MATILDA SCRIPT
CHARACTERS
1 Matilda
2 Mr. Wormwood
3 Mrs. Wormwood
4 Michael
5 Miss Honey
6 Trunchbull
7 Nicky
8 Lavender
9 Bruce
10 Alice
11 Amanda
12 Sarah
13 Millie
14 Bella
SCENE I
Miracle - song
MATILDA MY MUMMY SAYS I'M A LOUSY LITTLE WORM, MY DADDY SAYS I'M A BORE
MY MUMMY SAYS I'M A JUMPED-UP LITTLE GERM
THAT KIDS LIKE ME SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW.
MY DADDY SAYS I SHOULD LEARN TO SHUT MY PIE HOLE
NO-ONE LIKES A SMART-MOUTHED GIRL LIKE ME
MUM SAYS I'M A GOOD CASE FOR POPULATION CONTROL
DAD SAYS I SHOULD WATCH MORE TV
MR WORMWOOD Yes, sir. That's right, sir. One hundred and fifty five new luxury cars, sir. (listens)
No, sir, yes, sir, they are good runners sir, yes, sir. So... how much exactly-? (he panics, staring at Matilda who sits reading).
MRS WORMWOOD Harry!
MR WORMWOOD Wait!
MRS WORMWOOD Look at this, she's reading a book. That's not normal.
MATILDA Listen to this-'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom-'(Her MOTHER screams)
MR WORMWOOD Stop scaring your mother with that book, boy!
MATILDA I'm a girl.
MRS WORMWOOD And she keeps trying to tell me stories, Harry. Stories? Who wants stories? I mean it's not normal for a girl to be all ... thinking
MR WORMWOOD (into the phone) I'm gonna call you back. (hangs up, turning to his wife)
I'm trying to pull off the biggest business deal of my life and I have to listen to this.
MRS WORMWOOD What about me? I've got a whole house. I am off to bleach my roots and I shan't be talking to you for the rest of the evening, you...
horrid little man!
MR WORMWOOD But I'm going to make us rich!
MRS WORMWOOD (stops) Rich?
(turns) How rich?
MR WORMWOOD Very rich. Russian businessmen. Your genius husband is going to sell them one hundred and fifty five knackered old bangers as...
brand new luxury cars!
MATILDA But that's not fair! The cars will break down.
MICHAEL Fair? Listen to the boy!
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MATILDA I'm a girl.
MICHAEL Fair does not get you anywhere.
MR WORMWOOD All I can say is thank heavens Michael has his old man's brains, eh son?
MICHAEL Michael!!
MRS WORMWOOD Well, I shall take the money when you earn it. And I shall spend it. Bye, bye. (SHE leaves.)
MR WORMWOOD This is your fault! With your books and your reading!
MATILDA What? But I didn't do anything! That's not right!
MR WORMWOOD Right? You are going to school in a few days. Your headmistress is Miss Trunchbull. She is very scary. I told her about you and your
smart ideas... boy!!!
MATILDA I'm a girl...
Naughty- Matilda song
MATILDA JUST BECAUSE YOU FIND THAT LIFE'S NOT FAIR, IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO GRIN AND BEAR IT
IF YOU ALWAYS TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND WEAR IT
NOTHING WILL CHANGE
EVEN IF YOU'RE LITTLE, YOU CAN DO A LOT, YOU
MUSTN'T LET A LITTLE THING LIKE LITTLE STOP YOU
IF YOU SIT AROUND AND LET THEM GET ON TOP, YOU
MIGHT AS WELL BEING SAYING
YOU THINK THAT IT'S OK AN'
THAT'S NOT RIGHT,
AND IF IT'S NOT RIGHT,
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT RIGHT.
MATILDA (reading) 'Platinum Blonde Hair Dye-Extra Strong. Keep out of reach of children'. Hmmmn. (SHE picks up another bottle)
MATILDA Oil of Violets Hair Tonic. For Men.' Yep.
MATILDA IN THE SLIP OF A BOLT
THERE'S A TINY REVOLT
THE SEED OF A WAR
IN THE CREAK OF A FLOORBOARD
A STORM CAN BEGIN
WITH THE FLAP OF A WING
THE TINIEST MITE PACKS THE MIGHTIEST STING
EVERY DAY
STARTS WITH THE TICK OF A CLOCK
ALL ESCAPES
START WITH THE CLICK OF A LOCK
IF YOU'RE STUCK IN YOUR STORY
AND WANT TO GET OUT
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CRY
YOU DON'T HAE TO SHOUT!
COS IF YOU'RE LITTLE, YOU CAN DO A LOT, YOU
MUSTN'T LET A LITTLE THING LIKE LITTLE STOP YOU,
IF YOU SIT AROUND AND LET THEM GET ON TOP, YOU
WON'T CHANGE A THING.
JUST BECAUSE YOU FIND THAT LIFE'S NOT FAIR, IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO GRIN AND BEAR IT
IF YOU ALWAYS TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND WEAR IT
MIGHT AS WELL BEING SAYING
YOU THINK THAT IT'S OK AND
THAT'S NOT RIGHT,
AND IF IT'S NOT RIGHT,
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT RIGHT.
BUT NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO PUT IT RIGHT FOR ME,
NOBODY BUT ME IS GONNA CHANGE MY STORY
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT NAUGHTY.
MR WORMWOOD (MR WORMWOOD enters the bathroom, MICHAEL trailing)
In business, son, a man's hair is his greatest asset. Now the secret to my success in business is....
MICHAEL The hair!
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MR WORMWOOD Yes. The secret to my success is... (brandishing the hair tonic) this: 'Oil of Violets. Stand back son, your old man's going to work.
MRS WORMWOOD Your... hair! It's... It's...green! Why do you want green hair?
MR WORMWOOD I don't want green hair, I didn't do anything!
MATILDA Maybe you used some of mummy's peroxide by mistake?
MR WORMWOOD My hair! My lovely hair? (exits the scene with Michael)
MATILDA Mum, would you like to hear a story?
MRS WORMWOOD Don't be disgusting! The sooner you're locked up in school the better.
BLACKOUT
SCENE 2
MISS HONEY Good morning children. My name is Miss Honey. And today is a very special day: your first day at school. Now, do any of you know
any of your two times tables? (MATILDA'S hand goes up) Wonderful! Matilda, isn't it? Please stand and do as much as you can.
MATILDA (standing) One times two is two, two times two is four, three times two is six, four times two is eight, five times two is ten, six times
two is twelve, seven times two is fourteen, eight times...
MISS HONEY Stop, stop! Good heavens, how far can you go?
MATILDA I don't know. Quite a long way I think.
MISS HONEY Do you think you could tell me what two times twenty eight is?
MATILDA Fifty six.
CHILDREN Ohhhh!!!
MISS HONEY How about this: now this is much harder, so don't worry if you don't get it, but two times four hundred and eighty seven...
MATILDA Nine hundred and seventy four.
MISS HONEY Twelve sevens.
MATILDA Eighty four.
CHILDREN No way! (The CHILDREN chatter, amazed. MISS HONEY regains control)
MISS HONEY (Writing 'I can now read words'.) Let's leave maths for the time being and look at reading. Can anyone read this? (NIGEL, MATILDA
and LAVENDER put up their hands)
NICKY Me, me, me, oooh, oooh, me, pick me Miss, I can, me, ME!!!!!
MISS HONEY Very well, Nicky
(NIGEL tries to read the sentence. She opens his mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.)
Yes, I think we'd better leave it there.
Lavender?
LAVENDER Is the first word... tomato?
MISS HONEY Er, no. But tomato is a very good word
LAVENDER Yessss!
MISS HONEY Matilda?
MATILDA I can now read words'
ALICE So Matilda, you can read words?
MATILDA Yes. Well, I needed to learn to read words so that I could read sentences And if you can't read sentences you've got no chance
with books
MISS HONEY And... have you read a whole book yourself, Matilda?
MATILDA Oh yes, more than one. I love books. Last week I read quite a few.
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AMANDA A few?
MILLIE In a week?
(School bell)
SCENE 3
Pathetic - Miss Honey
MISS HONEY KNOCK ON THE DOOR, JENNY
JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR,
DON'T BE PATHETIC,
KNOCK ON THE DOOR, JENNY,
THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR
YOU'RE BEING PATHETIС.
IT'S JUST A DOOR.
YOU'VE SEEN ONE BEFORE
JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
(SHE goes to leave.)
BUT THIS LITTLE GIRL
THIS MIRACLE
KNOCK ON THE DOOR, JENNY
JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR,
DON'T BE PATHETIC!
TRUNCHBULL Enter! (For a second SHE considers running away, but then SHE goes in...)
MISS HONEY Well, yes, Miss Trunchbull there's, in, in, in, in my class ... a little girl called Matilda Wormwood, and
TRUNCHBULL Daughter of Mr Harry Wormwood , excellent man. Told me to watch out Matilda.
MISS HONEY Oh no, Matilda is.....
TRUNCHBULL What is the school motto, Miss Honey
MISS HONEY Bambinatum est maggitum.
TRUNCHBULL Bambinatum est maggitum. Children are maggots.
MISS HONEY Miss Trunchbull; Matilda Wormwood is a genius.
TRUNCHBULL Nonsense! Haven't I just told you that she is a gangster?
MISS HONEY She knows her times tables.
TRUNCHBULL So she's learnt a few tricks...
MISS HONEY But she can read!
TRUNCHBULL So can I.
MISS HONEY I have to tell you, that in my opinion this little girl should be placed in the top form with the twelve years old.
TRUNCHBULL What? We cannot just 'place her in with the twelve years old'- What about rules, Honey, rules?
MISS HONEY I believe that Matilda Wormwood is an exception to the rules.
TRUNCHBULL An exception? To the rules? In my school?
The Hammer - Miss Trunchbull and kids
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TRUNCHBULL LOOK AT THESE TROPHIES,
SEE HOW MY TROPHIES
GLEAM IN THE SUNLIGHT?
SEE HOW THEY SHINE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT
TOOK TO BECOME ENGLISH
HAMMER-THROWING
CHAMPION 1969
DO YOU THINK IN THAT MOMENT
WHEN MY BIG MOMENT CAME
THAT I TREATED THE RULES
WITH CASUAL DISDAIN?
WELL?
LIKE HELL.
AS I STEPPED UP TO THE CIRCLE, DID I CHANGE MY PLAN?
HUH? WHAT?
AS I CHALKED UP MY PALMS, DID I WAVE MY HANDS?
I DID NOT!
AS I STARTED MY SPIN, DID I LOOK AT THE VIEW?
DID I DRIFT OFF AND DREAM FOR A MINUTE OR TWO?
DO YOU THINK I FALTERED OR AMENDED MY ROTATION?
DO YOU THINK I ALTERED MY INTENDED ELEVATION?
AS THE HAMMER TOOK OFF, DID I CHANGE MY GRUNT
FROM THE GRUNT I HAD PRACTISED FOR MANY A MONTH?
NOT A JOT!
NOT A DOT
DID I STRAY FROM THE PLOT!
NOT A DETAIL OF MY THROW
WAS ADJUSTED OR FORGOTTEN
NOT EVEN WHEN THE HAMMER LEFT MY HANDS
AND SAILED HIGH UP, UP ABOVE THE STANDS
DID I LET MYSELF GO
NO NO NO NO NO NO...
(pause)
IF YOU WANT TO THROW THE HAMMER FOR YOUR COUNTRY
YOU HAVE TO STAY INSIDE THE CIRCLE ALL THE TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE TEAM
YOU DON'T NEED HAPPINESS OR SELF ESTEEM
YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP YOUR FEET INSIDE THE LINE
Sing Children! 2, 3, 4.
TRUNCHBULL & KIDS IF YOU WANT TO THROW THE HAMMER FOR YOUR COUNTRY
BAMBINATUM EST MAGITUM
YOU HAVE TO STAY INSIDE THE CIRCLE ALL THE TIMЕ.
CIRCULUM MAGITUM MAGITUM
TRUNCHBULL AND IF YOU WANT TO TEACH SUCCESS
YOU DON'T USE SYMPATHY OR TENDERNESS
YOU HAVE TO FORCE THE LITTLE SQUITS TO TOE THE LINE.
TRUNCHBULL Miss Honey, Now get out!
MISS HONEY W, w, w, well, I must tell you headmistress that it is my intention to help this little girl. W, w, w, whether you like it or not!
SCENE 4
NICKY Matilda, can we ask you a question?
BRUCE Do all those brains in your head give you a headache?
ALICE I mean it's got to hurt, all squished in there
MATILDA No, it's fine. I think they just... fit.
SARAH Right. Well look, We had better hang around just in case.
MILLIE If they start to squeeze out.
LAVENDER I'm Lavender. And I think it's probably for the best if we're best friends.
AMANDA Hide me! Someone poured a whole can of treacle onto Trunchbull's chair! Someone told her I did it but I never and now she's
after me!
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MATILDA That's not fair!
BELLA You're done kid. You're finished.
NICKY Once miss Trunchbull decides you're guilty you are squished.
MATILDA Don't listen to them! That didn't happen, they're trying to scare us.
AMANDA Oh Matilda... they're saying she's going to put me in Chokey.
MATILDA W... what's chokey?
LAVENDER They say it's a cupboard in her office that she throws children into.
ALICE They say she's lined it with nails and bits of broken glass...
Chokey Chant - Children
CHILDREN THERE'S A PLACE YOU ARE SENT
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD
AND IT'S MADE OF SPIKES AND WOOD
AND IT
BIG KIDS
ISN'T WIDE ENOUGH TO SIT
AND EVEN IF YOU COULD
THERE ARE NAILS ON THE BOTTОM
SO YOU'LL WISH YOU'D STOOD
WHEN THE HINGES CREAK
AND THE DOOR IS CLOSED
YOU CANNOT SEE SQUAT
NOT THE END OF YOUR NOSE
AND WHEN YOU SCREAM
YOU DUNNO IF THE SOUND CAME OUT
OR IF THE SCREAM IN YOUR HEAD
EVEN REACHED YOUR MOUTH
SARAH Oh no, she's coming!
MILIE You'd better hide. Quick! Blazers!
TRUNCHBULL Where is the maggot known as Amanda?
MATILDA She's over there under those coats.
KIDS Matilda!
MATILDA Where She's been for the last hour actually.
TRUNCHBULL What? An hour?
MATILDA Oh yes. You see unfortunately, Amanda suffers from the rare but chronic sleep disorder, narcolepsy. Right?
BELLA Yes
NICKY definitely
LAVENDER of course
BRUCE oh yeah
ALICE absolutely
AMANDA is it time for school yet, mum? Hello? What am I doing here? Oh, hello Miss Trunchbull.
TRUNCHBULL You! What is your name?
MATILDA Matilda. Matilda Wormwood.
TRUNCHBULL Oh. So you're Wormwood, are you? Well Wormwood, you have just made a very big mistake.
LAVENDER Just so you all know- she's my best friend.
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KIDS Wow!
SCENE 5
MR. WORMWOOD Yes sir, completely different cars, sir. Green hair? Yeah, it was national green hair day...
(MISS HONEY at the WORMWOOD'S FRONT DOOR.)
MRS WORMWOOD Who is it?
MISS HONEY Oh, yes, hello, my name is Miss Honey. Matilda's teacher?
MRS WORMWOOD Bit busy right now..
MISS HONEY It will only take a moment...
Well, as you know Matilda is in the bottom class and children in the bottom class aren't really expected to read
MR. WORMWOOD Well stop her reading then.
MRS WORMWOOD Miss Hussey... A girl should think about make-up and hair dye. Looks are more important than books. Now, look at you, look at me.
You chose books, I chose looks.
MISS HONEY But Matilda can calculate complicated figures in her mind in an instant!
MRS WORMWOOD Mind? Her mind? You really don't know anything.
MR. WORMWOOD Bye, bye miss.... Chusy.
MISS HONEY Its Miss Honey
MRS WORMWOOD Never mind, now get out of our house.
SCENE 6
MISS HONEY Matilda could I speak to you, please?
I'm afraid I have not been too successful in getting others to recognise your... abilities. So, starting tomorrow I shall bring in a
selection of very clever books that will challenge your mind. You may sit and read them while I teach the others. How does that
sound?
(MATILDA is overwhelmed. Suddenly hugs Miss Honey.)
MISS HONEY Matilda! Why... that is the biggest hug in the world!
TRUNCHBULL Matilda Wormwood!
MATILDA Yes, Miss Trunchbull.
TRUNCHBULL Aha! So you admit it do you?
MATILDA Admit what, Miss Trunchbull?
TRUNCHBULL This morning you sneaked like a serpent into the kitchen and stole a slice of my private chocolate cake.
MATILDA No I did not!
MISS HONEY Miss Trunchbull, Matilda's been here all morning.
BRUCE (to the audience)
Okay, look, alright, I stole the cake. But the thing was I was having a lot of trouble with my belly. You see, the Trunchbull's cake was
so good
MATILDA I'm not guilty, I didn't do anything!
TRUNCHBULL You are guilty. You shall be destroyed!
(BRUCE lets out a truly enormous burp)
BRUCE It was the biggest burp I had ever done. It was like the entire world went silent for that burp to exist, as a huge cloud of chocolaty
gas wafted from my mouth and drifted... across the class...
Past Lavender...
Past Alice...
Past Matilda...
and then, my great big beautiful chocolaty burp, which now seemed to have a mind of its own, wafted full into the face of the
Trunchbull.
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TRUNCHBULL Bruce Bogtrotter...
BRUCE Yes, Miss?
TRUNCHBULL You liked my cake, didn't you, Bruce?
BRUCE Yes, Miss Trunchbull, and I'm very sorry, but...
TRUNCHBULL Oh, as long as you enjoyed the cake, that's the main thing.
BRUCE Is it? Thank You!
TRUNCHBULL Wonderful. That makes me so happy.
(calling out)
Oh, Coo-ook!
What's the matter? Lost your appetite?
BRUCE Well, yes. I'm full
TRUNCHBULL Oh, no, you're not full, I will tell you when you are full and I say that criminals like you are not full until you have eaten the entire
cake!
BRUCE But I can't eat it all!
MISS HONEY Miss Trunchbull, he'll be sick...
Bruce - Children
TRUNCHBULL EAT!
BELLA HE CAN'T!
TRUNCHBULL EAT!
SARAH HE SURELY CAN'T!
TRUNCHBULL EAT!
BELLA HE MIGHT EXPLODE!
MILLIE EAT!
KIDS A SINGLE SLICЕ
OR EVEN TWO, BRUCE
MIGHT'VE BEEN NICE
BUT EVEN YOU, BRUCE
HAVE TO ADMIT
BETWEEN YOU AND IT
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN SIZE
HE CAN'T
HE SURELY CAN'T
HE MIGHT EXPLODE
HE'S GOING TO BLOW, MAKE HIM STOP
I CAN'T WATCH!
I THINK IN EFFECT
THIS MUST CONFIRM, BRUCE
WHAT WE ALL SUSPECTED
YOU HAVE A WORM, BRUCE
OR MAYBE YOUR LARGENESS
IS LIKE THE TARDIS:
CONSIDERABLY ROOMIER INSIDE.
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HE CAN'T
HE SURELY CAN'T, HE SURELY CAN'T
B-R-O-O-C-E
BRUCE!
YOU'LL NEVER AGAIN BE SUBJECT TO ABUSE
FOR YOUR IMMENSE CABOOSE
SHE'LL CALL A TRUCE, BRUCE.
WITH EVERY SWALLOW YOU ARE
TIGHTENING THE NOOSE.
WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE
BUT HERE IT IS COMING TRUE.
WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO
BRUCE Too much! It's just... too... much.
MATILDA Go on Bruce. Do it!
TRUNCHBULL Silence!
KIDS OHHH... BRUCE!
YOU'LL NEVER AGAIN BE SUBJECT TO ABUSE
FOR YOUR IMMENSE CABOOSE
SHE'LL CALL A TRUCE, BRUCЕ
JUST ONE MORE BITE AND YOU'LL'VE
COMPLETELY COOKED 'ER GOOSE
WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE
BUT HERE IT IS COMING TRUE
WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT...
AΗΗ AΗΗ ΑΗΗ AΗΗ...
KIDS Yeesss! Yesssss
SCENE 7
MISS HONEY I think we'd all better go home. (Children out)
Matilda?
MATILDA Watch.
MISS HONEY Matilda, I think it would be wise to go before...
MATILDA Watch. Please. (Concentrates. Silence. The glass tips over. MISS HONEY jumps.)
MATILDA I moved it with my eyes. Am I strange?
MISS HONEY You certainly are a special girl Matilda. I met your mother. She's... unusual. What about your father? Is he proud to have a
daughter as clever as you?
MATILDA Oh yeah. Very. He is very proud. He's very, very, very proud.
That's not true, Miss Honey. He's not proud at all.
MISS HONEY I understand, it's the same with my aunt. She took away the house that belonged to my parents.
MATILDA Miss Trunchbull? Miss Trunchbull is your aunt, right?
SCENE 8
TRUNCHBULL In this world, children, there are two types of human being. The winners and the losers. I am a winner.
TRUNCHBULL This class is going to have a very special spelling test. Any child who gets one single answer wrong, shall...go... to chokey.
(The CLASS are horrified. Pointing at Nicky)
CHILDREN NO!!!
TRUNCHBULL Nicky! let me see... Spell newt.
NICKY Newt. N-E-W-T. Newt.
TRUNCHBULL What?
LAVENDER Miss Honey's taught us.
BRUCE She's very good at teaching.
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TRUNCHBULL Nonsense! Miss Honey is too soft and peachy to be good at anything,
(pointing at Alice)
You! Stand up, turn around and spell the one thing that you all are... revolting!
ALICE Revolting. R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G. Revolting.
TRUNCHBULL You're cheating
MISS HONEY Of course she's not cheating
TRUNCHBULL They are worms!
MISS HONEY I've taught them. With kindness and patience and respect.
TRUNCHBULL How dare you bring those words into my classroom? You know nothing of teaching and I shall prove it.
(pointing at Amanda)
You! Spell... Amchellakamanialseptricolistimosis.
MISS HONEY What? But that's not a word...
AMANDA A-M-CH-E... L-LA
TRUNCHBULL I'm so sorry. You're. Going To chokey!
SARAH Cat; C-I... t! Cat.
I..I got it wrong, Miss. You have to put me in chokey too.
TRUNCHBULL Whaaaat...?
MILLIE Dog; D-A-G. Dog. And me.
BELLA Table; T-A-B-L-I Table. And me.
TRUNCHBULL What are you doing? What's going on? Stop this
LAVENDER You can't put us all in Chokey, Banana; B-A-N-A-N-O, banana!
TRUNCHBULL No, no, what are you doing, stop, this, do you hear?
BRUCE Cake; C-A-C-E. Cake!
MATILDA Hair. H-A-E-R. Hair!
TRUNCHBULL Silent and sit down! And now that our little spelling test is over I can tell you that each and every one of you has failed
LAVENDER The chalk! Look, the chalk!
TRUNCHBULL What...?
NICKY It's moving! Look, it's writing something.
TRUNCHBULL Who, who...?
ALICE No-one's doing anything!
KIDS (reading) 'Agatha, this is... Magnus!'
TRUNCHBULL No! It... it can't be! It can't be!
KIDS Give my Jenny back her house....Then LEAVE!!
TRUNCHBULL It can't be... It can't be Magnus!
KIDS Or I will get you... like YOU GOT ME!
TRUNCHBULL NO!
KIDS Run, run!!!!
Revolting Children - Children
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BRUCE NEVER AGAIN WILL SHE GET THE BEST OF ME,
NEVER AGAIN WILL SHE TAKE AWAY MY FREEDOM,
AND WE WON'T FORGET THE DAY WE FOUGHT
CHILDREN FOR THE RIGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT NAUGHTY!
NEVER AGAIN
BRUCE WILL THE CHOKEY DOOR SLAM
CHILDREN NEVER AGAIN
BRUCE WILL I BE BULLIED AND
CHILDREN NEVER AGAIN
BRUCE WILL I DOUBT IT WHEN
CHILDREN MY MUMMY SAYS I'M A MIRACLE
NEVER AGAIN!
NEVER AGAIN WILL BE LIVE BEHIND BARS,
NEVER AGAIN NOW THAT WE KNOW WE ARE,
REVOLTING CHILDREN
LIVING IN REVOLTING TIMES.
WE SING REVOLTING SONGS
USING REVOLTING RHYMES.
WE'LL BE REVOLTING CHILDREN
'TIL OUR REVOLTING'S DONE,
AND WE'LL HAVE THE TRUNCHBULL BOLTING,
WE'RE REVOLTING!
WE ARE REVOLTING CHILDREN
LIVING IN REVOLTING TIMES.
WE SING REVOLTING SONGS
USING REVOLTING RHYMES.
WE'LL BE REVOLTING CHILDREN
'TIL OUR REVOLTING'S DONE,
AND WE'LL HAVE THE TRUNCHBULL BOLTING,
WE'RE REVOLTING!
SCENE 9
MR. WORMWOOD Don't stand there gawping, we're going to Spain.
MATILDA Spain? But... why?
MICHAEL Because our father seemed to think it was a good idea to sell a hundred and fifty five old bangers to the Russian Mafia!
MR. WORMWOOD I didn't know they were the Russian Mafia, did I?
MRS. WORMWOOD Come on, boy; we're leaving forever and we're never coming back!
MISS HONEY Let Matilda stay here with me!
FAMILY What?
MISS HONEY Mr Wormwood, I would love to take Matilda.
MRS. WORMWOOD You mean...you mean leave our daughter. Here, with you?
MR. WORMWOOD They'll be here any minute!
MATILDA Dad you... you called me your daughter.
MICHAEL They're here!
MRS. WORMWOOD I told you!
MR. WORMWOOD Do you want to stay? Here with Miss Honey?
MATILDA Yes! Yes I do!
MRS. WORMWOOD And you want to look after her?
MISS HONEY I do.
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MRS. WORMWOOD so... Yes.
MICHAEL Run!!!!
MISS HONEY And Matilda leapt into Miss Honey's arms
MATILDA and hugged her
MISS HONEY and Miss Honey hugged her back
MATILDA Because they had found each other.
MISS HONEY Yes. They had found each other.
THE END
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