Charles Frohman:
Neverland? No, No, No, No, what is this?
Islands, mermaids, children who are fairies
J.M. Barrie:
The Children aren't the fairies, the fairies are the fairies. The children are just the boys, the boys who can never grow
Charles Frohman:
Why? Why can't they ever grow up? Where the hell is Neverland? How does the clock get inside of the crocodile?
J.M. Barrie:
He swallowed it!
Charles Frohman:
He swallowed it, of course he did. Oh james you've got to think this through. You want mermaids...in a lagoon...that's a lot of water!
J.M. Barrie:
We can just imagine there's water
Charles Frohman:
We'll also have to imagine there's an audience. This is a play for children...children don't have any money, they can't buy tickets, they can't even buy ice-cream. Adults buy tickets
J.M. Barrie:
If you want a play just for children, it's a play for everyone, everyone who has a child inside screaming to get out. I know you have one of those.
Charles Frohman:
No, I don't, I don't have a child inside of me. I have an ulcer. An ulcer, an ulcer and a gut instinct!
(Music cues in)
J.M. Barrie:
Did you at least like the part where the nanny was the dog ?
Charles Frohman:
No! I've had enough, you're losing your mind,
You're speaking in riddles and the riddles don't rhyme.
You want flying children up there on the stage,
Dogs wearing aprons and boys who don't age.
You'll say I will adore it, but I'm paying for it.
A little bit of tragedy, and less of all the comedy
How am I gonna face it? Oh it's such a disgrace!
Yet here we go again and again and again
It's like living on a merry go round and round you seem to go
No one ever seems to know why.
I'm seeing people floating weightlessly, ceilings where the floor should be
These and other things you will find, in the circus of your mind
J.M. Barrie:
Just hear me out!
Charles Frohman:
Look James...people are beginning to talk about how much time you're spending with a woman who's not your wife, and about your relationship with those boys
J.M. Barrie:
Charles no. There's nothing going on Charles!
Charles Frohman:
Don't insult me, I know that. But how does Mary feel? It's clear she's not happy
J.M. Barrie:
It has nothing to do with this
Charles Frohman:
Fine, but you're throwing away your career and mine along with it. Now, I have waited 6 months and you sent me this silly adventure story. Where are the stakes, where is the conflict? You don't even have a villain!
You are living on a merry-go-round,
Round and round you seem to go.
No one ever seems to know why
In the circus of your mind
EXIT
Mary Barrie:
James! I didn't expect you back. This is...
Lord Cannon:
Lord Cannon...
J.M. Barrie:
I know who you are...
Mary Barrie:
Lord Cannon was just talking me through his parliamentary procedures, we must've lost track of the time
Lord Cannon:
Parliamentary procedures, yes! Oopsie daisy. Well I'll better be off, good seeing you, both of you, again.
Mary Barrie:
Oh say something James, don't insult me by staying silent!
J.M. Barrie:
I have nothing to say.
Mary Barrie:
Well that's not true, you have plenty to say, just not to me...
J.M. Barrie:
You don't have to steal my journal to get to know me Mary!
Mary Barrie:
Do you love her?
J.M. Barrie:
What, how can you ask me that?!
Mary Barrie:
I've resigned myself, to spend all my life
To be all the things one expects from a wife.
Your imagination is where you reside,
But my invitation has never arrived
Darling, will you try, you cannot deny!
She's on every single page, of your journal James
Now we have to face it, such a disgrace!
And there you go again and again and again
It's like living on a merry go round
round and round we seem to go
Though I never seem to know why
I'm hearing people whisper quietly,
Friends are now avoiding me
This is the life you designed
In the circus of your mind
J.M. Barrie:
Mary... Mary
EXIT
J.M. Barrie:
Out laddies, grab your catapults we are going to war... Mrs. Demaurier...may I please see Sylvia and the boys?
Mrs. Du Maurier:
No, you may not!
J.M. Barrie:
And why, why not?
Mrs. Du Maurier:
May I be quite direct with you Mr. Barrie?
There has been nothing but trouble and strife,
Ever since you came into this family's life
So much disruption, the children don't need.
And as for my daughter, I must intercede
Everything about you, they can do without you.
Take flights of fantasy, I question your morality.
I told them to ignore you, now I must implore you,
Leave them alone, stay away, we all know
You are living on a merry-go round,
Round and round you seem to go,
Understand we have no time, for the circus of your mind
Man:
Shall we my dear?
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies:
James!
Mrs. Du Maurier:
You look lovely darling!
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies:
Mother thought you..
Mrs. Du Maurier:
Nevermind what mother thought, mother thinks you better get going!
Man:
Oh yes, our carriage awaits.
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies:
Good night!
J.M. Barrie:
Sylvia? Sylvia! Sylvia!!!
DANCE SEQUENCE
Distant voices:
Charles Frohman: "Islands, mermaids, children, fairies"
Mrs. Du Maurier: "A grown man, behaving like a boy"
Mary Barrie: "What will people think?"
Charles Frohma: "The clock is ticking James!"
ENSEMBLE:
It's like living on a merry go round,
round and round we seem to go, no one ever seems to know why
We're doing everything that we can do, to get it through to you
Trying to make you see but you're blind
Charles Frohman, Mary Barrie and Mrs. Du Maurier:
In the circus of your mind...
In the circus of your mind...
In the circus of your mind!
Neverland? No, No, No, No, what is this?
Islands, mermaids, children who are fairies
J.M. Barrie:
The Children aren't the fairies, the fairies are the fairies. The children are just the boys, the boys who can never grow
Charles Frohman:
Why? Why can't they ever grow up? Where the hell is Neverland? How does the clock get inside of the crocodile?
J.M. Barrie:
He swallowed it!
Charles Frohman:
He swallowed it, of course he did. Oh james you've got to think this through. You want mermaids...in a lagoon...that's a lot of water!
J.M. Barrie:
We can just imagine there's water
Charles Frohman:
We'll also have to imagine there's an audience. This is a play for children...children don't have any money, they can't buy tickets, they can't even buy ice-cream. Adults buy tickets
J.M. Barrie:
If you want a play just for children, it's a play for everyone, everyone who has a child inside screaming to get out. I know you have one of those.
Charles Frohman:
No, I don't, I don't have a child inside of me. I have an ulcer. An ulcer, an ulcer and a gut instinct!
(Music cues in)
J.M. Barrie:
Did you at least like the part where the nanny was the dog ?
Charles Frohman:
No! I've had enough, you're losing your mind,
You're speaking in riddles and the riddles don't rhyme.
You want flying children up there on the stage,
Dogs wearing aprons and boys who don't age.
You'll say I will adore it, but I'm paying for it.
A little bit of tragedy, and less of all the comedy
How am I gonna face it? Oh it's such a disgrace!
Yet here we go again and again and again
It's like living on a merry go round and round you seem to go
No one ever seems to know why.
I'm seeing people floating weightlessly, ceilings where the floor should be
These and other things you will find, in the circus of your mind
J.M. Barrie:
Just hear me out!
Charles Frohman:
Look James...people are beginning to talk about how much time you're spending with a woman who's not your wife, and about your relationship with those boys
J.M. Barrie:
Charles no. There's nothing going on Charles!
Charles Frohman:
Don't insult me, I know that. But how does Mary feel? It's clear she's not happy
J.M. Barrie:
It has nothing to do with this
Charles Frohman:
Fine, but you're throwing away your career and mine along with it. Now, I have waited 6 months and you sent me this silly adventure story. Where are the stakes, where is the conflict? You don't even have a villain!
You are living on a merry-go-round,
Round and round you seem to go.
No one ever seems to know why
In the circus of your mind
EXIT
Mary Barrie:
James! I didn't expect you back. This is...
Lord Cannon:
Lord Cannon...
J.M. Barrie:
I know who you are...
Mary Barrie:
Lord Cannon was just talking me through his parliamentary procedures, we must've lost track of the time
Lord Cannon:
Parliamentary procedures, yes! Oopsie daisy. Well I'll better be off, good seeing you, both of you, again.
Mary Barrie:
Oh say something James, don't insult me by staying silent!
J.M. Barrie:
I have nothing to say.
Mary Barrie:
Well that's not true, you have plenty to say, just not to me...
J.M. Barrie:
You don't have to steal my journal to get to know me Mary!
Mary Barrie:
Do you love her?
J.M. Barrie:
What, how can you ask me that?!
Mary Barrie:
I've resigned myself, to spend all my life
To be all the things one expects from a wife.
Your imagination is where you reside,
But my invitation has never arrived
Darling, will you try, you cannot deny!
She's on every single page, of your journal James
Now we have to face it, such a disgrace!
And there you go again and again and again
It's like living on a merry go round
round and round we seem to go
Though I never seem to know why
I'm hearing people whisper quietly,
Friends are now avoiding me
This is the life you designed
In the circus of your mind
J.M. Barrie:
Mary... Mary
EXIT
J.M. Barrie:
Out laddies, grab your catapults we are going to war... Mrs. Demaurier...may I please see Sylvia and the boys?
Mrs. Du Maurier:
No, you may not!
J.M. Barrie:
And why, why not?
Mrs. Du Maurier:
May I be quite direct with you Mr. Barrie?
There has been nothing but trouble and strife,
Ever since you came into this family's life
So much disruption, the children don't need.
And as for my daughter, I must intercede
Everything about you, they can do without you.
Take flights of fantasy, I question your morality.
I told them to ignore you, now I must implore you,
Leave them alone, stay away, we all know
You are living on a merry-go round,
Round and round you seem to go,
Understand we have no time, for the circus of your mind
Man:
Shall we my dear?
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies:
James!
Mrs. Du Maurier:
You look lovely darling!
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies:
Mother thought you..
Mrs. Du Maurier:
Nevermind what mother thought, mother thinks you better get going!
Man:
Oh yes, our carriage awaits.
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies:
Good night!
J.M. Barrie:
Sylvia? Sylvia! Sylvia!!!
DANCE SEQUENCE
Distant voices:
Charles Frohman: "Islands, mermaids, children, fairies"
Mrs. Du Maurier: "A grown man, behaving like a boy"
Mary Barrie: "What will people think?"
Charles Frohma: "The clock is ticking James!"
ENSEMBLE:
It's like living on a merry go round,
round and round we seem to go, no one ever seems to know why
We're doing everything that we can do, to get it through to you
Trying to make you see but you're blind
Charles Frohman, Mary Barrie and Mrs. Du Maurier:
In the circus of your mind...
In the circus of your mind...
In the circus of your mind!
