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REBECCA: I’m astride Capricornus, the sea-goat.

JOHN: The sky will endure.

REBECCA: As long as we see.

ANNIE Heaven’s song...

UNCLE: Will be sung. The unfortunate ones, the lost, who struggled and wept,

whose voices never were heard on earth, they sing to us in the night.

JEANNE: What a lovely thought.

UNCLE: Attend; you, too, shall be blessed by those who sparkle and shine, who

cry in the dark.

(Music of the spheres. Sniffley and friend croak.)

JOHN (jumps to his feet): By god, I feel full of such power. I’ll draft a speech that

will be unforgettable.

(Black out. Night music shifts to morning music of the birds.)

In Act II, as Jeanne and Frank plot to blackmail Rebecca in order to destroy her

reputation and John’s and to frack that beautiful hill, Sniffley dies. Annie’s family

gathers to mourn the nonhuman person who has become part of their lives.

Again, the audience is asked to suspend its own desire to witness conflict and to

contemplate with the characters what really matters.

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