Benjamin Franklin High School - Maroon and Orange Yearbook (New York, NY)

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writer on a tahle and a Chair. One of the Seniors sits and when he is ready to type . . Doctor: All right, go ont Lady Max: tshe enters in Cap and Nightgown. She is making motions as if she were washing her hands., Blood on the saddle . . . Blood on the ground and a great big, puddle of blood all around . . . tShe walks toward the right side of the stage. She stops as a Senior yells., Doctor: Repeat that last phrase, Lady. Lady Max: Blood on the saddle, etc. tThe Typist takes out the paper and hands it to the Doctor who focusses his glasses on it. The other Senior pushes out the Typewriter. The Typist takes the Chair and leaves the stage, right. The Doctor follows slowly with the Porter trying to read over his shoulder. A Senior sitting in the audience rushes up on the stage. He is wear- ing a Hoppy, hiacic, how tie, glasses and carries a copy of Macbeth which he has opened., Senior: This has gone too far. That isn,t the way it is here. tAt the moment he finishes heref, two burly Seniors in Iciits enter stage, right and carry him hodily off the stage, left. The Porter crosses, right to left with a sign reading: One Half Hour Later. The Porter is visihiy inehriated. He weaves as he crosses the stage., Max: fEntering, he sits at the table with a hook entitled, Macbeth. He is trying to read. He closes the hook and walks down center., Ahh . . . this is no fun . . . Nothing is going right. I try to do a good joh on Bingo and his kid, Fleance, hut the Quiz Kid messes it up. And Macduff heat it out of town heiore I could get him. Gee, I wonder why that old hag said Macduii was mightier than me . . . This is the last scene so I hetter find out soon or it will he too late. tHe sits down dejectedly., And there's hardly anyhody else left to Lennox: tHe enters left., Max, I found out this morning that you cheated me at tiddly-winks yesterday. My wife says she saw you. I have come to avenge my honor. tHe hrandishes a feather duster., Max: Go away. You hother me. Lennox: Max, en guardet tHe charges and strikes a pose., Max: tHe stands erect and inhaies deeply then blows at Lennox who immediately expires. Max steps over the hody and walks down front., It must have been the garlic I had for breakfast. fThe Porter enters left. He hears a sign which reads The End hut he doesn,t turn his hack to the audience yet so they don't know the play is almost over. Did we hear someone say, Thank Goodness! The Porter approaches Max., 38

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Lady Macdufi: That good-for-nothing father of yours has completely disappeared, the spineless jelly fish! Just loecause Max Beth wants to kill him, he leaves town. Do you know where your Pater went, son? Son: I donyt know, Mom. The last I heard was that he was picked up as a stowaway on the good ship, the Queen Mary. They dropped him oft unceremoniously at Ambrose Point. tThree Murderers-the same three whom Max hired to kill Bingo and Fleance,-fenter. They can't mean any goodll, Son: fHe sees them first. He's been reading too many murder mysteries for his own good., Mater, Mater, Look at these men. Vvho are they, Pater's relatives? Lady Macdutf: fShe's a remarkable woman. Shes not afraid of her own Shadow, They certainly look like them. No. l : tReading a Discipline Card, Methinks we have the right parties. VVhat's your Official Section, kid? Son: 8-1. Do you have something for me? No. 2: In a manner of speaking, yesl No. 3: fputting arrow over Sonny-l3oy's heart, he aims carefully then he changes his mind. He puts the arrow on the hoy's head then draws his how, Steady, sonnyl Son: fvery pitifully, fm agoin', Ma, fm agoin', Ma, hut don't you fret none. l've got my woolies with me and you can send me a box of ever gentle Lux Flakes. fDuring this touching speech, the Murderers have been standing with hats placed over their hearts., Get outa town, Ma. 'fHe dies., Lady Macduff runs off right as the Murderers chase after her., Tan Curtain Closes The Porter with a large sign walks across the stage hearing aloft a sign which reads: Max's Place: The Main Hall Scene ll. fThe Curtain opens on the Porter who is talking to the Doctor down stage, right. There is one table and a chair up stage, right, a mop on stage, left., Porter: Melord, there are times in the night when the Lady walks in her sleep. She does that. Doctor: tDressed in white underwear and a stocking cap, he looks very sleepy himself, Does this happen often? fThe Lady is heard off stage singing Blood on the Saddle, Hold it. I want to write this downl fHe claps his hands twice. Two Seniors bring in a Type- 37

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ffffl it l f W l' Tk ff. 'Q 527 Porter: fCarrying a bottle of Coca-Cola, l'lic ,Scuse me. oh weighty King. fl'le feels lVlax's stomach., But you see itgs lilce this. ll'le talces a swallow ol Cola., lVlax: Gad Zoolqs, man, spealc up. What is it? ll'le seizes the Porter by the shirt., Porter: Nlacclull is coming and hels awful mad about somethinl. Max: fpushing the Porter baclc, Let him come, the blolce. llm waiting. lt's about time. l was afraid that l had lcilled everybody in the play except you lL00lcing murderously at the Porter who cringes in a Chair near the exit., Let him come . . . l'll finish him. fl'le grabs the mop., Macdulf: lEntering the stage, left., Dogl Curl ll'le branolishes a broom, Master ol a thousand lleasl En guarde lBoth he and Max talce position then begin to fence., lVlax: Save your energy, old boy, youlre out of condition. ll'le,s amazingly spry for an old Killer., Macdull: You destroyed my family. l will avenge them even if my wile was an old shrew. Max: Save your energy. Youlre no mightier than l am so you canlt kill me. Macdull: QNOW very aggressive, Ah Ha . . . but l am . . . l am . . . SUPERMAN . . . fl'le tears olll his sash and slcirt, revealing a pair ol bathing trunlcs topped with a baslcetball shirt with the letter The theme song ol the Superman Program is played ol'l stage. lvlacclull stabs Max. Max falls and Macdufl puts his loot on lVlax,s chest. The Porter comes over, having got over his fright ol lVlax at appearance of Nlacclutf. Vvhen the Porter bends over lvlax, he turns his baclc to the audience and they read The End., Curtain Epilogue frlqhere is a scream oll stage by lVlrs. Finnegan. Two men with white jaclcets and a stretcher rush on stage and return with Mrs. Finnegan., Announcer: QAS he fans the prostrate lVlrs. F., Oh, please. lxflrs. Finnegan spealc to me . . . Spealc to me . . . 'Mn' . ,Y-,AE 0? K W fi- FIA K FE rdf fi' X L W 0- Y GJ it