SCENE THREE
RUSSIA: 1927: COMMUNIST HEADQUARTERS
(RASPUTIN is sitting hunched, his back facing the audience. GLEB enters. He is suddenly shocked.)
GLEB
Father.
(RASPUTIN turns around, revealing the haggard face he had)
GLEB
What are you doing here, you must be in bed.
RASPUTIN
How long has it been? Since the Bolsheviks raided the palace?
GLEB
(hesitant)
Fourteen years, father.
RASPUTIN
And how long have you been planting the revolution?
GLEB
Since last year, father.
(GLEB picks up some rags lying around RASPUTIN.)
GLEB (cont.)
You should really be in bed father.
(But RASPUTIN grabs him by the arm.)
RASPUTIN
I sense her. The last Romanov.
(GLEB pulls away his hand.)
GLEB
Don't be ridiculous, Anastasia is dead.
RASPUTIN
Then why do I hear the rumors of the lost princess Anastasia?
GLEB
They are just rumors.
RASPUTIN
My dear son, why don't you think I am getting better?
(GLEB is quiet.)
6A RASPUTIN'S THEME REPRISE
RASPUTIN (cont.)
I SOLD MY SOUL FOR THE ROMANOVS
I SOLD MY SOUL FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
I TOLD YOU TO SOW THE SEEDS OF MIGHT
I TOLD YOU TO SHOW THEM PEACE
But now, what we are fighting against is coming back. In the form of: a young woman!
YOU WANT ME TO GET BETTER?
DEAR SON?
GLEB
Yes father.
RASPUTIN
Find her! Kill her. For Russia.
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