"Eleanor Rigby" is important in The Beatles' evolution from a pop,

live-performance band to a more experimental, studio-oriented

band, though the track contains little studio trickery. In a 1967
interview Pete Townshend of The Who commented, "I think
'Eleanor Rigby' was a very important musical move forward. It
certainly inspired me to write and listen to things in that vein."

Though "Eleanor Rigby" was not the first pop song to deal with
death and loneliness, according to Ian MacDonald it "came as quite
a shock to pop listeners in 1966." It took a bleak message of
depression and desolation, written by a famous pop band, with a
somber, almost funeral-like backing, to the number one spot of the
pop charts. The bleak lyrics were not The Beatles' first deviation
from love songs, but were some of the most explicit.

Jerry Leiber said, "The Beatles are second to none in all

departments. I don't think there has ever been a better song written
than 'Eleanor Rigby.'" In 2004, this song was ranked number 137
on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney)

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has
been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the
door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people

Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will
hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's
nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people

Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her
name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from
the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people

Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Using the lyrics to Eleanor Rigby as inspiration, write a short

dialogue between Eleanor and Father McKenzie. Note the line the
she “died in the church”. Could this be part of a mystery? They
are both lonely people, but what happened to them?
Create a short scene for two actors that would take about 4 or 5
minutes to perform. Add stage directions if you are able…