Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
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MRS. LEVI<br />
I suppose that means you want me to ask you. Well I'm sorry, Horace, I'm turning you down.<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
How can you turn me down when I haven't asked you anything?<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
It's no use arguing. I've made up your mind. Here, let me cut your wings….<br />
(SHE cuts turkey on HIS plate)<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
I've got a headache, I'm going back to my hotel.<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
(As lights begin to dim)<br />
You can’t go now. The competition's about to begin….<br />
(MUSIC starts)<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
(Taking out BARNABY's wallet)<br />
Here's the money to pay for the dinner. Here's twenty dollars…. Wait a minute. There's nothing in here but a<br />
dollar, three dimes, five pennies and a button! This isn't my purse! I've lost my purse!<br />
(Xes to look into SL alcove)<br />
(Peering out of alcove SR)<br />
Barnaby, that purse you found....<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
Imopossible! I can't imagine you without your purse!<br />
BARNABY<br />
(Coming out of alcove)<br />
….It's Vandergelder' s! Cornelius, we better get out of here!<br />
(THEY disappear into SR alcove)<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
(Xing to table)<br />
What am I going to do? I've never been here before, they don't know me! Stop eating that turkey! I can't pay<br />
for it!<br />
(Through following, more and more COUPLES, including AMBROSE and ERMENGARDE, start on)<br />
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