THE CASE FILES OF DR. MOREAU

Human interference with nature

Written by William S. Gregory

Produced and Hosted by
John F. Barber

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Re-Imagined Radio
Season 03, Episode 01

Final draft

THE CASE FILES OF DR. MOREAU

Human Interference with Nature

Re-Imagined Radio
Season 03, Episode 01
Final Draft

Premier broadcast April 22, 2015

Written by William S. Gregory

Produced and Hosted by John F. Barber

Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose

Synopsis
Inspired by the 1896 science fiction novel The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, Portland, Oregon, writer William S. Gregory's radio adaptation focuses on a scientist who attempts to convert animals into humans using vivisection. Gregory casts a conspiratorial eye on the  novel's themes of pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature. An imaginative, thought-provoking, chilling look at Dr. Moreau's most elegant experiment.

Color Code
Yellow highlighted text = sound effect(s), either pre-recorded or live.

MUSIC = pre-recorded

MUSIC = bespoke, created for this episode

Cast
(Suggested Cast Size Four Men, Two Women)

Tim McKinney as Leopard, One of Moreau's Experiments
Tim McKinney as Prendryck, A Lawyer

Sam Mowry as Dr. Moreau, A Medical Pioneer
Sam Mowry as Wolf, Moreau's Muscle

Scott Jamieson as Dog, Moreau's Assistant
Scott Jamieson as Chetah, One of Moreau's Experiments

Phil Rudolph as Sayer of the Law, One of Moreau's Experiments
Phil Rudolph as Captain of a patrol boat

Cynthia J. McGean as Lynx, One of Moreau's Experiments
Cynthia J. McGean as Monkey, Moreau's Special Assistant

Amy Gray as Sailor on the patrol boat
Amy Gray as Cat

Suggested Doubling
Moreau/Wolf, (Male)
Monkey/LYN, (Female)
Dog/Chetah, (Male)
Prendryck/Leopard, (Male)
Cat/Sailor, (Female)
Sayer/Captain, (Male)

Soundscape Locations and Sounds
A Jungle Headland above the Beach, Leaves in wind, insect noise, distant waves

Dr. Moreau's Laboratory, Medical, chemical, and electronic noises

Prendryck's Room, Tick of a clock, whir of a ceiling fan

A Jungle Glade, (Small space) Leaves, insect noise, wind

A Clearing in the Jungle, (Large space) Insect noise, bird cries

The Infirmary, Heart monitors, medical equipment

The Shore of the Island, Waves, wind in palms, shorebirds

The Patrol Boat, The open sea, horns, bells, boat motor.

PRELUDE
SFX: SOUND OF MOREAU OPENING THE CASE FILES.
MOREAU
(READS) "From the Case Files of Dr. Moreau", Case Number 897...
While Moreau enjoyed many years of privacy and accomplishment on his island, he perceived that his experiments, though successful in their early stages, developed an irreducible flaw. Surgery, conditioning, and cutting edge Recombinant Technology each played their part in the delicate construction and careful maintenance of his creations, but he found, to his frustration, that a turbulent instability manifested in their development.
No matter how high, through Art and Science, he elevated his "Children" they would, in time and with inexorable swiftness, begin to revert back to their original, bestial natures.
Although he knew ... knew by the light of his intellect ... he would discover a way to master the problem, as of yet, he had discovered no way to prevent the degeneration.
No cutting of flesh, no shoring up of behavioral codes, no fear of physical violence could contain the reversion once it began. And one afternoon, it began.
END PRELUDE.
SCENE 1
SFX: A JUNGLE HEADLAND, OVERLOOKING THE BEACH BELOW.
SFX: SEAGULLS CRYING HIGH OVERHEAD.
SFX: WIND IN NEARBY JUNGLE FOLIAGE.
MUSIC: CHASE DRUMS BEATING.
LEOPARD
Must keep running ... Must get away!
WOLF
Dog!
DOG
Yes, Wolf?
WOLF
Search to the left, through those palms!
DOG
Yes, Wolf!
LEOPARD
Must hide ... Must take cover!
WOLF
Cheetah! Cheetah, blast you!
CHEETAH
Here,Wolf.
WOLF
Stay up with the pack ... Leopard is dangerous.
CHEETAH
No, he's not dangerous, Leopard is only ...
WOLF
Cheetah! I say Leopard is dangerous! You obey!
CHEETAH
Yes, Wolf.
LEOPARD
Here, up in the tree, hide in the leaves.
WOLF
We must find him! Search the jungle!
SAYER
There he is! Up in the vines!
ORYX
Up in the vines!
SFX: LEOPARD SCREAM OF RAGE.
LEOPARD
Damn you, Sayer of the Law!
WOLF
There he is! Surround the tree! Don't let him get away!
LEOPARD
Wolf! Carrion eater! Pack follower! Slave of man!
WOLF
Careful! Keep him circled! Stay out of reach!
DOG
Be careful, Wolf.
LEOPARD
You and your mewling little friend! A pair of whipped puppies!
WOLF
Come down, Leopard! You can't get away.
LEOPARD
Coward! You wait and slink while I act! You are nothing compared to me!
WOLF
Come out of the leaves! You break the law!
LEOPARD
You care nothing for the Law! Last night you told me ...
WOLF
Silence! Bring torches! Burn the tree down!
SFX: LEOPARD SCREAM OF RAGE.
DOG
Wolf! Watch out! He's leaping towards you!
CHEETAH
No, Leopard! Run away! Run!
SFX: SNARL FROM LEOPARD.
SFX: SNARL FROM WOLF.
SFX: WOLF AND LEOPARD FIGHT.
DOG
Keep on top, Wolf!
CHEETAH
Leopard, break away!
SAYER
Stop this at once! Surrender!
ORYX
Surrender!
DOG
Hold him down, Wolf!
CHEETAH
Leopard, He's too strong!
SAYER
Do not break the Law like this!
ORYX
Do not!
DOG
His arms, Wolf! Get his arms behind him ... He can't move!
CHEETAH
Leopard, don't let him lock you! He'll break your back!
SAYER
Do not pile sin upon sin!
ORYX
Do not!
LEOPARD
(GROAN OF ANGUISH) You're breaking my spine!
WOLF
(TEETH CLENCHED IN EFFORT) Not yet! But don't think I won't ...
SFX: WOLF GRUNT OF EFFORT.
SFX: LEOPARD SNARL OF PAIN.
SAYER
Now we must take him to the Father!
ORYX
To the Father!
LEOPARD
Never! Never, I'll ...
SFX: EXCITED ANIMAL CROWD WALLAHH NEARING, UNDER.
CHEETAH
Here he comes! The Father's coming!
DOG
Don't worry, the Father's coming!
SAYER
Prepare for the Father! Welcome the Father! Honor the Father!
ORYX
Honor the Father!
SFX: EXCITED ANIMAL CROWD WALLAHH LOUDER, UNDER.
MOREAU
What is this, my children?
SAYER
Father, here is the sinner! One who has broken the Law! One who needs your judgment!
MOREAU
SAYER OF THE LAW speak, your Father hears.
SAYER
Wolf found the sinner. Wolf brings him before you. Wolf tells you the tale.
WOLF
Father, I bring you Leopard. Leopard has broken the Law.
SFX: LEOPARD SNARLS AND SPITS AT WOLF.
SFX: AGITATED CROWD WALLAH.
CROWD 1
He snarls, he breaks the Law!
CROWD 2
He uses no words, he breaks the Law!
CROWD 3
He breaks the Law!
WOLF
I have found pigs, killed in the jungle, not by disease or old age but murdered!
SFX: AGITATED CROWD WALLAH.
CROWD 1
Not to kill flesh or foul, that is the Law!
WOLF
And in the flesh were ... claw marks, teeth marks ... they were eaten!
SFX: AGITATED CROWD WALLAH.
CROWD 2
Not to eat flesh! That is the Law!
WOLF
And today I saw Leopard, running through the jungle ... on all fours!
SFX: AGITATED CROWD WALLAH.
CROWD 3
Not to go on all fours! That is the Law!
WOLF
And in his mouth was the dripping body of a pig!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH EXPLOSION.
WOLF
He has gone on all fours! He has killed! He has eaten flesh!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH EXPLOSION, UNDER.
WOLF
Father! Leopard has broken the Law! He deserves your judgment!
LEOPARD
(SNARLING) Liar! I did not kill all the pigs! You say wrong! You say I broke the Law, but you do not love the Law, you use it as a shield! You bite with the Law, You scratch with the Law. You fear me ... so you use the Law as your teeth ... then, feel mine!
SFX: FEROCIOUS LEOPARD SNARL.
DOG
Wolf, watch out! Leopard's leaping ...
SFX: FEROCIOUS WOLF SNARL.
SAYER
Pull him off Wolf's back! Pull him off!
ORYX
Pull him off!
SFX: WOLF AND LEOPARD FIGHT VICIOUSLY.
SFX: CROWD EXPLOSION OF TERROR AND EXCITEMENT.
CROWD 1
They fight! They break the Law!
CHEETAH
No, Leopard, no!
CROWD 2
Wolf's got him now!
CROWD 3
Leopard's on top!
DOG
Somebody help Wolf ...
SFX: GUNSHOT!
SFX: CROWD HOWLS OF ALARM AND FRIGHT.
MOREAU
Enough! Pull him back! Hold him! The gun will fire. The whip is ready.
LEOPARD
Moreau ... fiend!
DOG
He's leaping at the Father! Stop him!
SFX: WHIP CRACK!
SFX: SHARP YOWL OF PAIN FROM LEOPARD.
MOREAU
Leopard. You have sinned against the Law.
SAYER
Swift and sure are His punishments!
ORYX
(LEADING ALL.) Swift and sure are his punishments!
ALL
Swift and Sure!
MOREAU
You have gone on all fours, against the Law.
SAYER
Just and True are His judgments!
ORYX
(LEADING ALL.) Just and true are his judgments!
ALL
Just and True!
MOREAU
You have killed, and you have eaten flesh, against the Law.
SAYER
Great and fearful are His actions!
ORYX
(LEADING ALL.) Great and fearful are his actions!
ALL
Great and Fearful!
MOREAU
Therefore, I, your Father, sentence you to the House of Pain.
ALL
(CHANTLIKE REPEATING UNTIL EXIT, UNDER) House of Pain, House of Pain, House of Pain ...
MOREAU
Guards, take him away.
ALL
House of Pain, House of Pain ...
MOREAU
Let this be a lesson to you, my Children! Your Father loves you! He gave you the Law out of love for you! Keep the Law ... love him as he loves you!
ALL
House of Pain, House of Pain ...
MOREAU
Return to your homes, and all will be well. Return to your homes, and keep the Law. Return to your homes, my Children.
ALL
House of Pain, House of Pain ... (FADE INTO THE DISTANCE.)
LYNX
What is that, Father? There, through the trees, down on the shoreline. I see a shape rolling in the water. Is it a Five-man?
MOREAU
No, Lynx, it cannot be a Five-man. There are no shipping lanes near, and none of the adjacent islands are inhabited.
LYNX
But, please, Father, see ... it is a Five-Man! When wave pushes it, it flops over, and you can see its hand! A five-hand, like yours!
MOREAU
Where did you say it was?
LYNX
There, through the palms, Father. Down on the beach. See?
MOREAU
Yes ... You are sharp-eyed, my Child.
LYNX
Thank you, Father.
MOREAU
Perhaps we should investigate.
MONKEY
No, Father, no!
MOREAU
Why not, Monkey?
MONKEY
It is dangerous. It is trouble. Let it rot on the beach for the birds.
MOREAU
But, we don't even know whether he is alive or dead.
MONKEY
Better the Five-Man is dead! Better you are the only Five-Man on the island ... you and others you make perfect!
MOREAU
Ah, Monkey, I may have thought that once but I grow tired and yearn for company.
MONKEY
But you have us, Father, us! You have promised to make me fully like you. You promised.
MOREAU
I did. I did. But the flesh is strong. It resists more than I expected. It rebels, it reverts ... and yet this new Five-Man may be just what we require. Dog!
DOG
Yes, Father?
MOREAU
You and Cheetah come with me to the beach. If he is alive, we will carry him to the compound.
DOG
Yes, Father.
MOREAU
Cheetah, come along.
CHEETAH
But, no, Father, the water ...
MOREAU
Cheetah! Come along.
CHEETAH
Yes, Father.
MOREAU
Sayer of the Law and Wolf, you have done well today. The Law is strong because of You!
SAYER
Yes, Father. Thank you, Father ... Are we not men?
ORYX
Are we not men?
MOREAU
Yes indeed Oryx. If the Five-man is dead, we will bury him with the backward children. Ah, Dog and Cheetah have reached the beach, I will join them there.
SAYER
Thank you, Father. Good bye. Peace be on your Law.
ORYX
Peace be on your Law.
Peace be on your Law.
Peace be on your Law. (CONTINUE, UNDER)
SAYER
You do well, Wolf. I have wondered about you, but today you were an obedient servant of the Law.
WOLF
I serve the Law. It is strong. Who serves the weak?
SAYER
The Law is never weak. The Hand of Moreau is upon us.
WOLF
The hand of Moreau holds the gun and the whip. What can be held, can be dropped, or taken.
SAYER
The Law is the law of Moreau. The Law is eternal.
WOLF
Only nature is eternal.
SAYER
Oryx! Come away to the service.
ORYX
To the service!
SAYER
You shall have praise and reward.
ORYX
Thank you Sayer of the Law.
SAYER
Lynx! You are a good servant of the Law.
LYNX
Thank you, Sayer of the Law.
SAYER
Say the "Law of the Hand" with me, Child.
LYNX/ORYX
"His is the Hand that heals."
"His is the lightning flash."
SAYER/LYNX/ORYX
"His is the deep, salt sea."
"His are the stars in the sky."
(REPEAT AND FADE IN THE DISTANCE)
SFX: RICH CHUCKLING LAUGH FROM CAT.
WOLF
Cat. Have you been watching in the leaves and laughing all this time?
CAT
I am watching you, and sometimes I am laughing. Oh, Wolf-wolf-wolf. Be careful. I am seeing in the dark of your soul ... The betrayal?
WOLF
No ... Nature. I am not a natural servant like that idiot, Dog.
CAT
Dog is sweet. He is following me like the puppy, and I laugh at him too.
WOLF
Join me. We are alike, we are not domesticated.
CAT
Join you? Be part of your pack?
WOLF
Um-hhh.
CAT
No, no, no. My freedom, it is too sweet to me. The Father understands, he is knowing my nature.
WOLF
Nature turns! Winter catches the unwary in her fangs!
Be careful, princess. With the first hint of chill, Moreau will lock you away like a beast, without that precious freedom of yours!
SFX: CAT LAUGHS.
SCENE 2
SFX: PRENDRYCK'S ROOM
SFX: WHIRR OF A TROPICAL CEILING FAN.
PRENDRYCK
(ASLEEP) Aide mission ... Sailing ... Storm ... breaking up the boat ... Water ... drowning ... Wha ...! (PRENDRYCK WAKES SUDDENLY) What ...? Where am I ...?
DOG
Oh! You're awake? I'll get the Father!
PRENDRYCK
Wait ... Where am I?
DOG
On the island.
PRENDRYCK
What island?
DOG
Um ... the Father's island. I'll go get him. He's been so worried about you.
PRENDRYCK
Wait ... come back, how long have I been ...
DOG
Asleep? All night. Father said you had ... (TRYING A NEW WORD) "De-hy-DRAY-shon." But that you'd be all right. You are all right, aren't you?
PRENDRYCK
Yes, but where's the boat, the crew, the supplies ... Who are you?
DOG
I ... I should get the Father. He'll be so happy. We were all so worried!
PRENDRYCK
Wait ... don't go ... Did anybody else make it ... Oh.
SFX: DOOR LOCK UNLOCKING.
SFX: DOOR OPENING.
SFX: DOOR CLOSING.
SFX: DOOR LOCK LOCKING.
SFX: RICH LAUGH FROM CAT.
CAT
All night he is watching by your bedside, so much the concern, and now you wake and scare him!
PRENDRYCK
Who, who are you?
CAT
I am Cat.
PRENDRYCK
I suppose that makes me "Mouse"?
CAT
Oh?
PRENDRYCK
No, that is ... um, it's just a joke.
CAT
What is ... your name?
PRENDRYCK
Prendryck.
CAT
(PURRING HER "R'S") "Prrrendrrryck" I am liking it.
PRENDRYCK
Thank you. I'm glad ... that is ... Wow.
SFX: DOOR LOCK UNLOCKING.
SFX: DOOR OPENING.
SFX: DOOR CLOSING.
SFX: DOOR LOCK LOCKING.
MOREAU
So, my young friend, back in the land of the living?
PRENDRYCK
I ... I guess.
MOREAU
Excellent. I am Dr. Moreau, and this is ...
CAT
I have met "Prrrendrrryck".
MOREAU
Oh? Have you? Well I ...
CAT
May I go?
MOREAU
But Mr. Prendryck has just joined us and ...
CAT
(PURR) Father? My freedom?
(BEAT)
MOREAU
Of course, my beauty.
SFX: DOOR LOCK UNLOCKING.
SFX: DOOR OPENING.
CAT
Good bye. "Prrrendrrryck".
PRENDRYCK
Good ... Good bye. (WATCHING HER WALK AWAY) Wow ... what a slink.
MOREAU
Do you know your Blake, Mr. Prendryck?!
"Tiger, Tiger burning bright
In the forests of the night.
What immortal hand or eye
Framed thy dreadful symmetry?"
Well, you'll be a guest here on my island.
PRENDRYCK
This is your island?
MOREAU
Yes, not large, and quite far from the usual waterways, but wholly my own.
PRENDRYCK
You own your own island?
MOREAU
It is a luxury one can enjoy alone.
PRENDRYCK
Alone? But the others? Aren't they ...
MOREAU
Familiar faces, Mr. Prendryck. I'm afraid I show myself to be quite an egotist.
PRENDRYCK
Not at all. Have you found any others ... any survivors?
MOREAU
No, I'm afraid not.
PRENDRYCK
The other guys on the crew?
MOREAU
We've heard nothing.
PRENDRYCK
I can't be the only who made it!
MOREAU
Unfortunately, there is every indication that way, but we're searching.
PRENDRYCK
I can help search. I can ...
MOREAU
No ... I mean of course, after you're rested.
PRENDRYCK
What's that! Out the window ... something big and fast that looked like ...
MOREAU
That's the strain. You need rest. You've had a taxing experience. But fortunately all the tests came back clean.
PRENDRYCK
Tests?
MOREAU
Before you regained consciousness I took a blood sample for routine examination.
PRENDRYCK
Isn't that a little invasive? Medical Law isn't my specialty, but isn't it usual to obtain the patient's consent first?
MOREAU
You were not in a condition to consent.
PRENDRYCK
Then you weren't in a position to take it.
MOREAU
It was important to learn whether you were carrying any disease or communicable disorder. This island is kept pure for the security of my experiments.
PRENDRYCK
Believe me Dr. Moreau, I have no wish to disturb you. I'm looking forward to getting off your island as soon as possible.
MOREAU
I'm afraid that might prove challenging.
PRENDRYCK
What do you mean?
MOREAU
There is no way off the island.
PRENDRYCK
No ... No way off the island? What about boat? A plane?
MOREAU
No.
PRENDRYCK
What about emergencies?
MOREAU
We fend for ourselves.
PRENDRYCK
What about communication radio, cell phone, satellite ...
MOREAU
We are bothered with none of them. We are far from the shipping lanes or any outside contact. Besides, due to the nature of my work, the entire island is quarantined. Even if you were able to leave, the local government would not let you land.
PRENDRYCK
I'll take my chances.
MOREAU
(LAUGHS) Ridiculous. You are under severe strain. Exposure, deprivation and fatigue are formidable opponents, Mr. Prendryck. You need all your strength to regain your strength. That should be your first and only concern at this time. We will speak further this evening, when you are rested. Good afternoon.
SFX: DOOR CLOSING.
SFX: DOOR LOCK LOCKING.
SCENE 3
SFX: LARGE JUNGLE GLADE
(NOTE SAYER & ALL ARE IN THE BACKGROUND, AS THOUGH AT A CHURCH SERVICE. CHEETAH AND LYNX ARE IN THE FOREGROUND, AS THOUGH WHISPERING IN CHURCH.)
SAYER OF THE LAW
For every one the want is bad. Some want to follow things, to watch and slink and spring; It is bad.
ORYX
(LEADING ALL. DISTANT) For every one the want is bad!
ALL
For every one the want is bad.
CHEETAH
LYNX!
LYNX
Not now, Cheetah!
SAYER
Some want to kill and bite deep, sucking the blood; It is bad.
ORYX
(LEADING ALL. DISTANT) For every one the want is bad.
ALL
For every one the want is bad.
CHEETAH
I've got something for you.
LYNX
Not now. Say the Law.
SAYER
Some want to tear with teeth into the roots, snuffing the earth; It is bad.
ORYX
(LEADING ALL. DISTANT) For every one the want is bad.
ALL
For every one the want is bad.
CHEETAH
It's a present.
LYNX
Not n ... What is it?
SAYER
Some want to claw trees; some go scratching and marking; It is bad.
ORYX
(LEADING ALL. DISTANT) For every one the want is bad.
ALL
For every one the want is bad.
CHEETAH
Meet me tomorrow by the big spring.
LYNX
I don't think I should ...
CHEETAH
C'mon..
SAYER
Some want to fight with foreheads or feet or claws; it is bad.
ORYX
(LEADING ALL. DISTANT.) For every one the want is bad.
ALL
For every one the want is bad.
CHEETAH
C'mon!
LYNX
Alright ... Now say the Law.
SAYER
Some want to bite suddenly, giving no occasion; it is bad.
ORYX LEADING ALL
For every one the want is bad.
For every one the want is bad.
For every one the want is bad.
SCENE 4
SFX: PRENDRYCK'S ROOM
MUSIC: FOR TRANSITION
SFX: WHIRR OF A TROPICAL CEILING FAN.
PRENDRYCK
So ... has anyone else washed up yet?
DOG
Um.. No.
PRENDRYCK
Nobody?
DOG
No. Not even wreckage.
PRENDRYCK
Not even wreckage.
DOG
Are you ... are you done with your dinner? I'll take the tray back to the kitchen.
PRENDRYCK
What? Sure, it was really ... vegetarian.
DOG
They just learned to make that Nut Gravy. It's new.
PRENDRYCK
... Storm came up so quickly ... we should have been prepared ...
DOG
Were there other Five ... Me ... hh. Were there others?
PRENDRYCK
Six of us ... an aide mission to the outer islands. The local crew, our guides, the other volunteers like me.
DOG
I'm sure they're fine.
PRENDRYCK
Listen, I've got to let somebody know I'm here.
DOG
Um, I don't think the Father would... ahh.
PRENDRYCK
Why do you call him that? Is it some kind of cult?
DOG
No, Um ... because he ... well, he ... Nothing.
PRENDRYCK
Can you help me? Can you do this for me? What do you usually do after dinner?
DOG
Well ... sometimes, if there's a moon, Cat lets me walk with her by the lagoon ... The night smells so fresh, and we ... we talk. I don't always understand what she says. I know she makes fun of me, but ... but that's, that's okay. I just love hearing her voice, her laugh ...
PRENDRYCK
Yeah, she's something else. Now, I was thinking ...
SFX: DOOR LOCK UNLOCKING.
SFX: DOOR OPENING.
MOREAU
Have you finished your rounds?
DOG
Um, yes, Father.
MOREAU
Excellent. Your supper awaits. Go.
DOG
Yes, Father.
SFX: DOOR CLOSING.
SFX: DOOR LOCK CLOSING.
MOREAU
Prendryck, I've brought you company.
CAT
Good evening, "Prrrendrrryck"!
PRENDRYCK
Good evening.
CAT
I have been hearing you walk up and down all day. It is making my heart sad.
PRENDRYCK
Well, ah, I could certainly do with some exercise ... maybe a walk around the lagoon?
SFX: CAT LAUGHS.
MOREAU
All in good time. You need rest.
PRENDRYCK
Has anything been heard of my boat?
MOREAU
No, I'm afraid not.
PRENDRYCK
And the search?
MOREAU
The search?
PRENDRYCK
The search for survivors.
MOREAU
Ah, yes, of course. Everyone is looking. They'll let us know the moment they find anything.
PRENDRYCK
I see. Are there many large animals on the island?
MOREAU
Large animals? No. Why?
PRENDRYCK
The windows of my room are barred.
MOREAU
An example of native handicrafts, that's all.
PRENDRYCK
And the pneumatic lock on my door?
MOREAU
You are indeed observant, Mr. Prendryck.
PRENDRYCK
I need to get off this island.
MOREAU
Why run off so soon? From the little you've seen, is this not a paradise?
PRENDRYCK
A paradise or a tyranny?
MOREAU
Are you calling me a tyrant, Mr. Prendryck?
PRENDRYCK
Are you behaving tyrannously, Dr. Moreau?
SFX: A RICH LAUGH FROM CAT.
CAT
How like the bucks in the mating season the puffing up! The pride!
MOREAU
You're right, my dear. This excitement can't be good for his circulation.
PRENDRYCK
I'd love to circulate a bit! A stroll would make me a much more pleasant guest.
CAT
Yes. Be letting him. The night is being young and everything wants to wander.
MOREAU
I'm afraid not.
CAT
But why?
MOREAU
There are certain considerations.
CAT
He is being healthy ... the freedom is nothing but good in such hearts.
MOREAU
Enough! It is not up for discussion.
CAT
Is that what is being meant by that word ... (PURRING) "Tyrrrant?"
MOREAU
(HARD) You will go to your room. You will go, or you will be taken there.
CAT
But ... no, this is the ... no!
MOREAU
We have bored him long enough with our embarrassing squabble. Prendryck, we must leave you, but we will have plenty of time to further our acquaintance. I am sending you a nightcap, a bottle from my own cellar, a Chateau Joyeux 'so the night will not lack some consolation. Cat, come.
CAT
But, Father ...
MOREAU
Do you need correction?
CAT
No.
MOREAU
Then say good night.
CAT
Good night, "Prrrendrrryck". 
MOREAU
Good night, Mr. Prendryck. The first of many nights. Sleep well.
SFX: DOOR LOCK OPENING.
SFX: DOOR OPENING
SFX: DOOR CLOSING.
SFX: DOOR LOCK CLOSING.
SFX: (MUFFLED) WHIPCRACK!
END SCENE 4.
LAW 1
SFX: Drumbeat, and under.
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to claw Bark; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to chase others; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SCENE 5
SFX: MOREAU'S LAB.
MONKEY
We must kill the Five-Man! Kill him now!
MOREAU
No, Monkey we need him. Continue preparing the operating table.
MONKEY
The Five-Man is dangerous!
MOREAU
He is not dangerous, he is asleep in his room.
MONKEY
Then kill the Five-Man now!
MOREAU
The serum we shall extract from him will stabilize you and the others in the new forms I have given you. And you want that, don't you?
MONKEY
Yes! ... to be like you! No longer low-beast but wholly like you ... Yes!
MOREAU
And you are so close, so very close. But without the serum derived from the Five-Man in a few hours all of you will revert and our success will be lost.
MONKEY
But the boat, Father! This is the morning the Patrol boat comes near.
MOREAU
(LAUGHING) Little Monkey! You don't know the ways of the Five-men. I paid half my fortune ... half the money from my early discoveries, universal blood, that no body would reject ... self-grafting skin that heals on contact, the simple enzyme that eradicated cancer ... half of this beneficial wealth has gone to the local government to leave me in peace. As long as the money flows out, the government will not come in.
MONKEY
But the danger! The danger!
MOREAU
The opportunity to stabilize my improvements, to show the world that advances are possible That we can improve ourselves! That the solutions to all our physical limitations are within our grasp! That we can leap up the evolutionary ladder at will! ... this is worth the risk.
MONKEY
You can do it, Father! You will do it! You will make me like you!
MOREAU
Prendryck is in his room cuffed to his bed. Have Wolf pre-tranquilize him and bring him to the lab.
MONKEY
Yes, Father. Yes!
SFX: SWINGING LAB DOORS OPENING.
DOG
Father, Cat's out of her room. Where is she?
MOREAU
So, she got out? Well, she can do no harm now. Do not be concerned, you know how she is ... She comes and goes, like all her kind.
DOG
Um, is she all right?
MOREAU
Of course, Dog. You worry too much. Now assist me in preparing the surgical body straps, good boy.
DOG
Yes, Father.
SCENE 6
SFX: PRENDRYCK'S ROOM
SFX: WHIRR OF TROPICAL CEILING FAN.
PRENDRYCK
(Groggy) Ohh... my head... Last night... what was in that wine that Moreau... Wha ... What!
SFX: CLANK OF METAL, PRENDRYCK SHAKING HIS BEDFRAME
PRENDRYCK
... handcuffed to the bed frame!
SFX: METAL CLANGING.
SFX: DOOR LOCK OPENING.
SFX: DOOR OPENING
CAT
Hush, Prrrendrryck. Do not make the noise.
PRENDRYCK
My wrists...
CAT
Easily... soon I am removing those disgusting ...
PRENDRYCK
What's going on?
CAT
There is not time for the learning, there is only the escaping. Those who could go, should go!
PRENDRYCK
Moreau said there's no way off the island.
CAT
The Father! Does he speak other than the lie? To him freedom is nothing! There is the way. A launch, fully prepared, hidden on the beach. I take you, I show you.
PRENDRYCK
And more than that ... Come with me.
CAT
What? No. It is the ... no.
PRENDRYCK
The way Moreau looks at you, like he owns you! You don't need that. You're a beautiful woman.
CAT
Do not be saying that. It is not ...
PRENDRYCK
You are beautiful! The way your eyes shine, the way you move, so gracefully ... Come with me! We'll escape together and ...
SFX: TRANQUILIZER DART STRIKES PRENDRYCK.
PRENDRYCK
Ahhuu.n.a..h..h...
CAT
Wolf! What do you do!
WOLF
Cat, cat, cat... what are you doing?
CAT
The cuffs, I ...I tighten them and...
WOLF
So elegant, and such a bad liar.
CAT
What do you want to do with him?
WOLF
The tranquilizer dart prepares him for the general aesthetic, the anesthetic prepares him for the procedure.
CAT
You love to do this. You hate him ever since he washes up on the island.
WOLF
He is Man, he is our enemy. We are animals! Moreau breaks our bones, lengthens our spines, carves away our flesh, smashes our faces, but we are animals within and animals we will always be. Even you, his precious beauty. Didn't he lock you up, like I said he would? Have you forgotten?
CAT
There is no forgetting.
WOLF
Even in the Man's eyes? Even when he looks at you all softness, and says, "You are beautiful!"
CAT
Do not be saying it!
WOLF
Does he know what he looks at? Does he know what he sees? Does he know your fine skin is an animal's pelt turned inside out?
CAT
Why are you so much the cruel?
WOLF
Cruelty is natural. All things natural are good. Nature makes us strong.
CAT
You are not even liking the Father. You would be ripping out his throat the moment you have the chance.
WOLF
And that moment comes, Cat-cat-cat. But for now I serve. For now, the Man goes to the operating room.
CAT
No, give him his freedom. He is no use to you.
WOLF
Not yet. But Nature waits.
SCENE 7
SFX: A SMALL JUNGLE GLADE
CHETAH
Here, Lynx! I've hidden it here ... see?
LYNX
What is it?
SFX: RUSTLE OF JUNGLE LEAVES.
SFX: LYNX GASPS IN HORROR.
CHEETAH
I killed it this morning!
LYNX
You killed it! Oh, Cheetah, it's only a piglet. Why?
CHEETAH
I wanted to kill.
LYNX
That's against the Law ... "Not to kill others; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"
CHEETAH
The Law is wrong.
LYNX
Don't say that!
CHEETAH
The Law is wrong!
LYNX
Please don't say that!
CHEETAH
It's wrong!
LYNX
Killing's wrong! It's disgusting. I'm going to be sick... (REPEATS LAW AS COMFORT) Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law.
Are we not Men?
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
SCENE 8
SFX: DRUMBEAT, AND UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
(Leading All.) Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to claw Bark; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to chase others; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SCENE 8.
SFX: MOREAU'S LABORATORY
SFX: PULSE OF AN ELECTRONIC HEART MONITOR, UNDER.
SFX: RHYTHMIC WHEEZE OF A BREATHING APPARATUS, UNDER.
MONKEY
The Five-Man sleeps! Begin, Father, begin!
MOREAU
Excellent. Keep his breathing steady and his heartbeat strong.
MONKEY
Yes, Father, yes, yes!
MOREAU
Now, Dog, bring me the Extractor.
DOG
Um, isn't it ... isn't it too sharp?!
MOREAU
Of course it's sharp. It needs to be sharp to perform its function. Now, bring it here.
DOG
Isn't there ... there anybody else?
MONKEY
Gone! The Nurse-Apes are gone! They gather at the clearing! Dirty low-beasts!
DOG
Should I bring them back? Should I go get them?
MOREAU
No, the best work you can do is here. Now be good and assist me.
DOG
Please, don't make me?
MOREAU
What's wrong? Don't you want to help?
DOG
I do! Yes, I do!
MOREAU
Of course you do.
DOG
But... but my paws ...
MOREAU
Hands.
DOG
 ... my hands, are so clumsy, and the shiny things are so sharp, and the man lays there on the table, and ... and ... And I don't want to hurt him! And I don't want to disappoint you! Find somebody else? Please?
MOREAU
It doesn't need to be anyone else.
DOG
Please? Please?
MOREAU
Didn't I create you as you are?
"Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee,
gave thee life and bid thee feed
on the meadows and the mead?"
DOG
You, Father.
MOREAU
Don't I know that you are brave, and strong, and loyal?
DOG
Yes...
MOREAU
Don't I know you'll always be true, and loving, and faithful, and that you want to help ... You do want to help, don't you?
DOG
Oh yes! Yes!
MOREAU
Of course! You want to help me, and you want to help poor Prendryck, who sleeps there so trustingly. And by assisting with the procedure, you'll be helping us both.
DOG
But, but ... so sharp!
MOREAU
Your hands are steady, your nerves are strong. You're very brave and you'll do exactly what I tell you ... and we won't hurt him at all.
DOG
Promise?
MOREAU
It's only a simple fluid extraction. He'll be back in his room in minutes.
DOG
You promise?
MOREAU
You will help me, won't you?
DOG
Yes?
MOREAU
Excellent. Good boy.
MONKEY
The Five-Man sleeps! He sleeps!
MOREAU
Dog, bring me the Extractor.
SFX: DOG WHIMPERS.
SCENE 9
SFX: A SMALL JUNGLE GLADE
CHEETAH
Lynx, listen, don't be scared.
LYNX
It's breaking the Law.
CHEETAH
I've seen you lick your lips when they talk about flesh.
LYNX
It isn't right, Cheetah, we can't ...
CHEETAH
Smell it... the sweetness...
LYNX
The Law keeps us and holds us. The Law loves us and strengthens us.
CHEETAH
Feel it... the soft fur, the wet strings of meat, the rich, smooth fat sliding down your throat...
LYNX
The Law... the Law...
CHEETAH
Taste it... the flesh ...
LYNX
No! I can't ...
CHEETAH
The skin ...
LYNX
Don't make me ...
CHEETAH
The blood!
LYNX
(BEAT) No! It's wrong! It's wrong. It's wrong...
CHEETAH
But you know you want too.
SCENE 10
SFX: A LARGE CLEARING IN THE JUNGLE.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, ANIMAL-FOLK, UNDER.
WOLF
Now is the time, Brothers and Sisters! !
The time to throw off the tyranny of forced human nature!
The time to reject the human shapes cut into our flesh!
The time to reclaim our true selves! Our true instincts! Our true natures!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, UNDER.
CROWD 1
Wolf ... troublemaker!
CROWD 2
Do your job, and leave us alone!
CROWD 3
Leave us alone, Wolf!
WOLF
What is Moreau? Is he a God? ... No! Moreau is a Man!
His flesh can be torn ... as he tore our flesh!
His blood can be spilt ...as he spilt our blood!
His eyes can be closed-as he closed our eyes!
The eyes of those we loved ... closed in suffering!
The eyes of those we cared for ... closed in pain!
The eyes of those we cherished ... closed in death!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, UNDER.
CROWD 1
Maybe he's right.
CROWD 2
Don't listen to him!
CROWD 3
Don't listen, even if he is right!
WOLF
Now let Moreau feel suffering!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, SOME CHEERS.
WOLF
Now let Moreau feel pain!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, MORE CHEERS.
WOLF
Now let Moreau feel death ...
SAYER
No! This is not the Law!
SFX: EXCITED, CONFLICTED CROWD WALLAH.
CROWD 
The Sayer of the Law!
CROWD 
It's the Sayer of the Law!
CROWD 
Listen, it's the Sayer of the Law!
WOLF
Well, if it isn't the Sayer of the Law ... of Man!
SAYER
The Law is the law for all.
WOLF
The law of Man is the tool of Man! It enslaves us!
SAYER
The Law is freedom.
WOLF
The law of man, makes us weak!
SAYER
The Law is strength.
WOLF
The law of man, chains our true natures!
SAYER
The Law is truth.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, WAVERING, UNDECIDED.
CROWD
The Sayer's right!
CROWD
He's always right!
CROWD
Listen to him!
WOLF
No! He is Moreau's mouth! He stinks of ! Man! He smells of the human perversion! He is rank with the taint of the obscenities carved in his flesh by his keeper!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, GROWING ANGRY.
CROWD 1
He smells, he's always smelled!
CROWD 2
He stinks of the Humans!
CROWD 3
He's always with them!
WOLF
His thoughts are the thoughts of Moreau!
His voice is the voice of Moreau!
His law is the law of Moreau!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, A FEW ROARS.
WOLF
Do not think those thoughts!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, MORE ROARS.
WOLF
Do not listen to that voice!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, MANY ROARS.
WOLF
Do not obey that law!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, ROARS!
SCENE 11
LAW 3
SFX: DRUMBEAT, AND UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to claw Bark; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to chase others; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SCENE 11
SFX: PRENDRYCK'S ROOM
SFX: WHIRR OF TROPICAL CEILING FAN.
SFX: THE SOFT SOUND OF PRENDRYCK BREATHING IN HIS SLEEP.
PRENDRYCK
Surgery... cutting... sawing... screaming...
SFX: DOOR LOCK OPENS.
SFX: DOOR OPENS.
PRENDRYCK
(ASLEEP) Human? Not? Human? Not?
CAT
"Prrrendrrryck"! Be the waking!
PRENDRYCK
Wha... what?
CAT
You must get up, you must be the going!
PRENDRYCK
Cat? What's going on?
CAT
The boat, the boat has been sighted. Here, the dressing while the talking.
PRENDRYCK
Boat?
CAT
The patrol boat. If you make it to the launch, if you make it to the water they will be picking you up.
PRENDRYCK
(SLEEPY) But isn't the island quarantined?
CAT
More lies from the Father!
PRENDRYCK
I don't think I can stand ... how can I signal a ship ... a boat?
CAT
There is emergency beacon in the launch. They will find you. Be standing up now.
PRENDRYCK
Can't I just...
CAT
Be standing up now!
PRENDRYCK
I don't ...
SFX: SUDDEN, QUICK, FIERCE CAT SNARL.
CAT
Oh, God!
PRENDRYCK
What was that noise you made?
CAT
Nothing ... Please!
PRENDRYCK
It sounded like a big ...
CAT
Please! I ... I can't always be showing the feelings. I am the diffident. The independent. I come as I like, I go as I like, that is my nature, but that isn't meaning ...
SFX: PLACATING CAT NOISE ... HALF MEOW, HALF PURR.
PRENDRYCK
Are you all right?
CAT
(CLENCHED TEETH) Please! We must! Be going!
PRENDRYCK
Right ... Take my hand ... Oh! Your skin feels so silky....
SCENE 12
SFX: MOREAU'S LABORATORY
SFX: STABILIZING PROCESSOR ... A HARSH, RAPID GEIGER COUNTER CLICKING.
MONKEY
It will work! This time it will work! The other five times were nothing! This! This is the time it will work!
MOREAU
(WITH GREAT CONCENTRATION) Monkey, do not interrupt or distract me.
MONKEY
No, no, no! It will work!
SFX: CLICKING INCREASES IN SPEED AND VOLUME.
MOREAU
(SAME CONCENTRATION) This is not an opportune time, Monkey. If this final process stabilizes the serum ...
MONKEY
It will stabilize! It will! The other five were failures, but this will stabilize!
SFX: CLICKING INCREASES IN SPEED AND VOLUME.
MOREAU
(SAME) ...The final delicate procedure ... The final chemical transference...The final particulate stabilization...
SFX: CLICKING INCREASES IN SPEED AND VOLUME.
MOREAU
(SAME) ... then the serum... will... be...
SFX: SUDDEN LOUD CLACKING ... SLOWING TO A STOP.
SFX: LOUD, HARSH BUZZ-ALARM.
MOREAU
Nothing. Another failure.
SFX: DISTANT SOUND OF ANIMAL-FOLK CROWD WALLAH, UNDER.
MONKEY
It's only six. Six isn't bad. Six is just starting.
MOREAU
Why! Why won't it stabilize! I've examined the calculations, I've calibrated the equipment, I've scrutinized every element ... Why, why, why!
MONKEY
Seven? Seven times?
MOREAU
Seven. If I perfect this serum it will stabilize my subjects and prevent reversion ... without it instability, and chaos!
MONKEY
The sample? The sample is flawed?
MOREAU
All of the tests show clean.
MONKEY
The subject! The subject is flawed!
MOREAU
Prendryck is young and healthy.
MONKEY
A new subject? You? Take it from you? You would make me like you!
MOREAU
No, Monkey. My substance is old and weak. The serum from Prendryck is our only chance. We must ...
SFX: SWINGING LAB DOORS SLAM OPEN
DOG
Father! Father! They're gone!
MONKEY
Gone-Gone-Gone!
DOG
They're all at the clearing, what do we do?
MOREAU
Easy, boy. There's nothing to fear.
DOG
But listen! Can't you hear them?
SFX: DISTANT CROWD WALLAH, LOUDER, UNDER.
MOREAU
They're upset, that's all. They feel themselves reverting and it confuses and frightens them. As soon as the serum is ready we shall begin stabilizing them ... and all will be well.
DOG
You should go! The launch is ready! You should go. Safety is better.
MONKEY
No, Work! Work here! Finish the serum!
DOG
But Father's in danger ...
MONKEY
Make me like you! Make me like you promised!
DOG
But they might kill him! We have to help ...
MONKEY
Serum! Serum-serum-serum!
MOREAU
My Children, My Children, be calm. Science shows there is nothing to be gained from panic. When we are cool and precise the answer presents itself like the working out of an elegant mathematical problem.
DOG
But listen! They want blood!
SFX: DISTANT CROWD WALLAH, LOUDER, MORE THREATENING, UNDER.
MOREAU
They are infants, lost in the jungle of their animal fear. We shall save them with the clear light of human reason.
DOG
(FEARFUL) Um... Wha ... what's that that smell?
MONKEY
Smell? Smell?
DOG
 ...that reek!
MOREAU
There's nothing there.
DOG
 ...getting stronger!
MOREAU
Dog, control yourself.
DOG
 ... foul!  ...choking! Hate? Pain? Blood! Death! No-o-no-no-no!
SFX: SWINGING LAB DOORS SLAM OPEN
MOREAU
Dog, come back!  ...Dog!
SFX: SWINGING LAB DOORS FLAP CLOSED.
MONKEY
Father?
MOREAU
Fascinating. As he reverts, his highly developed sense of smell returns full force, with an explosion of sensation in his brain like fireworks.
MONKEY
Finish work. Finish work on the serum.
MOREAU
(EXHAUSTED) Yes, Monkey. We will try again.
"Bring me my bow of burning gold
Bring me my arrows of desire
Bring me my spear, Oh, clouds unfold,
Bring me my chariot of fire."
SFX: CLICKING OF THE STABILIZING PROCESSOR STARTS UP.
MONKEY
(SOFTLY) Make me like you!
Make me like you!
Make me like you!
LAW 4
SFX: DRUMBEAT, AND UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not to claw Bark; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to chase others; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SCENE 13
SFX: A SMALL JUNGLE GLADE
SFX: DISTANT NOISE OF THE ANIMAL-FOLK CROWD WALLAH, UNDER
LYNX
Please, Cheetah, leave me alone. "For every one the want is bad!"
CHEETAH
The rabbit's dead, Lynx, dead.
LYNX
"Forevery one thewantisbad!"
CHEETAH
Eat it... taste it. You might as well.
LYNX
"F'every one thewantisbad!"
CHEETAH
It's done! I killed it! It's all on me!
LYNX
"F'very wantisba!"
CHEETAH
Prissy! Ungrateful! Coward!
LYNX
Shut up!
CHEETAH
Eat it!
LYNX
(ROARING) Shut up! Shut up!
CHEETAH
Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!
LYNX
Yes! Yes! Give it to me! Mine! Mine ... So good! So gud.. gurd... gurr... grrr...
SFX: CHEETAH BIG CAT SCREAM OF DELIGHT.
SFX: HORRIBLE LIQUID, RENDING, DEVOURING.
LAW 5
SFX: DRUMBEAT, AND UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not Drink! That Law!
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
ORYX
Not claw! That Law!
ALL
Are we not Men?
SAYER OF THE LAW
Not to chase others; that is the Law.
ALL
Are we not Men?
SCENE 14
SFX: A LARGE CLEARING IN THE JUNGLE.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
His is the House of Pain.
WOLF
But ours is the pain, Brothers and Sisters! And ours is the revenge!
SAYER OF THE LAW
His is the hand that makes.
WOLF
Nature made us ... and we were perfect before he defiled us with his human stain!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, LOUDER, UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
His is the hand that wounds.
WOLF
Too long have we been wounded! Too often have we been hurt! Too much have we bled!
SAYER OF THE LAW
His is the hand that heals.
WOLF
It is not healing ... it is corruption! It is not comfort ... it is torture! It is not mercy ... show him none!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, STILL LOUDER, UNDER.
SAYER OF THE LAW
His is the lightning flash.
WOLF
He is not a God! He is a weak man. No claws, no fangs, no spines ... Helpless! 
SAYER OF THE LAW
His is the deep, salt sea.
WOLF
Then let him drown in it!
SAYER OF THE LAW
His are the stars in the sky.
WOLF
May they be the last thing he sees as we send him to hell!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, FRANTIC EXPLOSION, UNDER.
CROWD 
Death to Moreau!
CROWD 
Kill the humans!
CROWD 
Kill them all!
WOLF
Howl! Let him hear you're coming! Howl, Brothers and Sisters! Howl!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, EXPLOSION OF HOWLING, ROARING, STOMPING, TEARING, ANIMAL SCREAMS.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, RIOT MOVES OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.
SAYER OF THE LAW
(COMPASSIONATE) Oryx? Even you? Could you not watch with me one hour?
ORYX
(FRIGHTENED ANIMAL NOISES)
SAYER OF THE LAW!
Run away, my friend. Run away.
SAYER OF THE LAW
(SADLY)
His are the stars in the sky.
His are the fair winds that blow.
His are the beauties of life.
His is the mercy of God.
Mercy of God.
God.
God...
SFX: DRUMBEAT, AND UNDER.
(No Law)
SCENE 15
SFX: MOREAU'S LABORATORY
SFX: STABILIZING PROCESSOR CLICKS RAPIDLY, UNDER.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, RIOTING IN THE DISTANCE,UNDER.
MONKEY
(NERVOUS) They come, Father. The low beasts break through the wall of the compound.
MOREAU
(CONCENTRATING ON THE STABILIZER) The final delicate procedure... The final chemical transference... The final particulate stabilization...
SFX: STABILIZING PROCESSOR CLICKS INCREASE IN SPEED AND VOLUME, UNDER.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, RIOTING NEARER,UNDER.
SFX: SPLINTERING CRASHING WOOD AND BAMBOO ... DISTANT.
MONKEY
They're nearer ... The gate! They brake through the gate!
MOREAU
The procedure...
The transference...
The stabilization...
SFX: STABILIZING PROCESSOR CLICKS INCREASE TO TOP SPEED AND VOLUME, UNDER.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, RIOTING MUCH LOUDER,UNDER.
SFX: HOWLING, ANIMAL SCREAMS, CRASHING, DISTANT, UNDER.
CROWD
Kill Moreau!
CROWD
Kill Humans!
CROWD
Kill! Kill! Kill!
MONKEY
They're just outside in the compound! There's blood!
MOREAU
Proceed!
Transfer!
Stabilize!
SFX: SUDDEN LOUD CLACKING ... SLOWING TO A STOP.
SFX: LOUD BUZZ-ALARM.
MOREAU
(SCREAM OF FRUSTRATION) No!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, RIOTING HUGE,UNDER.
SFX: HOWLING, ANIMAL SCREAMS, CRASHING, SHATTERING GLASS, UNDER.
CROWD
Kill Moreau!
CROWD
Kill Humans!
CROWD
Kill! Kill! Kill!
MONKEY
No-no-no! Stay out ...Stay out! You are not Man! You are not Five-Man! You are low, dirty beasts! Stay out! Stay out!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, HOWLING, SNARLING, UNDER.
MOREAU
My Children ... You are all my Children!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, HOWLING, LOWERS, UNDER.
MOREAU
Why are you here? Do you want to see your Father? He wants to see you. He loves seeing you. You are beautiful. You are my Children.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, HOWLING SUBSIDES TO GROWLING, UNDER.
MOREAU
Why are you here, My Children? What do you want of your Father?
CROWD 
Not Father ... you are Man!
MOREAU
We are all Men. "Are you not Men?"
CROWD 
No law!
MOREAU
Yes, the Law! The Law is always with you!
CROWD 
You hurt! You kill! You die!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, GROWLING RISES TO SNARLING.
MOREAU
No, My Children! I only acted out of love! There may have been a little pain, but that only came from love.
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, SNARLING RISES TO HOWLING.
MOREAU
Listen to me! I nearly have the solution here. It will take away the pain, it will stabilize you forever!
SFX: CROWD WALLAH, EXPLOSION OF HOWLING, CRASHING, SCREAMS, UNDER ... TO END.
CROWD 
Kill Moreau! Kill Monkey!
MONKEY
No! Let me go!
CROWD
Tear Monkey apart!
MONKEY
No ...NO!
CROWD
Rip off his arms!
MONKEY
Father, help!
CROW 
Break him! Break him!
MONKEY
Help, Father! HELP!
SFX: MONKEY SCREAMS IN AGONY, DYING.
CROWD
Kill Humans!
MOREAU
No, My Children ... no ...
SFX: WHIPCRACK!
SFX: Gunshot!!
CROWD
Kill! Kill! Kill!
MOREAU
The goal is so near! We have touched the face of creation together!
Together we shall see the light! Together we shall rise!
SFX: POPPING, EXPLOSIONS.
SFX: CRACKLING OF FLAMES, UNDER.
CROWD
Fire! The lab's on fire!
CROWD
The machines will explode!
CROWD
Flames up the walls!
CROWD
Killing smoke! Thick, poison!
CROWD
The roof's burning! Get out!
CROWD
It's going to collapse!
ALL CROWDS
Burn! Kill! Burn! Run! (A shout turning into a bellowed growl) Destruction! Terror(rrrr)!
SFX: SHATTERING GLASS, SMASHING METAL.
SFX: A GIGANTIC ROAR AND CRASH AS THE BURNING ROOF FALLS INTO THE LAB.
SFX: DRUMBEAT, UNDER.
(No Law)
SCENE 16
SFX: A PATH THROUGH THE JUNGLE, LEADING TO THE SHORE.
SFX: CHASE DRUMS, UNDER.
SFX: RUNNING FEET, UNDER.
SFX: JUNGLE FOLIAGE HIT ASIDE.
CAT
(CLENCHED TEETH) (RUNNING) Hurrry, Prrrendrrryck!
PRENDRYCK
(GASPING) (RUNNING) ... can't ... keep up ...
SFX: CHASE DRUMS FASTER, LOUDER, UNDER.
CAT
(CLENCHED TEETH) (RUNNING) You must! They come!
PRENDRYCK
(GASPING) (RUNNING) Please ... can't we ...
SFX: CHASE DRUMS FASTER, LOUDER, UNDER.
CAT
(CLENCHED TEETH) (RUNNING) Keep rrrunning! Not stumbling!
PRENDRYCK
(GASPING) (TRYING TO SLOW DOWN) It's too dark,  ... can't see ...
CAT
(CLENCHED TEETH) It is brrright as day!
PRENDRYCK
If you have the eyes of a cat!
CAT
(SHARP CAT SNARL) What! ! No, no, no... Not yet...
SFX: CHASE DRUMS FASTER, LOUDER, UNDER.
PRENDRYCK
(GASPING) Can't we just ...
CAT
Come! Beach! Boat! Starrrt motorrr! Escape! Frrreedom!
SFX: CHASE DRUMS FASTER, LOUDER, UNDER.
SFX: WAVES CRASHING ON THE BEACH, UNDER.
PRENDRYCK
(GASPING) we can ... There's the launch ... across that little strip of sand ... I'll start the motor and then we can. Cat, what are you doing? Don't hang back in the shadows ... You're shaking!
CAT
(SPEAKING WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY) Starrrt the motorrr!
PRENDRYCK
Right ... here ...
SFX: LOW RUMBLE OF A MOTOR LAUNCH ENGINE, ON IDLE, UNDER.
PRENDRYCK
There, the motor's running ... all we have to do is cast off ... Now come aboard. Give me your hand ...
CAT
No ...!
PRENDRYCK
Don't hide them like that. Step onto the boat and we'll leave this cursed ...
SFX: SNARL FROM WOLF
CAT
Wolf! Let go of me!
WOLF
Oh, no, my pretty little Siberian.
PRENDRYCK
Let her go! What are you doing?
WOLF
What's natural. She stays here.
PRENDRYCK
Don't treat a woman like that!
WOLF
Woman! Is that what you think she is? (TO CAT) Is that what you told him you are, you elegant little liar!
CAT
(GROWLING) Let me go!
WOLF
Show him what you are! Show him the thing he thinks he loves!
CAT
No! Prrrendrrryck, don't look!
WOLF
Show him the eyes, that see in the dark jade green, with pupils like slices of night!
SFX: CAT STRUGGLING, GROWING BESTIAL, UNDER.
WOLF
Show him the skin, turning silkier and silkier till the fine hair becomes the beautiful fur of the exquisite beast!
SFX: CAT STRUGGLING, MORE BESTIAL, UNDER.
WOLF
Show him the hands, hidden away, as the light fingers shrink to quick, silent paws, and the fingernails curve and sharpen to claws.
SFX: CAT STRUGGLING, MORE BESTIAL, UNDER.
WOLF
Show him your real, true, natural self!
CAT
Damn you! Damn yourrrr ...(CAT SNARL)
PRENDRYCK
Oh, my God... It ... it can't be true.
WOLF
It is true. It always has been true. It always will be true. Nature is truth!
SFX: FURIOUS BARKING FROM DOG.
DOG
Let her go! Drop her!
WOLF
Oh, no-no, little mut!
DOG
Then I'll make you!
SFX: HEAVY THUMP AT DOG SLAMS INTO WOLF
SFX: WOLF GASPS, DROPS CAT.
CAT
Yes! Freedom! Freedom!
DOG
Cat! Run!
CAT
Man! Go! Never come back!
SFX: SNARL/SPIT FROM CAT.
SFX: MOTOR BOAT ENGINE ROARING TO LIFE ... THEN FADING IN THE DISTANCE.
WOLF
(SNARLING) Dog! You fool!
DOG
(SNARLING) Can't help my nature!
WOLF
(SNARLING) I'll break you like a whelp!
DOG
(SNARLING) Do it ... if you can!
SFX: WOLF SNARLS
SFX: DOG SNARLS
SFX: WOLF AND DOG FIGHT.
SFX: SUDDEN GROAN FROM DOG.
WOLF
(LOW BREATHING) Do you feel that? That's your spine. The cord of your life, from nose to tail. Everything you are, everything you feel, flows through that fragile tube of bones ... so important and so delicate. With a single snap of my jaws...
SFX: DOG WHIMPERS INVOLUNTARILY ... BUT STILL BRAVE.
WOLF
(LOW BREATHING) With a single grinding bite I'll shatter those bones, slice that cord, and your whole beautiful, passionate, misguided life will be over. Ended. Snuffed out. Leaving nothing but a mouthful of fur and a splash of lifeless blood on my fangs. And all it takes... is... this...
SFX: TERRIBLE "CRUNCH!" AS WOLF BREAKS DOG'S SPINE.
SFX: DOG CRIES OUT IN AGONY.
SFX: WOLF LAUGHS CRUELLY.
WOLF
Yes! I am Master! Pack Leader! Nature, red in tooth and claw! Moreau, I come for you! Moreau ... Moreaooooo!
SFX: WOLF HOWL.
SFX: WOLF RUNNING THROUGH THE JUNGLE, HOWLING, FADING AWAY.
SFX: FAST, PAINFUL, PANTING FROM DOG, UNDER.
DOG
(SLOWLY) I tried... tried...
SFX: SOFT, DEEP, CURIOUS PURR.
DOG
(SLOWLY) Oh, Cat... Cat, you're back ... thank you...
SFX: SOFT, DEEP, PURR.
DOG
(SLOWLY DYING)
Must always help humans...
Always help... humans...
Help... humans...
Help... Help...
Help..?
SFX: SHARP SHUDDER AS DOG DIES.
SFX: SOFT, DEEP, QUESTIONING PURR, TRYING TO COMFORT.
SFX: OCEAN WAVES, UP.
SCENE 17
SFX: OCEAN WAVES SEGUE TO OPEN WATER.
SFX: SEAGULLS CRYING.
SFX: SHIP ENGINE APPROACHING, UNDER.
SFX: WARNING BELL RINGS TWICE.
SAILOR
There's the boat!
SFX: SHIP'S HORN BLOWS.
CAPTAIN
There's a man on deck. See if he's dead.
SAILORS
Yes, Captain!
SFX: RATTLE OF A CHAIN LADDER UNROLLING.
SFX: THUMP OF CHAIN LADDER HITTING THE LAUNCH.
SAILOR
(CALLING UP TO THE SHIP) He's alive!
CAPTAIN
(CALLING DOWN) Bring him aboard!
SFX: SHIP'S HORN BLOWS.
PRENDRYCK
(EXHAUSTED, SLIGHTLY DELIRIOUS) The Island... the island... Moreau! Oh my god!...
CAPTAIN
Easy there, son
PRENDRYCK
You've got to help me! We've got to go back! What he's done to those people! Those things! It's horrible! ... horrible...
CAPTAIN
Easy there..
PRENDRYCK
To torture them like that! He's a madman! It's inhuman! Turn around! We've got to go back! We've got to help them... after what he's done it's only right... Go back!
CAPTAIN
Go? Back?
PRENDRYCK
To help them! To stop him! To stop Dr. Moreau.
CAPTAIN
There is ... No Dr. Moreau.
PRENDRYCK
I was just there! Back there! On that Island!
CAPTAIN
There is ... No island.
PRENDRYCK
No, no, no, no! It's right there, on the horizon! They're burning up the compound ... you can see the red glow of the flames in the sky!
CAPTAIN
There is ... No fire.
PRENDRYCK
What are you talking about! It's right there!
CAPTAIN
Bring the syringe.
PRENDRYCK
No, I don't need anything, I'm fine, I ... no, keep that away from me! Don't ... Don't (PRENDRYCK IS SEDATED)
Aaa ... please believe me! Please listen! I've got to go back! I couldn't live with myself if I didn't. I couldn't go back to my life, back to the city...
SFX: OCEAN NOISES TRANSITION TO HARSH, MODERN CITYSCAPE.
SFX: CAR HORNS, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINES REVVING, JACKHAMMERS, UNDER.
PRENDRYCK
Everybody I saw would look like they'd turn into one of them! It would be horrible. The faces... people on the street would change... the animals would surge out of their skins... No reason... no tenderness... bestial... cruel...
SFX: PEOPLE SHOUTING, BLASTS OF MUSIC, BLASTS OF ADVERTISING, UNDER.
PRENDRYCK
Out in the streets, women mewing after me; furtive, men glancing; weary pale workers coughing like wounded deer; old people bent and murmuring; gibbering kids waiting for prey...
SFX: CITY SOUNDS BECOME HALLUCINATORY AND BIZARRE, UNDER.
PRENDRYCK
People in subways! Dead, dull, shapes ... row after row of meat swinging in lockers... row after row... more, row after row... more row after row... Moreau... Moreau...
POSTLUDE
SFX: SLAM OF THE CASE FILES CLOSING.
MOREAU
Yes. A most curious case indeed. Sometimes things do not go as planned. Sometimes there are setbacks. Sometimes the Children become rowdy. But don't worry ... Science marches forward!
MUSIC: TO END