DESTINIY
The scene takes place on the day, the light bulb was invented, on Tuesday October 21, 1879.
Mina Miller is a 14 year old girl, dreaming about the eternal love, she sings her song, while standing on the balcony of her home.
On the other side of the stage we see the lab of Thomas Edison, where all his coworkers try different materials for the filaments to create light in the bulb.
The theme of this scene is DESTINY, nothing is predetermined but everything leads you to certain events in your life if you have the predisposition for it, in this case a young girl's fascination with light leads to her meeting and marriage with one of the greatest geniuses of humanity, the inventor of the light bulb.
Seduced by the light - Big Band Version
[MINA]
I´ve always been frightened, alone in the dark,
Longing for someone to kindle a spark,
a shining hero, a noble knight,
like a blaze, a beacon at night.
Deep down, I know he’s on his way —
Oh Lord above, please hear me pray:
My heart’s in a daze
I'm lost in his gaze
It feels like it´s love at first sight,
Resistance is futile, I surrender to him,
For I´ll be seduced by his light.
[THOMAS]
Carbonized paper, platinum wire,
Cotton and Silk and Bamboo,
Cardboard strips and Palm-leaf fiber
and one of my grey hairs, too.
It´s very frustrating - yes, indeed,
but I´ll not give up - until we succeed !
[MINA]
My heart in a daze,
I'll be lost in his gaze,
Yes, it will be love at first sight,
I know for sure, he´s my destiny ....
and I´ll be seduced by his light.
[THOMAS]
Oh my god, I think it works !
Everyone, look, how bright it shines,
steady and powerful and bright !
From now on the world will no longer shine dim ....
we´re all seduced by the light.