BESSIE BLACKSMITH COLONEL_GUY_LESTRANGE CONSTABLE_1 CONSTABLE_2 DRILLMASTER FIRST_MAN GENERAL_SIR_JOHN_BYNG HENRY_HUNT JOHN_BAGGULEY JOHN_JOHNSTON JOHN_KNIGHT JOHN_THACKER_SAXTON JOSEPH_JOHNSON MAGISTRATE_COL_FLETCHER MAGISTRATE_NORRIS MAGISTRATE_REV_ETHELSTON MAGISTRATE_REV_HAY MAN_AT_BAGGULEYS_MEETING_1 MAN_AT_BAGGULEYS_MEETING_2 MAN_AT_BAGGULEYS_MEETING_3 MAN_WITH_BLACK_HAT MAN_WITH_BROWN_HAT MR_TUKE OLIVER SAMUEL_DRUMMOND SARAH_OGDEN SECOND_MAN SUSANNAH_SAXTON OLIVER John! John Bagguley? JOHN BAGGULEY Aye? OLIVER Oh, it's an honour to meet you, sir. OLIVER Your reputation precedes you. OLIVER They say you're a great orator. JOHN BAGGULEY Do they? OLIVER Your message is strong and clear. OLIVER and true. JOHN BAGGULEY You're not from around these parts, are you? OLIVER I'm a radical, John. OLIVER Just like yourself. JOHN BAGGULEY Greetings, friend. OLIVER Greetings. OLIVER May I ask you a question, John? OLIVER Are you as angry as I am? JOHN BAGGULEY I am angry. OLIVER But are you angry enough? OLIVER People need to see how angry we are, John. OLIVER Rise up. OLIVER Fight! OLIVER Violence. OLIVER hatred. OLIVER destruction. JOHN BAGGULEY We are prepared. JOHN BAGGULEY We have arms ready. OLIVER Then use 'em. JOHN BAGGULEY When the time is right. JOHN BAGGULEY we will. OLIVER The time is now, John. OLIVER Until next time. OLIVER Call me Oliver. JOHN BAGGULEY Friends! JOHN BAGGULEY Thank you for being here today. JOHN BAGGULEY But let me state this meeting will be short, JOHN BAGGULEY as the suspension of Habeas Corpus is upon us. JOHN BAGGULEY This. JOHN BAGGULEY is not the end. No, this is only the beginning. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Hear, hear. Hear, hear. Hear, hear. JOHN BAGGULEY But permit me to say. JOHN BAGGULEY that when the power of any government JOHN BAGGULEY is in the hands of an agreed number of persons JOHN BAGGULEY whose interest together. JOHN BAGGULEY with the interest of the government are different and distinct to that of the people... JOHN BAGGULEY well, so then such is the case the speedy destruction of our nation is inevitable. JOHN JOHNSTON Hear, hear! Hear, hear! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum JOHN BAGGULEY Thank you for your time. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libitum JOHN BAGGULEY Thank you. My friend, Samuel Drummond, will now speak. SAMUEL DRUMMOND Thank you, Mr John Bagguley. SAMUEL DRUMMOND Friends, I will only speak very briefly today. SAMUEL DRUMMOND The time for speaking is over. SAMUEL DRUMMOND Now, now is the time for action. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Yes. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Yes. SAMUEL DRUMMOND Our chief intention is to restore to you your long-lost liberty by you arming yourselves SAMUEL DRUMMOND and being strong and resolute and ready to win back your ancient rights for yourselves. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Hear, hear. Hear hear. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Yes! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Nice! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Now is the time for action! Now! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Not tomorrow, not next week. Now! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Hear! SAMUEL DRUMMOND For my part, I will stick to you until my last drop of blood is expended. SAMUEL DRUMMOND If the whole host of hell come against me, I will not stir an inch, MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Yes! SAMUEL DRUMMOND because I know our cause is true and just, SAMUEL DRUMMOND and the Lord Himself shines His heavenly light upon us. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Hear, hear! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum SAMUEL DRUMMOND Get all armed! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Give me my liberty, or let me die. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Yeah. SAMUEL DRUMMOND Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Liberty or death! Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Liberty or death! Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Liberty or death! Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Liberty or death! Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Liberty or death! Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Liberty or death! Liberty or death! SAMUEL DRUMMOND I thank you. SAMUEL DRUMMOND My friend, John Johnston, will now say a few words. JOHN JOHNSTON Fellow countrymen... JOHN JOHNSTON the time has come to rise from your lethargy. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libiutm MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libiutm MAN WITH BLACK HAT Aye! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Yes. JOHN JOHNSTON No longer will our blood, sweat and toil line the pockets of the avaricious aristocracy and the landowners. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Hear, hear! JOHN JOHNSTON No longer will the curdled screams of starving children MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ...hear! JOHN JOHNSTON echo through the streets of Manchester and beyond. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libiutm MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libiutm MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libiutm JOHN JOHNSTON Our French brethren have shown us the way. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON We must punish our mad king and his gluttonous offspring JOHN JOHNSTON by taking off their heads! MAN WITH BLACK HAT Oh, yes! MAN WITH BROWN HAT Yes! JOHN JOHNSTON I declare to that God that gave me being, that superintends my actions JOHN JOHNSTON that one day, I must give an answer for all that I do on this Earth, JOHN JOHNSTON that whenever, whenever it lies within my power, JOHN JOHNSTON I will strike them down! MAN WITH BROWN HAT Yes! MAN WITH BLACK HAT Yes! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Yes! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Yes! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Yes! JOHN JOHNSTON And, if I cannot effect it, I hope the women of this great nation JOHN JOHNSTON will tear them limb from bleeding limb like the Maenads on Mount Cithaeron! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON Arm yourselves! Bring pistols, guns, swords and pikes, JOHN JOHNSTON and if you cannot obtain these weapons, JOHN JOHNSTON bring yourself a pair of tongs and a poker, hot from the fire! MAN WITH BLACK HAT Yeah! JOHN JOHNSTON Be ready, lads, and true to yourselves! JOHN JOHNSTON Give me liberty, or give me death. MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Liberty or death! JOHN JOHNSTON Liberty or death! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Liberty or death! JOHN BAGGULEY Liberty or death! JOHN BAGGULEY Liberty or death! JOHN JOHNSTON Liberty or death! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Liberty or death! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Liberty or death! JOHN JOHNSTON Liberty or death! JOHN BAGGULEY Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Liberty or death! JOHN BAGGULEY Liberty or death! JOHN JOHNSTON Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 Liberty or death! SAMUEL DRUMMOND Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 Liberty or death! MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 1 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 2 ad libitum MAN AT BAGGULEYS MEETING 3 ad libitum SAMUEL DRUMMOND Bastards! JOHN JOHNSTON Let go of me! CONSTABLE 1 ad libitum SAMUEL DRUMMOND You're a bastard! JOHN JOHNSTON I will never be defeated! SAMUEL DRUMMOND You will not silence us! JOHN JOHNSTON We will never relent! SAMUEL DRUMMOND You bastard! CONSTABLE 1 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON We will never give up the fight for liberty! CONSTABLE 1 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON Liberty or death! CONSTABLE 1 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON Liberty or death! JOHN JOHNSTON You cannot confine us to these receptacles of the damned! CONSTABLE 2 ad libitum CONSTABLE 1 ad libitum CONSTABLE 1 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON No! No! CONSTABLE 2 ad libitum JOHN JOHNSTON No, this is... ad libitum CONSTABLE 2 I'm gonna smash your teeth down your throat! JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN BAGGULEY No! CONSTABLE 2 Get in! JOHN JOHNSTON CONSTABLE 2 Get in! JOHN JOHNSTON No! No! No! JOHN JOHNSTON Get off me, you bastard! JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN JOHNSTON Get off! JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN JOHNSTON Get off me! JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN BAGGULEY Jesus Christ himself was the greatest ever reformer! JOHN JOHNSTON No! No! JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN BAGGULEY You will not silence our cause. JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN JOHNSTON ad libitum JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN JOHNSTON ad libitum JOHN BAGGULEY Help! Help! JOHN JOHNSTON ad libitum JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN JOHNSTON Help me! JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN BAGGULEY JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN BAGGULEY DRILLMASTER Left, right! Left, right! DRILLMASTER Stand still! DRILLMASTER About face, gentlemen! DRILLMASTER Dressings! DRILLMASTER Quick march! Listen to the drum! DRILLMASTER Swing your arms! DRILLMASTER Follow right! DRILLMASTER Move to the right! Right face! DRILLMASTER Pick up your dressings! By the left! DRILLMASTER Keep dressing from the right! DRILLMASTER Swing those arms! DRILLMASTER Pick up your dressings, gentlemen! DRILLMASTER Let's have a bit of pride! JOSEPH JOHNSON Mr. Hunt? JOSEPH JOHNSON Joseph Johnson of the Manchester Observer. HENRY HUNT Ah. HENRY HUNT Mr. Johnson. JOSEPH JOHNSON Ah, this is Mr. Knight, JOSEPH JOHNSON Mr. Saxton and Mrs. Saxton, JOSEPH JOHNSON Secretary of the Manchester Female Reform Society. SUSANNAH SAXTON Good evening, Mr. Hunt. HENRY HUNT Madam. SUSANNAH SAXTON Welcome. HENRY HUNT How kind. JOHN KNIGHT Good day, sir. JOHN THACKER SAXTON Mr. Hunt. HENRY HUNT Gentlemen, at last. JOHN KNIGHT We should like to thank you for enduring your long journey. JOHN THACKER SAXTON Welcome to Manchester. HENRY HUNT I shall indeed look forward to a good night's repose... HENRY HUNT in anticipation of tomorrow's exertions. JOSEPH JOHNSON Mr. Hunt, JOSEPH JOHNSON I regret to inform you that the meeting will no longer take place tomorrow. JOHN THACKER SAXTON It has been postponed, Mr. Hunt, until tomorrow week, the sixteenth. HENRY HUNT For what reason, pray? JOHN KNIGHT Due to circumstances beyond our control. HENRY HUNT What circumstances? JOHN KNIGHT Our intention was that the meeting should consider the propriety JOHN KNIGHT of electing a so-called Parliamentary representative for this district. HENRY HUNT Mr. Johnson, did I not stipulate that my attendance here in Manchester HENRY HUNT was conditional upon there being no mention of any such illegal election? JOHN KNIGHT We were not planning to hold an election, sir, merely to discuss the possibility of an election. JOSEPH JOHNSON Aye. The magistrates misunderstood our intentions, Mr. Hunt. HENRY HUNT Because, sir, it was a foolish proposition in the first place. JOHN THACKER SAXTON Mr. Hunt, as you very well know, Manchester has no Parliamentary representation. SUSANNAH SAXTON We do not. It's a scandal. JOHN THACKER SAXTON Time is pressing. You of all people know that. HENRY HUNT Yes, Mr. Saxton, I am well aware that time is pressing. HENRY HUNT That is why I cannot spend one whole week of my life in Manchester. JOSEPH JOHNSON But Mr. Hunt, thousands of people are eager to hear you speak. HENRY HUNT Then I shall leave it to you, sir, to explain to them my absence. JOHN KNIGHT Sir, there will be a great outcry if you do not appear. JOHN THACKER SAXTON It will be carnage. JOSEPH JOHNSON Only your presence could promote tranquility and good order. JOHN KNIGHT Sir, please let us conduct you to your hotel. HENRY HUNT That is out of the question. HENRY HUNT With my name, any longer than one night in any hotel in this land and... HENRY HUNT the place will be swarming with spies. JOHN KNIGHT Then we must find more secluded accommodation. JOSEPH JOHNSON This is where I reside, Mr. Hunt. JOSEPH JOHNSON Leave it there. JOSEPH JOHNSON Mr. Hunt? HENRY HUNT Good evening, Madam. JOSEPH JOHNSON This is my dear wife, Mrs. Johnson. JOSEPH JOHNSON Mr. Henry Hunt. HENRY HUNT Mr. Johnson, if I could perhaps be shown to my rooms? JOSEPH JOHNSON Indeed. Sarah, JOSEPH JOHNSON show Mr. Hunt upstairs. SARAH OGDEN Oh, um... SARAH OGDEN This way, Mr. Hunt. HENRY HUNT If you would be so kind as to provide me with some writing materials? JOSEPH JOHNSON Very well. HENRY HUNT And my trunk. HENRY HUNT Mrs. Johnson, if you could bring me a light repast? SARAH OGDEN What's that? COLONEL GUY LESTRANGE I thank you, Sir John. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG My pleasure. Always good to see you, Guy. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG Now, to be clear, I myself may not be present at this little gathering. COLONEL GUY LESTRANGE Indeed, I understand that. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG I have a number of other matters to attend to, but I have every confidence in you, old boy. COLONEL GUY LESTRANGE I shall endeavour to do my best, sir. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG Stout fellow. Your horse. FIRST MAN Aye, aye. BLACKSMITH Oh. Good morning, Joseph. Go on. BLACKSMITH No. FIRST MAN Are they not ready yet? BLACKSMITH No. Not while this afternoon, you said. FIRST MAN Right. SECOND MAN Give us a look. BLACKSMITH That one ain't done yet. SECOND MAN It's grand. FIRST MAN Good. MAGISTRATE NORRIS We are in a state of painful uncertainty, Sir John. MAGISTRATE COL FLETCHER We are. MAGISTRATE REV ETHELSTON No doubt. MAGISTRATE NORRIS And we feel comforted and assured by your presence, MAGISTRATE NORRIS your prowess in dealing with civil disorder, MAGISTRATE NORRIS and in the knowledge that we are in your safe hands. MAGISTRATE REV HAY Hear, hear. MAGISTRATE REV ETHELSTON Indeed. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG Well, thank you, gentlemen. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG However, at this stage I would urge you to show caution GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG and to abstain from any precipitous acts. MAGISTRATE COL FLETCHER General, with the greatest of respect, the time for caution is over. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG Sir, I am of the opinion that the presence alone of the civil and military force that we have in readiness GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG is sufficient to deter any conceivable sedition. MAGISTRATE COL FLETCHER We are speaking of insurrection! MAGISTRATE NORRIS Indeed. MAGISTRATE NORRIS Moreover we cannot allow these radicals MAGISTRATE NORRIS to follow the example of their French brethren on the 16th of August. MAGISTRATE REV HAY Mr Norris, MAGISTRATE REV HAY the General's very attendance upon the day MAGISTRATE REV HAY will ensure that no such catastrophe can possibly occur. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG Uh, Gentlemen, regarding my attendance upon the day, my... GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG attention may be called to other quarters, GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG and I do not find myself in a position wherein I can guarantee my presence. MAGISTRATE NORRIS Am I to understand that you will have more pressing business elsewhere? GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG There is a distinct possibility. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG But I have the utmost confidence in my second in command, Colonel L'Estrange. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG He is a fine soldier. MAGISTRATE NORRIS I see. MAGISTRATE REV ETHELSTON L'Estrange. GENERAL SIR JOHN BYNG Indeed, sir. HENRY HUNT Mr. Tuke, is this to take up much more of my time? MR TUKE No, Mr. Hunt. MR TUKE The stiller you sit, the sooner we'll be done. MR TUKE Arm down, please. HENRY HUNT Am I permitted to use my right arm? MR TUKE You may use your right arm as long as it does not impede on our progress with your left arm. MR TUKE May I inquire as to the nature of your speech, Mr. Hunt? HENRY HUNT It concerns the inalienable civil liberties of all free men. MR TUKE Does it, now? MR TUKE My wife expresses something of an interest in attending your gathering on Monday. HENRY HUNT Will you not be attending with her? MR TUKE No. MR TUKE I'm not one for too much talk. MR TUKE Mr. Hunt, please. HENRY HUNT Miss? HENRY HUNT Would you be so kind as to hold down my papers? BESSIE Hold down papers? HENRY HUNT Top left corner. BESSIE Me 'ands are dirty. HENRY HUNT That is no matter. These are... HENRY HUNT notes for myself alone. BESSIE Will I be in t'picture? MR TUKE Nay, lass, thou'll not be in t'picture. SARAH OGDEN Bessie! Leave t'gentleman alone! HENRY HUNT The young lady's providing me with assistance, Mrs. Johnson. SARAH OGDEN Oh, I beg pardon, Mr. Hunt.