barrie : welcome my friends
glad you could join me on this most auspicious day
i hope you'll forgive mistakes and errors
we're just getting underway
you may recognise some of the scenes
you all played a part
in sowing the seeds
'cause there is magic in the imagination
just believe and it can be a creation
the stories we invented
all the fun that we found
appearing here before your eyes
the world is upside down
miss bassett : our characters
miss jones : nibs and tootles
miss bassett : what is their movitation
because you see i have to live and breathe my part drawing from my own life experience
barrie : nibs is a lost boy
miss bassett : lost good interesting
miss jones : yes
miss bassett : that i can use
miss jones : good right
miss bassett : is he lost in an emotional purgatory
or lost in an existential search for himself
miss jones : yes
barrie : no he's just lost
miss bassett : good heavens
where when and how
barrie : do you have experience being lost
miss bassett and miss jones : we're experiencing it now
mr henshaw : dogs
miss potter : boys
mr cromer : flying
miss bassett : lost
frohman : so
actors : frustration
barrie and boys : believe and it can
actors : no
barrie and boys : be a creation
miss bassett : actors don't fly
mr cromer : because actors could die
boys : start by saying i can do
and then you could try
miss jones : i can't
miss potter : i won't
mr turpin : not me
actors : there is no magic in your imagination
i do not believe in your new creation
this disaster is all due to your play
this could be my last first day
mr cromer : nauseous
miss potter : anxious
mr henshaw : my reputation
miss bassett and miss jones : playing lost
actors : get lost
serious actors cannot work this way
frohman : a positive start
actors : the world is upside down
