The Railway Children – scenes and songs

ACT ONE

Scene 1: The London House and Surrounding Streets
Song: Prologue (Perks)
Song: Christmas is here! (Family, servants, carol singers)
Song: You can never return (Perks)

Scene 2: Charing Cross Station
Song: Together (Mother, Bobbie, Peter, Phyllis)

Scene 3: The Cottage
Song: You may enter a tunnel (Perks)

Scene 4: The Hillside

Scene 5: The Station
Song: All on time (Perks, Villagers)

Scene 6: Inside the Cottage
Song: You might make a friend (Perks)

Scene 7: The Station Platform
Song: Posh talk (Bobbie, Peter, Phyllis, Perks’ children, village children)

Scene 8: The Cottage Garden and Kitchen
Song: Lullaby (in Russian! Szczepansky)

Scene 9: The Railway Carriage and the Hillside
Song: The Railway Children (Old Gentleman)

Scene 10: The Cottage Garden
Song: ‘Til the day (Mother)

Scene 11: The Hillside, Outside the Tunnel

ACT TWO

Scene 1: The Station Platform
Song: A once in a lifetime day (Perks, Engine driver, Bobbie, Peter, Phyllis, villagers)
Song: While you’re busy dreaming (Old Gentleman)

Scene 2: The Hillside, Outside the Tunnel
Dance: Paperchase ballet

Scene 3: Inside the Tunnel
Song: Nothing to fear (Bobbie)

Scene 4: The Cottage
Song: One voice (part 1) (Old Gentleman, Perks)

Scene 5: The Cottage Garden

Scene 6: The Train Carriage

Scene 7: A London Street
Song: One voice (part 2) (Mother, Bobbie)

Scene 8: The Cottage Garden
Song: One voice (part 3) (Customer, Lady, Gossip, Housewife, Vendor, ensemble, Mother, Bobbie)

Scene 9: A London Street

Scene 10: The Cottage Garden
Song: Who knows what you’ll find (Perks)

Scene 11: The Hillside
Song: Nearly autumn (Bobbie)

Scene 12: The Station Platform
Song: Finale (Bobbie, Old Gentleman, All)
Song: A once in a lifetime day (all)

Time: Christmas 1905 to September 1906

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