INT. DOOR TO LUCY'S BEDROOM
A narrow hallway, with doors leading to several rooms, above
"The Red Rat." Lucy is wearing her shawl and a skirt that she
has hastily thrown over her corset. Utterson has given her
Jekyll's note, which she has been reading.
LUCY
Leave London?
UTTERSON
As soon as possible.
LUCY
(looking at the money that
came with the note)
'e don't owe me nothin'.
UTTERSON
I beseech you to do as he asks. I'm
sure it is for the best. Good luck
to you, Miss Harris. May you find a
happier life elsewhere. Take care
of yourself.
Lucy watches him leave. She puts the money in her corset and
enters her bedroom.
INT. LUCY'S BEDROOM
Lucy goes to her dresser lamp and turns the lamp up and hangs
up her shawl, as Stride, sitting on her bed, is getting
dressed.
STRIDE
I found you less than enthusiastic
tonight, Lucy.
LUCY
(hides her note behind her
back)
Well, I do my best sir!
STRIDE
No, Lucy, your best would have
resulted in a satisfied customer.
He reaches around her and takes the note.
LUCY
Don't, please, don't.
He opens the note and sees...
STRIDE
From Doctor Jekyll?!
(reads)
"My dear Miss Lucy. I regret more
than I can ever express that my
private misfortune has prevented me
from seeing you again. I have found
in you a tender and loving light
during these past dark days. I hope
you will accept the enclosed as a
small repayment for the lesson you
have taught me. Leave London, I beg
you, and begin again, secure in the
knowledge that I shall never forget
you. Henry Jekyll."
(a thin smile)
Well, well – it looks like your
Harley Street friend is living the
high and mighty one day and bedding
the likes of you the next!
He puts on his coat and puts the note in the pocket.
LUCY
What are ya doin' with that?
STRIDE
That is none of your concern!
He gets his hat and starts to leave.
LUCY
'Enry Jekyll is the only one 'oo
don't treat me like a whore!
Her comment reminds him – he pulls out some money and thrusts
it into her hand.
STRIDE
Well, at least you know what you
are!
He hurries out, and can be heard descending the same hollow
steps. Lucy sits on her bed, staring at the money. She throws
it down in disgust.
A loud clap of thunder startles her. She blows out the oil
lamp, goes to a window and pulls back the ragged drape. After
a moment, a lightning flash, followed almost immediately by a
more distant rumble of thunder. She stands at the window,
watching the storm gather.
SONG: "A NEW LIFE"
LUCY
A NEW LIFE –
WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE TO HAVE
A NEW LIFE!
ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED
AS I GO THROUGH LIFE –
NOTHING IS FOR FREE ALONG THE WAY
A NEW START –
THAT'S THE THING I NEED TO GIVE ME A NEW HEART –
HALF THE CHANCE IN LIFE TO FIND
A NEW PART
JUST A SIMPLE ROLE THAT I CAN PLAY
She pulls Jekyll's money out of her corset and looks at it.
LUCY (CONT'D)
A NEW HOPE –
SOMETHING TO CONVINCE ME TO
RENEW HOPE
A NEW DAY –
BRIGHT ENOUGH TO HELP ME
FIND MY WAY
A NEW CHANCE –
ONE THAT MAYBE HAS
A TOUCH OF ROMANCE
WHERE CAN IT BE?
A CHANCE FOR ME?
A NEW DREAM –
I HAVE ONE I KNOW THAT
VERY FEW DREAM
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
OVERDUE DREAM
EVEN THOUGH IT NEVER MAY COME TRUE
She pulls a suitcase out from under her bed and starts to
pack.
LUCY (CONT'D)
A NEW LOVE –
THOUGH I KNOW THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS TRUE LOVE
EVEN SO, ALTHOUGH I
NEVER KNEW LOVE,
STILL I FEEL
THAT ONE DREAM IS MY DUE!
A NEW WORLD –
THIS ONE THING
I WANT TO ASK OF YOU, WORLD
ONCE BEFORE IT'S TIME TO
SAY ADIEU, WORLD
ONE SWEET CHANCE
TO PROVE THE CYNICS WRONG!
A NEW LIFE –
MORE AND MORE I'M SURE
AS I GO THROUGH LIFE,
JUST TO PLAY THE GAME
AND TO PURSUE LIFE
JUST TO SHARE ITS PLEASURES
AND BELONG...
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR
ALL ALONG!
EACH DAY'S A BRAND NEW LIFE!
She puts on her shawl and picks up her suitcase as the storm
continues outside; frequent interruptions of lightning and
thunder. In one flash of lightning, Lucy is alone; but in the
next flash, a DARK FIGURE is seen standing behind her,
leaning over her. It is as though he appeared in an instant,
from nowhere.
Then, sudden complete darkness, and the loudest explosion of
thunder yet.
A match is struck, and the oil lamp is lit. Edward Hyde
stands by the bed. He blows out the match, and, at the same
moment, Lucy turns.
She breathes in sharply, stifling a cry. Hyde smiles at her,
baring his teeth like an animal, then sits beside her.
Lightning and thunder continue, intermittently.
HYDE
Why, Lucy... I thought you'd be
more pleased to see me.
LUCY
(frightened)
What is it ya want from me?
HYDE
What every lover wants –
compassion, companionship...
(looks at her)
Honesty.
LUCY
Sir, I don't know what ya mean?
He looks down at the suitcase in her hand.
HYDE
Lucy... you weren't thinking of
leaving the city, now were you?
Too frightened to answer she nods her head "no."
HYDE (CONT'D)
No, not without saying goodbye
first. I warned you, Lucy.
(sees the rumpled bedding)
You've had another visitor this
evening?
LUCY
No, not really.
He begins to undress her, down to her corset, as he speaks.
HYDE
It wasn't the Doctor himself, was
it? No... Henry's such a very busy
man.
(laughs: a rasp)
Your friendship with Dr. Jekyll has
hurt me very deeply. What is it you
see in him that you cannot find in
me?
He smells the clothes he has taken from her before putting
them on the chest of drawers.
LUCY
'E was kind to me, that's all.
HYDE
He's a very weak man. Undependable.
Not like me at all.
(seated on the bed now)
Come to me now. Close. Closer.
He laughs quietly but dangerously.
She looks into his eyes, then slowly drags herself toward
him. He reaches out and embraces her tightly, her head
against his chest, tucked under his chin.
LUCY
Please...!
HYDE
Shhh...
As he sings to her, gently, he reveals his true identity to
her. He sings back to her what she thought in Jekyll's study.
He caresses and kisses her back, where the wound was.
SONG: "SYMPATHY, TENDERNESS" (reprise)
HYDE (CONT'D)
SYMPATHY, TENDERNESS,
WARM AS THE SUMMER
OFFER ME THEIR EMBRACE
FRIENDLINESS, GENTLENESS,
She slowly begins to realize Hyde is actually Jekyll. He
slowly takes a long knife from beneath his grey-brown cape.
HYDE (CONT'D)
STRANGERS TO MY LIFE,
THEY ARE THERE IN THIS FACE
A loud peal of thunder interrupts the song.
LUCY
'Enry...?!
Lucy remains frozen, trembling but entranced, as Hyde, in
agonizing slow-motion, stabs her, first in the back, then
deeply into her stomach, then – almost like a slow caress –
slits her throat as he kisses her. Finally, he releases her
body, and it slumps back onto the bed, like a rag doll.
Hyde stands and wipes the blood off the knife blade on the
rumpled bedclothes. Suddenly, his body is shaken by a spasm –
then another and another. He falls to his knees, gasping for
air. He cries out in pain and braces himself against the
bedstead, burying his face in the blood-stained sheets.
A massive shudder passes through him, as he utters
indiscernible words in a guttural and internal fight; and,
when he raises his blood-stained face, it is that of Doctor
Henry Jekyll. He stands with difficulty, staring aghast at
Lucy's contorted bloody form.
JEKYLL
What have I done?!
Then he sees the long knife in his hand, and throws it away
from him, as far as he can. He gazes down at the dead girl,
unable to look away.
JEKYLL (CONT'D)
Oh, God, what have I done?...
Finally managing to tear himself away from the defiled bed,
wrapping the fog-colored cape, now stained with blood, around
him, he plunges through the narrow door, and can be heard
running down the hollow steps, out into the night. A long,
low, distant roll of thunder – then "the angels" are heard,
"weeping" – the innocent plaintive chant rises toward Heaven
and blends with the thunder.
EXT. STREETS OF LONDON - NIGHT
As Jekyll runs to get away, he is in the nightmare of his
full realization of all the destruction he has done.
SONG: "THE WORLD HAS GONE INSANE"
JEKYLL
THE WORLD HAS GONE INSANE!
AND PARASITES
ARE EATING AT MY BRAIN!
AND NOTHING
IS THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE!
A PACK OF WOLVES
IS HOWLING AT MY DOOR!
I'M LIVING IN A NON-STOP NIGHTMARE!
DEAD MEN'S DREAMS!
FILLED WITH SCREAMING PAIN!
HURLING ME TO MAD EXTREMES
IN A WORLD THAT'S GONE INSANE!
THE WORLD HAS LOST ITS HEAD!
AND EVERY EVIL HOUR
IS FILLED WITH DREAD!
I'M FLOATING ON A LAKE –
BUT UPSIDE DOWN!
AND WHEN I TRY TO BREATHE,
I START TO DROWN!
As each horrible death floods his memory, he is physically
met with each DEAD BOARD MEMBER face to face: DEAD SAVAGE;
DEAD BISHOP; DEAD GLOSSOP; DEAD PROOPS; DEAD LADY
BEACONSFIELD. They block him in every direction he tries to
run.
LIGHTNING and THUNDER continue, building out of control as he
stumbles to get away from each of them.
JEKYLL (CONT'D)
I CANNOT SPEAK AS
NAMELESS GHOSTS AND FACELESS GHOULS
BID ME JOIN THE DEAD!
NO ONE TELLS THESE GRUESOME FOOLS
THAT THE WORLD HAS LOST ITS HEAD!
FIENDISH CREATURES
LEAVE THEIR GRAVES TO TAUNT ME!
OLD FRIENDS
RISEN FROM THE DEAD TO HAUNT ME!
GOD FORSAKEN IMAGES THAT DAUNT ME,
DROWNING
IN AN ENDLESS FLOOD OF BLOOD!
The walking dead encroach upon him, surround him, and drive
him onward, as Jekyll's Harley Street residence comes into
view.
JEKYLL (CONT'D)
THE WORLD HAS GONE BERSERK!
AND HIDING IN THE MURK,
NEW MONSTERS LURK!
I SEE A SEA OF SNAKES
UPON THE FLOOR!
I SEE THE REAPER GRINNING
AT MY DOOR!
I SCREAM IN SILENCE!
BAD IS GOOD, AND GOOD IS BAD!
SACRED IS PROFANE!
AND IT'S WISER TO BE MAD...
IN A WORLD THAT'S GONE INSANE!
INT. DR. JEKYLL'S LABORATORY - NIGHT
Sounds of the storm continue, muffled, a heavy rainfall now,
occasional glowing lightning high in the heavens, and muted
thunder; Dr. Jekyll's devastated laboratory, as before.
Empty for a moment, then Jekyll throws the laboratory door
open and staggers into the room, still clad in Hyde's grey-
brown disguise. He slams the laboratory door behind himself.
Instead of turning up the gaslight, he ignites the several
gas and oil flames which are a part of his lab equipment, and
turns them all up full. The disordered laboratory is lit by
their flickering glare.
Jekyll snatches up the journal of his work from the desk,
uses it to sweep various apparatus from various laboratory
tables; then, in a frenzy, he sets the journal on fire over
one of the laboratory burners, waits until it is flaming
brightly, and drops it into a basin.
He goes to the enormous gilt-framed mirror. He stares at his
soiled reflection in the eerie light of the many flames.
SONG: "CONFRONTATION"
JEKYLL
IT'S OVER NOW, I KNOW INSIDE!
NO ONE MUST EVER KNOW
THE SORRY TALE OF EDWARD HYDE
AND THOSE WHO'VE DIED...
NO ONE MUST EVER KNOW!
THEY'D ONLY SEE THE TRAGEDY
THEY'D NOT SEE MY INTENT!
THE SHADOW OF HYDE'S EVIL
WOULD FOREVER KILL
THE GOOD THAT I HAD MEANT
He has picked up a vial and is about to drink the antidote –
JEKYLL (CONT'D)
AM I A GOOD MAN?
AM I A MAD MAN?
IT'S SUCH A FINE LINE
BETWEEN A GOOD MAN AND A...
His voice is strangled, as he stares into the enormous
mirror, and his reflection changes, almost instantly, into
the ape-like grinning scowl of Edward Hyde. In the mirror,
but very real, Hyde laughs hideously.
Jekyll retreats into the laboratory a few steps, but his
reflection remains that of his "other self," and it now
addresses him, in its rasping, animal growl.
(The following is a mental and actual physical struggle
between Jekyll trying to drink the antidote – and Hyde trying
to prevent it.)
HYDE
DO YOU REALLY THINK
THAT I WOULD EVER LET YOU GO?
DO YOU THINK I'D EVER SET YOU FREE?
IF YOU DO, I'M SAD TO SAY
IT SIMPLY ISN'T SO
YOU WILL NEVER GET AWAY FROM ME!
JEKYLL
ALL THAT YOU ARE
IS A FACE IN THE MIRROR
I CLOSE MY EYES AND YOU DISAPPEAR!
HYDE
I'M WHAT YOU FACE
WHEN YOU FACE IN THE MIRROR
LONG AS YOU LIVE,
I WILL STILL BE HERE!
JEKYLL
ALL THAT YOU ARE
IS THE END OF A NIGHTMARE
ALL THAT YOU ARE IS A DYING SCREAM!
AFTER TONIGHT,
I SHALL END THIS DEMON DREAM!
HYDE
THIS IS NOT A DREAM, MY FRIEND,
AND IT WILL NEVER END!
THIS IS THE NIGHTMARE THAT GOES ON!
HYDE IS HERE TO STAY,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAY PRETEND,
AND HE'LL FLOURISH
LONG AFTER YOU'RE GONE!
JEKYLL
SOON YOU WILL DIE
AND MY SILENCE WILL HIDE YOU!
YOU CANNOT CHOOSE
BUT TO LOSE CONTROL!
HYDE
YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME!
I LIVE DEEP INSIDE YOU!
EACH DAY YOU'LL FEEL ME
DEVOUR YOUR SOUL!
JEKYLL
I DON'T NEED YOU TO SURVIVE
LIKE YOU NEED ME!
I'LL BECOME WHOLE
AS YOU DANCE WITH DEATH!
AND I'LL REJOICE
AS YOU BREATHE YOUR FINAL BREATH!
He convulses, as Hyde struggles to re-enter him.
HYDE
FOR I'LL LIVE INSIDE YOU FOREVER!
WITH SATAN HIMSELF BY MY SIDE!
AND I KNOW THAT NOW AND FOREVER
THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SEPARATE
JEKYLL FROM HYDE!
JEKYLL
CAN'T YOU SEE?
IT'S OVER NOW!
IT'S TIME TO DIE!
HYDE
NO, NOT I,
ONLY YOU!
JEKYLL
IF I DIE,
YOU DIE TOO!
HYDE
YOU'LL DIE IN ME
I'LL BE YOU!
JEKYLL
DAMN YOU, HYDE!
SET ME FREE!
HYDE
CAN'T YOU SEE?
YOU ARE ME!
JEKYLL
NO!
DEEP INSIDE!
HYDE
I AM YOU
YOU ARE HYDE!
JEKYLL
No, never!
HYDE
Yes! Forever!
Jekyll succeeds in taking the antidote. The vessel still
glows and pulses faintly, magnesium white.
JEKYLL
God damn you, Hyde! Take all your
evil deeds and rot in Hell!
HYDE
(though his voice has
become weaker and he has
fallen to one knee)
I'll see you there, Jekyll!
Hyde laughs, vicious mockery incarnate. Jekyll hurls the
glowing beaker at the enormous mirror, shattering it and the
vision of Edward Hyde.
JEKYLL
NEVER!
At the same moment, the several flaring burners in the
laboratory are instantly extinguished. Sudden darkness,
permeated by a bitter chemical smoke.
