| Show A STAND STAMP Z Suggestion to Dramatists Drama Based sed cd on Recent Stage History I story New ew York Evening Sun In Jn Two Acts to Say Nothing at AH An of 9 the Ensemble Ensemble Being a Suggestion to Certain CertIn Dramatists as Based Ba ed Upon Certain Stage tage History H tol Recently Made A stands for f r Art When Its Is All Al Said Sid and Done and B for tor Box Office That Takes Take In the Mon lon ACT I 1 IA IA A beach by the ocean Down stage waves wave rolling Middle stage breakers breaker roaring raring To the left lett a lighthouse Is violently winking its eye The dawn breaks Enter a bevy be of sea nymphs dancing on from the wings i Chorus of or Nymphs As S we think you ou will wf remark Our chapeaux and gloves loes you ou miss But we think TraIa With a wink TraIa That we look quite nice like lk this nils Dance panee P f Sic First Nymph And as for shoes and Second Nymph Dont you think Its rather shocking T Third Nymph And as for stylish st dresses Fourth Nymph N we our pretty 7 I Nymphs Nymph face fa e down stage turning turing toward the sea 4 Chorus Hail Hal Hall Hail Hal Queen of or the ocean Hail Hal Ham Hail See our devotion Rise from the time Iray ray Rise from loam foam For away And Miss I s home I o e Shivers of or violins held term tem olo on the tile high strong stron arises slowly from the waves Ies and dances for forward forward forward ward Solo by b Aphrodite 0 O once upon a time It I was very long hong ago ao aoI I engaged a mantua maker But she sew seo Chorus But she he But she But she sew ew Aphrodite Aphrodite She had no Idea of ot style v vIn In creation creaton she was wa lacking So I stood her for a while Then I sent her sent her packing Chorus So she sent her So she sent her So she sent Bent her Sent her packing Aphrodite Well Wel she packed hor her things and left ift lef me me For Fora a journey journe down the Nile Nie Note ote Bene Beno She bereft me mo meA And A d she left lert me but my ray smile Chorus So o Its Is on on on to the Nile le leFor For ah nh there are times when we cant canteen even een smile smie And when we all al sigh And look sorry sorrO O my myo m mSo So o its is on so its Is on to the tho Nile Nie ACT ACTU II ir The River Nile Nie In the distance a a tempi tem l twinkling twin kIns with wih lights To the right a ap pyramid p To the tIme left let a a Sphinx with ts face ace turned off stage stage A few paim palm trees Night Kight An n evening In August AugustA A slowly floats down the Nile le until it reaches center of or stage The moon arises eagerly The Sphinx Sphinx attempts to turn Chorus of or Attendants Purple sails sans and a a velvet elv t sky s Silver oars oar and ad a maiden shy sh Flute and pipe pipe and flute ute Dont you vou ou think we are awful cute Dance In a clime like hike this it is hot bot to dress A very ver hard problem all al confess We need ned nothing more than a coat of tan So you see we are doing the best bet we can canD D ce First Attendant A stands stand done done for Art when Its Is all al said and ad addone Second Attendant B 1 for Box Office Otlee that takes In the mon Third Attendant C stands for Cash Cah and for C Casting Off Of f Clothes Fourth Attendant D stands for Dollars and everything goes The curtain before the door In the cabin is slowly parted Attendants face the cabin Salaam Chorus Rah Rab Rah Likewise Horum Rah Rah isis and Turn Come Queen of Egypt a star is thy glance On on on with the dance Cleopatra trips forward The moon moan pushes a cloud back With a violent effort the Sphinx turns around Solo by Cleopatra There was a time and as for me Im glad its past and gone When everyone arose to ask O what did she have on But now the stage Is elevated Every body cough And now the question that they ask ak Is What did she have oft off Chorus O 0 what did she have off offO O 0 what did she have off And now the question that they ask la is What did she have oft off Cleopatra In days of old an actress very often tore her hair And cried aloud unto the crowd I won wonder wonder der what Ill wear O 0 then her costumes worried her but nowadays they dont She thing of what shell wear She wonders what she won wont t Chorus O 0 nowadays they dont dontO O 0 nowadays they dont She care for what shell wear She wonders what she won wont t tEnter Enter Aphrodite and a n d nymphs dancing and waving their arms GRAND ENSEMBLE Solo by Aphrodite Before we dressed Chorus Before we dressed As we are now As we are now There often was There often was An awful row rowAn rowA An A awful row For dont you seethe ruling style Would only last a little while And every one was nervous lest They might not look hook as did the rest But now I But now HalIp r a Since Sally came Salome came As you can see Teebee Were just the same Were Just the tha same Cleopatra Welcome to our oar Pray excuse me while I send v Tuneful notes of invitation To a waiting friend Anthony Anthony AnthonyA A suburban train puffs In Inthe Inthe the distance Heavy steps draw near Drums rumble Discords Anthony Comstock rushes forward amid tu tumultuous applause from the audience Quick curtain c |
