SCENE ONE#3 A RUMOR IN ST. PETERSBURG
RUSSIA: 1920: THE STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG
TOWNSPEOPLE
THE NEVA FLOWS
A NEW WIND BLOWS
AND SOON IT WILL BE SPRING
(GLEB, a communist officer, high in rank, enters. He addresses the public.)
GLEB
We hear you, comrades! The revolution hears you! Yes, our way is long, the journey hard. The chains of the Romanovs were heavy. Three long centuries they bound us. But we have broken them! Together we will forge a new Russia. A fair and compassionate Russia that will be the envy of all the world. That is the promise we have made. From father to son! From my father to me! Fellow Russian to fellow Russian. The Tsar's St. Petersburg is now the people's Leningrad!
(TOWNSPEOPLE, including DMITRY enter.)
DMITRY
They can call it Leningrad, but it will always be Petersburg! New name, same empty stomachs.
THEY TELL US TIMES ARE BETTER
WELL I SAY THEY'RE NOT
CAN'T COOK
AN EMPTY PROMISE
IN AN EMPTY POT
A BRIGHTER DAY IS DAWNING
IT'S ALMOST AT HAND
THE SKIES ARE GRAY
THE WALLS HAVE EARS AND HE WHO ARGUES DISAPPEARS
DMITRY & ENSEMBLE
HAIL OUR GREAT NEW LAND
(DMITRY runs off stage, from GLEB)
ENSEMBLE
ST. PETERSBURG IS GLOOMY
A CITY ON THE RISE.
WOMAN 1
IT'S REALLY VERY FRIENDLY
WOMAN 2
IF YOU DON'T MIND SPIES.
MAN 2
WE STAND BEHIND OUR LEADERS
MAN 3
AND STAND IN LINE FOR BREAD
ENSEMBLE
WE'RE GOOD AND LOYAL COMRADES
AND OUR FAVORITE COLOR'S RED
(DMITRY appears in the podium center stage.)
DMITRY
NOW EVERYONE IS EQUAL
PROFESSORS PUSH THE BROOMS
DMITRY & ENSEMBLE
TWO-DOZEN TOTAL STRANGERS LIVE IN
TWO SMALL ROOMS
YOU HOLD A REVOLUTION,
AND HERE'S THE PRICE YOU PAY
THANK GOODNESS FOR THE GOSSIP
MEN
СПАСИБО ЗА СЛУХИ! (SPASIBO ZA SLUKHI!)
ENSEMBLE
YOU ARE READING
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