Script

Audition Central: Doctor Dolittle JR.

Script: Bailiff

SIDE

DOLITTLE
Polynesia

BELLOWES
You studied in Polynesia?

DOLITTLE
No, I studied with Polynesia. She s my parrot.

BELLOWES
Dolittle, what kind of fool do you take me for?

DOLITTLE
I really don t know you well enough to judge, sir. With all due respect, Your Worship, I would appreciate an opportunity to prove my point by talking to any animal you care to nominate&

BELLOWES
Very well. My dog Rufus is outside. Bailiff, bring in Rufus!

BAILIFF
Call Rufus Bellowes.

(BELLOWES large dog RUFUS enters. DOLITTLE barks at him and shakes his left leg. RUFUS barks back. Dog dialogue ensues. The BAILIFF, uncertainly, approaches RUFUS with a bible.)

BAILIFF
Raise your right paw.

BELLOWES
Er& I think we can dispense with that formality.
(The BAILIFF returns to his place.)
Ask him what I had for dinner last night.

DOLITTLE
Very Well
(DOLITTLE barks at RUFUS and RUFUS barks back.)
Did he?... Did he?... Did he?
(bark)
Really? That much, eh?

BELLOWES
What did he say?

DOLITTLE
I m grateful that Your Lordship acknowledges the fact that the dog was talking!

(The CROWD laughs and applauds.)