INT. DR. JEKYLL'S LABORATORY - NIGHT
Silence. Darkness, within which glass and metal are gleaming
faintly; then a cloud passes from in front of the moon, and
its bluish radiance, through a skylight, reveals the
laboratory in Jekyll's Harley Street residence. It has been
much used, and abused, since we last saw it. All the
scientific paraphernalia is in a state of desperate disorder,
and the doors to most of the glass presses stand open.
At first, the laboratory appears uninhabited. Then Emma Carew
lights a small lamp on the desk, which is still relatively
unencumbered. She stands at the desk and reads an entry from
Jekyll's journal.
EMMA
"I am dangerous, more dangerous
than any wild animal stalking its
prey..."
The laboratory door opens, and Emma turns, trembling, to the
sound. A DARK FIGURE enters the laboratory, and sees Emma.
JEKYLL
(surprised, sharp and
angry)
What do you want here?
EMMA
(lifting the lamp, to see
who he is)
Henry?
(relieved, but also
embarrassed about prying)
Oh, you scared me - for a moment I
thought - well, you didn't sound
like you!
JEKYLL
(stepping into a shadow,
his voice husky, ill-
tempered)
How long have you been here? How
long!
EMMA
Just these few minutes... Poole let
me into the office. Your laboratory
door was left unlocked.
(a beat)
Henry, I have been desperate for
some word -
JEKYLL
(furious)
And you thought you'd find it
spying on my journal?
He lurches to the desk, slams the journal shut.
JEKYLL (CONT'D)
What did you see?
EMMA
I can't remember what I saw!
JEKYLL
(yelling)
What - did - you - see?
EMMA
(deeply upset)
Henry! Look at me! Are we unable to
have a civil conversation? I
understand that your work is
unprecedented – and painful. I see
what it is doing to you, to us, and
yet I know that you must move
forward. You believe in this so
strongly.
Now he looks at her, confused, remorseful, returning to
himself. He is shabbily dressed, in a grey-brown suit and
cape.
JEKYLL
(slumps to sit at his
desk, almost a swoon)
Emma, these experiments are taking
me to places I don't understand. I
can't explain it to myself, let
alone to you.
EMMA
There's no need to explain, my
dearest. You never promised the
journey would be easy or pleasant –
only that we would take it
together.
SONG: "ONCE UPON A DREAM"
EMMA (CONT'D)
WHEN THIS ALL BEGAN,
WE KNEW THERE'D BE A PRICE
ONCE UPON A DREAM
WE WERE LOST IN LOVE'S EMBRACE
THERE WE FOUND A PERFECT PLACE,
ONCE UPON A DREAM
ONCE THERE WAS A TIME
LIKE NO OTHER TIME BEFORE
HOPE WAS STILL AN OPEN DOOR,
ONCE UPON A DREAM
She stands, watching him for a long moment. He cannot bear to
face her. She starts to leave.
EMMA (CONT'D)
AND I WAS UNAFRAID
THE DREAM WAS SO EXCITING
BUT NOW I SEE IT FADE,
AND I AM HERE ALONE
ONCE UPON A DREAM
YOU WERE HEAVEN-SENT TO ME
WAS IT NEVER MEANT TO BE?
ARE YOU JUST A DREAM?
COULD WE BEGIN AGAIN?
ONCE UPON A DREAM
JEKYLL
(cries out, without looking up)
Emma, don't abandon me now. I do
love you.
She goes out, closing the laboratory door behind herself.
Only now does Jekyll look up, in the direction of her exit. A
sob shakes his body, but he fights it off.
He stands and looks at himself in the enormous gilt-framed
mirror. Then he forces himself to turn away, moves back to
the desk, takes up a pen, and writes in his journal.
JEKYLL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
I am slowly losing control of
myself. I dare not continue taking
these nightly formulas. This Edward
Hyde is a part of me, and yet he
disappears within, like a stain of
breath upon a mirror. He has found
the perfect hiding place.
EXT. HARLEY STREET - DUSK
Lucy is at Jekyll's doorstep with Poole.
POOLE
I'm sorry, miss. Perhaps next week.
LUCY
I understand.
Embarrassed by this refusal, Lucy nods and walks away
discouraged.
SONG: "NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM"
LUCY (CONT'D)
LOOK AT ME AND TELL ME WHO I AM –
WHY I AM – WHAT I AM
CALL ME A FOOL AND IT'S TRUE I AM
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM
IT'S SUCH A SHAME
I'M SUCH A SHAM
NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM
ONCE THERE WERE SWEET POSSIBILITIES
I COULD SEE JUST FOR ME
NOW ALL MY DREAMS ARE JUST MEMORIES
FATED NEVER TO BE
TIME'S NOT AFRAID,
HURRYING BY
I WONDER... WHO AM I?
AM I THE FACE OF THE FUTURE?
AM I THE FACE OF THE PAST
AM I THE ONE WHO MUST FINISH LAST?
LOOK AT ME AND TELL ME WHO I AM –
WHY I AM – WHAT I AM
WILL I SURVIVE?
WHO WILL GIVE A DAMN
IF I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM?
Emma is leaving the house from the previous scene.
EMMA
Thank you, Poole.
POOLE
Good evening, Miss Carew.
Lucy hears Emma's voice and looks around, as Emma sees her.
LUCY
NOBODY KNOWS,
NOT EVEN YOU...
NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM
Lucy hurries away. Emma is now suspicious by this second
encounter. At the same moment, Utterson is arriving.
UTTERSON
Emma? Is everything alright?
EMMA
I - don't - know...
UTTERSON
Is it Henry?
EMMA
John, I'm worried.
UTTERSON
I am too, Emma –
(tries to lighten the
mood)
- but you know Henry.
EMMA
John, I said I'm worried.
UTTERSON
I'll see what I can do.
Utterson goes to enter the house.
INT. LUCY'S BEDROOM
Lucy's bedroom, above "The Red Rat," which attempts hominess,
without escaping squalor. A single oil lamp burns on a table
by the rumpled bed.
The room is empty for a moment, then footsteps are heard,
ascending. Lucy comes in through the narrow door, which is
already ajar, and hangs up her shawl, having just arrived
from Jekyll's house.
HYDE (O.S.)
Dearest Lucy...
Lucy spins around, startled. Hyde is lying on her bed.
HYDE (CONT'D)
You weren't expecting me?
LUCY
No... I – for a moment I thought it
was someone else.
HYDE
(laughs to himself)
For a moment it almost was. You're
late for our nightly rendezvous, my
dear.
He gets a drink from her dresser.
LUCY
I'm sorry – it won't 'appen again.
HYDE
Isn't there something you'd like to
tell me?
LUCY
Whad'ya mean?
HYDE
Wouldn't you like to tell me about
your Harley Street Doctor Jekyll?
LUCY
Doctor Jekyll? ...Ya' know 'im?
HYDE
Oh yes, we are very old friends, he
and I. You're such a fool Lucy! He
won't see you again. He doesn't
even know who you are. He's not the
man you think he is. He shares all
your little secrets!
LUCY
Doctor Jekyll wouldn't...
HYDE
Really?
(mockingly)
"I never had someone like you be
nice to me before. You make me feel
like a lady."
Lucy is deeply hurt. She is frightened of him.
HYDE (CONT'D)
Why do you go there every day?
LUCY
How do you know I...?
HYDE
Lucy – I know where you are every
moment I'm gone. I know what you
think... I know what you feel.
Can't you see? We are one, you and
I... love and hate share the same
appetite, my dear!
LUCY
It's a dangerous game...
Hyde pulls her tightly against him.
SONG: "IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME"
LUCY (CONT'D)
I FEEL YOUR FINGERS
COLD ON MY SHOULDER –
YOUR CHILLING TOUCH
AS IT RUNS DOWN MY SPINE
WATCHING YOUR EYES
AS THEY INVADE MY SOUL,
FORBIDDEN PLEASURES
I'M AFRAID TO MAKE MINE...
AT THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND,
AT THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE,
AT THE MOMENT YOUR EYES MEET MINE,
I AM OUT OF MY MIND,
I AM OUT OF CONTROL,
FULL OF FEELINGS I CAN'T DEFINE
HYDE
IT'S A SIN WITH NO NAME...
LUCY
LIKE A HAND IN A FLAME
HYDE
AND OUR SENSES PROCLAIM...
BOTH
IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME!
HYDE
A DARKER DREAM THAT HAS NO ENDING,
SOMETHING UNREAL
THAT YOU WANT TO BE TRUE
LUCY
A STRANGE ROMANCE
OUT OF A MYSTERY TALE
HYDE
THE FRIGHTENED PRINCESS
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!
DOES SHE JUST RUN AWAY?
DOES SHE RISK IT AND STAY?
EITHER WAY, THERE'S NO WAY TO WIN!
LUCY
ALL I KNOW IS I'M LOST
AND I'M COUNTING THE COST
MY EMOTIONS ARE IN A SPIN
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TO BLAME...
HYDE
IT'S A CRIME AND A SHAME...
LUCY
BUT IT'S TRUE ALL THE SAME...
BOTH
IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME!
NO ONE SPEAKS,
NOT ONE WORD
ALL THE WORDS ARE IN OUR EYES
LUCY
SILENCE SPEAKS...
HYDE
(he echoes her)
SILENCE SPEAKS...
LUCY
LOUD AND CLEAR...
HYDE
(he echoes her)
LOUD AND CLEAR
LUCY
ALL THE WORDS...
BOTH
WE WANT TO HEAR!
AT THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND,
AT THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE,
AT THE MOMENT YOUR EYES MEET MINE,
I AM OUT OF MY MIND,
I AM OUT OF CONTROL,
FULL OF FEELINGS I CAN'T DEFINE
LUCY
IT'S A SIN WITH NO NAME
HYDE
NO REMORSE AND NO SHAME
BOTH
FIRE, FURY, AND FLAME,
'CAUSE THE DEVIL'S TO BLAME
AND THE ANGELS PROCLAIM...
IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME!
He places her on the bed and lies on top of her as we
FADE TO:
INT. DR. JEKYLL'S CONSULTING ROOM
Poole and Emma are in the middle of a discussion.
EMMA
Of course, Poole. I know you are
completely devoted to Doctor
Jekyll.
POOLE
Well, I... I do not wish to judge
him uncharitably.
EMMA
But Poole, please, under these
extraordinary circumstances...
POOLE
Yes, miss. As you know, for weeks
now, the Doctor has been locked in
that laboratory. He has instructed
even me not to disturb him for any
reason.
EMMA
Have you not seen him at all during
this time?
POOLE
No, miss. I have been told to leave
all his meals outside the door and
go away!
Emma wonders if this has to do with the lower class woman she
has seen at Jekyll's doorstep... so she broaches the
subject...
EMMA
Poole, tell me... has he been alone
in there all this time?
POOLE
Alone, miss...?
EMMA
Come Poole, you'd hardly be
disloyal in telling me.
POOLE
Yes, miss. Each night I have been
leaving him his tray outside the
door – and from inside the
laboratory, I have heard these...
noises. And a voice I do not
recognize.
EMMA
Someone has been in there with him?
POOLE
(nods)
Last night, I heard whoever it was
– crying – weeping, like an
animal... the strangest sound you
ever heard, miss.
EMMA
Thank you, Poole.
(upset)
...thank you.