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Script
Audition Central: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical JR.
Script: Mrs. Phelps
SIDE 1
MATILDA
And so the great day arrived.
(MATILDA)
Everything was arranged by the Acrobat's sister - a frightening woman who used to be an Olympic-class hammer thrower, and who loved nothing better than to scare the children of the town. Suddenly, out came the Escapologist.
ESCAPOLOGIST
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... (chord) The Burning Woman Hurling Through The Air (chord) With Dynamite In Her Hair (chord) Over Sharks And Spiky Objects (chord), Caught By The Man Locked In The Cage... (chord) has been... cancelled.
MRS. PHELPS
No!
ESCAPOLOGIST
Cancelled because my wife is... pregnant.
MRS. PHELPS
So it has a happy ending?
MATILDA
No!
(MATILDA)
Just then the Acrobat's sister stepped forward and produced... a contract.
TRUNCHBULL
(offstage)
I have paid for the posters, publicity, the catering, the toilet facilities. Where is my profit? A contract is a contract. You will perform on this day or off to prison you both shall go!
MRS. PHELPS
No, no!
(MATILDA begins to exit.)
W-w-what happens next?
MATILDA
I don't know, yet. I'll tell you tomorrow.
END
SIDE 2
MRS. PHELPS
What? Is there a child at school who's behaving like a bully?
MATILDA
Not a child exactly. Do you want to hear the next part of the story?
MRS. PHELPS
What are we waiting for?
MATILDA
As they prepared themselves for the most dangerous feat that had ever been performed, the Acrobat gave her husband a kiss-
ACROBAT
Smile - we have done this a thousand times.
ESCAPOLOGIST
First I escape from the cage, lean out, catch you with one hand, grab a fire extinguisher with the other, and put out the flames on your specially designed dress before they reach the dynamite and blow your head off!
MRS. PHELPS
(screams)
Ahhhhhhh!
(beat)
Sorry. Go on.
MATILDA
The trick started well. The moment the dress was set alight, the Acrobat swung into the air. She hurled over the sharks and spiky objects - suddenly the padlocks pinged open and the huge chains fell away - the door flung open and the Escapologist reached out to catch his wife and the child-
MRS. PHELPS
Oh, I can't look!
END