A Haunting in Cawdor Page #2

Oh, shoplifting, I got

caught one too many time.

Life in the big city.

(eerie music)

(loud bang)

(loud bang)

(ghostly whispers)

Number 10, late!

Sorry, sir.

Okay, work details.

On this board each

morning, start

your day looking at it.

It's already past noon,

be a short one today.

All right, dinner

bell rings at 6 PM,

after that Mr. O'Neil

will talk to you

about the show and

tomorrow's auditions.

Okay, find your

job, get to work!

Let's go!

Brush clearing?

Bunch of sh*t.

What the hell are

you bitching about,

me and Vivian gotta

clean toilets.

Well ladies, you get bored in

there, I could entertain you.

Oh dream on!

Let's go.

(wood chipper running)

Don't stand there,

dummy, it's dangerous!

Pay attention, huh?

All right, there's

the wood pile.

I want you to finish

that before dinner.

You're kidding, anything else?

Yeah, watch out for snakes.

(wood chipper revs)

Snakes?

Supplies are here.

Mmmm, I'm gonna go check

out the girl's bathroom.

I'll be right back.

(door opening)

(stall doors

opening and closing)

[Roddy] Hey!

(laughing)

What are you doing here?

I told you, I come

by here sometimes,

I saw your name

on the board and,

you know, saw

where they put you.

I'm sorry, are you okay?

Yes.

Anyway, hi.

Hi.

Kind of stinks in here.

It wasn't me.

Yeah, well I've cleaned worse.

Roddy, maybe you

shouldn't hang around,

Charles might not like visitors.

They like me

here, it's all good.

When did you work here?

(wood chipper running)

You know what, I don't

wanna get you in trouble.

Oh.

Charles might be off his meds.

(laughs)

I'll be around this Fall.

Now I got a reason to visit.

Bye.

Help!

Help me please, help me!

Somebody!

Hurry, it's Brian!

[Charles] What

the hell happened?!

Goddamn chipper!

Almost chewed me up

is what happened!

I told you, you

gotta pay attention.

You're lucky I saw you

and hit that kill switch.

Could have had Brian

chips all over.

(laughing)

It's not funny!

I nearly died!

Goddamn chipper

tried to kill me.

Okay guys, hang back.

Ladies first.

Our meals are a

little different here

than what you get in Juvie.

This is food you

can actually eat.

Go ahead.

Tonight, we got beef stroganoff,

fresh lake trout, some kind of

vegetable, strawberry shortcake.

I got my eye on you.

(classical music)

Well what kind of

group we got this year?

Eh, nothing I can't handle.

Eyes front!

[Lawrence] Let's see what

these kids are made of.

All right, who here...

Has heard of

William Shakespeare?

Anyone?

No?

Well William Shakespeare

is considered

to be the greatest

playwright known to mankind.

In fact, every 12

minutes one of his

plays is being performed

somewhere in the world.

Now why is that, hmm?

Why?

400 years ago, he

was writing about

things that still matter,

that still resonate today.

War, sex, violence, betrayal,

ambition, lust, murder.

Things that I'm sure some

of you can relate to.

Frank.

Now this play...

This play is about a man's...

Ultimate quest for power.

And his wife's driving

ambition to achieve

their dreams at any cost.

It's perhaps the most

violent of his plays

and includes all

the things I just

mentioned including witchcraft.

OooOooOoo.

Which accounts for

the superstition

associated with the play.

Now I don't want you to be

intimidated by the text.

Don't overanalyze it, okay?

All the answers you need

are right there on the page.

Now of course if you

have any questions,

you can always come

to me or to Frank.

We'll be happy to help you.

I will bend and twist

you band of misfits

and delinquents into

the most marvelous

characters ever

written for the stage.

We start tomorrow,

so hit the script,

and I'll see you all

in the morning, okay?

Chuck.

[Charles] Okay, wrap it up!

Lights out at nine.

Hey, we're all gonna go watch

old plays in the TV

room, wanna come?

Sure.

So on a scale of

one to 10, how bad

do you think this run's

gonna be in the morning?

(laughing)

Uhh, Man of La Mancha?

[Lance] No!

Booo!

[Brian] A Flea in Her Ear!

[Lance] Oh sweet Jesus, no!

[Brian] Richard the Third.

[Tina] Oh come on, blech!

Yeah, here we go, crazy kids,

stabbing horses, nudity!

Equus it is!

[Voiceover] Have you never

seen a DVD player before?

You know (mumble).

[Tina] Okay, all right.

(neighs)

This one particular horse

called Nugget, he embraces.

The animal digs his snout into

his cheek, and in the dark.

[Melissa] (on TV screen)

Take your sweater off.

[Kevin] (on TV screen) What?

I will if you will.

(eerie music)

(door lock clicks)

(ghostly whispers)

I put it in her.

(mumble).

(door creaks open)

(whispers intensify)

[Voiceover] (on TV

screen) He was in the way.

[Kevin] (on TV screen) No!

No more!

No more!

Equus, thou God seeth nothing!

(groaning)

Kill me, kill me, kill me!

[Tina] Well that was

some f***ed up sh*t.

(laughing)

Yeah.

So 'cause the guy

couldn't get it on with

the girl, he just stabbed

the horse's eyes out?

It's not that simple.

Religion and God and sex are all

mixed up for the

kid, plus he saw

his old man coming

out of a porno show,

that'd give anybody limp dick.

(laughing)

You're smarter than you look.

Sexy.

Hey big boy, that

was a compliment.

Hey Mackenzie,

walk with me and

I'll show you exactly

how smart I am.

Let's go!

Charles'll be busting

our chops soon anyway.

(laughs) All right,

well I'm hitting the hay.

Ha, no pun intended.

Me and the comedian are

gonna get out of here.

Goodnight, Vivian.

Yeah, I get it.

You don't like me.

But maybe you're frigid?

You don't know me.

I know your type.

The hot girl, thinks she's

better than everybody else.

Thinks that perfect

guy is going to

come along and take her

away from her shitty life.

Well that guy don't want

you, you're damaged goods.

You say you're in

here for shoplifting?

I say bullshit!

Whatever you really

did, you better

get used to guys like me 'cause

I'm all you're gonna get.

(dramatic music)

Macbeth, 1994.

(thunder booming)

Help me!

Help me, Vivian!

(gate slams shut)

Jesus, Roddy, what the hell?

That's how my mother

used to greet me.

Sorry, I just,

you surprised me,

but what are you doing here?

I was looking for

some part time work,

but I think Lawrence

is already in bed,

so I'm just gonna have

to keep coming back.

[Charles] (blows whistle) Hey!

You two in the bushes!

Knock it off, lights out!

I think that's my "cue".

(laughs) You get

it, 'cause we're,

'cause it's a theater, right?

Because in the th.

(footsteps approaching)

Come on, Vivian.

You follow the rules

like everybody else.

Didn't you hear my whistle?

Yes, sorry, I just,

I lost track of time.

(gate closes)

What was that?

Okay, Vivian.

Hey, just do what you're told,

these next three months

will fly right by, okay?

Okay.

Okay, now get.

(static sounds)

[Mackenzie] (sharp

inhale) Oh, you are bad.

Real bad.

[Lance] Shhh.

(door lock clicks)

(eerie noises)

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