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(ACT 1)                                           SCENE ONE   

In Mr. Reti’s Sitting Room                         (Dim flood light with blue combination) 

 Mr. Reti is seated in his moderately furnished sitting room. He has an old centre table in front of him and 

a table fan on top of an old book shelf by his left hand side. His wife enters with a tray containing two 

plates and cutleries. She puts down the tray on the centre table and sits down facing her husband. 

No. 2   Mr. Reti   (Solo 1) 

 



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No. 3                                                        FAMILY   DIALOGUE 

 

(Mr.& Mrs. Reti start eating as the wife feeds the husband. In a while, Dola enters followed by Tidore and Remi) 

 



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No. 4    Chorus 

 



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                                                             (They all get up and move to their bedrooms)  

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(ACT 1)                                                      SCENE TWO 

In Mr. Reti’s Sitting Room                                             (Morning sunlight effect) 

Mr. Reti moves into the sitting room with his wife who is carrying a small radio receiver, a toothbrush 

and a small bowl containing a glass of water. The wife puts on the radio and starts brushing Mr. Reti’s 

teeth.(RADIO….as the Head of state arrives Abuja today. Before we continue, here are some commercials.) 

No. 5a                         JINGLE INTRO (Instrumental) 

 

Heeeei!…… It’s here again! 

It’s going to be wonderful!     It’s going to be fantastic!!       It’s going to be great!!! 

OPERATION  MEET YOUR STAR! 

Doremi and his All Stars Band will be there LIVE! to get you thrilled 

Venue: Peoples Club Hall. 

Date:  Sat 18th march. 

Time: 8pm till dawn 

Gate fee: N200 flat. 

OPERATION   MEET YOUR STAR! 

Come one, Come All 

To end the news, here are the main points (Mrs. Reti Switches off the radio) Recit.  Follows:   

No. 5b:        Mr. & Mrs. Reti’s Recit. 1 

 



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(Doremi  walks  in  with   his   small  bag  and  guitar  singing  one  of  his  main  songs  {down  stage}) 

No. 6:             Doremi’s  (Solo 1) 

 

                                    (By the end of this Solo, Doremi must have climbed up the stage) 

Doremi: Daddy, Good morning Sir, Mummy, Good morning Ma.  

Mr. & Mrs. Reti: Good  morning  my  son. 



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Mrs. Reti:  How was your performance at the funeral wake?  

No. 7:      Doremi’s Recit. 1 & Mrs. Reti’s “Alleluia” Solo 2  

 

                                (The background choir takes the following  part immediately) 



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No. 8:          Mrs. Reti’s                             ***ALLELUIA***     

                                                                     Semi-Chorus (Echo) 

 

No.10:        Mr.Reti’s (Recit. 2) 

 



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Mr. Reti’s (Speech): I told your sister last night night when she was demanding for Two thousand 

Naira (N2,000) building levy not to worry until you return. Here you are. In fact, you deserve a 

handshake (but no hands, he shakes his head). 

Come and take this bottle of wine. 

(They leave for the inner room as the background Chorus echoes the Semi-Chorus—Alleluia 

changing the text to untranslatables/vocables e.g: Uh,Mh,Oh e.t.c)  

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ACT 1                                            SCENE THREE 

In a Conference room                                        **(Flood light with green combination)**  

Six members of the church council, the pastor and Doremi are seated around a conference table 

positioned at the middle of the stage .The stage is decorated with some religious photographs, flowers 

on the wall and on the table. Dr. Benson; the Chairman of the council is seen standing and talking …….. 

No. 10:        Dr. Benson (Recit.) 

 



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Doremi: (Shaking hands with Dr. Benson) Thank you Sir, Thank you all. 

Rev Tim: Don’t mention my son. Dr. Benson (Pointing to Dr. Benson) who is the chairman of the church council has 

said it all. What now remains is for you to mention your price.       (No. 11:      Doremi’s Solo 2    begins) 



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No. 12:  Chorus     GOOD  SOUP(@background with Doremi singing the melody with Sopranos) 

  

 

 

 

Doremi: The price is N25,000 per month.                                                      ***(Flood light begins to blink)*** 



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No. 13:                                                    CHURCH COMMITTEE DIALOGUE 

 



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Rev. Tim: Who is supporting Lady Kalu? (Mrs. Ileka raises her hand) Okay, Mrs. Ileka let us all share in the grace.   

No.14: Chorus                                           THE GRACE                         ***(Blue light on stage)***    

            
.                                                                 ----#They disperse***Lights out#----                                       



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(ACT  2)                                                SCENE 0NE 

 Along a path                                                                                                                             ***(Dim flood light)*** 

(Doremi is seen putting on a heavy cardigan, going to the hospital as he meets one of his old classmates.) 

Ademola: Who am I seeing? Do-re-mi! 

Doremi: Ademola; the musician! 

Ademola: Jesus Christ! What are you doing in Onitsha? 

Doremi: Whao! Onitsha has been my area even while we were in school. 

Ademola: Is that so? Oh! I’m happy to see you again since after our school days on campus. 

No. 15a:                                         DOREMI/ADEMOLA’S DIALOGUE (A) 

Doremi: Whoa! Congratulations!!! 

Ademola: Thank you. How is the going here on your side? 

 

 

 

 



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No. 15b: Recit 2                            Doremi & Ademola’s Dialogue  Contd.                *( and Dim red blue light )* 

 



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(ACT 2)                                                     SCENE TWo 

At the hospital’s out-patient apartment                                                                               ***(Dim red light)*** 

(Mr. & Mrs. Reti, two of their sons and one of their daughters are sitted and waiting anxiously for 

response from the theatre. The background chorus sings the acapella below.) 

No.  8: Chorus                                                      HOSPITAL   JAGA-JAGA

 

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                           (Suddenly, a nurse comes out from the theatre.    Mrs. Reti rushes to her and…)

(The nurse hurriedly picks up one or two things and 

rushes back into the theatre, ignoring Mrs. Reti) 

 

Dola: Mummy it’s Okay.  He will be alright.   ***(Another nurse comes out)*** 

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Mrs. Reti: Is everything going to be alright?  

                

                                  (Looking at the nurse, meanwhile the nurse leaves in the same attitude as the former.) 

  (She stands….after a while, the doctor comes out and beckons Mr.Reti. They move to a corner and the 

doctor whispers into Mr.Reti’s ear. He goes back into the theater with Mr.Reti whom after a whike 

comes out with an unhappy countenance.) 

Mrs.Reti: (facing her husband) What happened?   Is he dead?    Eeh?    Tell me now! 

( She bursts into a heavy cry as the chikdren surround her to console her, meanwhile the  Background 

chorus  Repontinues repeating D.S  till the end of this scene) 

                                      

 

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(ACT 2)                                                         SCENE THREE          

                                                                               In The Church 

(As Doremi’s friends, relatives and well-wishers come into the church from different directions and get 

sitted, the cross-bearer, and the choir match in,followed by Doremi’s corpse,his parents and family 

members then the priest(s). Everybody is singing………) 

No. 17                                                  JESUS LIVES…                      Words from A & M. 140    

 



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(“Jesus lives…” should be sung as many times as may be necessary for the corpse to arrive at the 

middle of the stage where the prayers are to be said)     

 

 

No. 18:                                          Vesicles & Responses.      

 



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                           (The Choir surrounds the corpse and renders the following Anthem)                            



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No. 19:                    NGOZI N’ADIRI NDI NWURU ANWU.  
 

 

 



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Back to B Section (Bar 19) 



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(At the end of the above Anthem, the corpse is lifted for recession as everybody sings the 

hymn below)No. 23                                      FOR ALL THE SAINTS.                (Words from A & M 

Hymn No. 527) 

 

 

(The  Background Chorus  will continue  repeating  the  above  hymn  until  everybody  vacates the stage) 

                                                                                   -----Lights Out----- 

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