YOU AND I Florence and Anatoly talk about Freddie throwing the match and about her father. She has series doubts about it actually being her father, but she’s hoping that at the very least she might be able to get some more information about what did really happen to him. From the information she has already been given she is certain that somebody knows the truth. They reflect on their time together and the wishes they have of being able to continue with their love. They know this can never be, so they accept it and vow to remember it as a moment of joy and happiness. While Florence and Anatoly kiss and embrace for the last time, Freddie and Svetlana appear up-stage left and right. They see the embrace and reflect on their own feelings about this love affair and their own relationships with these two people. All four speak to each other as they say their farewells. As they do so, echoes from their pasts are heard – sung by the chorus. CHORUS Didn't I know how it would go? If I knew from the start Why am I falling apart? Hoping to keep that best of moments When the passion starts Heaven help my heart And what I'm feeling now Has no easy explanation Reason plays no part I love him / her too much When the crazy wheel slow downs Where will I be? Back where I started Pity the child who has ambition Knows what he wants to do Although the feelings run just as deep The promise she made has grown impossible to keep Each day got through Means one or two Less mistakes Remain to be made FLORENCE, ANATOLY, SVETLANA & FREDDIE You and I We've seen it all Chasing our heart’s desire But we go on pretending Stories like ours Have happy endings + CHROUS Have happy endings As the song comes to an end the screens begin to move and all four of them turn and walk off stage alone. At the very end of the music, the lights begin to fade and we catch just a glimpse of Molokov and Walter shaking hands up-stage centre. It seems only their story really had the happy ending! |
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Now the game assessment begins… Anatoly is still the champion. He’s won the tournament, but he didn’t win by his own merit, so he feels he has lost. He now needs to go back to Russia. Much as he would like to defect and run away with Florence, he knows this can not be. He has to go back for the release of her father and for the sake of his wife and family. He knows that if he did defect, Molokov and his KGM associates would make life difficult for his wife and other members of his family. The crazy wheel HAS slowed down and as he expected he IS back where he started. |
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