For a day working for me, I've sure had a lot of DEAREST ENEMY work todeal with the Dublin production team. My copyist is now down to the last set of orchestra parts for DEAREST ENEMY, which is really fantastic!
DR Ginny, I think you'd like DEAREST ENEMY a lot. My favorite round of dialogue occurs in the lead-in to "Bye and Bye":
SIR JOHN: I'm sure you're not my personal enemy-
BETSY: And why not?
SIR JOHN: You couldn't be when you know I love you. Say you don't hate me.
BETSY: I don't hate you. It's not your fault. it's your people, you British. This war-
SIR JOHN: But war is a man's business, Betsy.
BETSY: No, war is a woman's business. This wilderness was made livable by women and we're all going to fight for it, every one of us.
SIR JOHN: But when it's all over? There will still be you and there will still be me. What of us? Our countries will make peace. Must we still be enemies?
BETSY: How can I love you when all of your hopes are against all of mine?