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Daphne invites Mau to afternoon tea at the wrecked ship. She finds her etiquette book and writes Mau a note with a diagram, leaving an orange. Mau finds the note confusing but decides to go. Earlier, Mau searches for beer at the women's place as instructed by his ancestors, finding some in coconuts. He leaves one for the grandfather bird. Now in the evening, Mau throws a spear at the wrecked ship as instructed on the note. Daphne welcomes him inside for their awkward tea.

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Nation Script

Daphne invites Mau to afternoon tea at the wrecked ship. She finds her etiquette book and writes Mau a note with a diagram, leaving an orange. Mau finds the note confusing but decides to go. Earlier, Mau searches for beer at the women's place as instructed by his ancestors, finding some in coconuts. He leaves one for the grandfather bird. Now in the evening, Mau throws a spear at the wrecked ship as instructed on the note. Daphne welcomes him inside for their awkward tea.

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Nation

Prologue
Daphne: I had to get back something terrible happened.
Mau: if I didnt get back in thirty days
Daphne: 9 months
Mau: they came and fetched you and youd never be a man. Not a real
man
Daphne: the British monarchy would fall and then where would the
Empire be?
Mau: everyone would know youd failed and youd never get a wife
Daphne: everyone must know Im a royal and obey my command
Mau: f you did shed be one none of the real men wanted with bad teeth
and smelly breath.
(Mau finds an axe and a tree with markings where the other Boymen have
shown their strength.)
Mau: (taking the axe and swinging at the tree) the next boy to pull this
out will deserve to be called a man. MEN HELP OTHER MEN!
BANG (there is an enormous roar as the volcano erupts funky lighting
loads of noise casually destroying the set Daphne on the ship and Mau on
the island. For a moment they see each other and make eye contact)
Mau: Hello.. (Mau collapses)
Daphne (as echo): Hello hello repeat till he sleeps

Scene 2 the new world


Just the sound of the tide Mau settles to sleep
Voice of the ancestors: What are you doing Mau?
Mau is restless in his sleep
This is no time to sleep there is lots to be done
Mau: who are you?
Ancestor: I am the Ancestor... You must restore nation
Mau: But I dont know how?
Ancestor: you must restore the culture
Mau: How do I do that? I am not man I did not complete the ceremony
the volcano came and destroyed Nation ..
Ancestors: You must defend the Nation! You must do the things that
have always been done!
Mau: but there is just me.everyone else is dead. Im nothing. I know
nothing. I am not man.
Ancestors: everything the Nation was, you are. While you remember the
Nation lives
(Mau collapses again the ancestor leave a mug with the enscription
Sweet Judy on it next to Mau with an orange in it Mau wakes with a start
looks at it with curiosity tries to sound out the letters but pronounces
them all wrong grandfather bird (puppet controlled by Daphne) appears
and circles like a vulture).
Mau: Go on then have it Grandfather bird the ancestors said you were
good luck so I cant shoo you away.
(the bird squawks hops over and rolls the orange with its beak turning
round to motion its head to follow).
Ohh why not there is nothing else to do here
( he follows the bird until it suddenly disappears)
Hey wait !!! They look like footprints butthey have no toes. Strange?
( looks up and sees a large sail)

Ancestors : You have not restored the culture. You have not restored
Nation. Send the dead to sea to become dophins.
Mau: Im dead ancestors I have no soul I never became man.
Ancestors: Youre not good enough to be dead.
Mau turns round to head back except the grand father bird is blocking his
path.
Mau: What?
(For a moment boy and bird stare at each other the bird pecks his foot
and squawks).
Mau: oh all right ( the bird flies off as Mau heads to the ship wreck)
Scene 3 Finding Ermintrude/Daphne
There is a sound of indistinct singing from the rubble of the ship
Mau enters tripping over rubble on the way drawing attention to himself
from a figure all in white who ha appeared
At the same time
Mau : (to audience)Im not alone , there is a trouserman girl.
Daphne: I kn-know how to use this!!!
Daphne: One more step and I will pull the trigger.(Mau looks at her
blankly) Dont think Im afraid Im not!!! (Mau innocently steps towards
an object that has caught his eye) Do you not understand I am from the
British royal blood line? I'm 138th in line to the throne so you will obey
me(change of tone) My father will be hear soon
Mau:ahhh so she wants me to have the metal thing
Mau reaches out to tke the gun.daphne scrams pulls the trigger and
closes her eyes. There is a small pop a few sparks? Daphne drops the gun
at her feet.
Mau: you have no toes!!! (Daphne doesnt respond, he bends down
spicks up the gun start sniffing it ) pheww

Daphne: must be a local custom???


Mau: (satisfied he knows what its for looks at the gun Daphne and the
exit) thank you for his gift of fire!! (Exit)
Daphne: Im sorry what? Wait where are you going?
Scene 4 Etiquette
Daphne: where is my box. (Rummaging around the wreck, she finds a
book and then the writing box) Now lets see what my Book of etiquette
Suggests (reading)
When inviting a young gentleman to afternoon tea one must always
have a chaperone present well thats a shame there is no one they have
all died it doesnt say they have to be alive . One must be
appropriately dressed and serve scones buttered with Clotted cream and
then strawberry jam, well I dont have any jam or cream But I could try to
make scones. I shall write him an invitation.(opens her box gets out a
quill and a fancy invite.) well I'm not at government house anymore.the
wreck of the sweet Judy. To I dont know his name ..bah blah blah
the honourable miss Ermintrude Fanshaw. I dubt he will be able to
understand . I shall draw a diagram he might understand that(she
draws. Puts everything away picks up another orange and tiptoes to
where Mau is sleeping leaves him the note and the orange then runs
away)
Ancestors: Who is guarding the Nation? Where is our beer?
Mau: I dont know!!! I dont know how the women made beer.
Another orange? (looking at the invitation) what the ???? (turns the
nvite over to the drawing side) When the sun is just above the last tree
left on little Nation, you must throw a spear at the big wrecked canoe??
Well okay maybe I shall though why I just dont know. Now about the
beer the women used to make beer from maniac roots. It makes a good
beer or a deadly poison what decides that is the song. Maybe there is
some left in the womens place (goes off to find beer as grandfather
bird comes in and once again plays with the orange Mau comes in with
beer and leaves in coconut which the bird promptly drinks then flies off
in a drunk fashion possible into tree)
Scene 5 Afternoon tea
it is evening Mau finds a spear and throws it at the wreck

Daphne: (off stage) do come in Its a bit of a mess I'm afraid

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