matilda monologue and then things got worse

The reek of pre-pubescent protest. . 9:17, suspect exits domicile. To be a grown up. MATILDA [He drags Matilda, throwing the book aside, to where Zinnia is]. [cutting off Harry's hat with scissors] For the curtain call, the whole cast, in turns, comes out on their own scooter, wheel around the stage, and take their bows. MR WORMWOOD There is nothing that the Trunchbull can do. They're for Matilda! Websay, "It got worse," right before the narrative cuts to the events in question. MISS HONEY But I find it hard to believe. Can you spell? I chose looks.. [to Michael] Now I can afford Rudolpho all day long! Where did you get those? The company lines up on both sides of the middle of the stage. 1: MIRACLE LAVENDER MY MUMMY SAYS IM A MIRACLE REGINALD MY DADDY SAYS IM HIS SPECIAL LITTLE GUY ALICE I AM A MRS PHELPS walks over to a cart of books, blowing her nose into a handkerchief. Ooh, ooh! [She takes another drink.] Zinnia Wormwood: MATILDA . Zinnia Wormwood: MISS TRUNCHBULL Wouldn't you agree, Miss Honey? 0000060037 00000 n Using revolting rhymes. Wormwood! All I know, I learnt from telly. MATILDA JR Ms. Trunchbull addresses the class. Imagine come on, try it My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class., Requesting a new guide requires a free LitCharts account. Just because you find that life's not fair, it [noticing her books] And he says, Matilda? Trying to work out "ooh"-lysses? [She takes a drink of water.] Oh. RG0 This big beautiful box of facts. Harry Wormwood: The newt! She kept right on reading, and for some reason this infuriated the father. . Don't sneer at educated people, Mr. Wormwood. Miss Honey. In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. A whole array of Chokeys! Agatha Trunchbull: Its a funny thing about mothers and fathers. AAAAAAAHHHH! You see, maggots, in this world, there are two types of human being. R - E - V - O - L - T - I - N - G. Revolting. Michael chokes the carrot]. MR WORMWOOD starts to drag MATILDA off stage. FBI Agent Bob: 0000056240 00000 n With kindness, and patience, and respect! It stunts the brain, it wears out the eyes; it makes kids ugly, stinky, fatty, sweaty Betty, boring, gaseous . But, er, when he was gone, my aunt became my legal guardian. I thought it was because her mind was being challenged, but she said it was because she no longer had a need for superpowers. What she sure is worse. Oh yeah, huh, well, uh Agatha Trunchbull: 3 0 obj Mary Shelley? They are worms! Agatha Trunchbull: Hey, Dip face. PDFs of modern translations of every Shakespeare play and poem. This is not teaching! That's not true, Miss Honey. Filthy! Why would she want some snotty, disobedient kid? Complete your free account to request a guide. MATILDA MISS TRUNCHBULL /BM /Normal MATILDA Agatha Trunchbull: (to Mrs. Wormwood) Would you please shut up? Matilda, you promised me you wouldn't go back in that house again. It occurred to her that such talking dragons and princesses with hair long enough to climb such people might *only* exist in story books. Webhow to become a school board member in florida ocean deck band schedule Get in the car, Melinda! You can tell from my big telly I didn't mean to desert you. MISS TRUNCHBULL starts to rant and scream at the children, lumbering all over the stage. Just because I find myself in this story. I didn't, I was on the garage roof. MISS HONEY Oh no, Matilda they can't get worse! And worst of all, when the girl was five, her father died. This is my house. . One by one, they emerge from under the tablecloth.] Zinnia's on the phone, talking about her kids] MISS TRUNCHBULL drags off a mat to which ERIC still clings. MRS PHELPS: What? Happier than she had ever been in her entire life. Is the equivalent of, like . [She starts walking off the stage with the microphone, then stops.] Before you're grown up. I think . 0000001137 00000 n That is because you, Miss Honey, are pathetic. A book? Or - or say you were sued for selling a faulty car. . I can't take it anymore. MISS TRUNCHBULL Harry Wormwood: I sold it for $999. When I left my home, Aunt Trunchbull's home, I had to leave all my treasures behind. Connections Jenny: [She stands on one leg and the children follow.] MR WORMWOOD shows her a suitcase full of money. Matilda leapt into Miss Honeys arms and hugged her, and Miss Honey hugged her back, and then the mother and father and brother were inside the car and the car was pulling away with the tyres screaming. How do you fancy a nice cup of tea? I whacked it into reverse. MISS HONEY enters holding a stack of books tied together. . Till this rebellion is quashed; COMPANYJust because you find that life's not fair, it He must be a brilliant teacher., No, Miss Honey, Matilda said quietly. I will eat sweets every day, [bends down] CHILDREN Quiet. All I know, I learnt from telly! . It said that her parents' will had mysteriously turned up, and she was now the owner of a beautiful old house, which had, up until that moment, been owned by the evil aunt, one Agatha Trunchbull. Can harbour seeds of stinkiness. That's the principal, Miss Trunchbull. LAVENDER runs on the stage with a jug of water, a cup, and a wriggling newt. If you always take it on the chin and wear it, The reek of pre-pubescent plotting. MISS HONEY MR WORMWOOD When a person is bad, that person has to be taught a lesson! But then. I want to be in school. I need a car, inexpensive but reliable. 3 30 Who the Dickens is Charles Dickens? No! Matilda: It sways from side to side and then tips over. . FBI Agent Bill: Did we sell some cars today, honeydew? You must scrape off the dirt ], SERGEI ! Does that mean I can get that new TV? But I don't believe it's something you should be frightened of. MISS TRUNCHBULL Spell "newt". Dearest pie, how old is Matilda? My idea of a perfect school is one in which there are no children at all. . Matilda is the smallest and weakest person in her house, so she has to obey her parents even when they are wrong. . Even the squitiest, pitiest mess MISS HONEY Exactly. Backwards. Like I've sailed You see, she was , MISS HONEY We can S - P - L how we like. MISS HONEY We sing revolting songs, But he is also very, very, very . Expensive suits, dark glasses; dunno who they thought they were. What was my profit for the day? Of discipline. Quiet. Jenny: And so the poor little girl grew up with the meanest, cruelest, horrible-est aunt you can possible imagine! [She hesitantly starts counting on her fingers. 0000060566 00000 n You read books. Hello. endobj MISS HONEY Matilda: Delicately, she extends the antenna and flips open the lid, then presses a button. You're the spitting image. Bookworm! The stench of revolt. Miss Honey is far too soft and peachy to be good at anything. We can spell "difficulty". Mr Sergei, this is a very tempting offer. He had meant to say, "When a child is bad." . She locked you up in tiny cupboards and threw you into cellars! She was so cruel to you! On rigidity, and discipline, Reading all the books like a stinky little worm. To unlock that power, all she had to do was practice. Matilda: And then I shall smash the termites into tiny fragments . [She starts walking off stage.]. Hes a small, ratty man, . My dad and my mum, I saw it on a programme last night. Discipline. stream reeking, with a most disturbing scent. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Every time the word "telly" is mentioned in the following verses, MICHAEL yells the word along with his father. MISS HONEY The entire assembly will stay five hours after school and copy from the dictionary! A carnival freak MISS TRUNCHBULL Trunchbull: They're always saying that, in fact. And when it's cold and bleak, I feel no fear. [tosses the cereal in the air] The book Matilda is about is a girl who had a rocky relationship with her parents. Matilda, 4 Years: What do you want a book for? WebMrs. Endless joy and endless laughter. When they go up again, the cast (including the orchestra) make their final bows.______________________________________________________________________. Sell me a lemon? [Michael's mouth drops open in shock upon seeing Harry's hair]. Harry Wormwood: Agatha Trunchbull: Won't change a thing. There's a good boy. Instant PDF downloads. Bruce Bogtrotter: Don't let them throw them away. MISS TRUNCHBULL Even if you're little you can do a lot. What about your father? We'll be R - E - V - O - L - T - I - N - G. She can hear the TV inside. Chew your food; you're an animal! A piece of chalk starts moving upon the board. You're a liar and a scoundrel, and your father's a liar and a cheat, one of the most corrupt lowlifes in the history of civilization! Where are the children's books? And phys-ed will get you sweating. Some will only be good at making Jell-O salad. [he'll/she'll] never put [his/her] hand up in a theatre again! Agatha Trunchbull: [She takes an inhaler from HORTENSIA and throws it into the wings.] All right. MISS TRUNCHBULL Webneverwhere radio play script. MATILDA walks out to the front of the stage, and each member of the company bows down as she passes them. walk and when she arrives, theres a new black Mercedes parked outside. Agatha Trunchbull: . MATILDA that he would have killed himself. And I never understood you, not one little bit Who's got a pen? I would look after her with love and care, and I'd pay for everything. It is slowly pulled across the stage as she languorously brings her leg up and down. So we got to stay inside the line. Mr and Mrs Wormwood looked forward enormously to the time when they could pick their little daughter off and flick her away, preferably into the next county or even further than that. And I will spend all day just lying in the sun, Are you ready to get STICKY with MICKEY? Just the sound of your heart in your head. Most parents think their children are the most beautiful things alive. . It isn't much, but it is enough for me. Quite the contrary. [whacks the desk again with her riding crop]. These stories delivered to me fully-written. Can you service me? Aren't you, Bogtrotter? He takes it gingerly in two fingers, and shakes it. Some double-time discipline . This school, of late, has started reeking . On the way to work, Harry Wormwood: 0000015375 00000 n [to MATILDA] And you with your stupid books and your stupid reading - get off to bed, you little bookworm. Three seconds. MISS TRUNCHBULL . I'll see you tomorrow. And rip it from the mud! It's discipline, discipline . You are not fit to be at this school. trailer 0000043849 00000 n Agatha Trunchbull, principal, Crunchem Hall Elementary School. MISS TRUNCHBULL takes a large radio transmitter from her belt. WebIt is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions but it becomes somehow a lot worse when the child in question is extra-ordinary and by that I mean, sensitive and brilliant. Easy, grandma! MATILDA enters shortly after from the other side of the stage. >> MATILDA MISS HONEY wraps the scarf around MATILDA's shoulders. I think we all better go home while we still can. It was her turn now to become a heroine if only she could come up with a brilliant plot. This is my house. CHILDREN Mr. Wormwood: I am, of course, talking about reading books. [off to the side] I didn't want to upset you.Please, daddy, don't cry. Even in the winter storms, I am warmed Matilda: May I present to you today the pinnacle of our achievements as a species. [Vy skazali "Da"! Cat! My mummy says I'm a miracle. HORTENSIA stands and turns toward the audience. He's always saying, "Matilda, I'm so proud to have a daughter as " [She pauses and looks at MISS HONEY.] Million $ Sticky Host: Seven seconds. My mommy thinks they're sweet. What the devil? The 3rd cost $68. This sickening stench away! And I am warm. /Pages 1 0 R I don't know. Here we are, my heartstrings! With powers, the carrot flies into his mouth. SERGEI It's called "Moby Dick", by Herman Melville. Common Russian Joke, when asked to sum up their country's history. /Filter [ /FlateDecode /DCTDecode ] You're heading for the chokey, young lady! Jane Austin? Photographs of my mother and father, and a beautiful doll my mother gave me with a china face. The sound of a car pulling up is heard. Everyone, gather around. I moved it with my eyes. It's not a cheap set, it's a stolen set! By this lamp, I can read! Who? She was nothing but rude to the little girl, making her wash, iron, cook, and clean, and beating her if she did a thing wrong. HORTENSIA It's . Most of the children fall to the ground, but MISS TRUNCHBULL sees that MATILDA is still standing. What are you doing with those books, woman? ERIC has a little trouble pulling his out. . MISS TRUNCHBULL's words fade into the background, though she continues to rail in silence at the CHILDREN and MISS HONEY, who cower at the back of the stage. Of course you didn't do it, you little twit! MISS TRUNCHBULL takes LAVENDER by the wrist and drags her down the stairs off the stage. The reek of insubordination. Am I wrong? We Dad? No! I shall feed you to the termites. MR WORMWOOD, MRS WORMWOOD, MICHAEL, and RUDOLPHO enter from the stairs to the left of the stage. COMPANYWhen I grow up, So that the escapologist never suspected a thing. Maybe it was the thought of the child. You can't put us all in the Chokey! Ladies and gentlemen! When I grow up, [as Harry switches on Matilda's lamp] /Height 180 If you don't, I will get you. Wrong is right. Of course. to introduce herself and when Matilda shares her last name, the Trunchbull starts ranting about, As usual, the Wormwood house is empty. Once in our Cube of Cash, any money that sticks to your gooey body, you get to take home! We have done this a thousand times.". You might as well be saying I've got the newt! . MISS TRUNCHBULL puts the cup and jug down on the platform and scurries away from it. MATILDA THE MUSICAL- Matilda makes up a story about a child losing her parents. Dramatic Monologue For Female Kid Actors. 4-5 Min. MATILDA: And so they prepared themselves for the most dangerous feat that had ever been performed. /ID [<7419d64f7e590e345e777a297d32b8b0><7419d64f7e590e345e777a297d32b8b0>] MISS TRUNCHBULL'S VOICE All in all, Joanna's scenario would result in virtually all life dying out pretty fast. not all stories have happy endings. It's the newt! MATILDA It can cause symptoms related to movement as well as pain, depression and loss of smell. MATILDA stands near the front of the stage, looking anguished. ? . Never again will she take away my freedom. [after Matilda destroys the Wormwoods' TV with her powers] Never again will we live behind bars. [Ty govori po-russki? Who can fold paper hats with his mind. 0 . You have to put it right . Agatha Trunchbull: No more whispering. [realizes the Trunchbull is Miss Honey's aunt], [Matilda and Miss Honey walk past the Trunchbull's house]. After a thought, he tips his hat to her, and it comes away easily in his hand. MISS TRUNCHBULL Psst! Harry Wormwood: Matilda, your father has been stupid and rude to both of us, yes? Narrator: Agatha Trunchbull: she teaches the other students, Miss Honey decides that she must speak with Matildas parents. And, being stupid, he assumed I was stupid too. Look! 5o] Im sitting pretty in a nice house with a successful businessman and youre left slaving away teaching a lot of nasty little children the ABC.. When I grow up . No ja budu staratsja i izuat dale.]. I've seen your life. [hands the car drill to Mikey, then walks to Matilda] And I'll play with things that mum pretends She jumps into her characteristic pose, fists poised on her hips, head tilted high and to the right. Agatha Trunchbull: [to Zinnia] Jenny: I don't want to tell you anymore because I don't want to ruin it! It's heading north! . [everyone in the room except Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey join in]. You can't put us all in the Chokey, miss." I've got a newt in my knickers! The escapologist used just a touch too much foam, and suddenly their hands became slippy and she fell. How could she possibly have done it when she was sitting way over here? After Michael fetches a pencil and paper, As Matilda eats her awful fish and chips, she decides how to punish, and Michael are eating breakfast in the dining room while Mrs. Wormwood busily cooks up, happened. . Because they had found each other. Wait, Dad, you're going too fast. And it was often said that it was the best school in all the land. And that is a very, very stupid, and rude, thing to do. My father did not teach me.. What is it? Dramatic Monologue For Female Kid Actors. "Smile. By a small but stubborn fire. Using revolting rhymes. I will be tall enough to reach the branches I'm not sure, James Joyce? Ewen McEwan? But then things would get even, Another commenter a short while later, Ava's Demon. No, they are not. SERGEI (beat) That's a hint, by the way. You slithered like a serpent into the school kitchen and ate MY PERSONAL SNACK! But always in secret, so that the escapologist never suspected a thing. ALL BUT VERONICA: Hey, yo, Westerberg! After a moment, she runs back on.] And he grabs her hand, and . . Cancelled because my wife is pregnant. Michael: Then look at you. (well, I have) Matil-da . ], MISS TRUNCHBULL /S 36 Matilda! What've we done to deserve a child like you? A poem? But every human being is unique, for better or for worse. What do I have to do to gain respect around here? Sometimes you have to be a little bit . Charlotte Bronte? . [asked to sign Matilda's adoption papers]. MR WORMWOOD Zinnia Wormwood: Five seconds. While little 'uns like this: Neigh!" Nonsense. /Contents 25 0 R Yes, she was. Why would you want to read when you got the television set sitting right in front of you? MATILDA looks down at the scarf she is wearing. [suspicious] I've got a newt in my knickers! And do you know something else? MRS PHELPS exits and the book shelves part. The stinking maggot rears his head! The dribbling and the spittling, All the henchmen raise their weapons at MR WORMWOOD, who is cowering on the floor. And it is quiet. It doesn't mean that everything is written for me. [Miss Honey briefly nods yes as she leaves to rescue Matilda from the Chokey]. They are fair and they are deeply interested in education. For midgets who are fidgeting For being a smart aleck! Living in revolting times. Matilda: im afraid they did.and MR WORMWOOD [yells] ""![MatilDA! . But suddenly, she hugged him with the biggest hug in the world, so hard that he thought she would hug all the air out of him. The stage goes dark aside from a spotlight on MATILDA. We must begin insisting When I grow up, MISS TRUNCHBULL It's the bouquet of dissent! MATILDA rolls out the other side of the bed as the shape of a little girl rises from beneath the covers. Agatha Trunchbull: No one was speaking, Miss Trunchbull. What? Harry Wormwood: I live in a cage, Harry! She had written everything down: Every tea bag, every electricity bill, every tin of beans. I'm not strong like you, Matilda. I see. Write this down. The words they are forming AMANDA and ERIC biovia discovery studio for mac; pauma valley country club menu; what does el mencho mean; She always had to stay alone on weekday afternoons, and whenever she was told to shut up, she had to shut up. . Scene 9: The Library (after This The brother gave a wave through the rear window, but the other two didnt even look back. \skV'cf%&9vnXn/M7*aHp5m?$|^Q *X0v(\zx!K4T]~ v %fy\0@v"pdf9p 0 It's high time you were toughened up with a little . /N 1 (When I grow up, when I grow up) Narrator: MISS TRUNCHBULL staggers over to the chain pull and pulls it. Harry Wormwood: W-w-what happens next? [tearfully] They're . the checkers were destroyed and a new headmistress took over. Some of my friends. HORTENSIA The ESCAPOLOGIST carries MATILDA to her bed and brings up the sheet. [Harry has ordered out of the house the FBI agents, whom Zinnia had just been talking to]. You did this! Home sweet home. MISS TRUNCHBULL FBI Agent Bob: MATILDA Well. WebMatilda is the titular character and the protagonist of Roald Dahls Matilda. GhNSO.&c2| And she was very happy. Discipline. [She walks off stage. That I need to reach to climb CHILDREN* And when I grow up, I sold it for $2,269. She simply refused to let the matter rest where it was. Agatha Trunchbull: Mrs. Wormwood: Fantastico! There is the sound of a car pulling up. . stretch . MISS HONEY You know nothing of teaching, and I shall prove it. I shall spend the rest of my life making it up to you.". . The whiff of resistance. SERGEI Lissy Doll, I called her. >> I was trapped. It won't work, Matilda! L . Jenny: L . The OLDER KIDS bring in a tall ladder, a trampoline, a gymnastic platform, and a mattress. [to ERIC] You! MATILDA I don't know. MR WORMWOOD Well, there is nothing very wrong with all this. And when I grow up, But one day I was out walking, and I . MISS HONEY Matilda turns around and carrot is facing her. MISS TRUNCHBULL What's what, Ms. Trunchbull? Mr. Wormwood: The alphabet? phys-ed. (When I grow up, when I grow up) What is it? MR WORMWOOD elicits the name of someone from the audience. A really strong stomach. (to Matilda) Stop scaring your mother with that book, boy. ACROBAT'S VOICE All I know, I learnt from telly. Narrator: MISS HONEY The sound of a car pulling up to a house is heard. The ESCAPOLOGIST, wearing the white scarf, smashes the door open to lightning and thunder, and takes MATILDA into his arms. [into recorder] MISS HONEY Its the way of the world. Miss Honey looked at the plain plump person with the smug suet-pudding face who was sitting across the room. MR WORMWOOD Matilda: Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it. Give my little bumblebee her house and her money. MATILDA 0000001751 00000 n We'll be R - E - V - O - L - T - I - N - G. CHILDREN and OLDER KIDS She's a snout in a million. You want to hear the next part of my story? She was mean and cruel and horrible like you can hardly imagine. 0000001688 00000 n [snatching the book from Matilda and tears the pages out of the cover]. PDF downloads of all 1725 LitCharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. And when I grow up, [She grabs MISS HONEY's hands and tries to drag her away.]. A few days later, the Acrobat and the Escapologist's daughter received a letter from a solicitor. It is 2L84U. MRS WORMWOOD "Revolting.". Harry Wormwood: What a very clever fellow I am! MISS TRUNCHBULL Agatha Trunchbull: But Matilda being able to magically move the chalk and imitate the voice of Miss Honeys dead father is bound to disturb any child. Agatha Trunchbull: MISS TRUNCHBULL $5,000? xref And do you tell them stories like you tell me? Students: I don't know anybody who did. WebMatilda The Musical Monologue luxury cars. "Neigh! Wholly olfactorally insulting. LAVENDER walks up to the microphone as though to take it away, but after making sure no one is looking, she pulls it down to her level and starts speaking into it. Miss Honey, your aunt's a murderer. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. (shaking Zoha). All right. Miss Trunchbull possessed none of these qualities and how she got her present job was a mystery. But there's no going back now. MATILDA . I mean, take a look at you and me. They are not nice things, and they are not right things. And the 4th cost $1,100. Let's get out of here before they change their minds! We've no evidence! I will put an end to your stories, young man. [insulted] Till our revolting's done. (to the phone) Im gonna call you straight back. . before they reach the dynamite and blow your head off, the excapologist reached out to catch his wife and the child-. Matilda! It's not mine! Its cheating., No one ever got rich being honest, the father said. [hands Michael the cookies] Magnus was his name. Harry Wormwood: . . Run! ja skazal "MatilDA"! The CHILDREN and BIG KIDS start to dissipate. All grown-ups get scared, just like children. No. When I grow up . Since you're an educator, I'll make you a deal. And this table, as you can see, I am *not* seven years old anymore, Aunt Trunchbull! MATILDA . Zinnia Wormwood: Let Matilda stay here! And it won't be long before I smell the pong I expect youre wondering what Im talking about? On this chair I can write my lessons. Matilda 8 0 obj To read? [as the TV explodes, due to Matilda's powers] That's not fair at all. Matilda: You'll also get updates on new titles we publish and the ability to save highlights and notes. Somewhere, on a show, I heard Which is what she said happened. Miss Trunchbull: Sometimes in life, horrible and unexplainable things happen. Very slowly, the platform of MISS HONEY's house starts to roll in from the back of the stage. He was very kind. For this is my house. Trunchbull: NIGEL I want my family to share in my triumph. . [Matilda arrives home from school late at night after Bruce Bogtrotter's encounter with the Trunchbull] 0000043667 00000 n C - A - F! MRS WORMWOOD what? No, but don't people need good cars? ], SERGEI! Revolting, I say! [to HORTENSIA] You, turn around, and spell the one thing that you all are. Yes, I am afraid my daughter is quite rude. It is the odour of rebellion. }7. MATILDA sets up the cup again and focuses her attention on it. Yeah, I got a boy, Mikey, and one mis-*take*, Matilda. << MATILDA holds out her hand to her father. [Jenny knocks on Ms. Trunchbull's door] WebMATILDA And then, she died. I know that everything I need [turns and sees Harry's hair] MISS HONEY opens a drawer and takes out a shiny, white scarf. startxref Never again now that we know we are Miss Trunchbull kept the whole school late because this boy ate some chocolate cake. Lavender: No. (for example) I will be brave enough to fight the creatures She also admired Matilda who had sworn her to secrecy about the parrot job she had brought off at home, and also the great hair-oil switch which had bleached her fathers hair. She couldnt believe that the parents were totally unaware of their daughters remarkable talents.

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