We are in old Baghdad (Narrator)
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Moonlight. The street of Felicity, by the fountain of the two pigeons, in from of the house
It is later that night (Narrator)
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The shutters open, and Yasmin appears (Narrator)
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Melos. Hassan falls under the shadow of the fountain. The first light of dawn shines in the sky. Ver
The first light of dawn shines in the sky (Narrator)
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The filthy, inanimate bulk of Hassan… (Narrator)
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No. 1, Dance of the Beggars. There enters the most awful selection of Eastern beggars the eye could
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And then, after the Beggars (Narrator)
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No. 2, Chorus of Women. (Enter a band of fair and dusky beauties.) Quietly
Rafi is then announced as The King of the Beggars (Narrator)
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No. 4, General Dance. Andante moderato – Allegro – Più mosso
Rafi is asked why he hates the Caliph so (Narrator)
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Chorus of Beggars and Dancing Girls (from behind the scene, after the descent of the iron curtain).
This House of the Moving Walls… (Narrator)
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The SOS message has fallen from the balcony… (Narrator)
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Yasmin's regard for Hassan has instantly shifted (Narrator)
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Hassan is installed at the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)
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The slaves inform Hassan that there is a beautiful lady… (Narrator)
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We are in the Great Hall of the Caliph's Palace (Narrator)
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As more and more people gather… (Narrator)
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The Caliph declares the trial of the beggars open (Narrator)
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Then Rafi, King of the Beggars, is summoned (Narrator)
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in the Palace's dark vaults (Narrator)
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Sunlight streams through the cell's grating (Narrator)
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Prelude. Quick – Slower, softer - Not too quick – Curtain. The Garden of the Caliph's Palace, in fro
With another sunset approaching (Narrator)
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The long, dreadful execution ensues… (Narrator)
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Closing Scene. Slow – (The Caravan recedes farther and farther into the distance.) – (Dying away in
