Mickey      Well, there was no need to curse at everyone!

Judy      You think it’s easy up there? It’s hard enough entertaining these people – you want me to be polite?! I just want life to be a little easier. I’ve had enough. I’ve had it, you hear me?

Mickey      You’ve got three minutes.

Judy      No. No! I’m finished for tonight.

Mickey      Judy – listen to me very carefully. There are hundreds of people in that theatre waiting for you and we need every penny that they’ve paid out – so you just pull yourself together because you are going back.

Judy      I can’t do any more tonight. I’m shaking, look at me. I raised my hand in that spotlight and I saw it tremble – tremble – that’s when I know – when I’m losing control.

Mickey      Look, let’s just go back and –

Judy      Mickey, darling – how much longer do you think you can keep throwing me on there and expecting the best of me. I can’t do it anymore, it’s too much. Call Delfont and tell him to give the people their money back.

Anthony      Honey – there’s a row of people in wheelchairs.

Judy      Well, if they wheeled them in, they can wheel them back out again! … Let’s wrap the whole thing up and go back to California. I hate this God-forsaken place.

Mickey      You love London.

Judy      I do not. I hate the people and the theatres and all those big red busses – they piss me off.

Mickey      Are you insane?

Judy      Yes! Yes – I am. And all thanks to you for bringing me back to this hell.

Mickey      Oh, stop.

Judy      It’s hell!

Mickey      Have another drink.

Judy      You’re encouraging me to drink?

Mickey      Whatever it takes.

Anthony      enters.

Anthony      What are you doing here?

Judy      Having a drink.

Anthony      looks at his watch.

Mickey      It’s okay, we’ll be heading back in two minutes.

Judy      We will not be heading back.

Mickey      Anthony, please – you talk to her.

Judy      I don’t want to talk to him.

Anthony      It wasn’t my fault, I was just playing what –

Mickey      Anthony, calm down – have a drink.

Anthony      I never drink during a show!

Judy      Bully for you.

Anthony      Are we going back?

Judy      No we are not.

Mickey      Yes, we are!

She slams her glass down.

Judy      I said no! I sing if and when I want to. And you are not getting me back on that stage tonight – or any other night.

Mickey      You can’t afford to cancel the show. Pull out of this deal and you’ll –

Judy      Screw the money! I’ll live without it.

Mickey      And spend the rest of your life in court. You’ve got too many debts.

Judy (in disbelief)      How can I have? I’ve been screaming my lungs out there for weeks.