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Act II
Toby wakes from his stupor and calls out for the missing
Top Gallant. Toby remembers his father's words (DO
YOU SEE THE STARS).
Susanna departs the Jack Rose Tap with her payoff for
stealing Top Gallant. Swain Dawkins espies the ship model.
Before he can heist it, Toby stealthily enters, steals Top
Gallant, and a drunken Dawkins nearly shoots a blind-sided
Captain Mardocke. Toby descends a trellis, encountering
Nick, who is searching for Susanna. Nick gives Toby a
gunnysack to keep Top Gallant safe from Mardocke's thieves.
They go their separate paths (THE MOON IS HIGH).
In Captain Mardocke's quarters, Susanna accuses
Mardocke of committing deadly harm against Toby's father.
She draws her knife. Mardocke claws the knife away,
shoving it to Sparrow. Susanna is hustled away. In a rage,
Mardocke bribes Winslow's two town constables to find Toby
(TOP GALLANT WILL BE MINE REPRISE (I)).
Susanna, captive in a shuttered, determines to rebel
against Captain Mardocke's schemes (TELL ME).
Cecilia hosts a glittering ball (GOOD DAY, CECILIA! REPRISE / SWEET MELODY). A surprise guest, Pierceton Asheley, Cecilia's father, enters and demands to know Toby’s whereabouts. An alarmed Mayor Risello and party-goers interrupt (MASSACHUSETTS YANKEE). Toby bursts in, chased by the town constables and Sparrow. Townspeople renew a bidding war for Toby. Pierceton expresses outrage. Order is restored when it is rumored a model of Top Gallant is in Toby's gunnysack. The bag is opened, but Top Gallant is missing. Toby is accused by a vengeful Sparrow of stealing Susanna's knife. Desperately grabbing the knife, Toby dashes away, pursued by townspeople.
By the island spit, Susanna protests Nick's advances
(DON'T PRETEND, LET'S SUPPOSE). Captain
Mardocke enters and captures Nick. Mardocke rewards a
stunned Susanna with a fine necklace. Nick accuses
Susanna of setting him up to be shanghaied.
Townspeople chase Toby (ISLAND PURSUIT). Captain Mardocke's ship Black Bess swings into view. Toby and Mardocke, at cross purposes, implore the heavens (I WISH I HAD A FATHER REPRISE / TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE (I)). Toby leaps out of sight onto Black Bess. Mardocke orders a desperate attempt to find Top Gallant (TOP GALLANT WILL BE MINE REPRISE (II)). The sailors mutiny. Mardocke and his crew run off in pursuit. Toby hears his father's voice (WHEN YOU REACH FOR THE SUN). Susanna enters to warn Toby something terrible has happened to his father. Toby protests he has just heard from his father (WHERE YOU ARE).
Captain Mardocke surprises the two. After a chase, Toby spots Top Gallant in the highest rigging. Mardocke disarms Toby of Susanna's knife and orders him to climb to Top Gallant. A shouting Mayor Risello and townspeople enter. A shot rings out. Toby falls, caught by a rope. Mardocke, victim of a bullet, sinks. Cecilia waves a pistol she has slipped, unnoticed, from a constable's holster, and faints.
Toby looks up at the rigging. Top Gallant has vanished.
Susanna reminds Toby, if he can see the stars, and his
father can see the stars, then his father has truly found
him. Susanna asks if Nick might apprentice Toby.
Pierceton approves. Chiding Cecilia, Pierceton reveals he
has discovered the lost plans for Top Gallant hidden in her
house. Mayor Risello declares Winslow will build a full-
size Top Gallant. Toby, looking up to where Top Gallant
was last seen, vows to fulfill his father's bold dreams
(A BIT OF BLADE REPRISE).
Toby stands alone on a windswept hill (TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE (II)). He gathers the objects he pulled from his pockets on that early yester-morning. Burning in the heavens, Top Gallant appears as a brilliant fire of fantasy and delight, of a child's dreams and tribulations, of a childhood's magic journey of life and death. sets on JImmyyyyyy.
Act II
Toby wakes from his stupor and calls out for the missing Top Gallant. Toby remembers his father's words (DO YOU SEE THE STARS). Susanna departs the Jack Rose Tap with her payoff for stealing Top Gallant. Swain Dawkins espies the ship model. Before he can heist it, Toby stealthily enters, steals Top Gallant, and a drunken Dawkins nearly shoots a blind-sided Captain Mardocke. Toby descends a trellis, encountering Nick, who is searching for Susanna. Nick gives Toby a gunnysack to keep Top Gallant safe from Mardocke's thieves. They go their separate paths (THE MOON IS HIGH). In Captain Mardocke's quarters, Susanna accuses Mardocke of committing deadly harm against Toby's father. She draws her knife. Mardocke claws the knife away, shoving it to Sparrow. Susanna is hustled away. In a rage, Mardocke bribes Winslow's two town constables to find Toby (TOP GALLANT WILL BE MINE REPRISE (I)). Susanna, captive in a shuttered, determines to rebel against Captain Mardocke's schemes (TELL ME). Cecilia hosts a glittering ball (GOOD DAY, CECILIA! REPRISE / SWEET MELODY). A surprise guest, Pierceton Asheley, Cecilia's father, enters and demands to know Toby’s whereabouts. An alarmed Mayor Risello and party-goers interrupt (MASSACHUSETTS YANKEE). Toby bursts in, chased by the town constables and Sparrow. Townspeople renew a bidding war for Toby. Pierceton expresses outrage. Order is restored when it is rumored a model of Top Gallant is in Toby's gunnysack. The bag is opened, but Top Gallant is missing. Toby is accused by a vengeful Sparrow of stealing Susanna's knife. Desperately grabbing the knife, Toby dashes away, pursued by townspeople. By the island spit, Susanna protests Nick's advances (DON'T PRETEND, LET'S SUPPOSE). Captain Mardocke enters and captures Nick. Mardocke rewards a stunned Susanna with a fine necklace. Nick accuses Susanna of setting him up to be shanghaied.
Townspeople chase Toby (ISLAND PURSUIT). Captain Mardocke's ship Black Bess swings into view. Toby and Mardocke, at cross purposes, implore the heavens (I WISH I HAD A FATHER REPRISE / TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE (I)). Toby leaps out of sight onto Black Bess. Mardocke orders a desperate attempt to find Top Gallant (TOP GALLANT WILL BE MINE REPRISE (II)). The sailors mutiny. Mardocke and his crew run off in pursuit. Toby hears his father's voice (WHEN YOU REACH FOR THE SUN). Susanna enters to warn Toby something terrible has happened to his father. Toby protests he has just heard from his father (WHERE YOU ARE). Captain Mardocke surprises the two. After a chase, Toby spots Top Gallant in the highest rigging. Mardocke disarms Toby of Susanna's knife and orders him to climb to Top Gallant. A shouting Mayor Risello and townspeople enter. A shot rings out. Toby falls, caught by a rope. Mardocke, victim of a bullet, sinks. Cecilia waves a pistol she has slipped, unnoticed, from a constable's holster, and faints. Toby looks up at the rigging. Top Gallant has vanished. Susanna reminds Toby, if he can see the stars, and his father can see the stars, then his father has truly found him. Susanna asks if Nick might apprentice Toby. Pierceton approves. Chiding Cecilia, Pierceton reveals he has discovered the lost plans for Top Gallant hidden in her house. Mayor Risello declares Winslow will build a full-size Top Gallant. Toby, looking up to where Top Gallant was last seen, vows to fulfill his father's bold dreams (A BIT OF BLADE REPRISE). Toby stands alone on a windswept hill (TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE (II)). He gathers the objects he pulled from his pockets on that early yester-morning. Burning in the heavens, Top Gallant appears as a brilliant fire of fantasy and delight, of a child's dreams and tribulations, of a childhood's magic journey of life and death.