Act 1, Scene 5

Question 1

SHINN: Oh – the members of the School Board will not present a patriotic tablow. Some disagreement about costumes, I suppose. Instead the Wa Tan Ye girls of the local wigwam of Heeawatha will present a spectacle my wife – in which my wife – Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, will take a leading part.

Answer 1

[staging for Wa Tan Ye]

Question 2

EULALIE: Wa Tan Ye!

Answer 2

WA TAN YE!

Question 3

EULALIE: Wa Tan Ye!

Answer 3

WA TAN YE!

Question 4

[Seventy Six Trombones, “A full octave higher than the score.”]

Answer 4

(HAROLD parades with the KIDS)

Seventy six trombones hit the counterpoint
While a hundred and ten cornets blazed away
To the rhythm of Harch - Harch - Harch
All the kids began to march
And they’re marching still right today!

(There is a choreographic inter-polation in which all the KIDS (DANCERS) carried along by the spirit of the song, pantomime in-struments. The number winds up with the entire ensemble parading. As THEY disperse, SHINN corners the SCHOOL BOARD)

Question 5

HAROLD: Now Constable, I’ll show you how to break up a gang. Oh, young lady. Oh miss – What’s your name?

Answer 5

(approaching) Zaneeta. I didn’t have any idea you was beckoning to me. Ye Gods.

Question 6

HAROLD: Do you know Tommy Djilas?

Answer 6

Well, I –

Question 7

HAROLD: Tommy, this is Zaneeta. Escort the young lady home.

Answer 7

Only excepting I’m not going home. I have to go’t the Liberry, Ye Gods.

Question 8

TOMMY: Yes sir.

Answer 8

[As SHE and TOMMY exit) Ye Gods.