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No. 6: DUET (Lady Sophy & King Paramount)
"Subjected to your heavenly gaze"
| King Paramount. |
Subjected to your heavenly gaze
(Poetical phrase),
My brain is turned completely.
Observe me now,
No monarch, I vow,
Was ever so far afflicted! |
| Lady Sophy. |
I'm pleased with that poetical phrase,
"A heavenly gaze,"
But though you put it neatly,
Say what you will,
These paragraphs still
Remain uncontradicted. |
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Rutland Barrington as King Paramount, 1893
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Rosina Brandram as Lady Sophy, 1893
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| Lady Sophy. |
Come, crush me this contemptible worm
(A forcible term),
If he's assailed you wrongly.
The rage display,
Which, as you say,
Has moved your Majesty lately. |
| King Paramount. |
Though I admit that forcible term
"Contemptible worm,"
Appeals to me most strongly,
To treat this pest
As you suggest
Would pain my Majesty greatly. |
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| Lady Sophy. |
This writer lies! |
| King. |
Yes, bother his eyes! |
| Lady Sophy. |
He lives, you say? |
| King. |
In a sort of a way. |
| Lady Sophy. |
Then have him shot. |
| King. |
Decidedly not. |
| Lady Sophy. |
Or crush him flat. |
| King. |
I cannot do that. |
| Both. |
O royal Rex,
My/her blameless sex
Abhors such conduct shady.
You/I plead in vain,
I/you will never gain
Respectable English lady!
Respectable English lady! |
Dance of repudiation by Lady Sophy. Exit followed by King.
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27 November, 2005
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