - he took her to the church, theatre,he whispered in her ear. He made her play. The most beautiful house I've ever seen. Rhett " It's a nightmare. it's the kind of house a profiteer would build." At last I can do what I want, say what I want. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 10. Scene in the mill checking the books. your Rhett butler has coarsened you. You beauty in the keeping of a man ..........when i think of him touching you. Forgive me.i haven't any excuse. He still loves me. Rhett plays hide and seek with the children Scarlett wants a word. Don't want any nore children. Really? separate bedrooms. Consequences of refusing marital rights/ is divorce a threat? You like dogs do you prefer them in the kennel or in the manger? Keep your chaste bed. The world is full of bads ...............and most of them are full of women! Scarlett's crush - the "atlantic society" scandalised at her doing business and mixing socially with the resconstructionists. Reconstruction song! "Mrs butler is society" lenaie I will not meet governor Bullock. have you forgotten what these peopledid to us? Rhett enters swigging from bottle, sawying in drunkenness. "After such a triumphent night we need to talk. let's talk about Ashley Wilkes. Sings Just Two! snatches up the struggling Scarlett and storms upstairs. Next day Scarlett realises Rhett loves her but he's gone. Twodays later " I apologise for my conduct when we last met. iI was drunk" Scarlett's stomach pains +pregnancy. You'' have my child if I have tochain you to me for the next nine months. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 11. 1867. Birth of Bonnie. Dr Meade warns melanie about having another baby. Mister Rhett happy with a girl. "Hush your mouth Mammy Boys are no use toanyone. I is proof of that. A glass of wine, Mammy? Did you ever see a prettier one? She's my bonnie Blue Butler. What is that rustling sound? Its my red silk petticoat. I don't believe you. Pull up your skirt. Have the whole bottle. Captain butler won over the ladies of the church. gave money to help out others who needed it. Bonnie's nightmare. Don't ever let the light go out. You know Bonnie's afraid of the dark. Sings "Once Upon A Time" .........she made me whole for ever after. Once Upon A Time My Bonnie Blue. Why doe she always prefer her father? You didn't want your children. Mr Rhett wants that child more than life itself.Mammy sings Every Child Wants To be Wanted. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 12. Christmas 1875 the happiest for ten years. Make the jump higher, daddy! oh not till you're older please daddy.if you fall off don't blame me. Watch me take this one! No, Bonnie. don't. Slow motion. Rhett runs to Bonnie. Give me my baby. You killed her. Rhett's heartbreaking glance. I've never seen no man set so much store by any child.he took her to the undertakers and brought her home and laid her on her bed. he's lost his mind. Melanie goes to see Bonnie and comfort him.He tries to sing the lullaby and breaks down. I hate to see Captein butler so hard on himself. He helped so many others. I've got my own place next to Tara. "Mammy, fetch some black coffee". Captain Butler is willing for the funeral to take place. Afterwards Scarlett and Rhett are griefstricken and can't communicate. They live together apart. Mammy goes back to Tara, her work is done. Scarlett and Rhett are left "Alone" Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author 13. Scarlett goes to marietta. news of mellie's illness. She's dying - a miscarriage. She hadn't told anyone . scarlett - no deathbed confessions! Melanaie asks her to look after beau. gave him to you once before.Look after Ashley andhis business. not practical. Tells Scarlett about Rhett's ruse to pass his money off as money from a will so Ashley could buy the mill. " Be kind to Captain Butler. he loves you so" goodbye Mellie. Scarlett goesto Ashley. She's the only dream I ever had, only love. You do love her, don't you? how could you have letme believe? i was never the man you thought I was. Scarlett is lost in the swirling mist from her nightmares. She doesn't know where she's going and is haunted by her past Charles, her father, she calls out for her mother, some underscoring the prayer? her father's song again, top of the hill there'll be just two! home that's where I'm running ........Rhett! rhett! Thank god you're here. She's dead? God rest her. She was the only really kind person I ever knew what did she say? and? ......and.?............ Look after Ashley. Convenient to have the first wife's permission. you can divorce me. I don't want a divorce. i don'twant to hear any of it. the unfortunate Mr wilkes is too much of a mouthful of dead sea fruit for you to swallow. I love you. there was a time I once I would have asked God to hear you say it. I only came back after the war to be with you. I loved you asmuch as man can love woman but my love wore out. no . yours for AShley did I never really loved ashley. well it seems we've been at CROSS PURPOSES! I'msorry.rhett look at me. "You don't know me either. I've changed" we've been through so much together. Never at any crisis of your life have you ever had a handkerchief. You loved me so much there must be something left. I'm leaving. I was going to tell you when you came back from marietta. I need to live for something more. there'sso much i have to do for Bonnie , for the future of the children of the South. Mister rhett your bags are in the carriage. thank you, pork. I'llcome back often enough to keep the gossip down. Where will I go what Will i do? Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Scarlett sobs. She's changed. She goes to put the children to bed and decides she'll take them to Tara. She's welcomed home. She would not know defeat even when it stared her in the face. I can get him back. Tomoorow is another day. assembled cast sing Gone With the Wind. Darius Rhett comes in from the back, joins in the song and makes his way to the front beside Jill Scarlett. The cast take their bows and then Darius and Jill. The lead the applause for the band on both sides of the stage. darius and Jill take their bows again. Finally they leave the stage waving to the audience. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 14, 200817 yr Author It's not quite the same but I enjoyed it. I'll tidy it up later and add more dialogue. I was trying to keep apace, keep what wouldbe happening there in my mind. Edited June 14, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 15, 200817 yr sighs.I want to see GWTW again! I can see it in my minds eye reading that...it was fantastic yesterday, and Darius was on top form, his vocals mesmerised me
June 15, 200817 yr Author I would have been thinking about it all afternoon anyway. I think it would be a good idea for usall to add anything else we remember, maybe up dating scenes in a copied post. I could number the ones above and as people edit they can add a/b/c/etcuntil we have the best written version we can find. I'd particularly like anything about Darius which people can remember added-where he entered from, sitting/standing, which group he was in, the lyrics of his songs. I've remembered something so I'll update the first scene. Also I seem to have missed out Wade's birth. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
June 15, 200817 yr Author Act 1 1. 14.30 the cast make their way through the audience on to the stage. Darius is wearing his "Lincoln" style costume but has the jacket slung casually over his left shoulder. He greets and kisses one of the girls as he moves towards the back. The cast settle into place. Darius lifts his head slightly tilted upwards to the circle and booms "1861', then others take up the narration about the red earth of Georgia and the richness of Tara Beautiful song from the slaves as they go about their various jobs on the plantation "Born To Be Free" The groomsman is polishing a saddle in the middleof the stage. Others are hoeing. Fine plantation called Tara it belongs to Gerald and Ellen O'Hara... the O'Haras appear.inside the entrance to Tara and then the girls join them Scarlett from the left, Sue Ellen and Careen. Careen is wearing a smock over her dress. The song continues. The slaves discuss Lincoln's plans to free all slaves Scarlett runs out of the house shouting "Ashley to marry? It isn't true." Mammy scolds Scarlett for coming out without a shawl. Gerald comes back from Twelve Oaks . He's somewhat tipsy and falls heavily onto his back at the front of the stage. He's bought Pork's wife Dilceyand daughter, Prissy. News of Ashley to marry Madeleine. Gerald tells Scarlett she isn't right for Ashley should marry Cade Calvert At least the Wilkes marry their cousins and keep their strangeness to themselves - always gets a laugh. Gerald sings about his land - On your land your child will take your place. Go into supper. Pork brings in Dilcey and Prissy. Dilcey gives prissy to Scarlett as her maid. Ellen returns from the white trash Slatterys. Mammy opines they should shoot 'em. Ellen insists the overseer is dismissed. The family gather for prayers. Susannah Fellowes sings amazingly well. Another beautiful song. Scarlett's mind is on Ashley. The girls press their mother about their dressesfor the ball. Edited June 15, 200817 yr by Baytree
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