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!

5. Another Brick in the Wall Pt I

Act I – Scene 3

Another Brick in the Wall Pt. I

Setting – London, England, 1944 (with PINK added).

(A boy and his mother, WINIFRED, come onstage. As PINK is walking off, he looks back towards the boy and goes over to stand behind him. The boy is now revealed to be YOUNG PINK. The boy is not focusing on anything but his toy plane.)

WINIFRED: (to YOUNG PINK)

Daddy's flown across the ocean…

Leaving just a memory (with PINK)

PINK (to YOUNG PINK, distraught):

A snapshot in the family album,

Daddy, what else did you leave for me?

(WINIFRED kisses her son goodbye so she can go to the shops. YOUNG PINK hands her his toy plane.)

Daddy, what d'ya leave behind for me?

(PINK begins to leave, and looks back towards WINIFRED.)

All in all it was just a brick in the wall.

(Exit PINK, then WINIFRED. Enter children and families, playing. YOUNG PINK sees a FATHER playing with his son and walks over to play with them. The FATHER notices him.)

FATHER: Where's your mommy?

YOUNG PINK: She's gone to the shops.

(The FATHER picks up his son and takes him to another part of the stage. YOUNG PINK follows him, and pulls on his coat.)

FATHER: Shoo! Go away you little bugger!

(YOUNG PINK is now sad.)

YOUNG PINK: All in all it was just bricks in the wall.

(Exit YOUNG PINK and the children and families. We see a white wall with bricks being built in far upstage left.)