Article: Lord Camelot wins the lottery

Today I am bringing you another extract from my new opera, The Phantom of the Lottery, which - being the first-ever opera about the National Lottery - is designed to convince lottery ticket purchasers that money spent on opera is not wasted.

SCENE TWO

The scene is the opulent headquarters of Camelot, whose gold-filigreed towers can be seen from many miles away, with the proud Camelot slogan flying on banners: "Buy a ticket, sucker!" In the great hall of Camelot Towers, Lord Camelot is striding up and down, dictating notes to his trusty assistant, Bunting.

Lord Camelot: Take a memo to the Prime Minister, Bunting: "Dear John, I have been thinking seriously about your suggestion that we at ...

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