Kelly knows how dangerous such bravado can be, and though she still cannot bring herself to tell all, she tries to keep Stride and Eddowes close to her - for that, she knows, is their only safety.
We’re in the Brittania enjoying a rollicking mockery of the current events, led by the life of the party, Elizabeth Stride ( Stride's Song). Abberline attempts to question her, albeit gently, as we learn that he is one of her customers, but she remains silent. Frustrated and concerned about her and this case, he sends her home. Kelly, while in the police station awaiting questioning, is also feeling the ghosts of the past closing in on her ( Walls Closing In). His anger manifests itself in taunting the police, and “Jack the Ripper” solidifies his moniker in the course of history ( Everything Reminds Me). The Press continue to report on the events ( Moment #2), as the scene shifts to the killer, crazed with rage and lust as his latest murder fuels the memories of his past. Rees Ralph Llewellyn ( Who Would Have Guessed?). He has Kelly taken away for questioning and clears the murder site the day closes in dead ends and self-recrimination as Abberline seeks assistance with Dr.
Her body is discovered, and when a hysterical Kelly stirs up a riot while trying to throw attention to the insolent barman, she gets the attention of Inspector Frederick Abberline ( 29 Hanbury Street). The women separate for the evening, and while Mary perceives further who may be committing these horrendous murders ( Better Off Dead), Annie Chapman walks toward home ( The Tale of the Merry Maid), only to become the murderer’s next victim. The women all agree that in the brutal world of Whitechapel, no one will watch out for them except each other ( The Likes of Us). Kelly joins her friends Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, and Catharine Eddowes for drinks, and the four mourn Polly’s murder, despite the insults hurled at them by the tavern’s barman ( Poor Polly). The Press return to report on Polly’s murder ( Story of the Century – reprise). She seems to know the killer’s pattern, as it reminds her of someone from her past ( At The Brittania). When Polly’s body is discovered, the prostitutes of the district can only wonder who is next. The killer wastes no time striking again, as his thirst for blood is unending, and Polly “Mary” Nichols becomes the next victim ( Moment #1 / Finger of God). The Gentleman of the Press fuel the fire with their fateful reporting ( Story of the Century).
Another prostitute has been cut down by a mysterious killer, and the people of the slum district of Whitechapel are both terrified and fascinated by the unknown killer among them. The curtain rises on the East End of London in late August of 1888.
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