SCENE EIGHT
1927: COMMUNIST OFFICES
(GLEB is seen at RASPUTIN's side.)
#13B TRAVELING SEQUENCE
RASPUTIN
The train crossed the Russian border, and they weren't on it?
GLEB
A TEMPORARY SETBACK
WE'LL FIND THEM, NEVER FEAR
THEY THINK THEY CAN ELUDE US
BUT THEY'LL END UP HERE
A RAGGED LITTLE UPSTART
ENGAGING IN A CRIME
(Thunder is heard. ANYA, DMITRY,and VLAD run onstage, in the middle of a storm somewhere.)
ANYA, DMITRY, VLAD, GLEB, & RASPUTIN
THE PRINCESS ANASTASIA
IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME
(DMITRY begins to run off. Dim lights on GLEB and RASPUTIN.)
VLAD
Dmitry, wait! Anya can't go any further.
(He puts down his suitcase, clearly winded.)
She's exhausted.
DMITRY
The Polish border is only ten more kilometers! We'll be safe there!
(He and ANYA run off. VLAD follows behind them.)
VLAD
Wait for me!
(Back to Gleb and Rasputin.)
RASPUTIN
(angry)
Then we must follow her to Paris. You need to find her! Kill her!
(RASPUTIN gets up for the first time in a long time it seems. He trembles.)
RASPUTIN
You want to see your father well, son? You want to see us bring Russia peace? Kill her for me. For your father.
GLEB
But what if she's not Anastasia?
RASPUTIN
(flinches at the name)
She will be! But if not, she is an example for all the others who attempt to cross the Russian borders.
RASPUTIN COND.
IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE
YOU MERELY POINT THE GUN
AND THEN YOU PULL THE TRIGGER
GLEB
AND THE JOB IS DONE
RASPUTIN
ENJOY YOUR NEW POSITION
BUT REMEMBER YOUR FATHER
(ANYA, DMITRY and VLAD return again.)
ANYA, DMITRY, VLAD, GLEB, & OFFICERS
THE PRINCESS ANASTASIA
(ANYA, DMITRY and VLAD exit.)
GLEB
ALIVE OR DEAD
#14 STILL
(RASPUTIN exits, along with soldiers helping him. GLEB is left alone and leans on his desk.)
GLEB
Everyone imagines being someone else.
It's an innocent enough fantasy.
AN UNDERHANDED GIRL
AN ACT OF DESPERATION
AND TO MY CONSTERNATION
I LET HER GO
SHE WANTS WHAT SHE CAN GET-
IS THAT A FAIR DEPICTION?
DOES SHE BELIEVE HER FICTION?
IT'S HARD TO KNOW
IS IT INNOCENCE OR GUILE?
OR NOTHING BUT A CHILDISH ACT OF WILL?
SHE DOESN'T KNOW SHE NEEDS YOU
SHE WILLFULLY MISLEADS YOU
(A COMMUNIST OFFICER enter and puts his coat on
GLEB, then exits.)
BUT STILL...STILL
A SON BECOMES A MAN
AT HIS FATHER'S KNEE
IF THAT SON HAD ASKED QUESTIONS
WELL...WHERE WOULD WE BE?
SHE'S NOTHING BUT A CHILD
A WAIF WHO NEEDS PROTECTION
I FEEL A STRANGE CONNECTION-
I CAN'T ALLOW!
SHE SAYS IT'S ALL A GAME
SHE TREMBLES LIKE A FLOWER
BUT IN HER, THERE'S A POWER
I SEE THAT NOW
(Another COMMUNIST OFFICER gives GLEB papers, then exits.)
I AM NOTHING BUT A MAN
WITH NOTHING BUT HIS ORDERS
TO FULFILL
"I'M INNOCENT!" SHE CRIES!
BUT THEN, YOU SEE HER EYES
AND SOMETHING IN THEM TELLS YOU
(One more COMMUNIST OFFICER enters and hands GLEB a gun. He then joins the other OFFICERS, which have all come on stage and surrounded GLEB in a semicircle.)
THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY LIES
UNTIL YOUR HEART REPLIES
"BUT, STILL...!"
STILL
STILL
(He finishes the song and salutes the OFFICERS on stage, and they do the same. GLEB's salute mimics the projection on the screen, which is the same one from the prologue. The lighting is also red.)
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