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!

6. When the Tigers Broke Free Pt II

Act I – Scene 4

When the Tigers Broke Free Pt. II

Setting – Pink's home, Surrey, England, 1948.

(The curtain opens to KID PINK walking into a room very curiously, not knowing what is inside, and looks around. The soldiers from the prologue walk slowly in the aisles again and begin humming the same tune. The lights in the audience are dark.)

PINK (offstage VO):

And kind old King George sent mother a note,

When he heard that father was gone.

(KID PINK opens a drawer to find old photographs, an army uniform, and a note. He picks the note up and reads it.)

It was, I recall,

In the form of a scroll, with gold leaf adorned,

(KID PINK begins to put on the large uniform, quickly.)

And I found it one day,

In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.

And my eyes still grow damp to remember,

His Majesty signed,

With his own rubber stamp.

(KID PINK stares at a mirror with the uniform on him. PINK enters and stands beside the boy with the same uniform. They both begins to tear up. The humming is much more prominent, now. PINK begins to sing more powerfully.)

It was dark all around,

There was frost on the ground,

When the tigers broke free,

And no one survived,

From the Royal Fusiliers Company Z.

They were all left behind,

Most of them dead,

The rest of them dying.

With KID PINK:

And that's how the High Command,

Took my daddy from me!

(KID PINK breaks down in tears. Exit PINK and soldiers through the wings. Black out. Curtain.)