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SIX Stage Libretto · 02

Ex-Wives

Aragon
DIVORCED
Boleyn
BEHEADED
Seymour
DIED
Cleves
DIVORCED
Howard
BEHEADED
Parr
SURVIVED
Aragon
And tonight, _________, we are…
All
LIVE
Aragon
LISTEN UP, LET ME TELL YOU A STORY
Boleyn
A STORY THAT YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE
Seymour
WE KNOW YOU KNOW OUR NAMES AND OUR FAME AND OUR FACES
Cleves
KNOW ALL ABOUT THE GLORIES AND THE DISGRACES
Howard
I'M DONE 'CAUSE ALL THIS TIME I'VE BEEN JUST ONE WORD IN A STUPID RHYME
Parr
SO I PICKED UP A PEN AND A MICROPHONE
All
HISTORY'S ABOUT TO GET OVERTHROWN
Aragon
DIVORCED
Boleyn
BEHEADED
Seymour
DIED
Cleves
DIVORCED
Howard
BEHEADED
Parr
SURVIVED
All
BUT JUST FOR YOU TONIGHT
WE'RE DIVORCED, BEHEADED… LIVE!
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, TO THE HISTO-REMIX
SWITCHING UP THE FLOW AS WE ADD THE PREFIX
EV'RYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES
RAISING UP THE ROOF 'TIL WE HIT THE CEILING
GET READY FOR THE TRUTH THAT WE'LL BE REVEALING
EV'RYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES
BUT NOW WE'RE EX-WIVES
Aragon
_________, make some noise!
ALL YOU EVER HEAR AND READ ABOUT
Boleyn
IS OUR EX AND THE WAY IT ENDED
Seymour
BUT A PAIR DOESN'T BEAT A ROYAL FLUSH
Cleves
YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT HOW HE GOT UNFRIENDED
Howard
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA DO OURSELVES JUSTICE
'CAUSE WE'RE TAKING YOU TO COURT
Parr
EV'RY TUDOR ROSE HAS ITS THORNS
AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR 'EM LIVE IN CONSORT
Aragon
DIVORCED
Boleyn
BEHEADED
Seymour
DIED
Cleves
DIVORCED
Howard
BEHEADED
Parr
SURVIVED
All
BUT JUST FOR YOU TONIGHT
WE'RE DIVORCED, BEHEADED… LIVE!
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, TO THE HISTO-REMIX
SWITCHING UP THE FLOW AS WE ADD THE PREFIX
EV'RYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES
DANCING THROUGH THE NIGHT TILL THE BREAK OF DAY
ONCE WE'RE DONE WE'LL START AGAIN AS IT'S THE RENAISSANCE
EV'RYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES
BUT NOW WE'RE EX-WIVES
Aragon
(alluringly) Remember us from your PBS?
Others
DIVORCED
Aragon
MY NAME'S CATH'RINE OF ARAGON,
WAS MARRIED TWENTY FOUR YEARS, I'M A PARAGON OF ROYALTY
MY LOYALTY IS TO THE VATICAN, SO IF YOU TRY TO DUMP ME…
YOU WON'T TRY THAT AGAIN
Others
BEHEADED
Boleyn
I'M THAT BOLEYN GIRL AND I'M UP NEXT
SEE, I BROKE ENGLAND FROM THE CHURCH… YEAH, I'M THAT SEXY
WHY DID I LOSE MY HEAD? WELL MY SLEEVES MAY BE GREEN
BUT MY LIPSTICK'S RED
Others
DIED
Seymour
JANE SEYMOUR, 'THE ONLY ONE HE TRULY LOVED'
Others
RUDE
Seymour
WHEN MY SON WAS NEWLY BORN I DIED
BUT I'M NOT WHAT I SEEM, OR AM I?
STICK AROUND AND YOU'LL SUDDENLY SEE MORE…
Others
DIVORCED
Cleves
ICH BIN ANNA OF CLEVES
Others
JA?
Cleves
WHEN HE SAW MY PORTRAIT, HE WAS LIKE
Others
"JA!"
Cleves
BUT I "DIDN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS I DID IN PIC"
FUNNY HOW WE ALL DISCUSS THAT BUT NEVER HENRY'S LITTLE PR…
Howard
PRICK UP YOUR EARS, I'M THE KATH'RINE WHO LOST HER HEAD
Others
BEHEADED
Howard
FOR MY PROMISCUITY OUTSIDE OF WED
LOCK UP YOUR HUSBANDS, LOCK UP YOUR SONS,
K HOWARD IS HERE AND THE FUN'S BEGUN
Others
SURVIVED
Parr
FIVE DOWN, I'M THE FINAL WIFE
I SAW HIM TO THE END OF HIS LIFE
I'M THE SURVIVOR CATH'RINE PARR
I BET YOU WANNA KNOW HOW I GOT THIS FAR
I SAID, I BET YOU WANNA KNOW HOW WE GOT THIS FAR
All
DO YOU WANNA KNOW HOW WE GOT THIS FAR? THEN
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, TO THE HISTO-REMIX
SWITCHING UP THE FLOW AS WE ADD THE PREFIX
EV'RYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES
TURN THE BEAT UP GET THIS PARTY BUZZIN'
YOU WANT A QUEEN BEE? WELL, THERE'S HALF A DOZEN
EV'RYBODY KNOWS THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES…
BUT NOW WE'RE EX-WIVES
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE… SIX!