PROLOGUE#1 OPENING FANFARE AND OPENING SCENE
RUSSIA: 1906: IN THE YUGUSOV PALACE, GRAND BALLROOM
(dim lighting)
DOWAGER EMPRESS (O.S.)
There was a time, far away, long ago, when we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand parties.
It was the year 1906, where my son, Nicolas, was the Czar of imperial Russia.
#1A UNDERSCORE: THE LAST DANCE OF THE ROMANOVS
(The ENSEMBLE ROMANOVS is seen, as in the middle of a dance. YOUNG ANASTASIA is seen in the center, dancing with her father, TSAR NICHOLAS II. Everyone dances. The DOWAGER EMPRESS enters slowly, but elegantly, from stage left. She takes her place in the center on top of the platform. She breathes in the atmosphere happily.)
DOWAGER EMPRESS (O.S.)
We were celebrating the 300th anniversary of our family's rule. And that night, no star burned brighter than that of our sweet Anastasia.
(YOUNG ANASTASIA is seen dancing joyfully, from one hand to the other. YOUNG DMITRY enters from stage right. He carefully balances cocktails in his most refined manner. But YOUNG ANASTASIA dances past him. YOUNG DMITRY is caught in awe and drops his tray.)
RANDOM MAID
Oh! That insolent boy Dmitry!
(Dmitry is quickly whisked off by the angry maid. Both exit to stage left. YOUNG ANASTASIA saw the accident but didn't stop dancing. But this leads her to notice her grandmother, the DOWAGER EMPRESS.)
YOUNG ANASTASIA
Nana!
(YOUNG ANASTASIA stops dancing and races to her grandmother. They embrace. ENSEMBLE continues dancing.)
DOWAGER EMPRESS
Oh my sweet granddaughter.
YOUNG ANASTASIA
Oh! Why do you have to go so soon?
DOWAGER EMPRESS
I've stayed here far too long, my dear.
YOUNG ANASTASIA
Oh please Nana? Please can I come with you to Paris!
DOWAGER EMPRESS
Oh, dearest, we've been over this.
YOUNG ANASTASIA
Please Nana!
DOWAGER EMPRESS
When you are older, we will meet there, with all your brothers and sisters! I promise. Remember the bridge by the square? The one that made for your grandfather?
YOUNG ANASTASIA
Yes! You showed me! Oh it is so beautiful!
DOWAGER EMPRESS
We will be there, and we will cross the bridge, marveling at the beautiful river and the cityline of Paris.
YOUNG ANASTASIA
And we will go see the ballet every night!
(angrily)
But that doesn't change the fact that I can't come with you now!
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