Mary Poppins Page #5

Michael:
Will you stay if we promise to be good!

Jane:
What ever would we do without you!

Mary:
I’ll stay until the wind changes.

Michael:
But Mary, How long will that be?

Mary:
Hush dear – We have time for a quick afternoon tea and then home for a nice warm bath. (All exit stage left)

Scene 7- Living Room of the House

(Children singing off stage left. Mr and Mrs Banks are arriving home from stage right.)

Mr Banks:
And I don’t mind people being cheerful and pleasant Winifred, but I do expect a little decorum. What with the children and even the cook and the maid are singing and as for you and your votes for women… I am a laughing stock…. and I just won’t have it!

Mrs Banks:
Yes, dear.

(Jane and Michael come on from stage left, with Mary Poppins)

Jane:
Oh Dad, we’re so glad that you’re home

Michael:
Want to hear a joke?

Jane:
We had the most wonderful afternoon with Mary Poppins.

Michael:
Speaking of afternoons. The joke goes like this…. I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

Mr Banks:
Smith? We don’t know anyone called Smith?

Michael:
And there was this second chap and the second chap says, “What’s the name of his other leg?”

Jane:
And we went on a carousel and the horses came off and won the Grand National...

Mr Banks:
Oh children, please be quiet.

Jane:
Mary Poppins says that if we’re good, she’ll take us there again.

Mr Banks:
Oh! Did Mary Poppins say that? Will you please return to the nursery and Mary Poppins will you come with me?

Mary:
As you wish.

(Mary Poppins ushers the children back off stage left)

Mr Banks:
I regret that I must say to you. That is I must confess that I’m extremely disappointed in you. I don’t deny that I am partially responsible for not having made it clear, but it is high time that the children see the serious things in life.

Mrs Banks:
But George, They’re only children.

Mr Banks:
Precisely.. and in light of what has happened.

Mrs Banks:
George are you sure you know what you are doing?

Mr Banks:
I believe I do Winifred. I’m shocked at hearing the children talking about jumping in and out of paintings, of consorting with jockeys and fox hunting. If they must go on outings then these outings should be educational and practical. Like these silly words super ca… superfragi…

Mary:
Supercalifragilisticexperalidocious

Mr. Banks:
Yes, well done. You said it!

Mary:
They need to learn about the life you lead.

Mr Banks:
Exactly.

Mary:
It’s time they grew up.

Mr Banks:
Precisely.

Mary:
Tomorrow, just as you suggest. First thing, Michael and Jane will accompany you!

Mr Banks:
Splendid! You hit the nail on the head. Where are we going?

Mary:
Why to the bank, as you proposed.

Mr Banks:
As I proposed?

Mary:
Exactly, now if you don’t mind, excuse me. It will be a big day for the children tomorrow and they need a proper night’s sleep.

(Mary exits stage left leaving Mr. Banks looking confused.)

Mr Banks:
Winifred? Did I say I would take the children to the bank?

Mrs Banks:
It certainly sounded like that, dear.

Mr Banks:
And Why not? A capital idea. Quite right!

(Lights down)

Scene 8- Nursery

(Jane and Michael are on stage. There is a bottle and spoon on a table. Mary enters stage right.)

Jane:
Mary we won’t let you go!

Mary:
Go? What are you talking about?

Michael:
Didn’t you get sacked?

Mary:
Sacked? Why I am never sacked.

Jane:
Oh Mary Poppins.


Mary:
Now Children, time to take your castor oil and go to bed. Tomorrow you will be going on an outing with your father.

Jane:
An outing with father?

Mary:
Yes.

Michael:
I don’t believe it.


Jane:
He’s never taken us on an outing before.

(Mary picks up a bottle and spoon.)

Mary Poppins:
Open wide, Jane.

Jane:
Oh, I don’t like… (Mary Poppins puts the spoon in her mouth)

Jane:
Oooo! Raspberry, my favorite!

Mary Poppins:
Now you Michael. (Pours another spoonful and puts it in Michael’s mouth).

Michael:
Lemon sherbet! Delicious!

Mary Poppins:
(taking a spoon herself) Fruit punch. Quite satisfactory.

Michael:
Where’s he taking us?

Mary:
Who?

Michael:
Father.

Mary:
Oh. To the bank.

Jane:
Oh Michael, the city. We’ll see the sights and daddy will point them out to us.

Mary:
Well most things he can, but sometimes a person is so busy, he can’t see past the end of his nose! For example, just outside of the bank is an old lady who goes to the steps of St. Paul’s every day to sell bird seed to feed the birds and yet most people pass her by. Now you really must get to sleep.

Michael:
I’m not tired.

Jane:
We don’t want to go to sleep.

Mary:
Suit yourselves.

Song – Stay Away

(As she sings, the children slowly, fall asleep. Lights down)

Scene 9- The Streets of London

(On stage, the bank set is showing. A table is center stage with a bell and drawer with money or a till. The St. Paul’s set is stage right near the top of the steps. Mr. Banks leads the children up center aisle over to stage right & the steps. The bird woman is sitting on the.)

Mr Banks:
Now remember that the bank is a quiet place.

Jane:
(as they approach the woman) Look Michael it’s her.

Mr B:
Who? Who is it?

Michael:
It’s the bird woman just where Mary Poppins said she would be.

Song - Feed the birds

Jane: Do you see her Father?

Mr Banks:
Of course I see her, now come along.

Jane:
But do you hear what she says? Feed the birds. Tuppence a bag.

Mr Banks:
Come on.

Jane:
But can we feed the birds?

Michael:
Yes, I have tuppence. I can feed the birds.

Mr Banks:
Nonsense boy! What a waste, you can invest your tuppence in the bank!

Michael:
But it’s my tuppence.

Mr Banks:
I simply cannot allow you, Michael to waste your money on a waster!

(Lights down on Michael, Jane and Mr Banks at the bottom of the stairs. The bird woman goes off stage. Someone moves behind the table. People position themselves all over the stage with briefcases or handfuls of money. Lights up on them all frozen. “Money, money, money” sequence with choreography. At the end, bank workers and clients disperse to either side in clusters, “discussing” things. Dawes Jnr enters from stage left and a banker approaches him to discuss something.)

Mr Dawes JNR:
Hello Banks. What have we here?

Mr Banks:
These are my children Mr Dawes.

Mr Dawes JNR:
Yes, Yes, but why are they here in a bank! This is no place for children?

Mr Banks:
They wish to open an account sir.

Mr Dawes JNR:
Why splendid. And just how much money do you have young man?

Michael:
Tuppence. But I wanted to feed the birds.

Mr Dawes Senior:
(Enters from stage left): Tuppence? Did I hear the boy say tuppence? Why that is precisely how I started.

Banker:
Mr Dawes, these are Banks’ children. They want to open an account.

Mr Dawes Senior:
Oh they do, do they. Excellent, excellent. We can always, always use more money to put to work in the bank, can’t we men! So you have tuppence do you boy, let me see it!

Michael:
No! I want to feed the birds.

Mr Dawes Senior:
Fiddlesticks boy! Feed the birds and what have you got? Fat birds!

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