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!

22. Bring the Boys Back Home

Act II – Scene 5

Bring the Boys Back Home

Setting – May 8, 1945 (Victory in Europe Day), London, England.

(Soldiers march down the aisles with drummer boys leading them at a marching beat. The curtains open to a large crowd of families, celebrating the victory in the war and anxiously awaiting for soldiers' return. The music begins, and the chorus is led by an operatic tenor/baritone male vocal. YOUNG PINK, with his toy plane, and WINIFRED are seen in the crowd, but they do not sing. WINIFRED is saddened.)

CHORUS (with male lead the most prominent):

Bring the boys back home!

Bring the boys back home!

Don't leave the children on their own! No! No!

(By that time, the soldiers are filed in on stage along with the chorus.)

Bring the boys back home!

(The chorus and soldiers exit and the stage turns dark as the background music is still heard.)