Talk:Salad Days (musical)/Temp

Jane Raeburn (originally played by Eleanor Drew) and Timothy Dawes (originally played by John Warner) graduate from university. At the formal ceremony, the dons instruct them both to "correct and admonish any slanderer who insists on affirming that dons are donnish", and burst into song outlining their lives of naughty academic fun ("All the things that are done by a don").

The next scene takes place at the railway station. Timothy and Jane have packed their bags and are preparing to depart the university, having said their goodbyes to everyone except each other. Wishing to keep in touch, they arrange to meet next week in one of London's parks. The scene closes with the duet "We said we wouldn't look back", which is reprised at the end of the musical.

On the morning of Timothy's scheduled meeting with Jane, Timothy's parents and aunt question him about his job prospects at breakfast ("Find yourself something to do, dear"). They implore him to arrange meetings with his various influential uncles, of whom there are "four and the one we don't mention".

As she waits for Timothy in the park, Jane sings the solo "I sit in the sun". Timothy arrives late: Jane quickly realises he has had a "bad breakfast", and admits that her mother (Lady Raeburn) is pressuring her to get married as quickly as possible. They each determine to resist familial pressure - Timothy by taking the first job that comes along, and Jane by marrying Timothy - as she points out, they are used to each other, and might fall in love afterwards. This resolution has just been reached when a tramp turns up, wheeling a portable piano. He offers Timothy a job looking after the piano for a month, at the considerable rate of seven pounds per week, and, at Jane's request, plays some music on it for them. Timothy and Jane find themselves compelled to dance, and while dancing sing the duet "Look at me, I'm dancing". At the conclusion of their dance, they find the tramp has mysteriously vanished, leaving behind payment for their month's work, a brief note, and the piano. Jane urges Timothy to play: he does so, and again she finds herself to compelled to dance joyfully.