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Love Never Dies : Working Script Not Completed

the following is a work of fan fiction ( not that I was a fan of the original fiction...) 

DONT SUE ME IM NOT MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS!

Love Never Dies:

Open on the World’s Fair, Chicago 1893

{Under cover of darkness, a massive ship glides into the docks of the fair

Coming to settle, three strong men jump from the deck of the ship, preforming aerial stunts upon the ropes until landing upon the dock, tying the ship off, A plank lowers with the whirring of gears and swinging coils.

A demur man with a weak beard and a combover steps slowly off of the plank, holding a suitcase in his free hand as he holds dearly onto the rope of the plank.

Behind him a cloaked figure follows with slow precise steps, no need to hold the plank ropes for grace comes pretenaturally

The demur man, ( Heinrich Hertz ) finally steps off of the plank and turns}

Henreich - sung

Night in the White City

A humbling sight

A World to behold

Beneath Electric Light

The Fair shall witness

Power from a great height

For they all burn bright

But their methods shall seem trite

History we shall rewrite

As we introduce a dark knight

Into the city of white

Phantom- sung

City of White in the Night

My What a pity

Im sure in the light of day

It can appear quite pretty

A glorious spectacle

that would not admit me

I am judged to be guilty

So I hid out of pity

For that snobby committee

That would stop- Look a kitty!

Me from entering their great white city

Turning Henreich turns to look up at Phantom

Heinreich-

Mein Herr, Command me that I might change the world.

Phantom- sung

Enter into the City

This Faire of the World

My minions shall prepare your stage

Under cover of night it shall be unfurled

From my mind to your mouth

My plans shall be transferred

Never again thought absurd

They will enrapture every word

A genius you shall be conferred

As feeble minds are swirled

Once they see our inventions on the stage of the world

Heinreich - Main Herr, your genius shall save the world.

Phantom- As the Plank starts returning to the ship, Phantom hangs off of it-

No, luminescent Heinrich, Our genius shall save the world.

{Cloaked Figures emerge from stage right

All of them carrying giant crates on their shoulders

All following Heinrich as he stumbles in the dull light of the electric street lamps of the

World’s Fair

Approaching Stage Left

Two Workers are fiddling with a junction box}

Worker One- Hey Pal, watch it!

Heinrich- I am terribly sorry, mein fruend.

Worker One- It’s alright, but you look lost, you need something.

Heinrich- I am Heinrich Hertz, and seek to find my presentation space in the less formal exhibition hall.

Worker One- Ah! You an inventor ?

Heinrich- I have discovered how to draw electricity from the sun!

Worker One- Wow! So like Tesla and Edison ?

Heinrich- Nein, for while they provide the system for the electricity, I shall give it to them.

Worker One- Well ! Follow me !

{Worker Two Flips a switch and the Lights of the night erupt, the original intro of Phantom of the Opera Plays}

{All at once, at the crescendo, A man in a bowler and a suit walks on stage, unscrews bulbs and sticks her hand in the sockets. He rattles to the music until the music fades as though it and the lights are connected.

A spotlight stays on our electricity vampire until he turns around, and slides back into the shadows of the now dark city}

Scene- The World’s Fair- The Next Day

Kids Run around with giant lollipops and cotton candy

Adults dance and point at the wonders

There are signs for Tesla and Edison at opposing ends of the stage

The day is overcast but not raining yet

A carriage rolls in and opens.

Out bounds a child with a man wearing an eye patch and wooden arm

He extends his good arm and helps Christine out of the carriage.

Christine-sung to the first 3 lines of think of me from the original Phantom

Look at it

Look at the world’s fair

Humanity shall fly

Raul-sung

Witness it

Witness possibility

The future is nigh

Christine- sung

Ponder it

the world that we shall see

It will change every life that we could know

Raul-

What are we to discover

Christine-

It shall be quite a sh- OH!

Christine crashes into Heinreich Hertz

Heinreich-

Excuse me Fraline, I did not mean to cause you distress.

Christine- Pardon me, Missor. I have simply been swept up in the majesty of the White City.

Heinrich- It is quite a show to behold.

Raul- Allow me to introduce us, I am The Vacant du Chalet, Raul and my wife the viscountess Christine, and of course our son Amour

Amour- I’m Ten !

Heinreich- A pleasure. I am Heinreich Hertz, Inventor.

Christine- An Inventor you say ?

Raul- Do you bring something to the city as an offering to Columbia herself ?

Heinreich - Ja, For I and my benefactor have found a way to provide energy to all the world merely using the sun.

Amour- I’m the son!

Raul- I don’t think he meant you, dear Amour.

Heinreich- No my boy, the big star in the sky.

Christine- Solar energy for all ?

Heinreich- sung - to the tune of the Phantom of the Opera

The power of the sun

Shall change the world

The others here to stun

Shall leave sunburned

I have the way to set

The world alight

The Ph-lantropist who funds me

Will see

As I claim the night.

Both Christine and Raul look curious at one another and then at Heinreich,

Raul grabs Amour’s collar with his wooden arm and pulls him back to his parents before he wanders into the crowds behind them

Christine- shocked-

Excuse me mosiour, but that tune…

Heimreich -

Um, fauline, it is merely something I hummed in the shower this morning.

The Chorus- sung as they stop walking behind the leads - to the tune of Masquerade - a sign lights for freshly squeezed lemonade

LEMONADE !

Freshly Squeezed and home made

Lemonade

Have a glass

And let it

Refresh you

Christine - I have -

Raul- We have heard that tune before

Heinreich - It was merely a Diddy I heard on the plane….

Amour- What’s a plane

The Chorus- turning away from the leads to look back towards the rear of the stage as giant paper animals rolls by-

A PARADE!

We are quite entertained

A Parade

Watch them

Strut there stuff

Before you

Raul- You mentioned a benefactor

Christine - You said Philanthropist

Heinreich - I really must be going

Raul - and the song you sang

Christine- have you ever been to the theater in Paris ?

Amour- Does Cotton candy exist yet?

The Chorus -

It’s Charades !

A mime acting quite afraid

Some Charades

It’s bad acting

Right in front of you

Christine - Who is your Financier ?

Raul - Do you know Eric ?

Heinreich- I MUST GO. THERE IS A WORLD TO SAVE.

Christine- Save from what

Heinreich runs off stage right

Christine falls into Rauls arms

Amour wanders back on stage with the Elephant from the Parade on a leash

A Man from the crowd pulls a light from a socket stage right and sticks his hand into it

The lights of everything flicker as the crowd runs and the stage goes dark

All at once it rains ferociously

Christine and Raul stand center stage

Christine - sung

He still lingers in the shadows just behind

The Chorus-

Who has stolen our light

Raul - sung

A bloodthirsty wraith who learned to be kind

The Chorus-

What caused the city go dark?

Christine-

A ghost intertwined

The Chorus-

We are draped into night

Raul -

A spectre unkind

The Chorus-

What monster stole the power

Christine-

Who will forevermore haunt

Raul-

Our hearts and our minds

The Chorus-

Someone has stolen our spark

{The Chorus walks off stage to the left being careful not to trip

Raul and Christine follow the footlights off the left

Amour pulls the elephant song with him }

{Finally withdrawing his hand from the socket,

H.H. Holmes holds up the build he pulled out and it lights

He giggles maniacally holding it aloft}

H.H.Holmes-

Oh the White City

Your light and life is mine

I shall live for ever

My power is divine

So sweet it’s electric

And it all will be mine

{H.H.Holmes cackles as he wanders into the

Rain, thunder and lightning making him stop and smile for a moment

All at once the stage is empty}

{Heinreich wanders from stage right back towards the center of the stage,

His light still aloft

He goes to turn and the Phantom is there

Grabbing the light

Concealing it beneath his cloak}

Heinreich- sung

He is here, my lord

Phantom- sung-

So he found us again at last

{The elephant wanders through the background}

Heinreich-

We are nearly prepared

Phantom-

My patience has passed

{Amour is left behind as the elephant waters off stage and Amour waves}

Heinreich-

Your rematch is certain

Phantom-

The fatal die has been cast

{Amour notices the two men singing and wanders to the side of the stage to see who they are}

Heinreich-

Tomorrow shall see Holmes die

Phantom-

My victory is forecast

{Standing there, Amour squints at them}

Heinreich-

Your Phantoms are rock steady

Phantom-

My nerves are quite peppy

Heinreich-

The device is all ready

Phantom-

My next act shall be deadly

Heinreich-

For he is here, my lord

Amour-

Hey, your that guy from mom’s past !

Phantom -

Merde.

~End Act 1~

Act 2

opens in the Sciences pavilion

The stage is divided between the raised platform for the Tesla stage

And the raised platform for the Edison stage

In the back resides an unlit stage for Hertz and a pillar

Tesla & half the crowd-

AC!

Edison & the other half of the crowd-

DC!

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

DC

Tesla:

Alternating vs direct

Such is such a disrespect

Alternating is the only correct

Method for the world to connect

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

AC

Edison

Direct vs alternating

I shall spare you alliterating

The effect would be devastating

Disaster is what he’s proliferating

{A clear line of demarkation forms betwixt the sides

In the space between we can see several cloaked figures moving about the Hertz stage}

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

Alternating is the way to go

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

With Direct we have control

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

Edison wishes to be King

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

AC

Edison -

Tesla thinks not of the chaos he’ll bring

{The animosity of the crowds continue to rise through dances and swelling of music

Flailing across the center of the stage, but never obscuring the small stage in the back}

The shadowed figures

Tesla-

Alternating versus Direct

The riches that they wish to collect

While keeping their boot on your neck

Such greed should always be put in check

Edison-

Direct versus Alternating

Americans wouldn’t be debating

Such talk weakens us and we are waiting

For you to just shut up, your aggravating

The outburst get more violent yet still stay contained, while Hertz emerges onto stage from the right, right before being handed a cylinder from a cloaked phantom, who sees Christine, Raul, and Amour come in an observe the proceedings from stage left. Hertz walks downtime center of the divide calmly and cooly, stepping up the stairs onto his stage and moves to a panel where he will insert the cylinder and flip the switch

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

Alternating shall provide utopia quick

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

Tesla is a dangeros raging lunatic

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

Should not electricity be a right

Edison-

DC

Tesla-

AC

Edison-

NONE OF YOU VERMIN DESERVE MY LIGHT

{A massive pillar of light turns on silently when Hertz flips a switch, the orchestra swells at the power shown. The two crowds quiet and Hertz straightens his tie and begins to address the crowds in a reprise of the tune from “Here’s to us” from the original }

Hertz-

Mine Herr and Dearest Fraulein

I welcome you to my show

I shall articulate

While I demonstrate

Solar power

And how it will

Undoubtedly

Definitively

Postiviley

Give Power to you all

Now each cell can keep a house warm

And provide each with unlimited power

While not needed all the wire

Or feeding the desire

Of fat cats

Who wish

To charge you

For the right to live your life.