![]() PIANGI It's an insult! FIRMIN Not you as well! PIANGI Just look at this - it's an insult! FIRMIN Please, understand. ANDRE Now what's the matter? CARLOTTA Have you seen the size of my part? ANDRE Signora, listen. If you could, find out which has a sense of pitch - wisely, though, I've managed to a**ign a rather minor role to those who cannot act! " (They are interrupted by the arrival of Carlotta and PIANGI both furiously brandishing similar notes) CARLOTTA Outrage! FIRMIN What is it now? CARLOTTA This whole affair is an outrage! FIRMIN Signora, please. Get a player with tone - and that third trombone has to go! The man could not be deafer, so please preferably one who plays in tune!" FIRMIN (reading his letter) "Dear Firmin, vis a vis my opera: some chorus-members must be sacked. ANDRE (groans) Not another chandelier! FIRMIN Look, my friend, what we have here: (He has two notes from the Phantom, one of which he hands to Andre, who opens it and reads): ANDRE "Dear Andre, Re my orchestrations: We need another first bassoon. ANDRE Utter lunacy! FIRMIN But we daren't refuse. Andre is impatiently flicking through it) ANDRE Ludicrous! Have you seen the score? FIRMIN (entering) Simply ludicrous! ANDRE It's the final straw! FIRMIN This is lunacy! Well, you know my views. ![]() (At the manager's office, the Phantom's score lies open on the desk.
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