the manuscript from three houses by dave malloy
Tracklist
| 6. | the manuscript | 0:39 |
Lyrics
SUSAN
one morning
i woke up on the floor next to the bed—
almost made it.
i stared into the decaying dust village underneath
and i spied something curious.
(she pulls out a stack of papers.)
an unbound sheaf of typewritten yellowed pages,
tucked underneath a stack of time/life the enchanted world hardcovers.
it smells like cardamom.
“The Berries and the Plums:
The End of a Wartime Romance
by Zelma Natalija Birģelis”
(grandmother appears.)
GRANDMOTHER
hello susan.
SUSAN
hello grandmama.
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Theater composer, writer, performer. Shows include Three Houses; The Witches; Moby-Dick; Octet; Ghost Quartet; Preludes; Black Wizard / Blue Wizard; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; All Hands; Three Pianos; Beardo; Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage; The Sewers; Sandwich; Clown Bible; and (The 99-cent) Miss Saigon.