by John Logan
She holds out her hand.
He looks at her.
At her outstretched hand.
ALICE: I’m a dying old lady, not much loved by anyone… But I know the way to Wonderland.
He longs to.
More than anything.
But he can’t.
His heart breaks.
PETER: I have grown up.
The backroom of the bookshop reforms around them.
Fantasy and memory are banished.
Except…
PETER PAN and ALICE IN WONDERLAND remain with them, on the fringes, like ghosts, like shadows, watching.
ALICE hears voices off.
She glances through the door into the bookshop.
ALICE: I believe they’re ready for us, Mr. Davies.
PETER: Oh…of course.
ALICE: I’ll see you inside then.
She steps to exit into the bookshop.
But then she stops in the doorway, looks back at PETER.
Almost as if she has one more thing to say.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND: (To PETER PAN.) Two years later, Alice Liddell Hargreaves died peacefully in her sleep.
ALICE exits into the bookshop. PETER starts to follow her. He turns.
PETER PAN: (To ALICE IN WONDERLAND.) Some years after that, Peter Llewelyn Davies walked down into the Sloane Square tube station and threw himself in front of a train.
PETER stands for a moment, looking at PETER PAN.
PETER PAN leans forward, yearning.
PETER turns and leaves, slamming the door behind him.
PETER PAN turns to ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
Blackout.
The End.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
RED
9781840029444
‘There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend... One day the black will swallow the red.’
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.
A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century whose struggle to accept his growing riches and praise became his ultimate undoing.
Nominated for 7 Olivier Awards (2009) and
Winner of 6 Tony Awards (2010) including Best New Play.
“A fresh, exciting portrait of a brilliant mind.”
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“Smart and scintillating. RED deftly conjures what most plays about artists don’t: the exhilaration of the act.”
John Lahr, The New Yorker
“An electrifying new play.”
Marilyn Stasio, Variety
“Plays about painters are fraught with difficulty. Either the hero preaches about art without practising it, or the Bohemian lifestyle supersedes the work. But John Logan’s play about Mark Rothko overcomes these obstacles with finesse... It’s a measure of the play’s success that it makes you want to rush out and renew acquaintance with Rothko’s work.”
Michael Billington, The Guardian
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