The Wall

by Sullyhogs1

A script for a stage adaptation of Pink Floyd's album/rock opera I'm writing. The story is about a burnt-out rock star who builds an emotional and psychological wall between himself and society based off of the traumatic experiences in his past. I own some character names, some new dialogue, and the staging. The rest goes to Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters. Read & review, please!

3. In the Flesh?

Act I - Scene I

In the Flesh?

Setting - Concert, 1968, and Anzio, Italy, 1944.

(The soldiers are still standing at attention on stage when a battalion of Axis troops burst onto the stage and attack them as the music starts. An electric guitar plays a descending riff as an ecstatic crowd bursts through the auditorium doors and through the aisles towards the stage, but do not go onto it, while the guitar transitions into another welcoming riff.)

(Enter PINK from behind the stage on a platform near upstage center, with an electric guitar at his side. He props it up, and begins to play, while the battle still ensuing is halted for a moment and all of the soldiers completely freeze in place and position.)

PINK: (with background vocals)

So ya thought ya,

Might like to go the show?

To feel the warm thrill of confusion,

That space cadet glow?

Tell me is something eluding you sunshine?

Is this not what you expected to see?

If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes,

You'll just have to tear your way through this disguise!

(PINK plays the last riff on his guitar very powerfully and precisely as the battle resumes.)

LIGHTS!

(Pink Floyd-style light show.)

TURN ON THE SOUND EFFECTS!

(Loud SFX playing. Riff continues. Pinks puts his guitar down and paces.)

ACTION!

(Riff continues.)

DROP IT! DROP IT ON 'EM! DROP IT ON THEM!

(Instrumental coda. A sharp ascending pitch is heard, while PINK raises his hands slowly, as if he is directing a plane closer to the stage. Drum roll and sharp ending as a bomb is heard and a large, bright light flashes on the stage. We see dead soldiers and JONATHAN near death laying on his stomach, injured. PINK is on his platform on his knees, head down, eyes closed, and arms at right angles with hand open towards his head. No spotlight on him, but on JONATHAN.)