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The FRANKENSTEIN World Premiere Recording features all of the essential and most memorable songs and scenes from the New York production. Click on any track below to view the libretto for that track: ACT ONE
ACT TWO
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TRACK 15: WHY?
JUSTINE: Master William... you have your mother's eyes. WILLIAM: Why is that? That children end up with parts that look like their parents? JUSTINE: Well... perhaps some... "subjects" are better left "un-explored." WILLIAM: But Victor says that every question must be asked. And I agree. WILLIAM: TELL ME WHY DOES THE BREEZE BLOW? JUSTINE: CURIOUS, LITTLE BOY WILLIAM: All right, then... JUSTINE: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE? WILLIAM: HOW DO YOU KNOW JUST WHO TO TRUST? JUSTINE: "Whom." WILLIAM: HOW DOES A JUSTICE GET SO JUST? BOTH: HOW COULD WE DESERVE ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DREAMING OF? WILLIAM: DO I REALLY LOOK LIKE MY MOTHER? JUSTINE: YOU'RE AS INQUISITIVE AS YOUR BROTHER WILLIAM: DO YOU LIKE BEING MY NANNY? JUSTINE: IT'S A FAR MORE CHALLENGING JOB THAN MANY WILLIAM: WHY, JUSTINE, DO YOU TEASE ME? JUSTINE: I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS TO PLEASE ME MAGISTRATE: Tell the court what happened next, Miss Moritz. CREATURE: Another child of the Frankensteins... JUSTINE: We were playing a game. He ran off into the woods. I searched for him all night! CREATURE: Will he one day suffer the shame of his brother's foul deeds... or repeat them? VICTOR: LEAVE HIM BE! HE HAS NOT WRONGED YOU CREATURE: WILLIAM, WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME? WILLIAM: WHO ARE YOU, SIR? DO YOU KNOW ME? CREATURE: I KNOW TOO WELL YOUR WRETCHED FAMILY MAGISTRATE: Then how do you explain, woman, the bloody locket found on your person?! JUSTINE: I told you... I saw some kind of demon! It is responsible, not I! VICTOR: WHY DID YOU DO IT? KILL A CHILD? CREATURE: WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME THERE TO DIE? VICTOR: SO FULL OF WONDER, FULL OF PROMISE CREATURE: HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? SO WAS I! JUSTINE: I am innocent, I swear it! ELIZABETH: VICTOR, NO! I KNOW THAT SHE LOVED THAT BOY CREATURE: Another fair face that looked upon me only with revulsion. ELIZABETH: HEAVEN, PLEASE! JUSTINE'S LIKE A SISTER TO US CREATURE: Were she only like me. One of my kind. FATHER: VICTOR, MY GOD! HOW CAN THIS BE SO? ELIZABETH: VICTOR, HOW?! I KNOW IT CANNOT BE TRUE HENRY: SOMEWHERE THERE MUST BE A WITNESS ELIZABETH: THERE MUST BE SOMETHING YOU CAN SAY FATHER/HENRY: SOMEONE KNOWS THE TRUTH ELIZABETH: ...SOMETHING YOU CAN DO GALLERY: WHO SPEAKS FOR THE CHILD?! CREATURE: I made sure that the evidence would convict her of the boy's murder. Don't you think that clever of me, Victor? ELIZABETH: WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? MAGISTRATE/GALLERY: WHY DID YOU MURDER THAT BOY? FATHER: WHY MY POOR WILLIAM? MAGISTRATE/GALLERY: WHY SHOULD WE HEAR ANYMORE? HENRY: WHY WILL NO MAN SPEAK THE TRUTH? ALL: WHY ARE YOU SILENT WHILE INNOCENTS SUFFER AND PAY WITH VICTOR: Nooooo!!!
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