Dracula on Broadway
Act 2: Scene 1 - A wake for Lucy at Hillingham, Day 10
MOURNING SONG
ACOLYTE
Agnus Dei.
MINISTER
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world.
MOURNERS
Kirie Eleison, Lord have mercy.
ACOLYTE
Agnes Dei.
MINISTER
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world.
MOURNERS
Christe eleison, Christ have mercy
ALL
Dona nobis pacem, Grant us peace.
MINA
God be with you.
JONATHAN
She will hear your prayers
MINA
I feel like a stranger, all that I know could be gone in an instant.
MINISTER
Kirie Eleison
MOURNERS
Christe Eleison
JONATHAN
Darling listen. You are young, you are strong, our whole lives are before us.
[Jonathan attempts to console her with a caress. She pulls away.]
MINA
How do you know that?
JACK
I blame myself
VAN HELSING
I wish I could take on myself the burden you bear.
JACK MOURNERS
I couldn't even tell her that I cared, that I loved her. Kirie Eleison.
Christe Eleison.
JONATHAN (to Mina)
What would you have me do? Kirie Eleison.
Christe Eleison.
MINA
Leave me to my solitude. Kirie Eleison.
Christe Eleison.
MINISTER
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world
MOURNERS
Christe Eleison, Christ have mercy
ALL
Dona Nobis pacem, Grant us peace.
JACK
I thought I knew so much about the mind; I know even less about the heart.
VAN HELSING
You will need your heart, your brain, and all the
strength you possess for what is yet to come, Jack.
JONATHAN ( to Mina)
Why does she seem so distant? Mina we must find peace again.
MINA & MOURNERS
Kirie Eleison, Christe Eleison
ALL
Dona nobis pacem, Grant us peace
MINISTER
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil for thou art with me. My rod and my staff shall comfort thee... May the Lord bless and keep you, may he make his face to shine upon you in this, the darkest hour of your need...