[PETRA] Look, maam, an invitation Here, maam, delivered by hand And, maam, I notice the station Erys engraved and very grand [ANNE] Petra, how too exciting! Just when I need it! Petra, such elegant writing So chic you hardly can read it What do you think? Who can it be? Even the ink No, here, let me [Opens the envelope, reads] Your presence Just think of it, Petra! Is kindly Its at a chteau! Requested Et cetera, et cetera Madame Leonora Armf Oh, no! A weekend in the country! [PETRA] Were invited? [ANNE] What a horrible plot! A weekend in the country [PETRA] Im excited! [ANNE] No, youre not! [PETRA] A weekend in the country! Just imagine! [ANNE] Its completely depraved [PETRA] A weekend in the country! [ANNE] Its insulting! [PETRA] Its engraved [ANNE] Its that woman Its that Armfeldt! [PETRA] Oh, the actress? [ANNE] No, the ghoul! She may hope to Make her charm felt But shes mad if she thinks I would be such a fool As to weekend in the country! [PETRA] How insulting! [ANNE] And Ive nothing to wear [ANNE PETRA] A weekend in the country! [ANNE, hands the invitation back] Here! The last place Im going is there! [FREDRIKs study] [PETRA, to FREDRIK] Guess what, an invitation! [ANNE] Guess who? Begins with an A Armfeldtis that a relation To the decrepit Desiree? [PETRA] Guess when were asked to go, sir See, sir, the date there? Guess wherea fancy chteau, sir! [ANNE] Guess, too, whos lying in wait there Setting her traps Fixing her face [FREDRIK] Darling Perhaps a change of pace... [ANNE] Oh, no! [FREDRIK] A weekend in the country Would be charming And the air would be fresh [ANNE] A weekend with that woman? [FREDRIK] In the country! [ANNE] In the flesh! [FREDRIK] Ive some business With her mother [PETRA] See, its business! [ANNE] Oh, no doubt But the business with her mother Would be hardly the business Id worry about [FREDRIK PETRA] Just a weekend in the country [FREDRIK] Smelling jasmine [ANNE] Watching little things grow [FREDRIK PETRA] A weekend in the country [ANNE] Go! [FREDRIK] My darling, well simply say no [ANNE] Oh [CHARLOTTE and ANNE having lunch] [ANNE] A weekend! [CHARLOTTE] How very amusing [ANNE] A weekend! [CHARLOTTE] But also inept [ANNE] A weekend! Of course, were refusing [CHARLOTTE] Au contraire, you must accept [ANNE] Oh, no! [CHARLOTTE] A weekend in the country [ANNE] But its frightful! [CHARLOTTE] No, you dont understand A weekend in the country Is delightful If its planned Wear your hair down and a flower Dont use makeup Dress in white Shell grow older by the hour And be hopelessly shattered by Saturday night Spend a weekend in the country [ANNE] Well accept it! [CHARLOTTE] Id a feeling you would [ANNE CHARLOTTE] A weekend in the country! [ANNE] Yes, its only polite that we should [CHARLOTTE] Good [The Malcolms house] [CARLMAGNUS] Well? [CHARLOTTE] Ive an intriguing little social item [CARLMAGNUS] What? [CHARLOTTE] Out of the Armfeldt family manse [CARLMAGNUS] Well, what? [CHARLOTTE] Merely a weekend Still, I thought it might am Use you to know Whos invited to go This time with his pants [CARLMAGNUS] You dont mean! [CHARLOTTE] Ill give you three guesses [CARLMAGNUS] She wouldnt! [CHARLOTTE] Reduce it to two [CARLMAGNUS] It cant be! [CHARLOTTE] It nevertheless is [CARLMAGNUS] Egerman! [CHARLOTTE] Right! Score one for you [CARLMAGNUS] Aha! [CHARLOTTE] Aha! [CARLMAGNUS, slyly] Aha! [CHARLOTTE, nervously] Aha... [CARLMAGNUS] A weekend in the country We should try it [CHARLOTTE] How I wish wed been asked [CARLMAGNUS] A weekend in the country Peace and quiet [CHARLOTTE] Well go masked [CARLMAGNUS] A weekend in the country [CHARLOTTE] Uninvited Theyll consider it odd [CARLMAGNUS] A weekend in the country Im delighted! [CHARLOTTE] Oh, my God [CARLMAGNUS] And the shooting should be pleasant If the weathers not too rough Happy Birthday, its your present [CHARLOTTE] But [CARLMAGNUS] You havent been getting out nearly enough And a weekend in the country [CHARLOTTE] Its perverted! [CARLMAGNUS] Pack my quiver and bow [CHARLOTTE CARLMAGNUS] A weekend in the country! [CARLMAGNUS] At exactly two thirty, we go [CHARLOTTE] We cant [CARLMAGNUS] We shall [CHARLOTTE] We shant [CARLMAGNUS] Im getting the car And were motoring down [CHARLOTTE] Yes, Im certain you are And Im staying in town [Both households are seen simultaneously] [CARLMAGNUS] Go and pack my suits! [ANNE] Well go [CHARLOTTE] I wont! [PETRA] Oh, good! [CARLMAGNUS] My boots! Pack everything I own that shoots! [ANNE] We should pack everything white [CHARLOTTE] No! [PETRA] Maam, its wonderful news! [CARLMAGNUS] Charlotte! [FREDRIK] Are you sure its all right? [CHARLOTTE] Im thinking it out [ANNE] Wed be rude to refuse [CARLMAGNUS] Charlotte! [FREDRIK] Then were off! [CHARLOTTE] Theres no need to shout [PETRA] We are? [CARLMAGNUS] Charlotte! [FREDRIK] Well take the car! [CHARLOTTE] All right, then! [FREDRIK, ANNE PETRA] Well pack champagne and caviar! [ALL] Were off on our way What a beautiful day For a weekend in the country How amusing How delightfully droll A weekend in the country While were losing Our control A weekend in the country How enchanting On the manicured lawns A weekend in the country With the panting And the yawns With the crickets and the pheasants And the orchards and the hay With the servants and the peasants Well be laying our plans While were playing croquet For a weekend in the country So inactive that one has to lie down A weekend in the country where [HENRIK] A weekend in the country The bees in their hives The shallow, worldly figures The frivolous lives The devils companions Know not whom they serve It might be instructive To observe [Simultaneously] [HENRIK] A weekend [FREDRIK] Were off! [CARLMAGNUS] Charlotte! [PETRA] We are? [CHARLOTTE] Im thinking it out [FREDRIK ANNE] Well take the car [HENRIK] In the [PETRA] Well bring champagne [CARLMAGNUS] Charlotte! [HENRIK] Country, the [CHARLOTTE] Theres no need to shout! [PETRA] And caviar [HENRIK] Bees in their hives [CHARLOTTE, CARLMAGNUS, FREDRIK, ANNE PETRA] Were off and away What a beautiful day! [CHARLOTTE CARLMAGNUS] For surveying each other While playing croquet [FREDRIK, ANNE PETRA] A weekend of playing croquet [HENRIK QUINTET] Were off! We are Ill get the car [CHARLOTTE CARLMAGNUS] Controlling our feelings While strolling the lawns and [FREDRIK, ANNE PETRA] A weekend of strolling the lawns [HENRIK QUINTET] Well get champagne and caviar [CHARLOTTE, CARLMAGNUS, FREDRIK, ANNE PETRA] Confiding our motives While hiding our yawns [HENRIK QUINTET] The weather is spectacular! [ALL PLUS QUINTET] With riotous laughter We quietly suffer The season in town Which is reason enough for A weekend in the country! How amusing How delightfully droll A weekend in the country While were losing Our control A weekend in the country How enchanting On the manicured lawns A weekend in the country With the panting And the yawns With the crickets and the pheasants And the orchards and the hay With the servants and the peasants Well be laying our plans While were playing croquet For a weekend in the country So inactive that one has to lie down A weekend in the country Where were Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset... [Simultaneously] [QUINTET] As in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in Twice as upset as in [ANNE] A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend out of [FREDRICK] Are you sure you want to go? Are you sure you want to go? Are you sure you want to go away and leave Go and leave [CHARLOTTE] Were uninvited Uninvited Uninvited We should stay in [CARLMAGNUS] Charlotte, were going Charlotte, were going Charlotte, were going Charlotte, out of [PETRA] A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend! A weekend out of [HENRIK] Shallow worldly people going Shallow people going out of [ALL] Town!
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