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Script
Audition Central: Magic Tree House: A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens JR.
Script: Carriage Driver
SIDE 1
JACK
How much do we owe you?
CARRIAGE DRIVER
One shilling, if you please, sir.
JACK
(whispering to ANNIE as he pulls out coins)
How much is a shilling?
ANNIE
I don't know, but it has to be more than a tuppence. Give him one of the big ones.
(JACK selects the largest coin he has and hands it to the CARRIAGE DRIVER.)
JACK
I hope this is enough.
(CARRIAGE DRIVER looks at the coin, amazed.)
CARRIAGE DRIVER
Why, good heavens, I should say it is! I thank you, gentlemen. My wee children thank you! All the good, hardworking people of the world thank you! Shall I come to pick you up later?
JACK
Sorry, but we don't know how long we'll be here.
CARRIAGE DRIVER
Well, perhaps I'll pass this way now and again and if I see you, I shall certainly stop. I'm always pleased to carry such fine gentlemen! Good day, good day, sirs! And again I bid you, good day!!
(CARRIAGE DRIVER tips his hat and clatters off in his carriage.)
JACK
He was nuts.
ANNIE
I think that coin must have been a lot more than a shilling.
(ANNIE jangles a bell hanging from the gate.)
Nice place. It looks like Charles Dickens has already given his gifts to the world.
JACK
Yeah, and gotten some back. So I wonder what his problem is?