Script Writing

Script Writing

Mr Shears is lying on the ground with Christopher above him.

Screams, laughs and shouts can be heard from inside the room

Audience enters the room

Laughing, screaming and shouting continue from both characters as it is seen that Christopher has knife in his hands and is stabbing Mr Shears. Blood is covering Christopher hands, whilst Mr Shears is drenched in blood.

Mr Shears (interspersed in the shouts, screams and laughing): oh no. oh no. oh no. oh my fucking Christ! Get away!

Police officer enters the scene.

Police officer: What is going on here?!

Police officer smirks

Police officer grabs audience member and forces them to the ground. He forces a knife into audience members hand and brings their head towards the stabbing or knife.

Police officer: Do it! Join in! Help Him!

(If audience member joins in/is about to join in follow lines marked with A. if audience member refuses to follow instructions follow lines marked with B. if at any point of following Lines A the audience member starts to join in Switch to lines B Immediately )

1. Police officer (Shouting): Do it! Kill him!
2. Police officer (Shouting): What the hell do you think you are doing?

Police officer Pulls Christopher’s head up and away from Mr Shears.

Christopher (Whispers to audience member): it’s Fun to kill something that hurts you.

Police officer Drags/pulls Christopher to the next scene.

There is a table in the centre of the area.

Myles starts to shadow Christopher

Police officer forces Christopher to the table.

Police officer: take off your watch!

Christopher: No

Police officer (Shouting): watch, now!

Christopher:  No get off me!

Police officer proceeds to wrestle with Christopher for watch

Christopher bites Police officer

Police officer: is this your knife?

Police officer places bloody knife on the table

Christopher grabs the knife and licks the blood from it

Police officer wrestles knife off Christopher

Christopher proceeds to lick audience member’s face

Police officer: That’s it!

Christopher: Get off me! Help me!

 Myles stops shadowing Christopher and steps away.

Police officer pulls back Christopher’s head and knocks him out

Police officer drags Christopher to the next scene

Alex forces the audience members to sit down in-front of the cell

Christopher wakes up behind a cell with Number 40

Alex begins to shadow Christopher

 

Num. 40 (Perverted): Its Christopher isn’t it?

Christopher remains silent

Num. 40 (Perverted): Bloody hell. They really are getting younger.

Number 40 moves closer to Christopher

Num. 40 (Perverted): would you like to know what I’ve done?

Christopher remains silent

Num. 40 (Perverted): I’ve been very bad.

Number 40 moves closer to Christopher

Num.40 (Perverted): You see I used to watch little children.

Number 40 moves closer to Christopher

Num.40 (Perverted): I used to enjoy watching them. I enjoyed looking at their tiny fragile little bodies.

 Number 40 stares at Christopher

Num.40 (Perverted): and after a while I would take them away.

Number 40 pulls at Audience members

Num.40 (Perverted): I used to touch them

Number 40 places his hand on Christopher’s cheek

Num.40 (Perverted): feel them…

Number 40 caresses Christopher’s cheek

Num.40 (Perverted): and then… I would let them go

Number 40 moves away and starts to laugh

Silence

Christopher: would you like to know what I used to do?

Num.40: hmm?

 

Christopher: I would grab them by the throat

Christopher moves fast

He grabs Number 40 by the throat

Christopher: and I squeezed, tighter, tighter, tighter, Tighter

Christopher chokes Number 40

Number 40 Dies

Alex Stops shadowing Christopher

Christopher: until the life drained from their eyes

<BLACKOUT>

Voice over: Christopher John Francis Boone you have been released on bail.

Myles starts shadowing Christopher

<LIGHTS UP ON SCENE 4>

Ed is sat in-front of a desk. Christopher is standing behind him

Christopher: I’m sorry

Ed: Leave it

Christopher: are you sad?

Ed hits Christopher

Ed: now is not the time to be asking questions like that.

Pause

Ed: were you listening to me?

Ed grabs Christopher by the shirt

Ed: Look at me when I’m talking to you

<BLACKOUT>

Myles stops shadowing Christopher

<DIM RED LIGHT>

Ed: you Stupid, stupid, stupid boy

Ed beats Christopher

Ed: It’s a bloody dog, a fucking dog. A god damn dog (Repeat)

<BLACKOUT>

Ed: you are not my son

CHRISTOPHER VOICE OVERS

ED VOICE OVERS

<GREEN LIGHTS>

a coffin is on a table

Ed is behind the coffin weeping

Ed: im so, so, so, so, so sorry

Ed continues weeping

Ed: Christopher, please

Ed: Jesus wept

Ed: Why? Why? Why? (Repeat)

Repeat lines until Reverend Peters arrives

Rev. P talks to Christopher’s voice overs

Christopher (Voice over): Reverend Peters, Where is heaven?

Rev.P: Im sorry, Christopher?

Christopher (Voice over): in our universe whereabouts is it exactly?

Rev.P: It’s not in our universe. It’s another kind of place altogether.

Christopher (Voice over): but where is god?

Silence

Rev.P: today we are here to pay respects to Christopher John Francis Boone. Please open the coffin and pay respects.

If audience members do not open coffin

Rev.P: Please open the coffin

Reverend Peters grabs audience member’s hands and make them open the coffin

Reverend Peters leaves

Police officer arrives

Police officer rubs gore over skeleton

Police officer rubs gore over audience members

<LIGHTS UP IN CENTER>

Myles and Alex pour bucket of gore onto cage

Christopher stabs himself

Laughing from all

Rubbing gore over the cage

 

<BLACKOUT>