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Act 2 Scene 3 Shinjer
Act 2 Scene 3 Shinjer
Anne- Haley N.
Mr. Frank- Jonathan R., Justin B
Mrs. Frank- Emilie D.
Margot- Emma H.
Mr.Van Daan- Alec M., David G.
Mrs. Van Daan- Amani A
Peter- Josh G.
Mr. Kraler- Pranav M.
Miep- Vibha S.
Mr. Dussel- Max J.
Mrs. Frank: *As she runs over to Mr. Van Daan* He steals food!
Mr. Dussel grabs Mr. Van Daan. Mr. Dussel gets in an aggressive tug of war for the bread with Mr. Van
Daan.
Mr. Frank and Peter struggle to get Mr. Dussel off of Mr. Van Daan.
Peter: Let...him..go!
Everyone points and looks at Mr. Van Daan with the bread in his hands.
Mrs. Frank: The bread! You were stealing the bread this whole time!
Mrs. Frank: How could you do this? We are all hungry! The children are getting thinner by the minute.
Even your own son moans in his sleep from hunger! And you go and inconsiderately steal the food?
Mrs. Van Daan: He is a big man, he needs more food than the rest of us.
Mrs. Frank: And you. Youre worse than your husband! You know your sons struggles and even then
you defend that horrible man.
Mrs. Frank pays no attention to her husband, continuing to scold at Mrs. Van Daan.
Mrs. Frank: Dont think I havent noticed you! Always being so biased towards your husband. Ive
watched you and youre lucky I haven't said anything sooner, but this is the last straw; Get out!
Mr. Frank: Edith, for two years we have lived together and we have managed to get through it all by
respecting each other, maintaining peace. We shouldnt throw all of that away over one stealing incident.
This wont happen again, will it Mr. Van Daan?
Mr. Frank: Please Edith, lets not overreact, lets go to our room and discuss this quietly.
Mrs. Frank: No, I know what I want and I want them out!
Mrs. Frank: A cellar, closet, you could live anywhere! If money is what you need I will give it to you.
Mrs. Van Daan: Mr. Frank, you told Putti that you would never be able to repay what he had done for you
in Amsterdam. You said you woul-
Mrs. Frank: Whatever my husband needs to repay he has done it a while back.
Mr. Frank: Edith, this is unbelievable, I have never seen you like this.
Mrs. Van Daan: If you hadnt been here Dussel, there would be plenty for us.
Mr. Frank: Talk about Nazis destroying us, we are killing ourselves!
Mr. Frank sits down upset as Mrs. Frank goes over to Mrs. Van Daan. Mrs. Frank enters the scene again
and angrily slams the money onto the table.
Mrs. Frank: Give this to Miep, shell do the rest for you.
Anne: Mother you can not do this to them! What about Peter?
Mrs. Frank: Oh Peter will stay of course. When I meant children, I meant all of the children.
Peter: I will have to go if my father goes. It doesnt feel right to leave him out alone while I stay.
Mrs. Frank: Very well, then. He is a horrible man, but I understand and Im sorry.
Mrs. Frank: They are not leaving now. Not until Miep finds them a new place. But he is most definitely
not coming down to where the food is stored until then!
Mrs. Frank: You can cook the food for Mr. Van Daan and then bring it up to him.
Mr. Dussel starts to divide the potatoes out evenly to everyone. Soon after the buzzer sounds.
Mr. Frank: (Unlocking the door) Please dont let her see us like this.
Mrs. Van Daan: Look at you! Youre keeping all the big ones for yourself!
Mr. Dussel continues counting. Peter emerges from his room. Mieps excited voice can be heard in the
background.
Miep: Did you all hear that? The invasion has begun!
As Miep continues to talk, the good news finally sinks into the family members. They begin to
celebrate.
Mr. Dussel hugs Mrs. Van Daan, Peter holds a frying pan and marches around the room, Anne and
Margot sing while weaving through the excited group of people. Margot then approaches Miep, takes the
flowers and distributes it to everyone.
Miep: It was on the radio, B.B.C.! They said they have landed on the coast of Normandy!
Miep: The British, Americans, French, Dutch, Poles, Norwegians...everyone! More than four thousand
ships are at the shore. Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower call it D-Day!
Mr. Frank: In what part of Normandy did they say they landed in again?
Miep: Normandy is all the radio said. They dont know much else but Ill get more news soon.
Mr. Frank hurries down to bolt the door. Mr. Van Daan suddenly breaks into a sob. Everyone looks at
him in confusion.
Mrs. Van Daan: Putti! Putti! What is it? What just happened?
Mr. Frank: (Going to Mr. Van Daan) Didnt you hear what Miep said? The invasion has come! Were
going to be liberated! This is a time to celebrate! He embraces Mrs. Frank and then hurries to the
cupboard and gets the cognac and a glass.
Mrs. Frank: Weve all done things that were ashamed of.
Anne: Look at me, the way Ive treated Mother so mean and horrid to her.
Mr. Van Daan: You arent as bad as me. No one is as bad as me!
Mr Frank: (Giving Mr. Van Daan a glass of Cognac) Here! Here! Schnapps! LChaim!
Van Daan takes the Cognac. Anne puts up her fingers in a V-for-Victory sign. As Van Daan gives an
answering V-sign, they started to hear a loud sob from behind them coming from Mrs. Frank.
Mrs. Frank: (Through her sobs) But when I think of the horrible things Ive said
Mr. Frank, Anne, and Margot hurry to her, trying to comfort her. Mr. Van Daan brings her his glass of
cognac.
Mrs. Frank: I shouldnt of spoken that way to you!.. Our friends! Our guests! (She starts to cry again)