As they enter the Red Rat, the men inside are screaming and clamoring for the evening's entertainment. Jekyll wants to go inside and he chides Utterson for not giving him a proper bachelor party. An aprehensive Utterson and Jekyll are strolling the streets of this seemier side of London. In a very rough neighborhood in East London, Nellie, a red-haired prostitute, strolls in front of her establishment, Red Rat. When Emma protests, he admits that he is having trouble "Letting Go". Jekyll exits with Utterson, and Sir Danvers mentions that he, is also concerned with Jekyll's behavior. When Emma and Jekyll have a private moment, he tells her that he is concerned that his life of research and experiment would make her unhappy Emma reassures him that she loves and accepts him as he is and begs that he "Take Me As I Am" in turn. Jekyll apologizes to Sir Danvers for his lateness and, with Utterson, discusses the earlier meeting. Jekyll enters as two male guests lament that the much sought-after Emma is about to be married. Simon Stride asks Emma to reconsider her marriage to Jekyll she tells him that she isn't the weak woman that he is hoping to marry ("Emma's Reasons"). Lady Beaconsfield also admonishes Sir Danvers that he shouldn't let Emma marry Jekyll. Jekyll's theories and wonder why the intense scientist is late for his a celebration of which he is a guest of honor. Jekyll and Sir Danvers' Daughter, Emma, ladies and gentlemen, discuss the absurdity of Dr. ("Jekyll's Plea").Īfter the board members leave, Jekyll tells Utterson that the board members are fools and hypocrites, and wonders how he can pursue his experiments Utterson tells him that he should continue with his work if he believes in it ("Pursue the Truth").Īt the lavish engagement party for Dr. When the board members express their misgivings and vote to withhold their consent for his experiments, Jekyll angrily insists that the board grants him permission. He tells the board that he has discovered a combination of drugs that can isolate these two personalities and asks permission to test his drug on hospital patients. Jekyll explains his theory: that in each person there are two personalities, one good and one evil, which are constantly at war he suggests that it is possible to separate these two warring personalities and to isolate the functional, good component from the dysfunctional, evil component. Jekyll presents his proposal to test a groundbreaking formula he has created that will separate the dual natures of man. As Jekyll waits, Stride introduces the other attending members: Sir Danvers, the presiding officer, The Bishop of Basingstoke, The Right Honourable Arthur Proops, Lord Savage, Lady Beaconsfield and General Lord Glossop. Utterson watches from the periphery of the operating theatre as Simon Stride calls to order the meeting of the Board of Governors of St. They sing of the "Facade" that everyone shows to the world while hiding their private, other self.Īs the crowd disperses, the wall disappears to reveal the operating theatre of a clinic. ("I Need to Know")Ī crowd, including Beggars, Hawkers, Stevedores, Sailors, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Tradespeople, gathers in front of a brick wall. ![]() As he goes he sings of the anguish he feels for his father's plight and his struggle to find the solution. He kisses his father's brow and exits into the London night. Jekyll promises the Old Man, who is his own father, that he will find a way to help him ("Lost in the Darkness"). ![]() Jekyll explains that he has almost perfected a formula that will help him to reintegrate the Old Man's mind and emotions. Henry Jekyll, Utterson and Sir Danvers are looking down at an Old Man who is strapped to a bed. Partially dressed bodies are strapped to wooden tables on one side of separating glass, as Doctors, Nurses, Attendants, and Visitors move about on the other side of the glass. Jekyll and Danvers are in a nightmarish hospital ward in London sometime around 1885. Jekyll, his friend and client, was engaged in a search to discover the elements of good and evil present in every personality. John Utterson, a middle-aged lawyer, enters and addresses the audience. He speaks of duality of man and the struggle within him between his inherently good side and his evil nature. ![]() The sound of unearthly voices is heard before it seems to vanish upward into the fog in an atmosphere of ominous anticipation.
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