INTRODUCTIONS

FLORENCE (to Svetlana)
WHEN YOU MAKE GOOD IN ANY CALLING
SUDDENLY HALF THE WORLD IS FALLING
OVER ITSELF TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

SVETLANA
THAT'S OKAY BY ME.

ANATOLY (to Freddie)
"TOUGH AT THE TOP," IS THAT THE CLICHE?
I HAVE TO LEARN AS NOUVEAU RICHE -

FREDDIE
- A
NEW KID IN TOWN. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE.

MOLOKOV & WALTER
A JOB TO DO WELL, AN EMPTY CANVAS
A GAME THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ITS PLAYERS.

ALL(except Arbiter)
THE UNBRIDLED JOY
ANTICIPATING ALL THE
COMPLICATIONS OF A SIMPLE BOARD GAME

FLORENCE & SVETLANA ANATOLY/FREDDIE/
MOLOKOV/WALTER
ALL THE COMPLICATIONS
OF A SIMPLE BOARD GAME ALL THE
THE MANY COMPLICATIONS COMPLICATIONS
OF A SIMPLE BOARD GAME. OF A SIMPLE BOARD GAME.

ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK

The scene changes to the city. Freddie and Anatoly plus Tourists and Citizens. The reaction of each player to the blandishments of the Tourists and Citizens illustrates some basic differences in their personalities - Anatoly much more polite in refusing.

FREDDIE
BANGKOK! ORIENTAL SETTING
AND THE CITY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS GETTING
THE CREME DE LA CREME OF THE CHESS WORLD IN A
SHOW WITH EVERYTHING BUT YUL BRYNNER.

(Monks with shopping bags hurry by)

ANATOLY
BANGKOK! JUST ANOTHER STOP IN
THE CHESS WORLD CIRCUS - MASTERS DROP IN,
PLAY, CHECKMATE, CHECK OUT AND THEN YOU
MOVE ON TO ANOTHER VENUE.

LIKE REYKJAVIK -

FREDDIE
OR THE PHILIPPINES -

ANATOLY
OR MOSCOW -

BOTH
OR ... THIS PLACE!

(Crowd of tourists appear with tour guide)

TOURISTS
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK AND THE WORLD'S YOUR OYSTER
THE BARS ARE TEMPLES BUT THE PEARLS AIN'T FREE
YOU'LL FIND A GOD IN EVERY GOLDEN CLOISTER
AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY THEN THE GOD'S A SHE
I CAN FEEL AN ANGEL SLIDING UP TO ME

ANATOLY
ONE TOWN'S VERY LIKE ANOTHER

FREDDIE
WHEN YOUR HEAD'S DOWN OVER YOUR PIECES, BROTHER

(A tout accosts Freddie)

TOUT #1
IT'S A DRAG -

TOUT #2
IT'S A BORE -

TOUTS
IT'S REALLY SUCH A PITY
TO BE LOOKING AT THE BOARD, NOT LOOKING AT THE CITY

FREDDIE
WHADDAYA MEAN? YOU'VE SEEN ONE CROWDED, POLLUTED, STINKING TOWN, YOU'VE SEEN 'EM ALL!

BAR-MADAM (as her Bar-girls solicit Freddie's attention)
TEA, GIRLS, WARM, SWEET
SOME ARE SET UP IN THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM SUITE.

FREDDIE
GET THAI'D! I AIN'T A TOURIST
MY EVERY MOVE'S AMONG THE PUREST.

(at a clap from the Madam, the girls transfer their attentions to Anatoly)

ANATOLY
I GET MY KICKS ABOVE THE WAISTLINE, COMRADES!

(Another tour group appears)

ALL
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK MAKES A HARD MAN HUMBLE
NOT MUCH BETWEEN DESPAIR AND ECSTASY
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK AND THE TOUGH GUYS TUMBLE
CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL WITH YOUR COMPANY
I CAN FEEL THE DEVIL WALKING NEXT TO ME.

(Buddhist shrine revealed. Monks attend with garlands - photographed by tourists)

ANATOLY
BANGKOK! ORIENTAL LEAVEN
OF THE BEST OF HELL AND THE WORST OF HEAVEN
A WINNING SMILE - A FALSE IMPRESSION
A RUSH OF BLOOD - AN INDISCRETION.

BANGKOK! THE LIGHTS CONCEALING
SILKY THIEVES OF REASON, STEALING
OUT BEFORE ITS VICTIM'S WAKEN
THIS IS HOW THE WEST WAS TAKEN.

ALL
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK MAKES A HARD MAN HUMBLE
NOT MUCH BETWEEN DESPAIR AND ECSTASY
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK AND THE TOUGH GUYS TUMBLE
CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL WITH YOUR COMPANY
I CAN FEEL THE DEVIL WALKING NEXT TO ME.

FREDDIE
SIAM'S GONNA BE THE WITNESS
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST IN CEREBRAL FITNESS
THIS GRIPS ME MORE THAN WOULD A
MUDDY OLD RIVER OR RECLINING BUDDAH.
(to Anatoly)
I DON'T SEE THESE GUYS RATING
THE KIND OF MATE WE'RE CONTEMPLATING
WE'D LET 'EM WATCH, WE WOULD INVITE 'EM
BUT THE QUEENS WE USE WOULD NOT EXCITE 'EM

So they'd better go back to their bars, their temples, their massage parlors....

(Shrine transforms into nightclub with Bar-girls, Go-Go dancers, drunken tourists, etc.)

ALL
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK AND THE WORLD'S YOUR OYSTER
THE BARS ARE TEMPLES BUT THE PEARLS AIN'T FREE
YOU'LL FIND A GOD IN EVERY GOLDEN CLOISTER
A LITTLE FLESH, A LITTLE HISTORY
I CAN FEEL AN ANGEL SLIDING UP TO ME.

ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK MAKES A HARD MAN HUMBLE
NOT MUCH BETWEEN DESPAIR AND ECSTASY
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK AND THE TOUGH GUYS TUMBLE
CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL WITH YOUR COMPANY
I CAN FEEL THE DEVIL WALKING NEXT TO ME.