(five MEN dressed in SMOCKS hold CUBES whilst walking slowy from left to right across the stage)
Knock!
(knock-knock-knock)
Knock!
(knock-knock-knock)
Knock!
(knock-knock-knock)
(knock-knock knock-knock knock-knock
knock-knock knock-knock knock-knock)
Who who who, who who who, who who who, who who who
(a TRAIN appears in the distance. There is a man with a VIOLIN)
Knock! (knock-knock-knock)
Knock! (knock-knock-knock)
Knock! (knock-knock-knock)
(knock-knock knock-knock knock-knock
knock-knock knock-knock knock-knock)
Doooooooooor! (Alison! Ali-Alison!, Alison! Ali-Alison!)
Doooooooooor! (Alison! Ali-Alison!, Alison! Ali-Alison!)
(NARRATOR) Prague. 1912. There is somebody at the door.
(a giant DOOR appears. The cast KNEEL)
Alison! Ali-Alison! Ali-Alison! Ali-Ali-Ali-Son Son Son Son Son Son Son!
(ALISON) I listen. I listen to. I listen to the radio.
(the instruments drum out arpeggios like a MAGIKIST)