Alice in Wonderland
She trails off with a sideways glance at Alice.
RED QUEEN (cont.) These useless monkeys. Send me
something stronger. Send me
chimpanzees.
The door opens and all the monkeys run out with grateful
looks
at Alice. Ilosovic Stayn enters. The Queen lights up to see
him.
RED QUEEN (cont.) Stayn! How lovely to see you.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Maj esty.
RED QUEEN This is my possible new favorite.
He barely nods to Alice.
KNAVE OF HEARTS I need to speak with you regarding
the prisoner.
RED QUEEN Leave us!
Alice unfolds herself off the stool. As she stands up, Stayn’s
eyes follow her with sudden interest.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Who did you say this is?
RED QUEEN tjurn.
ALICE From Umbradge.
Stayn takes Alice’s hand.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Ilosovic Stayn, at your service.
ALICE Pleasure.
KNAVE OF HEARTS The pleasure is all mine.
He holds her hand a little too long. Alice gets the willies.
She pulls her hand away and wipes it surreptiously on her
dress.
RED QUEEN Go away now.
Stayn watches Alice lasciviously as she goes out.
EXT. THE HALL – CONT.
The Tweedles are delighted to see Alice again.
TWEEDLEDEE Alice! Howdoyedo again.
They shakes her hands vigorously.
TWEEDLEDEE How is it you’re being so great
big?
TWEEDLEDEE She ain’t great big. This is how
she normal is.
TWEEDLEDUM I’m certain she is smaller
when we met.
TWEEDLEDEE She had drank the pishsa]ver,
to get through the door, recall
it?
ALICE Shhh.
She listens at the door.
KNAVE OF HEARTS (O.S.) I have tried every form of
persuasion.
INT. THE PARLOR – CONT.
RED QUEEN Are you certain he knows where
she is?
KNAVE OF HEARTS He knows. He taunts me with his
eyes, even as I subject him to
unbearable pain.
I-fe squeezes his large hands in frustration as if choking the
life out of the Hatter. The Queen sinks into self-pity.
RED QUEEN I know the commoners don’t love me
the way they loved my sister.
KNAVE OF HEARTS They do.
RED QUEEN Don’t lie!
KNAVE OF HEARTS They do not. Eut isn’t it far
better to be feared than loved?
RED QUEEN No doubt. But without the
Jabberwocky to keep the rabble
in line, they would surely rise
against me. You must not allow
Alice to kill my best weapon.
KNAVE OF HEARTS I have pushed the Hatter to the
brink and still I cannot break him.
RED QUEEN Then take off his head. We’ll
see if he talks then.
He looks at her strangely. She laughs at her joke, sees his
look.
RED QUEEN (cont.) You thought I was serious.
KNAVE OF HEARTS (caught)
I didn’t, not at all. If nothing
else, his execution will serve as
an example to the White Loyalists.
INT. THE HALLWAY – CONT.
ALICE They’re going to kill the
Hatter.
TWEEDLEDEE No, they ain’t!
TWEEDLEDUM Nohow.
TWEEDLEDUM We’ll fight ’em!
Alice turns to the Rabbit urgently.
ALICE Take me to him.
WHITE RABBIT It’s not that simple to stroll
into the dungeon with a seven
foot girl…
ALICE (suddenly sweet)
You never told me your name.
He draws himself upright, sniffing his pink nose officiously.
