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!

14. Don't Leave Me Now

Act I – Scene 12

Don't Leave Me Now

Setting – Hotel Room, New York City, USA, 1968.

(PINK is still sitting up against the wall. He is smoking a large joint, which is obviously a prop. PINK is still in a daze and in depression from the GROUPIE's leave.)

PINK:

Ooooh babe, don't leave me now,

Don't say it's the flowers I sent.

(A shadow film is projected onto the wall to PINK's left. A woman representing GWENDOLYN is shown, standing straight and motionless.)

I need you, babe,

To put through the shredder in front of my friends.

Ooooh babe, don't leave me now,

How could you go?

When you know how I need you, (echoes)

To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night.

Ooooh babe, don't leave me now,

How can you treat me this way, runnin' away?

Oh babe, why are you running away?

(The shadow figure changes in shape to a praying mentis/scorpion hybrid. PINK is scared of it and runs to a corner on the opposite side of the stage. The creature is dormant to that side, because the middle and final part of the wall is not built yet.)

Ooooh babe (repeats five times)

Ooooh.

(PINK stands up from the corner, and decides to confront the creature.)