CARLOTTA Think of me, Think of me fondly, When we've said Goodbye. Remember me Once in a while - Please promise me You'll try. When you find That, once Again, you long To take your heart . . . (As CARLOTTA is singing a backdrop crashes to the Floor cutting her off from half the cast) MEG/BALLET GIRLS/CHORUS He's here: The Phantom of the Opera . . . He is with us . . . It's the ghost . . . PIANGI (looking up, furiously) You idiots! (He rushes over to CARLOTTA) Cara! Cara! Are you hurt? LEFEVRE Signora! Are you all right? Buquet! Where is Buquet ? PIANGI Is no one concerned for our prima donna? LEFEVRE Get that man down here ! (to ANDRE and FIRMIN) Chief of the flies. He's responsible for this. (The drop is raised high enough to reveal upstage an old Stagehand, JOSEPH BUQUET, holding a length of rope, Which looks almost like a noose) LEFEVRE Buquet! For God's sake, man, what's going on up there? BUQUET Please monsieur Don't look at me: As God's my witness, I was not at my post. Please monsieur There's no one there: And if there is, well Then, it must be a ghost . . . MEG (looking up) He's there; the Phantom of the Opera ... ANDRE Good heavens! Will you show a little courtesy? FIRMIN (to MEG and the OTHERS) Mademoiselle, please! ANDRE (to CARLOTTA) These things do happen. CARLOTTA Si! These things do happen! Well, until you stop these Things happening, this thing does not happen! Ubaldo! Andiamo! (PIANGI dutifully fetches her furs from the wings) PIANGI Amateurs ! LEFEVRE I don't think there's much more to assist you, Gentlemen. Good luck. If you need me, I shall be in
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