Act Three- In Which Only Two Songs are Performed, Everybody Takes Five, and Things Explode.
Bubblewrap- Moving on, time for 'At the end of the day'!
1823, Montreuil-Sur-Mer. Outside the factory owned by the Mayor, Monsiuer Madelaine (Jean Valjean in disguise).
The poor-
At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living.
At the end of the day you're another day colder
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill
And the righteous hurry past
They don't hear the little ones crying
And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill
One day nearer to dying!
At the end of the day there's another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that'll break any second
There's a hunger in the land
There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and
There's gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day!
The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge from the factory
Foreman-
At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread
Worker 1-
There are children back at home
Workers 1 and 2-
And the children have got to be fed
Worker 2-
And you're lucky to be in a job
Woman-
And in a bed!
Workers-
And we're counting our blessings!
Woman 2-
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
Woman 3-
It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
Woman 1-
Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!
Woman 4-
And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always in heat
Woman 3-
If Fantine doesn't look out
Watch how she goes
She'll be out on the street!
Workers-
At the end of the day it's another day over
With enough in your pocket to last for a week
Pay the landlord, pay the shop
Keep on grafting as long as you're able
Keep on grafting till you drop
Or it's back to the crumbs off the table
You've got to pay your way
At the end of the day!
Girl- Grabbing a letter from Fantine
And what have we here, little innocent sister?
Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
Reading the letter
Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money...
Your child needs a doctor...
There's no time to lose..."
Hermione (As Fantine)-
Give that letter to me It's really rude to read other people's mail!
It is none of your business Well, actually it's a prop that has no writing on it.
With a husband at home
And a bit on the side! Wow, that's rude…
Is there anyone here
Who can swear before God
She has nothing to fear?
She has nothing to hide?
They fight over the letter. Harry (As Valjean (M. Madeleine)) rushes on to break up the squabble.
Harry (As Valjean)-
Will someone tear these two apart
What is this fighting all about? Is my character deaf as well as criminal? They were yelling…
Bubblewrap- Just go along with it.
Harry- What's so great about some sweater anyway.
Bubblewrap- LETTER. LET-ter. Not sweater… Apparently you are deaf…
This is a factory, not a circus! Can't it be both?
Now, come on ladies, settle down
I run a business of repute
I am the Mayor of this town
To the foreman
I look to you to sort this out
And be as patient as you can-
He goes back into the factory
Foreman-
Now someone say how this began!
Harry- He's not very patient, he can't even wait until I finish my sentence, he has to interr-
Foreman- Do not!
Girl-
At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!
There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra
You can bet she's earning her keep
Sleeping around
And the boss wouldn't like it!
Hermione (As Fantine)-
Yes it's true there's a child Well, actually, there isn't
And the child is my daughter
And her father abandoned us
Leaving us flat
Now she lives with an innkeeper man Ron?
And his wife …Ginny…
And I pay for the child
What's the matter with that?
Women-
At the end of the day
She'll be nothing but trouble
And there's trouble for all
When there's trouble for one!
While we're earning our daily bread
She's the one with her hands in the butter
You must send the slut away
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter
And it's us who'll have to pay
At the end of the day!
Foreman-
I might have known the bitch could bite
I might have known the cat had claws
I might have guessed your little secret
Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine
Who keeps herself so pure and clean
You'd be the cause I had no doubt
Of any trouble hereabout
You play a virgin in the light
But need no urgin' in the night.
Girl-
She's been laughing at you
While she's having her men
Women-
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
Woman-
You must sack her today
Workers-
Sack the girl today!
Foreman-
Right my girl. On your way!
Bubblewrap- Straight into I dreamed a dream!
Ginny- Who's dreaming?
Bubblewrap- Hermione.
Ron- Hey, where's Malfoy?
Bubblewrap- Hey, Hermione! Let's get started.
Hermione- But where is Mal-
Bubblewrap- Just start already!
Hermione (As Fantine)-
There was a time when men were kind, When?
And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind,
And the world was a song, And what kind of song was it?
And the song was exciting. Oh, an exciting song.
There was a time when it all went wrong...
I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die, You can't kill love. It doesn't have a heart or arteries, or anything.
Bubblewrap- Love doesn't have a heart… that sounds weird.
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid,
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine, untasted.
But the tigers come at night, Metaphorical tigers, right?... Right?
Bubblewrap- No, Hermione, real tigers.
Hermione- I hate sarcasm…
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hope apart,
And they turn your dream to shame. Rather cynical…
He slept a summer by my side,
He filled my days with endless wonder...
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came!
And still I dream he'll come to me, Why would you want him?
That we will live the years together,
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather!
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed... This song is really depressing… Can I go to the library?
Bubblewrap- What for? You're excused from homework, remember?
Hermione- Yea, but I need to keep up on it or I'll be so confused when we get back!
Harry- If she's going to the library, can I go to the quidditch pitch?
Bubblewrap- Ugh, fine! Does anyone else want to go anywhere?
Cho- Well, actually, I had a date…
Bubblewrap- Go!
Cedric- I am her date…
Bubblewrap- Go! Anyone else? Crickets Good. The rest of you, just… take five or something. Play with the future stuff.
Ron- Actually, most of the future stuff is explosive.
Bubblewrap- Really?
Ginny- Only the stuff he brought back.
Bubblewrap- Really? Pause Wait, you brought explosive future things into the past and dumped it on a pile of other future stuff?
Ron- You told me to!
Bubblewrap- I didn't know it was explosive!
Ron- How could you not know!? It was TNT, everyone knows what that looks like, even wizards!
Bubblewrap- Well, just as long as no one sets anything on fire…
Luna- Hey look everyone, the Weasly twins have fireworks!
Ron- Oh shi—
Bubblewrap- Everyone get out NOW
Collin- Why do we—
BOOM