The Beach (Postbox) It R Her

Maurvra Mtt!

ons P ROLOGU E: of The Beach (Postbox) it r her

We are in darkness. who i SOPHIE is sitting at the foot of a wall into wlticlt is set a post-box opening. She holds tltree zuhite enaelopes. Tlrcy are unmistakably inaitation-sized enaelopes.

SOPHIE (Sings to'herselfl

I HAVE A DREAM A SONG TO SING IC TO HELP ME COPE island WITH ANYTHING IF YOU SEE THE WONDER OF A FAIRY TALE orite YOU CAN TAKE THE FUTURE it free (SHE stops herself - speaks) :m'. Even i-f you fail...

SOPHIE stands and zualks to the post-box, Slrc reads the nanles out loud:

Sam Carmichael...

She posts the inaitation. She reads the next:

Bill Austin...

She posts it and announces the next

And Harry Bright!

She posts the last one then crosses lrcr fingers and lnlds ther: ti: - Good luck... Mauut Mre!

ALI Sophie... LISA Sophie...

SEGUE INTO:

Ali! Lisa!

What a jot

We said w

We made r

Where is I

How's yor

I've been r

Ohgod, y

No. I've i

Your Dad

You mean

Not exact

- Mauua Mra!

SCENE ONE The Beach

It is a bight, sunny day - the morning before SOPHIE and SKY's wedding' ALI and LISA throut their bags ooer the wall and clamber oaer - ALr / LISA Sophie!! soPHrE / ALr/LLSA (Screaming with delight at seeing each other) Aaaahhh! SOPHIE Ali! Lisa! Where've you been? I thought you'd get here hours ago. ALI What a joumey!' Guess who left her ticket on the kitchen table? LISA get on this plane! It's our best friend's wedding tomorrow. ..:I We said we have to ALI We made such a fuss-but you weren't getting married without your bridesmaids! LISA Where is he, then? Your Sky? We're dyiog to meet him. ALI s yonr Mom-I bet Donna's going nuts over this wedding? SOPHIE been dying for you to get here. I've got a secret. You're the only ones I can tell- ... ALI you're pregnant! SOPHIE invited my Dad to my wedding. LISA

ALI y,Su.rre finaliy found him? SOPHIE 4- Meurua Mrel

(She produces the diary) (soPHrE) Look. I found this in Mom,s desk.

LISA That's Sophie! You're not supposed to go around reading your Mom,s diary... (Sir'

...no, she's supposed to go arouna."uai.,|fr,rrr... SOPHIE "'but look! 1979. rt's the one she kept theyear she got pregnant with me_you know how she won't tark about my dad, she says she can,t remembe4 but risten_ (Reads from the diary) 'July 17th' lvhat a night! After the show, sam rowed me over to the littre isrand. we danced on the beach and kissed on the beach, and dot, dot, dot..., LISA I4/hat?

SOPHIE Dot, dot, dot-that,s what they did in the olden days.

SOPHIE goes back to the diary _ (Reads again)

'Sam's the one, I know he is_I,ve never felt tike this before..-,

HO dial SOPHIE continues as if reading from the diary, but norn sings

HONEY HONEY So thir HOW HE THRILLS ME, AHA, HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY Thu p NEARLY KILIS ME, AHA, HONEY HONEY

...bast I'VE HEARDAEOUT HIM BEFORE I WANTED TO KNOW SOME MORE AND NOW I KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN ...typi' HE'S A LOVE MACHINE (oH, HE MAKES MEDTZZY) ...han1 Maruud Mra!

ALI Alove-machine? SOPHIE That's nothing-

(Sings)

HONEY HONEY LET ME FEEL IT, AHA, HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY DON'T CONCEAL IT AHA, HONEY HONEY you THE WAY THAT YOU KISS GOODNIGFil .isten- ALr / LrSA THE WAY THAT YOU KISS ME GOODNIGHT sland. SOPHIE THE WAY THAT YOU HOLD ME TIGHT ALt / LrSA WAY THAT YOU'RE HOLDING ME TIGHT SOPHIE I FEEL LIKE I WANNASING WHEN YOU DO YOUR... soPHrE/ALt/rrsA ...,THING'!

HONEY, HONEY continues as an iistrumental, underscoring the fotlowing section of dialogue:

LISA thi" g"y Sam is your dad? SOPHIE t thickens. Sam told Mom he was going back home to get married... LISA

ALI

SOPHIE 6- Meuua Mra!

(soPHrE) (Flicking through to another page and reading again) ..''August 4th. I^lhat a night! I was stiil feeling depressed about sam, but #ter the and I took l,i- o,,". to *X":}[:t:f ;,:::::at, the isrand. one thing red to LISA BiII?

SOPHIE (fnding anather page)

"''August 15th. what a night! Harry tumed up out of the blue, so I said island' I must I,d show need my heai examined, but he ffif was so sweet, I couldn,t herp soPHrE / ALU LrsA (together)

Dot, dot, dot ! ALI Harry... Oh my go SOPHIE Yep' The sperm donor has a name. we[, three names. sam, Bil or Harry. Yes! I war ALI And they're all arriving for the wedding! Let's hope S.PHIE Yes. We've got LISA Oh my God, Soph_do they know? Shds bour SOPHIE What do you write to a total stranger? to I don't wa my wedding you might be my Dad?, -!ome any luck I Mom sent the invitations-and after il:r-r*?Jff what's in here rm not surprised What if yt we THREE GrRts raugh and sapHIE goes back to the diary, funny bits- to f.nd sorne more Then I've Gings)

HONEY HONEY Aaarrghh TOUCH ME BABY AHA, HONEY HONEY THEY I Meruue Mrr,!

SGENE TWO The Gourtyard

LIGHTS up

TANIA and ROSIE enter along the jetty. They haae all their luggage with them. TANYA Oh God-how much further in these stinking stilettos? ROSIE What did you expect-the chauffeured limousine at the water's edge? TANYA Yes. Donna knows I don t do walking... DONNA

(Coming out of the Taoerna)

Well, will you look at what the tide washed in?

SOSfE and TANYA wheel round) ROSIE For one night... TANYA ...and one night only- ROSIE / TANYA

DONNA/ROSIE/TANYA THE DYNAMOS!

ALL hug together - fatling back into their old 'routine' - inaolaing high-faes bumwiggles. ROSIE s the mother of the bride? DONNA for seeing the two of you. God, Thnya-eight friggrn' years ! TANYA I'm sorqr. I{s just been one jet setting millionaire after another. DONNA beerr chained to this place. The constant battles with the 10 Mautvta Mral

ROSIE I pity the poor bank-manager. SOPHIE bant (Running on) Auntie Rosie! )

ROSIE (to Sophie)

sophie sheridan! you get more I've hea: gorgeous every time I see you. Don,t I get a big, fat hug? I've come all this way fo, yor. wedding?

(SOPHIE and ROSTE hug) ,fi bad t no1

TANYA (PEPPER I bet you don't remember me. ROSIE Yassu Kukla All that plastic surgery. SOPHIE Efkhareesto (Coing forward to embrace TANyA) Of course I do, Auntie Thnya. DorLt bothe: DONNA Will you look Bonjour Edc at my baby-her whole life ahead of her... SOPHIE Mom, I'm getting married, not joining a convent. Bonne appe DONNA I know, well They cal1m in my day, you just didn,t get married at twenty... ROSIE (Smoothing things) !Vhy? Beca ...Donna-in our day we didn,t get maffied_period ! No-becau DONNA A white wedding, can you believe this? I don't know where she gets it from. Tanya meel SKY is entering-he oaerhears. Only they'r

SKY (To PEP Don't blame me, Donna. It wasn,t my idea. -don t yo' DONNA Girls, meet the leading PEPPEF man at tomorrow,s shin_dig. Sky, this is one-time Tianya and Rosie, my back-up band and all_time best pals. Mdundd Mte.!

ROSIE (aside)

Back-up band, my ass.

(to Stcy)

Hello. SKY Hi. I've heard lots about you two. :t a big fat TANYA All bad I hope.

(PEPPER and EDDIE are coming on)

PEPPER Yassu Kukla Moo. Pass E-Say. TANYA Efkhareesto pole dhen kanee teepota. EDDIE Don't bother he doesn't speak Greek. My name is Eddie. Bonjour Madam TANYA Bonjour Eddie, enchant6e de fais vofre connaisance. EDDIE .Bonne appetite

PEPPER call me Pepper. TANYA Because you're hot ? EDDIE 'because he gets up your nose. a', DONNA from. ' t repper and Eddie-my bar-staff, waiters, boat-men and general help. re generally no help at all_ PERandEDDIE)

two have any work to do?

:wd EDDIE exit, taking Tanya and Rosie,s luggage. and Rosie, mY 12 Merurua Mra!

TANYA Honey, the Taverna looks fabulous. DONNA We've got Sky to thank for that. TANYA I4trhy, what have you been up to? .Gambling ROSIE You haven't been here that long, have you ? li' Idontthir SKY No-I took a break from stocks and bonds and never went back. Well, girls, ROSIE IAIhy?

SKY I'd had enough. I'd been dearing in I've been r the worrd, but I,d never seen the worrd. DONNA (Sings) "'well, you should see what he's done to my worrd. He,s got me on_rine, wired-up and knuckled_down. e_mailed,

SKY You have to move with the times, Donna-no more drachmas under the mattress. DONNA You just invent me a machine that,ll make the beds. SOPHIE If they did' you'd be going arong behind it, making them again. I know you, Mom. DONNA Are you kidding? I'il be more than ready to put my feet up when my boat comes in. ROSIE speaking of boats, I'd sink that ord wreck you,ve got moored by the jetty. SKY Sink it!

ROSIE WelL ifs a bit of an eye_sore. DONNA That eyesore's going to be my Floating Casino! ROSIE I4lhat? Mr,r.rtr.;. Mts! 13

DONNA Sky and Eddie are transforming it into a millionaire's paradise- SKY Sailing round the islands, gambling under the st;rrs... ROSIE Gambling millionaires-may be a felr, of vour ex-husbands aboard, Tanya? TANYA I don't think so, honey,I spent their millions. DONNA Well, girls, that is my jackpot! I need a break, I need a vacation-

I've been running this hotel for fifteen years and I've never had a day off...

:ld. (Sings) I WORK ALL NIGHI I WORK ALL DAY , e-mailed, TO PAY THE BILLS I HAVE TO PAY COMPANY AIN'T IT SAD? mattress. DONNA AND STILL THERE NEVER SEEMS TO BE A SINGLE PENNY LEFT FOR ME COMPANY 'you, Mom. THAI'S TOO BAD DONNA )oat comes in' IN MY DREAMS I HAVE A PLAN IF I GOT ME AWEALTHY MAN ty. I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK AT ALL I'D FOOL AROUND AND HAVE A BALL_ DONNA and COMPANY MONEY MONEY MONEY MUST BE FUNNY IN A RICH MAN'S WORLD MONEY MONEY MONEY ALWAYS SUNNY IN A RICH MAN'S WORLD 1-6 Memua Mra,!

SCEilE THREE The Gourtyard

At the end of the song D,NNA, RosrE and TANyA EXIT. we CoMpANy EXIT to return to their duties. arso sopHIE, A..t ona LISA out-front. run ao*rutng, and look They see that sAM, BILL and iARRy quickly are a*ioing. The THREEGIRL' EXIT into the Tazserna as sAM ** or. He sees T,ri, HARRY snd BILL Trrr*o and stops. come on behind him. They hazse their way up the fr,m tusging i, ,*p,,,i,e.made from rEWy. tr#: ; #:,;::I:;* and eteganity_*onog,ommed e"'HapP1 HARRY ' (to BILL, I'm glad to get off that boat. BILL ,Do you thit That was nothing. you should try a kayak in the Okavango Swamps, I HARRY Ihope so. Yes-I read your book,A Haunts Rer Bloke and a Boat in Botswana,. BILL Thanks, Harry-I Were you b heard I,d sold a copy somewhere. HARRY I was tavel-books are my passion. bom A distraction from the daily hour. rigors of the London rush was to visit ago.

Do you rwo want to hear somerhing you t,":":.fr, see this Thverna? So now yor

I remember," #1II:*-r lff?i:";impressed' was dreading bedding down No. I thinl

BILL Yes, but if Give me goats before camels. 1 There was this time in the beating down... Kalahari, the sun was bucks.

At least the is nv raverna r bui,t it! we,,, r fiiff SOPHIE ,h"'r"u.truil;;li-,ai:il:J,:;:*' il:1;i:i,.fi*' years ago...? I can't berieve ura, tr," aumn ti,iffenty-one HARRY I4Iho ? Good aften

SAM Donna. I4Iho else? This is something I scribbled on the idea- back of a menu, I had no Maru*qe Mra!

BILL

How do you know it's yours ? SAM ANY also Buildings are like babies. You always know your own. nd look BILL EE GIRLS know about babies. I've been living out of a back-pack all my life. d stoPs. I wouldn't m the IETW. HARRY ryrammed The'Happy Wanderer', eh?

Qo B[LL)

Do you think the island will inspire some prose? BILL I hope so. When I got the wedding invite i sold my editor a piece on'Childhood Haunts Revisited'. HARRY Were you born here? BILL I was bom in the US-but my mother's Greek. No, the only time I came to Greece 'raras to visit with my Great-Aunt on the mainland -and that was twenty-one years l London rush

l' ':- HARRY npw you can write about Sam's Taverna and the tourists will flock. r? BILL ,"I.think this island should remain the secret idyll I've always remembered. edding down SAM if you lived here, maybe the idyli would be the boat-load of tourists with big e sunwas HARRY might have some staff then. Where is everybody? built it! Well,I enters from the Taoerna. can't believe SOPHIE Can I help you? BILL You have a room for me? nenu, I had no 12 Merurua Mra!

ROSIE WelL ifs a bit of an eye_sore. DONNA That eyesore's going to be my Floating Casino! ROSIE I4lhat? Mr,r.rtr.;. Mts! 13

I've been running this hotel for fifteen years and I've never had a day off...

SCEilE THREE The Gourtyard

Do you rwo want to hear somerhing you t,":":.fr, see this Thverna? So now yor

I remember," #1II:*-r lff?i:";impressed' was dreading bedding down No. I thinl

BILL Yes, but if Give me goats before camels. 1 There was this time in the beating down... Kalahari, the sun was bucks.

At least the is nv raverna r bui,t it! we,,, r fiiff SOPHIE ,h"'r"u.truil;;li-,ai:il:J,:;:*' il:1;i:i,.fi*' years ago...? I can't berieve ura, tr," aumn ti,iffenty-one HARRY I4Iho ? Good aften

SAM Donna. I4Iho else? This is something I scribbled on the idea- back of a menu, I had no Maru*qe Mra!

BILL

Qo B[LL)

SOPHIE (stares at him) Bill Austin.

HARRY I'm Bright. Harry Bright.

SOPHIE (staring) H*ry...

(to Sam)

...so you must be_

SAM Sam Carmichael.

SOPHIE nods, staring at Sam. other half. SiL-t mough for You are expecting us? do spontan SoPHIE exchange stude oh yes, I,ll Spontaneously.. go and I,I get the keys. (HEhits afar to fetch the keys. 22:y!!exits HARRy turns to Sam. Durin SjPHIE spies on th, menfrom;;;;;;*r. 'g thefaltowing dialogue

Charming' But I hoper ge*he I haven't spoken "nr."":":Il,I.^*" around a rittle Greek. T it for twenty_one years. T

Twentv-one ...we used to si years? ,.*.^y i, bug*Xg to feer Iike a set-up-hey, here's a story for vou. *";_;;i;ers_receiveln, B,r_ T ,*": an invjt; ff r"T:"r;::ffi T ilT::;l**l***;r#;il::i:il"';jtffi ", v BILL I That's not bad... ok, Harry_spill? \, I4hat's torn you away from the Bank of England? HARRY SAPHIE re-t Is this an interview? Alright, well for me, Donna,s invitation huppy memories... brought back many (Together) (Spotting the guitar hanging on the wall) Bloody Norah! Mauva ,11 t.-t/ 19

BILL Is that a quote? HARRY (Taking the guitar doztn) No, no, I know this guitar!

(l n di c a tin g a c at':, irtg)

HB-'Head-Banger', that's what they used to cali me in those days-and DS- Donna Sheridan - I bought this for herl Ten quid and my Johnny Rotten tee-shirt... so now who says I'm an unadventurous old stick-in-the mud? SAM \\&ro? HARRY My other half. A big house, a fast car and a season ticket to Chelsea Football Club isn't enough for some people, is it? They want The Great V\hite Hunter, too. Weli, I can do spontaneity. That's why I'm here. Donna knew my wild side. I was an exchange student in Paris when we met, and I just followed her to Greece - spontaneously...

(HE ltits n faruiliar clrcrd and begins to play and sing)

Lowing dinlogue

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC Le Greek. THE SONGS I'M SINGING

...we used to sing this one...

THANKS FOR ALL THE JOY hey, Bill- THEY'RE BRINGING o a wedding. WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT? y a woman theY I ASK IN ALL HONESTY . WHAT WOULD LIFE BE

ank of Engiand? .' SOPHIE re-entering joins in. HARRY / SOPHIE rt back many ,,trpgether)

WITHOUT A SONG OR A DANCE WHAT ARE WE SO I SAY THANK YOU FOR THE N{USIC FOR GIVING IT TO ME 36 Mauua Mra!

SCENE FIVE The Beach

LIGHTS UP,

SKY is the flling outb.oard motor of his boat utith petrol, SOPHIE _head rushes on in a whirl with the DADS. SOPHIE I4/here are you going?

SKY oh-hello. welr, the guys haven't tord rne. But_there are rap_dancers at the orpheus Ba1' mud-wrestling at Medusa's-and pepper's bringing his hand-cuffs... (sings) SOPHIE Don't go.

SKY I4lhat? And miss out on my last night of freedom? SOPHIE No. I don't mean don,t go_I mean... Is that how you really see it? SKY Yeah' No. I see it as... the rast night before the biggest adventure of my life... come

(THEY kiss)

SOPHIE You know I said I wanted to find my Dad? SKY been through this a thousand times. you i*i::*"-we've don,t need your Dad.

SOPHIE PEPPER, Yes... olu Sky-whatever EDDIE E happens you,ll never leave me, will you? undtess lr SKY Are you crazy? you,ve furned my world upside down_

What the h i WASN'T JEALOUS BEFORE WE MET NOW EVERY MAN THAT I SEE iS A POTENTIAL THREAT Sorry budd groom divt Meuue Mra!

(sKY) AND I'M POSSESSIVE IT ISN'T NICE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAYING THAT SMOKING WAS MY ONLY VICE BUT NOW IT ISN'T TRUE NOW EVERYTHING IS NEW AND ALL TVE LEARNED HAS OVERTURNED I BEG OF YOU_ SOPHIE the OrPheus (sings)

DON'T GO WASTING YOUR EMOTION LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME

IT WAS LIKE SHOOTING ASITTING DUCK A LITTLE SMALL-TALK, A SMILE AND BABY I WAS STUCK I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH ME A GROWN-UP WOMAN SHOULD NEVER FALL SO EASILY I FEEL A KIND OF FEAR y life... come WHEN I DON'T HAVE YOU NEAR UNSATISFIED I SKIP MY PRIDE I BEG YOU DEAR SKY DON'T GOT WASTING YOUR EMOTION LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME rcd your Dad. E& EDDIE and the BOYS are coming on. They are all wearing wet-suits. A PEPPER are binging SKY's scuba-gear. THEY grab him and start to him.

BOYS DON'T GO SHARING YOUR DEVOTION LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME SKY hellls going on? EDDIE an ancient Island tradition-you see the night before the wedding the AT -it's down to the old shipwreck searching for the necklace of Helen of Troy... 38 Ma*taa Mre!

PEPPER 'He who finds the pearrs w,r have a bressed union,. SCENE The Gt Wow. Guys back home just get tanked ";t*:, their pants. THE GIRL EDDIE and singini Olu we'll be doing that as well.

PEPPER Hey, Sophie. Why marry the first guy that comes along? SOPHIE Pepper! Ladiesl Are t (sings)

I'VE HAD Cheers and A FEW LITTLE LOVE AFFAIRS THEY DIDN'T nigh LAST VERY LONG AND THEY'VE For one BEEN PRETTY SCARCE the world's f SKY I USED TO THINK THAT WAS SENSIBLE IT MAKES THE Speak for yo TRUTH EVEN MORE INCOMPREHENSIBLE SOPHIE ,CAUSE One night-r EVERYTHING IS NEW DONNAAN AND EVERYTHING IS YOU AND ALL TVE LEARNED DONNA, HAS OVERTURNED costumes.

WHAT CAN I DO? The BOyS re-enter in flippers and snorkels.

BOYS DON'T GO WASTING YOUR EMOTION LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME DON'T GO SHARING YOUR DEVOTION LAYALLYOUR LOVE ON ME

DON'T GO WASTING YOUR EMOTION LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME sKy' PEP.ER, EDDIE and *e Boys exit into the sea as THE GIRLS enter. withTA GIRLS DON'T GO WASTING YOUR EMOTION LAYALLYOUR LOVE ON ME SEGIIE inta : Mauue Mra!

SOPHIE Sorry to drag you away. SAM Thank God you did. This used to be such a quiet little island. SOPHIE Regretting you stayed away so long? SAM No, I'm regretting I never knew what was here. SOPHIE What? SAM This place-the Taverna. I always meant to come back and build it some day, but Donna-she beat me to it. SOPHIE Do you always prefer buildings to people? SAM r'What? SOPHIE - me something about my Mom. SAM MdTANYA mom was irresistible, a one of a kind. We talked and we fought and we-you it was me who brought her to this island? OPHIE wasn't the only thing you did, was it? SAM she told you? SOPHIE Shds never mentioned you.

stires at her. SAM ,'Mom's always talking about her friends from the old days.' What's ? lAlhy am I here?

at him, unable to anszper. She signals to LISA who comes and whisks the dance - mnay from SOPHIE. 44 Marurua Mra!

GIRLS (sircg)

:i don t know' IS THERE A MAN OUT THERE SOMEONE TO HEAR MY PRAYER? SOPHIE / LTSA / ALTI GIRLS GIMMEI GIMMEI GIMME! A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT I don t know WON'T SOMEBODY HELP ME CHASE THE SHADOWS AWAY {VWisking GIMME! GIMMEI GIMME! A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT TAKE ME THROUGH THE DARKNESS TO Naw SOP) THE BREAK OF THE DAY... Now SOPHIE emerges from the dance u:ith HARRy. Can i be nos HARRY Fancy Donna with a grown-up daughter! Go on. SOPHIE Have you got any children, Harry? How did yo HARRY night-club o No. I--haven,t put myself in the path of patemity.

SOPHIE She was left lt's never too late. Mom lookec HARRY I don't think my other half would agree. My Great-A SOPHIE Oh-you don,t want children? I think it mr HARRY No, no, it's not that, I... But... I alwa (He hesitates, then continues) (BILL ant ...well, I'd have liked a daughter. I'd have spoiled her to bits. Wait a mint SOPHIE Lucky thing. Twenty.

HARRY BILL and Is your Dad here? off-stage.

E----- Merurue Mra!

SOPHIE I don't know. HARRY What? SOPHIE I don't know who my father is. GIRLS (VVhiskin g HARRY Atn ay )

IS THERE A MAN OUT THERE

SOMEONE TO HEAR MY PRAYER ?

Now SAPHE is utith BILL: BILL Can I be nosy? I'm a writer, so it goes with the territory. SOPHIE Go on. BILL ''How did your Mom get this place? \4rhen I knew her she was singing in a i,l ght-club on the mainland. SOPHIE was left some money, in a will. We lived with an old lady when I was little- looked after her. Her name was Sophia. BILL preat-Aunt Sophia? SOPHIE it must be. BILL heard her money went to... family...

:and SOPHIE stop dancing and stare at each other)

-how old are you? SOPHIE

SOPHIE stare at each other as realisation dawns. Suddenly BILL rushes ;SOPHIE is dragged back into the dance - Meume Mra!

SCENE THREE The Beach

LIGHTS up.

TANYA is sunbathing. PEPPER is running the beach cocktail-bar and is about to sente TANYA something long and smooth. lt is obaious throughout the following dialogue thnt something happened last night behneen them and that while PEPPER is keen to take things further, TANYA's playing the amnesia card. TANYA lns also brought HARRy down to the beach to keep an eye on him. IMm he afpears he is on edge, excited. At the top of the sceae, HARRY's having a swim in the sea.

PEPPER (Pauring cocktail) Signora. This should tickle your taste-buds. TANYA Yes-but will it cure my hangover? PEPPER You should look in the mirror, baby-you've just cured mine. TANYA boy. I'm old enough to be your mother. PEPPER ,{On his way back to the bar) then, you can call me Oedipus.

A gioes him a withering look. HARRY rushts up ftom the sea. HARRY

TANYA

HARRY Shouldn't you be getting ready? TANYA about me, Harqr, I've got loads of time. There's nothing worse than in your panty hose for hours. HARRY :.,be tearing her hair out doing the wedding on her own

bride's father usually do? 64 Mamat Mre!

TANYA well' he'd usually pay-though my Dad drew the line at my third. HARRY Did he"' say anything beforehand-words all of advice, that sort of thing? that You

Yes-there *d be ir *v cupcake 0."* ]lIo'i. You should h whisper oro down the aisle and he,d

(Dropping into her Dad,s accent) (Opmingh 'Don't wotry, doll, I know a good lawyer,. This big. (TANYA giaes HARRy a curious look) e> Why Bill-dorft are we talking about my Dad? (Operingh I think I'tt go back to my room. ,", *If"Tl Itwas this bi TANYA Ttwy ltugh (VVith a quick pEppER) look at EDDIE, L] Olu Harry-don,t go...

HARRY Drink, Bill? Let's catch up tonight.

As HARRy exits, pEppER comes oaer to TANyA again. Thanks, but:

Thnya-why don,t we carch up from,jffir:l I have?

I've drawn a vel over You know I i rast night. t.rr.;lnTl:r happened. ROSIE, BILL, ALI, LISA and EDDIE enter on the boat. You do? We LISA Pepper-chop, ROSIE an chop. Champagne cocktails all round. PEPPER (Still rnith an eye on TANyA) (Cltecking There's the bar, help yourself. Good God-

ALr She goes t You have to do it-we,re guests now.

EDDIE Work? You just can t find good help these days.

On my face Mauue Mr,s,!

ROSIE holds up a small fish on the line. There is a general mood of fiaolity. TANYA Is that all you caught? ROSIE You should have seen the one that got away. rd he'd BILL (Openinghis arms wide) This big. ROSIE Bill - don't exaggerate.

(Opening her arms as wide as she possibly can)

It was this big.

They laugh together.

EDDIE, LISA and ALI are heading for the bar. LISA Drink, Bill? : BILL .Thanks, but no thanks. Rosie's promised me the works. ROSIE have? BILL know I always keep your'I4lhole liy'oman' cook-book in my back-pack. ROSIE do? Well then you'lIknow how to pepps my snapper.

E and BILL exit. TANYA inglar watch) ,God-three hours to blast-off. Come on, girls, we've got work to do.

goes to collect her belongings.

PEPPER

TANYA A little repair and renovation. 66 Mamua Mrel

PEPPER you don't mess with a masterpiece.

ALI, LISA and EDDIE groan.

EDDIE He is so tragic. ALI All lip, no service.

LISA Just ignore him, Thnya_he can,t help being a jerk.

PEPPER Tanya cannot ignore the chemistry between us. TANYA Little boys who play with fire get their fingers burned. Tanya! (Sings) (DANCE B YOU'RE SO HOT TEASING ME SO YOU'RE BLUE BUT I CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE ON A KID LIKE YOU IT'S SOMETHING I COULDN'T DO THERE'S THAT LOOK iN YOUR EYES

I CAN READ IN YOUR FACE THAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE DRIVING YOU WILD BUT BOY YOU'RE ONLY A CHILD

WELL,I COULD DANCE WITH YOU HONEY IF YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY BUT DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT? AND I COULD CHAT WITH YOU BABY FLIRT A LITTLE MAYBE BUT DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT? Mauue Mrt!

SCEHE FIVE The Gourtyard

The Courtyard is ready for the wedding. ROSIE is putting the final touches to the arrangements. BILL comes on, holding a note from SO?HIE. BILL Rosie- ROSIE Go and wait with the others, till I've finished. BILL (Holding out the note)

I got this note from sophie. she wanted me to give her away, but now she,s changed her mind. I'm confused. I don't know where I am-I don't know who I am. I jusl came here for a wedding. I'm Sophie's Dad. ROSIE Whoa! You need a conversation with Donna. BILL j Yes,I'll go tell her now- ROSIE You'll do no such thing! Sophie's getting married in five minutes! Take a pew_and button it. BILL 6rtiln5) it be all right for me to be here? ROSIE for God's sake! BILL to tell you the truth-I was dreading that walk down the aisle. I may come is as the intrepid traveler, but I come over ail faint at the thought of a wedding. ROSIE about it. BILL Children. Responsibility.

his head)

I made up my mind long ago-I walk a lone path. 86 Mt urwt Mrt I

ROSIE IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MTND I'M THE FIRST IN LINE HONEY I'MSTILLFREE TAKE A CHANCE ON ME IF YOU NEED ME LET ME KNOW GONNA BE AROUND IF YOU GOT NO PLACE TO GO IF YOU'RE FEELINC DOWN

T IF YOU'RE ALLALONE I W}IEN THE PRETTY BIRDS HAVE FLOWN I HONEY I'MSTILLFREE 1 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME I GONNA DO MY VERY BEST I AND ITAINT NO LIE ( IF YOU PUT ME TO THE TEST I IF YOU LET ME TRY I

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME TAKE A CHANCE ON ME

WE CAN GO DANCING BILL WE CAN GO WALKING ROSIE AS LONGAS WE'RE TOGETHER LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC BILL MAYBE JUST TALKING ROSIEhas e ROSIE YOU'D GET TO KNOW ,CAUSE ME BETTER_ (Spoken-he YOU KNOW I GOT Come on, give SO MUCH THAT I WANNA DO Mauare Mra!

(RosrE) WHEN I DREAM TM ALONE WITH YOU iT,S MAGIC

YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE IT THERE BOTH AFRAID OF A LOVE AFFAIR ROSIE BUT I THINK YOU KNOW THAT I WANT YOU SO

IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND I'M THE FIRST IN LINE HONEY I'M STILL FREE TAKE A CHANCE ON ME IF YOU NEED ME LET ME KNOW GONNA BE AROUND IF YOU GOT NO PLACE TO GO WHEN YOU'RE FEELING DOWN ROSrE / BILL IF YOU'RE ALLALONE WHEN THE PRETTY BIRDS HAVE FLOWN HONEY I'M STILL FREE TAKE A CHANCE ON ME GONNA DO MY VERY BEST AND IT AINT NO LIE IF YOU PUT ME TO THE TEST IF YOU LET ME TRY

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME

E has entwined BILL's arms around herself, proaocatiaely. BILL -he's a little oaer-heated) give me a break, will you? ROSIE TAKEACHANCE ON ME... 88 Mau*re Mral

(RosrE) OH, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME BABY I'M iN NO HURRY round) I KNOW I'M GONNA GET YOU

YOU DON'T WANNA HURT ME i;.'{Neruous, but t BILL car{t keeP it frc BABY DON'T IryORRY ROSIE I AIN'T GONNA LET YOU LET ME TELL YOU NOW OUR LOVE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO LAST WHEN THINGSARE ROUGH IT'S MAGIC I invited him.

BOTH YOU SAY But-you could: THAT I WASTE MY TIME BUT I CAN'T GET YOU OFF MY MIND (Realising) AND I THINK YOU KNOW ...Ohmy God! ' THAT I WANT YOU SO A general hub By which time RosIE and BILL haae thrown caution other' to the winds and are thb new infor They are interrup.ted ba,.the alr oaer each tati|ng ay the beils thc and ttte arriztat of the guests. dersastated ::,::;#l;;?,*::il;;,1;::,:y;i:i:x,,,;,;;",;'ui'onne.ery.neis

I'm really, realll

Will you ever fr EVER,,NE rtfts up ,teir aoices ,Dancing in a charar aersion of sopHIE Queen., and DONNa srowry I don t care i{ y make *rcir way dornn the aisre. and sopHrE They stop. D,NNA ';W*, loini sxv. she gn:ishi* rh*;;;;ite. D,NNAgazes at Oh, Sophie-

(Suddenly in

}|::, ar or vour rriends who I haven't slept i,ffiii::fl"3" H,"i::T,t[yfff"d-specially - family. Dearly to Donna, who represents 0"r.""0, we are gathered... your DONNA Hold it-am I (Cuts in) Harry's? ...and welcome to Sophie,s Dad.