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“The books on the stage during the European school theatre festival”

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Zespół Szkolno –

Przedszkolny wSmardzewicach

Istituto Comprensivo "Padre

Pio da Pietrelcina" Pisticci

Agrupamento de Escolas

de Castro Marim

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Smardzewice | Poland

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Polish book on the stage – I

Mr. Kleks Academy

“Mr. Kleks Academy” based on „Akademia Pana Kleksa” by Jan Brzechwa Adam: I am Adam Niezgódka and I am twelve years old.I have been here in Mr Kleks

Academy for half of a year. I was a disaster at home. I was always late going to

school, I never did homework and that is why my parents made a decision to

sent me to Mr Kleks Academy. In our class there are twenty four students and

all their names start with “A”.

Agnieszka: Hello Adam, what dreams did you have?

Adam: I don’t remember, let’s have a look at our sleeping mirrors.

Agnieszka: Oh, what a wonderful dream you had – It was about seven glasses.

Aleksandra: Hi guys! Did you finish your shower?

Agnieszka: Yes, we are watching our dreams.

Amadeusz: I love our morning showers.

Aleksandra: You are right, especially on Wednesdays, when the shower is with

raspberry juice.

Anastazy: I think lessons are about to start.

Amadeusz: It will be interesting to see what Mr Kleks will prepare for us today.

Mr. Kleks: Hello guys, come to me. Give me your sleeping mirrors.

Mr. Kleks: This is stupid. It’s not finished, bad and wrong dreams are going into the

rubbish

bin. Oh, Adam, your dream is unusual, I will write it in my notebook. Come

my boy, I will give you two freckles. On Sunday afternoon we will explain

your dream to all your friends.

Adam: Thank you, professor.

Mr. Kleks: My dear children. I don’t want to teach you the grammar or calligraphy or

any

school subjects. I will just open your heads and pour oil into it.

So please, sit down , it is time to do an ink blot lesson.

Amadeusz: Can we start?

Mr. Kleks: Wait a minute. I will give you the ink. Pour some drops of ink on the paper

and

fold them. Let’s see what you have, my dear boys.

Adam: Mr Kleks! I have a flying boar!

Mr. Kleks: It is hard to say if it’s a bird or a rhino.

Amadeusz: Mr Kleks! We have a beautiful horse here.

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Anastazy: I have a squirrel.

Artur: I have a hippo.

Alan: I have an elephant with big ears!

Matthew: It’s me!

Mr. Kleks: Great! I will give you some freckles. You should be proud of your freckles

and neverever loose them. It is the biggest award I give to students in my

Academy.

Mr. Kleks: You look so nice with this hairstyle, my dear boy. Have You believe that I

am

one hundred years old.? But I am really twenty years younger than you.

Adam: Is it possible that Mr Kleks is younger than me?

Matthew: On the second floor there are two beds: one for me and one for Mr Kleks.

They are as small as cigar boxes. Mr Kleks and I are sleeping in those boxes.

Adam: I am not suprised that you are sleeping there but Mr Kleks?

Matthew: Every midnight Mr Kleks gets smaller, until he is as small as a baby. He

doesn’t have any hair or moustache or beard and he goes to sleep in a small

bed. Early in the morning he gets up, puts a pump in his ear and after a minute

he returns to his usual size. Then he takes some tablets to make his hair grow

back.

Adam: That is amazing.

Matthew: It is time for lesson!

Mr. Kleks: Now, my boys I will show you how to treat sick furniture.

Anastazy: Like the sick tram you treated it yesterday?

Mr. Kleks: Exactly. Observe me carefully.

So what about my little table? It isn’t hurt, is it? You don’t have a fever, your

boards are great, you have to be here for only three or four days. Be patient, I

will visit you tomorrow.

Amadeusz: What about this clock?

Mr. Kleks: Poor clock, It hurts a lot! But it will be ok.

Agnieszka: Incredible.

Niesamowite!

Andrzej: Amazing.

Aleksnadra: How do you do that?

Matthew: Mr Kleks can do everything. There isn’t anything he can’t do.

Matthew: It’s lunch time guys!

Mr. Kleks: Put some orange glasses into the pan, add some white powder , pour in

some water, paint it into green dots and at the end, add flames from some candles.

Adam, help me bring it to the table anything like this.

Adam: It is so delicious. I have never eaten it before.

Andrzej: Me neither.

Aleksandra: Excellent, I want more!

Adam: Second helpings please!

Mr. Kleks: I am so glad it is tasty. Remember, the taste of the meal is coming from the

colour, not from the food. Blue spots are sour, green – sweet, red – bitter,

yellow – salty, If you mix them up you can create different tastes. So white and

green and grey gives us vanilla, brown and yellow makes a chocolate taste and

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so on.

Amadeusz: Are you not eating professor?

Mr. Kleks: I don’t care about food. I only need hair growing tablets but I only eat

colourful things: butterflies, coloured glass, or I might paint something in my

favourite colour and eat it.

That is enough. Matthew, have a look they are eating.

Matthew: After lunch, we will go outside for a geography lesson.

Matthew: Let’s split into two teams.

Adam: Tell us the rules of the game.

Matthew: You have to kick the ball and name the city or the mountain or the river that

you kick. Ready, steady, go.

Adam: Warsaw.

Andrzej: Portugal.

Aleksnadra: London.

Amadeusz: Tatra Mountains.

Anastazy: Italy.

Adam: Vistula.

Agnieszka: Oh, where is our ball?

Anastazy: I think it went to another fairy tale.

Aleksandra: Where can I look for it, Matthew?

Amadeusz: Should I go to Cinderella or The Three Pigs or The Ugly Duckling maybe.

Aleksandra: Oh, Snow White, good morning.

Princess: Hello guys. Your ball has broken some toys, but I will give you your ball

back on condition that you teach my dwarfs geography.

Anastazy: OK, very well.

Mr. Kleks: My dear students. Let’s go and visit the most interesting factory in the

world.

You can see the most wonderful machines. Twelve thousand workers work

there. My friend Kopeć engineer is a director of the factory and he promised to

show us all places there to see how do people work. It will be a very interesting

trip. Follow me and let’s go.

And You Andrew, go with the Snow White into her tale.

Agnieszka: Yes, professor.

Mr. Kleks: And you Adam go into Mr Andersen’s fairy tale about the girl with matches

and say you are from Ambroży Kleks. Ask about box of matches. Take

a golden key to the gate.

Adam: I was in two schools before but I have never taken part in lessons like we did in

Academy. All the students respect and love Mr Kleks because he is a very

good man and he is not very bossy. Some people think that he is in our

imagination only, like his Academy but you all know that it is not true

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Italian book on the stage- I

White as milk Red as blood

White as milk

Red as blood

Characters: Leo, Beatrice, Sylvie, the narrator .

Scene : a poster with the image of the characters and the use of

color white , red and blue.

Act 1

The narrator: I want to tell you a story of three teenagers and of

how their dreams can be broken.

Leo (the narrator points to the actor playing Leo) is a young boy

like all the others in this world. He goes to school on his scooter

and he is in love with Beatrice .He hates the colour white.

Beatrice (the narrator points to the actress playing Beatrice) is a

very nice young girl with her red hair and her clear skin. She

suffers from Leukaemia.

Silvia (the narrator point to the actress playing Silvia) is the

young friend of both, Leo and Beatrice . She is also Leo’s

schoolmate. She is secretly in love with Leo.

It’s time to give voices to my characters. (the narrator blows

towards the characters)

Act 2 : Leo is talking to Silvia.

Leo: Beatrice is my love. I love everything about her: her red hair,

her eyes, her sweet smell. Can you introduce me to her?

Silvia: There is something that you should know , Beatrice isn’t

well. She’s in hospital. Her mother told me that she is suffering.

It’s terrible.

Leo: It can’t be possible. Beatrice is the starting point of all my

dreams. I can’t live without her. She is reliable, full of joy,like the

colour red. She’s life for me. She’s red like the blood inside my

veins. She’s the air that I breath every moment of my day.

Leukaemia is the white that I hate: the white is like a blank sheet

of paper and without her I fear to fill it. I absolutely hate white. I

love red.

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Act 3

The narrator: Leo asked Silvia to go to Beatrice. Silvia lets Leo to

stay alone with Beatrice .

Leo: Have you got a dream?

Beatrice: Oh yes, I have. I would love to dance and play my guitar

but I know that it will be a dream forever.

Leo: Here is my guitar and I will sing a song for you. ( canzone :

Come un pittore -Modà). Give me your hand. I’ll help you to get

up from your bed. Beatrice, we are dancing.

Beatrice: Yes, it’s great. We are dancing but now I’m very tired,

put me back to bed and please go away. I want to sleep.

Act 4

The narrator: Leo’s heart is really broken. It seems that all the

world is falling down and he together with it. He is very angry and

his anger is towards the persons around him. At this point in my

story a philosophy teacher arrives who makes Leo think about

the real meaning of life. Leo calls his teacher, the dreamer, at

school.

Dreamer : Leo, it’s not possible to have a life only coloured with

red . There is also the white and you should realize that. Beatrice

is dying; this is one great difficulty in your life. You should face

it with the awareness that your dreams can have an interruption

but you must go on , straight on the road of your life..

Leo: Why is Beatrice dying ?

Dreamer: Beatrice is not dying. She’s always with you. She will

live inside you forever.

Act 5

The narrator: Silvia tells Leo that Beatrice is dead. Together they

remember their friend.

Silvia: Beatrice will be our star forever. She is that star over there.

She is the red and the white of our life.

The narrator: Leo realizes that Silvia’s eyes are blue in a white

background. A blue ocean emerges from a reliable white empty

space and in that blue is peaceful to go inside . He is not afraid of

white any more. He also thinks he is in love with Silvia and love

never dies. It will last for ages.

Leo : Yes you’re right. She will always be with us.

The narrator: ( points to Leo and Silvia walking away together ) :

my story has arrived to its end. Leo doesn’t fear the white of

empty space anymore and decides to fill the white paper of his life

with the red ink of his emotion. He will become a writer, a

storyteller, who will give voices to his beloved images.

The end

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Portuguese book on the stage- I

The Morality Of The Witch Doctor of the 1st Republic

The Morality Play Of The Witch Doctor of the 1st Republic

(based on The Morality Play of the Witch Doctor, by António Aleixo)

Characters:

Witch Doctor

Old Woman

Patient

Neighbour1

Neighbour2

Doctor

Mr .X

Journalists

Music Choir

Body language (5 minutes)

(A room, 3 or 4 chairs, a couch, chests, table with food | everything according to

the epoch (1910))

Witch Doctor:

My dear profession

I take souls away from hell

I arrange for winter

I still have left for summer

(takes things from the chest, shows food on the table)

They send me bread

white as snow

May God accept

And two litres of olive oil

Blessed...

It comes all together

I do not know how I do not to faint

Smoked pork sausage

And a piece of smoked ham

The most beautiful thing

Is that with my intelligence

I earn more

Than men of science...

Old Woman:

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Lady Witch Doctor, may I come in?

I heard you do not even take money

Accept this reward...

(gives a reward)

You treated my brother

who is already in the coffin!!

WD:

Oh, how God is grateful to you

If you could understand

(aside)

Bless these people

Who are believers

So much they offer

I do not know where to put so many things

Oh, if they knew

How much this doctor earns!!

(The old woman exits, the witch doctor sets everything in order and sits at the

table.)

Journalist1:

Good evening, these are the news of the centenary of the republic.

Here's how José Relvas announced the establishment of the Republic:

José Relvas:

"I, José Relvas, in this month of October 1910 (nineteen ten),declare the

Republic established in Portugal...Soon, we will vote to choose the President of

the Republic. No more monarchy. Long live the Republic. Long live Portugal!

Long live the Portuguese Republic!

Journalist2:

The news edition also brings you this witch doctor(pointing at the WD), inspired

by the famous character created by António Aleixo. Ah! Our Aleixo, master in

popular wisdom...!

WD:

I do not get capital funds

Since I'm a witchdoctor

But with such goods

The pocket is full!

(a patient enters the scene, very yellow, complaining)

Patient:

Lady Witch Doctor

I’ve heard you know how to treat

I'm tired of suffering

I’ve come here to get healed

Believe me, you won’t lose a thing

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If you can save me...

WD:

Oh! I do not want from the patient

Anything for me

What I get is for God!

Tell me what you feel...

Patient:

Lady Witch Doctor

I feel pain

In my belly ... some fervency

It is looseness, diarrhoea

And it is permanent!

WD:

Calm down...

I'll suddenly heal you

A plaster on the navel

Prayers…that I have to say...

Have saved a lot of people!

I am an informed person

About the plaster and about what to do

And the rest...

Shall happen...

It will happen!

(The WD sits down, the patient lies down.)

Journalist3:

We are on the 10th October 1910. We announce the extinction of the king's military

house, the extinction of the municipal guards of Lisbon and Oporto and the provisional

establishment in Lisbon and Oporto of the Republican Guard.

At the same time, we announce the lettering of the word "Republic" in all the stamps in

circulation."

And in the year nineteen ten there were also these unusual...diarrhoeas that are

difficult to treat"

Journalist4:

Education received special attention of the first republican governments, that tried, at

all costs, to solve the problem of illiteracy in Portugal. Mobile schools were created.

These schools were attended by children but also by adults.

WD:

Friend,

To get well

say

What I say...

“To be blessed

And get healed

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From heart diseases

From influenza or cold

From the fallen gristle

Or something similar

From the harm done by witches”

Patient:

“To be blessed

And get healed

From heart diseases

From influenza or cold

From the fallen gristle

Or something similar

From the harm done by witches”

WD:

That the stomach ache,

Which attacks my intestines, is cured

That I get rid of the round-worms

Those killer vermins

Patient:

That the stomach ache,

Which attacks my intestines, is cured

That I get rid of the round-worms

Those killer vermins

WD:

And the offer can not delay

For the witch doctor who is treating me!

(opens the hand)

Patient:

The offer you'll have!

Journalist1:

Today, 7th January 1911 (nineteen eleven),we report that the Minister of Promotion is

retained at home with an influenza attack. The Minister of the Navy had a relapse in the

same illness.

Journalist2:

We report the cure of the sleeping sickness. The cure for sleeping sickness was

discovered! And could it be that our witch doctor heals our sick friend??

|Music|

Patient:

When will I start to walk?

When will I be cured?

WD:

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Have faith, have faith

And patience, my patient friend

(pause)

Drink ...you’ll see it will go away

The pain will disappear by grace!

Patient:

Could you see if you made a mistake

Where this went through

Oh, Oh, poor me! What pain

It's worse than tincture

What a horror!

What pain, what pain!!!

Journalist3:

On 7th December 1918 (nineteen eighteen), the secretary of state grabbed the man

who tried to kill President Sidónio Pais. An individual has advanced among the

demonstrators, holding a small revolver with which he fired point-blank against the

head of state.

Journalist4:

The people rebelled against the rise in the price of bread of 36 cents a kilo. The alarm

bells were played. The crowd blamed bakeries. Despite the contestation, there were no

unpleasant incidents.

Speaking of unpleasant...(points to the patient)

Neighbour1

What happened?

What a disgrace!

What shall be done?

Neighbour 2:

The lady witch doctor disappeared...

Where did she go?

Neighbour1:

See what happened(points to the patient)

It was punishment that he was given!

Neighbour 2:

The witch doctor could cure this pain

But since she's not here,

Let´s call the Doctor!

Patient:

Shut up, please

I can not stand this pain...

Old Woman:

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Oh,

so much misfortune

The pain does not go away

Nor it seems that it ever will

Oh

so much misfortune

Hmm...wait a minute...

What does it matter to me

If it’s not me who is in pain!!

Nobody's watching

I even feel like dancing

(starts dancing ...) |Music|

Come on, let´s dance!

Doctor:

(to the patient)

So, are you the patient?

Patient:

Yes, I am.

Doctor:

What happened?

Patient:

In the belly

It was a pain that started

Doctor:

Here, where I have the finger,

Say if the pain increases

Patient:

Slowly, slowly

The pain is increasing...

Doctor:

What did you eat?

Patient:

Cod,it was...

Neighbour 1:

(aside)

Round-worms, I say. And he's drunk.

Neighbour 2:

No, no

He has the flu. And fever...

Neighbour 1:

(to the Doctor)

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Your opinion is missing...

Doctor:

(to Neighbour 2)

Maybe you're right

It is the flu

Drunk he is not!

(The patient makes the sign of the cross)

Doctor:

For now let me give you an injection

(The doctor applies injection)

Take the pills every two hours

And soon you will feel much better

Neighbour 1:

And…who gives the money?

Doctor:

Calm down! There is no problem.

(to the patient)

You pay later

I know where you live

Goodbye

I wish you a speedy recovery!

Neighbour 1:

This was not the work of the doctor

It was a miracle, if you please!

Neighbour 2:

Oh... indeed it was! Miracle!

And that pricking in the arm

Holy Mary

Such heresy!

Patient:

Enough!

Do not make so many reproaches

I'm better now.

Thanks to the doctor.

MR.X(reading the paper):

If life

stays the same

It's my fault, it's yours

Let's end

This deep sleep

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And know what's new

in the world!

WD:

It is best to start going slowly

Without striking the eye!

If they catch me alive,

they’ll pluck out my guts!!

MrX:

Hey, hey

Wasn’t it you who ill-treated that patient?

WD:

Me?

Not me. I'm in a hurry

Goodbye my people...

Old Woman:

And so the adventures of a Witch Doctor in the 1stRepublic end!

The End

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II

Castro Marim | Portugal

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Polish book on stage – II

Satan from the 7th grade

“Satan from the 7th grade” Based on “Szatan z siódmej klasy” by Kornel Makuszyński

Act 1

Clasroom

Jasińska: Żelska! You have stolen my pen!

Żelska: What! Me?

Jasińska: No one, only you!

Żelska: I have never seen your pen!

Jasińska: You are a layer! It was here yesterday!

Adam: Quiet! Tell me what’s wrong?!

Jasińska: She has stolen my pen!

Żelska: No!

Adam: Have you stolen it?

Żelska: No, I haven’t.

Adam: So, where is the pen?

Jasińska: I ask myself the same question!

Adam: Staszek! You have stolen the pen, have you?

Burski: Me?! Why do you think so?

Adam: Today you have written more beautiful than usually.

Burski: So, what?

Adam: I think you have a reason. If you haven’t stolen this pen, I am sorry, but if you

have

done it, so give it to him.

Burski: OK. But please, don’t tell about it anyone, ok?

Act 2

The lesson starts.

Professor: Good morning, my guys.

Class: Good morning.

Professor: Kaczanowska – come to me and answer some questions, please.

Kaczanowska: But, professor I am not prepared.

Professor: Why?

Kaczanowska: Because I thought, today it is not my turn.

Professor: Sit down! So, Ostrowicka … Come here quickly.

Ostrowicka: Professor, I feel faint.

Professor: But, can you say one’s lessons?

Ostrowicka: No, I can ’t .

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Professor: Why? Tell the true.

Ostrowicka: Because, I am not prepared. I don’t know last lesson.

Profesor: Sit down, what’s going on with you? Are you crazy?

Adam: Professor?

Professor: Who are you? I forgot.

Adam: My name is Adam Cisowski. I have discovered your exam method.

Professor: What are you talking about?

Adaś: Professor, you examined every time using the same rules. The first person, next

the tenth and the twentieth and so on. It was not difficult to find it.

Professor: It was my incredible way of examination. How did you do that?

Adam: It was easy, observation and concentration.

The lesson finishes.

Professor: Peter!

Adam: I’m Adam, professor.

Professor: Oh yes, Adam, your detective talent can be useful. I would like to ask you

for help. I have got in trouble. A mysterious danger is in my family. It started when one

French wanted to buy our family house. He wanted to give us a lot of money. But we

didn’t agree. After some days someone has stolen living room’s door and next front

door. After some time we have found the door near our house but without paint. Don’t

you think it is a strange story? That’s why we want you solve the mystery. Could you

help us?

Adam: I am not sure if it’s possible but I will try if you want.

Act 3

At the country, house of family Gąsowski.

Professor: Adam, this is my brother Iwo, his wife and his daughter Wanda.

Wanda: Hello Adam. I’m so happy you will help us!

Act 4

Adam: So let ’s work. What do we know about this house?

Wanda: Look Adam- there- in a tree shadow.

Adam: I can see. Someone is going very carefully.

Wanda: He is going from the forest. Look! He stops and looks at the house. He wants

to know, who is coming to us.

Adam: I will try to observe his face. Stay here. Powoli posuwa sie nagle zostaje

uderzony przez tajemnicza postać w głowę I upada.

Adam: Aaaaaaaaaaaa…..

Wanda: Help! Help! Adam! Are you alive?

Adam: I’ m Ok. Do you have any old documents connected with your house?

Ms Gąsowska: Here you are, they have been in the attic.

Professor: What’s inside?

Wanda: Wait a minute? Let’s see.

Adam: Professor, we have our French guy.

Professor: Tell me, my boy. So there were French man here?

Adam : Yes. Many years ago. The first one left after a short time and the second one

died here.

Ms Gąsowska: My goodness. When?

Wanda (czyta z Adasiem): In 1813.

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Professor (uderza sie w czoło) : Oh my head, my cruel head. I have forgotten that my

father showed me the old grave. The legend says the French man is in it.

Adam: Yes, yes.

Professor: I was seven or eight years old so I forgot. But how have you found that the

French was here?

Adam: Because, these days French come to your house. I thought it is connected.

Professor: And?

Adam: I don ’t know. Not yet.

Wanda: Thanks to this old documents we know that at the beginning of 1813 two

Napoleon’s soldiers were going to Moscow but they stopped in our house.

Mrs Gąsowski: Uffff… We are very close the solution.

Act 5

Ms Gąsowska: I forgot to tell you that today one painter asks us is it possible to stay in

our house for few days. I agreed. Supper is ready so he is coming,

Professor: That’s strange. We have to check it.

The painter comes.

Painter: I heard you have a problem with the disappeared door.

Ms Gąsowska : Nothing serious. Can you see the gallery of these old paintings of our

family? Can you paint one eye on one of them? They should be renovating.

Painter: Oh no, I paint only nature.

Ms Gąsowska: What’s a pity. Let’s go to bed, it’s late.

Adam: It is a false painter. We have to be careful.

Act 6

Adam: Someone has stolen the old documents!!!

Mr Gąsowski: Where is the painter?

Ms Gąsowska: He has gone.

Adam: I have to go away for 2-3 days. I ‘m sure thieves are near here. I want to look

around the neighbourhood.

Ms Gąsowska: Ok. We will give a show that you are at home.

Act 7

Professor: Adam! You are coming back. Great! Oh, Staszek Burski. What are you

doing here?

Staszek: I ‘m on a camp near here.

Wanda : Tell me, Adam. How is going on?

Adam : So fortunately I went to Mrs. Niemczewska house. I helped her to translate the

letter of the French officer.

Wanda: How did she find that letter?

Adam: Well, the false painter asked her for help in translation. I started to spy him and

I went to his secret place. His friends caught me and closed in the cellar.

Ms Gąsowska: That is terrible Adam!

Adam: Do you know who I met there? French who wanted to buy your house. If no

Staszek….

Burski: Luckily we come on time because it was not good with the French. We took

him to the local church and the priest told us that years ago someone took injured man

on the door. It was the door from Your house!

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Adam: Of course I found the door and the writing on it. I know where the treasure is.

Follow me.

Adam: Two steps on the South, five on the West, eight on the North.

Zatrzymuje się i zaczyna kopać.

Burski: We have a treasure!!!!!!

Bandit: Hands up!

Burski: Calm down. We haven’t found the treasure yet. It was only the mystification

for the thiefs.

Ms Gąsowska: I don ‘t understand!

Burski: We have dug the box here because we though the thieves will follow us.

Adam: Now, we can start to look for the real treasure. Our French officer was in a

living room some time, so we have to look for something there.

Act 8

Adam: Give me a magnifying glass. You can find in a house someone who will come

from Egypt and have never eaten from the plate.

Ms Gąsowska: What does it mean?

Adam: I know!

Act 9

Adam: This house belongs to someone who has never eaten in a plate. It is a stork. Our

French saw that tree from his room. The officer was too sick to dig his treasure, so he

had to hide it here.

Ms Gąsowska: Real diamonds!!!!!!!!!

Wanda: Thank you, Adam.

Adam: Your almond eyes are the most beautiful, more beautiful then all diamonds in

the word.

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Italian book on the stage – II

Fairy tales over the phone

FAIRY TALES OVER THE PHONE

BY GIANNI RODARI

SCENE: MISTER BIANCHI IS AT THE PHONE TELLING HIS DAUGHTER

A FAIRY TALES OVER THE PHONE

CHARACTERS:

1- ALICE TUMBLING HER GRANDPHATHER AND HIS

FATHER IN ALICE TUMBLING FAIRY TALES

2-THE BARBER AND THE BUSINESSMAN IN THE TOWN OF

STOCCOLMA FAIRY TALES

3- THE CHILDREN,A FIREMAN AND AN OLD WOMAN IN THE

ICECREAM BUILDING FAIRY TALES

THE NARRATOR

ACT:1 ALICE TUMBLING

NARRATOR:EVERY EVENING,AT NINE O’CLOCK, A DAD,MISTER

BIANCHI,TELLS HER DAUGHTER,WHO CAN’T FALL ASLEEP, A FAIRY

TALES OVER THE PHONE

MISTER BIANCHI: OH, IT’S NINE O’CLOCK I HAVE TO PHONE MY

LITTLE DARLING (OVER THE PHONE) ..HI, YOU CAN’T SLEEP…. NOW

TRY…CLOSE YOUR EYES..AND LISTEN THE FAIRY TALES OF ALICE

TUMBLING. THIS IS THE STORY OF ALICE TUMBLING ,WHO ALWAYS

TUMBLES EVERYWHERE. ON ONE DAY HER GRANDFATHER WAS

FINDING HER TO GO TO THE PARK: “ALICE,ALICE,ALICE! WHERE ARE

YOU?,MY DARLING”

“I’M HERE,GRANDPA” ALICE SAID

“WHERE?” HER GRANDPA ASKED

“I’M HERE IN THE CLOCK”

OH!!! SHE OPENED THE LITTLE DOOR OF THE CLOCK TABLE TO GIVE

A LOOK INSIDE AND SHE TUMBLED INTO THE MECHANISM OF THE

CLOCK: SHE HAD TO HOP AND HOP IF SHE DON’T WANT TO FINISH

CRUSHED FROM THE MOVING OF THE HOURS.TIC AND TAC AND

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ALICE WAS ALWAYS HOPPING.

ANOTHER TIME HER GRANDPA WAS SEARCHING HER TO GIVE SOME

SNACKS: “ ALICE,ALICE, WHERE ARE YOU?” HER GRANDPA SAID

SERIOUSLY

“ I’M HERE,GRANDPA” ALICE SAID

“ WHERE HERE” GRANDPA SAID WHO WAS BECOMING ALWAYS

MORE WORRIED

“I’M JUST HERE,GRANDPA,IN THE BOTTLE.I WAS THIRSTY AND I FELL

INSIDE INTO THE WATER”ALICE SAID

ALICE WAS SWIMMING AND SWIMMING,FORTUNATELY SHE CAN DO

IT.SHE LEARNT IT THE LAST SUMMER.

HER GRANDPA SAID “WAIT JUST A MOMENT, I’LL GET YOU OUTSIDE

FROM HERE.TAKE THIS ROPE”.

ANOTHER TIME ALICE DISAPPEARED.HER GRANDPA WAS

SEARCHING HER,AS USUAL, BUT SHE DIDN’T ANSWER.

“ALICE,ALICE WHERE ARE YOU?” SCREAMED HER

GRANDPARENTS,HER MUM ,HER FATHER BUT ALICE WAS

NOWHERE.SHE WAS IN THE DRAWERS OF THE KITCHEN TABLES

AND THERE SHE FELL ASLEEP.WHEN SHE WOKE UP,

SHE THOUGHT “ THAT DRAWER HAD TO BE OPENED TO TAKES SOME

FORKS FOR THE DINNER”THEIR PARENTS WASN’T OPENING THAT

DRAWERS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TOFIND OUT WHERE ALICE

WAS.WHEN ALICE WAS TIRED TO WAIT ANY MORE SHE BEGAN TO

BEAT HER LEG AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAWER.

HER DAD SAID “ BE QUITE,LISTEN! THERE IS A NOISE FROM THAT

DRAWER” TUM….. TUM …TUM…HE OPENED IT AND ALICE TUMBLED

IN THE POCKET JACKET OF HER DAD …READY FOR ANOTHER

ADVENTURE…OH THIS IS OUR ALICE TUMBLING.

ACT:2 THE ICECREAM BUILDING



TRY…CLOSE YOUR EYES..AND LISTEN THE FAIRY TALES OF AN

ICECREAM BUILDING.

ONE UPON TIME THERE WAS A BIG BUILDING MADE OF ICECREAM

IN BOLOGNA MAGGIORE SQUARE.ALL THE CHILDREN CAME FROM

ALL OVER THE PARTS OF THAT REGION TO GIVE A LICK TO THAT

HUGE ICECREAM BUILDING.THE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM A

CHIMNEY WAS MADE BY THE CANDYFLOSS, THE WALLS WERE ALL

OF CHOCOLATE ICECREAM AND THE FURNITURE WAS OF WHITE

CREAM.A LITTLE CHILD WAS ATTACHED TO THE TABLE FOR A LONG

TIME AND HE LICKED ITS LEGS ONE BY ONE UNTIL THE TABLE

CRACKED UPON HIM WITH ALL ITS PLATES.BUT ALSO THE PLATES

WAS MADE OF CHOCOLATE,IT WAS THE BEST. A POLICEMAN OFTHE

LOCAL TOWN HALL REALIZED THAT A WINDOW WAS TO LOOSEN IN

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A HUGE PINK WAVE:ALSO THE WINDOWS WERE MADE OF

ICECREAM,STRAWBERRY ICECREAM: “ HURRY UP, HURRY UP” THE

POLICEMAN SCREAMED AND SAID “THE ICECREAM BUILDING IS

STARTIN TO DISSOLVE”.ALL THE PEOPLE, FROM THE CHILDREN TO

THE ADULTS STARTED TO LICK, IT WAS REALLY DELICIOUS. AN OLD

WOMAN WAS IMPLORING “ PLEASE GIVE ME THAT ARMCHAIR, I

WANT IT BUT I CAN’T WALK UP TO THERE”A VERY GENEROUS

FIREMAN RAN TO TAKE THE PISTACCHIO ICECREAM ARMCHAIR AND

THE OLD WOMAN BEGAN TO LICK THAT ICECREAM HAPPILY. THE

THING THAT WAS AMAZING IT WAS THAT NO ONE WAS SICK OR

SUFFERED FROM STOMACHACHE.NOW WHEN THE CHILDREN ASK

FOR AN ICECREAM THEY PARENTS SIGH: “ OH! FOR YOU IT’S GOOD

THE ICECREAM BUILDING OF BOLOGNA”

ACT:3



TRY…CLOSE YOUR EYES..AND LISTEN THE FAIRY TALES OF THE

TOWN OF STOCCOLMA.

ONE UPON TIME IN THE MARKET OF GALVIRATE PEOPLE CAN SELL

EVERYTHING.ON A FRAIDAY MAN WAS SELLING STRANGE THINGS:

THE WHITE MOUNT, THE INDIAN OCEAN, THE SEAS OF THE MOON

AND AFTER AN HOUR THERE WAS ONLY THE TOWN OF STOCCOLMA

TO SELL.IT WAS BOUGHT BY A BARBER IN CHANGE OF A HAIR CUT.

THE BARBER SAID “ I’M THE LOWNER OF THE TOWN OF

STOCCOLMA” HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THIS BUSINESS.HE ALWAYS

SAYS: “WHAT AN AMAZING BUSINESS I HAD A TOWN IN CHANGE OF

A SIMPLE HAIR CUT.IT’ S THE CAPITAL OF SWEDEN, IT HAS ALMOST

A MILION OF PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOW ALL MINE”.THE BARBER

SAVED SOME MONEY FOR A YEAR AND THE LAST YEAR HE WENT TO

SWEDEN TO VISIT HIS….PROPERTY.HE THOUGHT THAT THE TOWN

OF STOCCOLMA WAS MARVELLOUS AND THE SWEDISH PEOPLE

SEEMED VERY KIND.HE SAID TO PEOPLE MET THE ROAD “I’M THE

LOWNER OF YOUR TOWN,DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS”.THE SWEDISH

SMILED BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T UNDERSTAND ANY WORDS

SPOKEN BY THE BARBER.HE WAS HAPPY FOR HIS BUSINESS BUT HE

WAS IN MISTAKES: BECAUSE THE WORLD DOESN’T BELONG TO

ANYONE …IT’S FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO CATCH……BYE

MY LITLLE DARLING ..NOW SLEEP..

ACT.4

STUDENTS SING THE MODA’S SONG: “FAVOLA”(FAIRY TALES)

THE END

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Portuguese book on the stage- II

The attack on Santarém

Adaptation of "The attack on Santarém "

- From "The First Kings / History of Portugal" ( v. 1 . ) - Pages 111-

114 |

Ana Maria Magalhães / Isabel Alçada

scene 1

Moor Historian 1: I present you the Sultan of Morocco, a tall, strong

man, with red beard and white hair, who uses both hands with equal

skill...

Sultan of Morocco: Yes, my dear historian. But the most important is

to say that I try to be a righteous man, a wise ruler who avoids

bloodshed ... but I believe the war against Christians to be fair and

necessary.

scene 2

Christian Historian 1: Never so many Moors together had been seen

attacking Portugal! Thirteen Muslim kings and their armies

accompanied the Sultan of Morocco.

scene 3

Sultan of Morocco: In this spring of 1184, we will leave Seville and

take the direction of Santarém. Prepare the war machines, Indian

swords, shields, bows and arrows. Flags up high. Let’s go!

scene 4

Christian Historian 2: The first attack was against Torres Novas ... But

what the Moors brought in mind was Santarém. The Moorish army

camped near a hill, | they lie down | preparing for the fight ...

Attention… Prince D. Sancho is arriving.

D. Sancho: We have few men for such great army of Moors . Lock the

population in the castle! Raise barricades to protect the houses outside

the castle. Barricades

scene 5

Sultan of Morocco: First we simulate fighting among us. Then, we

attack the city! Get ready ... now! NOW!!

scene 6

D. Sancho: We will endure till we can. The Moors are bursting the

barricade. Hold on...

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scene 7

Moor Historian 2: Settle down. There is bad news. The Sultan's son

had an accident, lost his balance and the horse fell on him. A troop of

Murcia was defeated in the plain and the Christians stole all the horses

they could. And worse ... a chief of our army betrayed us and moved

over to the enemy’s side.

scene 8

Christian Historian 1: Sometimes, in the stories of history, there are

lies that become victories truths. Someone released the news, false

news that King Afonso Henriques was on his way to help his son,

Prince D. Sancho. With this "truth", Christian soldiers, who trusted

their king, gained new strength and the Moors, when they heard the

news, were even more terrified. There are reports of friends of mine

that say that the Christian army met D. Afonso Henriques and a great

army that was with him and together they defeated the Moors. But ...

that’s fantasy because on this date the king was already an invalid.

scene 9

Moor Historian 1: A total mess was created! The army was too big and

did not know the area. The chiefs gave orders, but no one listened!! The

Christian soldiers took advantage of this and attacked us from behind.

They wounded the Sultan. The great Sultan of Morocco withdrew and,

seriously injured, died on the road to Évora.

scene 10

Christian Historian 2: At the Moor camp there was massive wealth:

gold, weapons, horses and even men who were kept captive. D. Sancho,

future king of Portugal, was able to defend Santarém.

scene 11

Christian Historian 2: For history also remained a little bit of fantasy:

the participation of King Afonso Henriques in the battle.

Moor Historian 2: From the Moorish side there was also fantasy that

remained in the memory of time: the Sultan, four months before the

battle, just outside Marrakech, saw a funeral passing by and heard

someone say "Pray for the foreigner ... at a bad time ... at a bad time ...

pray for the foreigner." A bad omen ... thought the Sultan ... Had it been

true? A lie?

Christian Historian 1: History is made of truths ... and also fantasy!

Moor Historian 1: Therefore ... we're here.

Christian Historian 2: Even with very different views of an event...

Moor Historian 2: We study the WORLD!

Moor and Christian Historians: WE GIVE LIFE TO HISTORY!!

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III

Pisticci | Italy

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Italian book - III

Here a thousand years

Mariolina Venezia was born in Matera, she is a scriptwriter and a writer;

she wrote “Been Here a Thousand Year” published in 2007 and won the

Campiello Prize. The novel is about the story of five generations and is set

in Grottole, a small town in Basilicata.

We are proud of having MS Venezia with us today, to whom we express

all our gratitude.

Our show is a free interpretation of the novel, so we beg the writer’s

pardon for any imperfections.

The scene is set in Grottole, a small town near Matera, where the

extraordinary daily events of the Falcone family weave together. The

Falcones represent a typical family from Basilicata who has experienced

war, migration, hunger, wealth, public scandals and a lot of love

storiessince the unification of Italy .

After five generations, a century later, the little Gioia takes the train and

runs away from home to forget everything and everyone…

Reader : SILLETTI LUCIA (III A)

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LIBERO ADATTAMENTO DI “MILLE ANNI CHE STO QUI” Free interpretation of:

“ BEEN HERE FOR THOUSAND YEARS” CHARACTERS:

FRANCESCO FALCONE

CONCETTA Francesco’s wife

ALBINA Falcone’s daughter LAURIA GIULIA (II C)

CANDIDA Albina’s daughter CHIARA VIGGIANI ( III A)

CANDIDA (YOUNG GIRL) CHIARA PASTORE (II C)

COLINO Candida’s husband

FRANCESCO Candida’s son

EMILIO Candida’s son

DILLINO Candida’s son DI LEO MATTEO (II A)

MIMMO Candida’s son CATALDO MARIO (III B)

CATALDO Candida’s son FICARRA SIMONE (III A)

VINCENZO Candida’s son CAZZATI ARTURO (III A)

ALBA Candida’s daughter MINNAJA ALESSANDRA (II A)

GIOIA Alba and Rocco’s daughter VIGGIANI MARTINA (III A)

GIOIA Alba’s friend ROSANO GIUSANNA (III B)

Prologue

Gioia is on the train that goes from Matera to Grottole.

GIOIA : ( Leaning her head is against the window sighing with grief) That countryside

doesn’t

belong to my memories. It’s not the same countryside my grandma used to describe in

her

tales. It seems to me as if she were sitting near the fireplace with all her children around

her.

ACT I

SCENE 1. (At grandma’s house)

Grandma Candida is sitting near the fireplace, she is telling stories about the origins of

her

family. Her children are sitting around her.

CANDIDA (Addressing to her children) My Grandpa Francesco lived in the second

half

of the 19th century when the unification of Italy had just been realized.

MIMMO: Was grandpa Francesco a rich man?

CANDIDA: Oh yes, he was. He was land owner, his warehouse was always full of jars

of olive oil, wheat and barrels of wine. In other words, nobody in his family has

ever suffered from hunger.

ALBA: Mum, please tell us once more about grandpa Francesco who hid his

money and all his jewels at the news of the arrival of the “briganti” (robbers).

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CANDIDA: (with sorrow) That episode was the beginning of the end of our richness.

Yes, our grandpa Francesco hid all his possessions in the walls of his house and he

never revealed anybody the secret place . The ”briganti” captured him and

tried to persuade him to reveal the secret , but they were unsuccessful. They

killed him and his secret died with him.

DILLINO: And then? what happened then, mum?

CANDIDA: My grandma Concetta sold the house and the plot of land and went to live

with her daughter and son-in-law.

CATALDO: Mum, tell us, how was life when you became poor?

GRANDMA: It was a disaster for my mum Albina she always told my father…

ACT II

SCENE 1. At Albina’s house with young Candida and Vincenzo the father

ALBINA: ( She is upset and angry) I married you but, I was destined to another man,

nobler than you. I wasn’t supposed to live such a life!

VINCENZO: ( watching his wife furiously) Thanks to my humble and honest work you

can eat every day of the year and year after year…

YOUNG CANDIDA: I find it strange that all you argue about the past, we are the result

of that past and we have to accept this reality. I’m walking the same roads

my grandpa Francesco walked and I’m breathing the same air my grandma

breathed because here are the roots of our family. You haven’t realized all

that yet. We are bound to this land . I’ve met a boy that would like to

marry me. I like him and he likes me. He said he wants to buy grandpa

Francesco ‘s house to live all together as we used to do in the old times .

ALBINA: ( Smiling ) At last good news from you. The wedding will be as soon as the

house is renovated.

ACT III

SCENE 1 ( Candida is always sitting near the fireplaces with all her children around

her)

CANDIDA: ( Pointing to the wall in front of her) It was there that my husband found

my

grandpa ‘s money and jewels. While he was renovating the house, he was

demolishing some walls to build the new ones, he suddenly found a bag full of

money and jewels. Unfortunately, the money had no legal value, and my

grandma Concetta took possession of the golden necklace and earrings she

never took off. When she died she took them with her into the tomb.

ALBA: Please, my dear mum, tell us how was your life when you became rich again?

CANDIDA: My husband had a shop where he used to sell everything from fabrics for

clothing to agricultural tools. He was a good man, he granted credit to poor

people who could buy and pay their debts even after his death. Those were

hard times . We faced the war and then the immigration to look for a job. Yes,

we were lucky and all my children are studying…

ALBA: Yes mum, I like Maths, I want to become a teacher.

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MIMMO: I want to go to university to become a very important person.

ACT IV

SCENE 1 At the college in Monopoli Alba meets her friend Gioia..

GIOIA (ALBA’S FRIEND): Yes, I’ve met a boy , he is so handsome….I’m falling in

love with him. He asked me to marry him and I said yes, yes, yes ….

ALBA: ( She is listening to Gioia thoughtfully)

Oh… I’m happy for you but I’m a bit sad because you will go away.

I‘ve found a real friend, you’re so smart and so fun. If I have

a daughter I ‘ll give her your name, Gioia, in memory of our friendship.

ACT V

SCENE 1.

Gioia arrives at Grottole , her grandma‘s town.

GIOIA: (Walking fast towards her grandma’s house ) That’s why my name is Gioia.

My mum met her friend Gioia only once, by chance and she remembered her

with embarrassment. I want to stay with my grandma Candida now I’m ill and

I feel weak . She will give me the right medicine to cheer me up . Grandma,

grandma where are you? It’s Gioia!

CANDIDA: ( Near the fireplace) Where can I be? I’m here ready to welcome you with

open arms and a smile. Sit down near me. I have been living here for thousand

years.

GIOIA: (With a smile) I’ve lived very far away from here. I’ve lived on the road, I’ve

had so many men I can hardly remember their names, I’ve fought battles that

weren’t mine, always looking for my real identity, now I’ve realized that my deep

essence is here in your tales, in the story of our family, in the story of the

women of this family, in the images of a land that existed only in your stories and

in our thoughts.

CANDIDA: It’s true. Our common roots are here in grandpa Francesco and grandma

Concetta ‘s belief in a natural world , where the cycle of life was marked by

dawn and dusk. It was a simple life that considered our own little town as a wide

world with rich and poor joined by a deep bitterness, a world where the rich

feared of losing all that they owned and the poor of starving.

GIOIA: Even if those were hard times everybody had a role …. I had forgotten what

was mine …. but now , thanks to you, I know that I belong to this land , to your stories,

to our family…. yes, sure… I can say I love my grandpa Francesco, my grandma

Concetta and you, grandma Candida… yes… I love my country .

CANDIDA: And I love you my darling (Gioia hugs her grandma)

Sound Track: “TERRA PROMESSA”

Siamo ragazzi di oggi

pensiamo sempre all'America

guardiamo lontano

troppo lontano

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viaggiare è la nostra passione

incontrare nuova gente

provare nuove emozioni

e stare amici di tutti

siamo ragazzi di oggi

anime nella città

dentro i cinema vuoti

seduti in qualche bar

e camminiamo da soli

nella notte più scura

anche se il domani

ci fa un po' paura

finché qualcosa cambierà

finché nessuno ci darà

una terra promessa

un mondo diverso

dove crescere i nostri pensieri

noi non ci fermeremo

non ci stancheremo di cercare

il nostro camino

siamo ragazzi di oggi

zingari di professione

con i giorni davanti

e in mente un'illusione

noi siamo fatti così

guardiamo sempre al futuro

e così immaginiamo

un mondo meno duro

finché qualcosa cambierà

finché nessuno ci darà

una terra promessa

un mondo diverso

dove crescere i nostri pensieri


non ci stancheremo di cercare

il nostro cammino


non ci stancheremo

ed insieme noi troveremo

una terra promessa

un mondo diverso...

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Portuguese book on the stage- III

Love Sigh

Suspiro do Amor / Love Sigh

| D. Inês and D. Pedro’s love by Ana Maria Magalhães & Isabel Alçada (in Portugal:

Histórias e Lendas – pp. 63,64), |

Characters:

D. Pedro

D. Inês

Narrator

Choir

D. Constança

D. Constança’s nanny

Counsellors

D. Afonso IV

Scene I

Narrator:

Welcome to love sigh, ah! the sigh of the heart. Sometimes, a smile wide open, other times

a smile squeezed into a tear. Well… it is love… For brief seconds, I beg you to close your

eyes… (pause) and get ready to travel up to the 14th century… (lights go down, each

character places his/her own prop). You can open your eyes now. We are in the midst of

the 14th century. King D. Afonso IV did the usual, he had the hand of a noble asked for his

son, D. Pedro. The chosen one was Constança Manuel, daughter of a monarch’s descendant

from the kingdoms of Aragon, Castile and Leon. As it was a custom at the time, the future

queen brought along with her a committee with several people, and among them… a

beautiful bridesmaid whose name was Inês and who was a Galician noblemen’s daughter.

Pedro and Constança got married at the Lisbon Cathedral in 1340, though already married

by proxy. (Music is heard – a few seconds of the wedding march – followed by a stanza

dedicated to Constança)

| Choir (stanza)

Constança, Constança, Constança

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You came to marry love in Portugal

In your innocence, as a child,

You came to suffer love in Portugal |

(During the wedding ceremony Pedro and Constança walk hand-in-hand and the other

characters clap and form two queues. The couple goes by in the middle. Once more Pedro

and Inês exchange looks… The groom leaves the stage and the other characters return to

their seats)

Scene II

(After an absence of a few days to solve State issues, Pedro returns to the castle. He enters,

kisses Constança’s hand and his eyes follow those of Inês).

Pedro: How have you been, my lady?

Constança: Fine, my Lord.

Pedro: I am going to spend a few days away to solve a State issue. Order Inês to get my

clothes ready. (leaves)

Constança: Inês, Inês… (looking furious)

D. Constança’s nanny: It’s that girl, isn’t it? The beautiful Inês who came with you?

Constança: It is… and the worst is that all Court realized that. It is said everywhere…

Choir: And so lived Constança… worried about the Pedro and Inês’ love… A love that grew

on a daily basis…

Scene III

Narrator: Ah! D. Constança, Queen of Portugal, without D. Pedro’s love! Maria was born,

Pedro and Constança’s first daughter, and then Luís. After the boy’s birth Constança had an

idea…

Constança: I am going to invite Inês to be my son Luís’ godmother. Afterwards she won’t

have the courage to keep the love affair with Pedro.

D. Constança’s nanny: Good idea. The romance will end and the people will stop talking.

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(Two characters jump out of the choir and surround Constança)

Choir’s first character: But it wasn’t like that… Constança.

Choir’s second character: Luís died shortly after. And the people…

Choir’s first character: The people even blamed the godmother, Inês.

Narrator: Constança’s life wasn’t easy. And her smile faded days after the birth of her

third child, D. Fernando, who would become King of Portugal. Constança died, the Court

mourns… and the people say that…

D. Constança’s nanny: Her heart was broken!

| Choir (stanza)

Sighed, oh, the smile of love

Made the Queen’s heart rest

Constança, Constança, Constança

Sighing… oh, was all she had

Scene IV

(The characters of the choir bring a throne which will be shown shortly after and in which

King D. Afonso IV will sit)

D. Afonso IV: May my Counsellors enter.

Counsellor 1: D. Afonso, you have to do something for your son.

Counsellor 2: It seems that Pedro and Inês live a life of sin!

D. Afonso IV: So you are saying that I should bring them apart.

Counsellor 3: May this woman die!

D. Afonso: Die?

Counsellor 1: Yes. For the people’s sake… she must die! And the prince must look for a

bride that is a princess from an important Court. My king, you are the Head of State and

you have to think about the State and about reason…

Counsellor 2: And only then about the heart!

(Counsellors are withdrawn, the King leaves, the Choir take the throne. Lights go down.)

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Scene V

(Pedro enters from the one side and Inês from the other. They meet in the middle of the

stage.)

Pedro: My lady, you are so beautiful! Inês: It’s your eyes, my Lord, that embellish. And your heart that smiles at Love… Pedro: You are the sun that lights up my days! The moon that coats my night with silver… Inês: You are the smile of Love… Pedro: I am so happy to be here with you… Inês: Me too. For you I live and, if need be, for you I will die… (They leave the stage back to the side from each they have entered)

Scene VI Character of the Choir 1: D. Pedro is a widower and D. Inês is a woman not spoken for. Character of the Choir 2: Pedro and Inês lived happily for a while. However, the king’s friends expressed their concerns. (D. Pedro enters. He stays in the middle of the characters of the Choir who interact with him.) Character of the Choir 1: Pedro, the Counsellors will never allow your relationship with Inês. Character of the Choir 2: And your father, D. Afonso IV, will support his Counsellors… (Pedro sits down in centre stage with his hands on his head; he is thoughtful. He blends in with the audience from where he speaks.) Pedro: My chest hurts. What do they want to do with my soul? Do they want me to leave my beloved one? Without her the world spins the other way around. (Sits down again in centre stage) (The characters of the Choir bring a fountain with a heart and a smile drawn on it. They put it in centre stage, behind Pedro.) Character of the Choir 1: Pedro and the beautiful Inês were immensely happy. They lived in Santa Clara, on the left bank of the Mondego river, in a hunting lodge that rose at the site where today lies Fountain of Tears (Quinta das Lágrimas) in Coimbra.

(Inês enters, Pedro gets up and both of them stay behind the fountain)

Character of the Choir 2: Here were his children born: the first was named Afonso, after his grandfather, yet he died as a child; the others, João, Dinis and Beatriz grew as flowers of hope in the valley that opened itself to the smile of love.

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Narrator (enters): The king gathers his State Counsellors, Diogo Lopes Pacheco, Álvaro Gonçalves and Pêro Coelho, in order to decide about Inês de Castro’s fate. (He draws near D. Pedro and leaves with him. Inês sits down by the fountain).

Scene VII (The characters of the Choir bring back D. Afonso IV’s throne. Inês falls asleep by the fountain.) D. Afonso IV: May my counsellors come in! Counsellor 1: Let’s stop this sin between D. Pedro and Inês while there is still time. If you pull them apart, the Duke will be free. D. Afonso IV: I cannot kill an innocent. Counsellor 2: But, my lord… there are State reasons that justify this woman’s death. Inês (aside, as she awakes): What is this nightmare? I listen to people crying and death so close… (Falls back asleep) D. Afonso IV: What now? (Gets up. So does Inês. They meet in centre stage) Inês (addresses the king): I am here, my Lord. I am your grandchildren’s mother. D. Afonso IV: Your sins kill you! Inês: What sins? What fault is there in loving? At your feet… I kneel. D. Afonso IV: Oh woman… live. Live! (Inês returns to the fountain. The king sits down in the throne).

Scene VIII Counsellor 1: (Facing the king): My Lord, do not let yourself be defeated by this woman! Counsellor 2: What excuse will you give the realm? Counsellor 3: That you were weak before Inês??? (The king screams; he doesn’t seem to find a solution, he sits down in the middle of the stage, uncertain, incapable of sorting out the situation). Counsellor 1: We will finish this. Let’s save the kingdom! Counsellor 2 and 3: Let’s go!… Inês (aside): Quiet… here I am… till when? I don’t know. I live in this love.

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(They approach Inês, by the fountain. She knows what they want and kneels. The King gets up, comes near his Counsellors, but once again he draws back and, now, leaves the scene.)

Narrator: (Camões says, while the Counsellors stab Inês) You were, beautiful Inês, lying

quietly,/From your years reaping a sweet fruit,/In that deceitfulness of the soul, rejoicing and blind,/That

fortune doesn’t allow to last long… You were quiet! But the smile of love died…

Scene IX

(Pedro gets on stage and faces Inês dead. He breaks the heart that was by the fountain. He heckles the choir

and the narrator)

Pedro: You’ve killed an innocent! You’ve stolen love from me.

Character of the Choir 1: My lord. Now is not the time to cry. Draw near that body and pay it its last rightful respects. Character of the Choir 3: Inês deserved other honours! Her eyes are forever closed.

Pedro: They have killed me, Inês! So let them be killed, too. Pull those breasts apart with

your own hands. Rip those ferocious hearts.

(The characters of the Choir and the Narrator pursue the counsellors. One manages to

escape among the audience. The others are killed and taken away from the stage.)

Pedro: Inês, you will always be queen. You deserve to be queen.

(The characters of the Choir help Pedro and place Inês on the throne. They move back.

Pedro nears the audience.)

Pedro: In a last love sigh, I crown you queen, Inês of Portugal. Inês of Portugal!

(He places the crown on the beautiful Inês, sitting on the throne.)

Narrator: Inês of Portugal. Let us bow to our queen. Inês of Portugal…

(The narrator and the characters of the choir bow to the queen D. Inês. Then the narrator

covers her body with a white sheet, with a broken heart drawn on it.)

Narrator: (places back the heart on the fountain, Pedro falls asleep by his side) This will

forever be the fountain of love, amid blood, tears and sighs… of love… Here shall live Inês’

heart, here shall Pedro and Inês’ dream be eternal.

The End

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Polish book on the stage – III

Falling in love

Falling in love based on: „Jak zakochałem Kaśkę Kwiatek ” by Paweł Beręsewicz

Persons:

Jack Karaś

Jack Jakub Borkowski

Cathy Olga Karlińska

Friends 1, 2, 3 Weronika Wysmyk, Zofia Wiktorowicz, Oliwia Golewska, Wiktoria

Jończyk

Peter Dominik Kowalski

Mark Fabian Lutek

Tadek Jakub Koluszka

Teacher Aleksandra Klokart

Mother Julia Kotowska

Father Patryk Wojtaszek

Jędrzej Kowalski, Stanisław Dąbrowski- realizacja filmu

Jack Karas

Love . It was love. It is easier to write than to speak about difficult things.

It all started one morning at school. She went to the classroom.

Scene I

Teacher

This is your new friend, Cathy Carter. She went to school in New York. Now she's back

with

her parents to Poland so that’s why she is here. I hope you will be nice to her and help

her in

our school.

Peter

There she is – next to the blackboard !

Teacher

This is Peter , he makes jokes all the time.

Cathy

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I can see that .

Teacher

Where would You like to sit? Maybe for now sit next to Jack. Jack , you don’t mind , do

you?

Jack

Noooo ...

Class:

Uuuuuuu…

Jack Karas

I felt all stiff . I had the impression that I fell in love . I wanted to know more about her ,

to be sure , whether I 'm doing something stupid . In addition to daily observations I was

listening all information about her.

Scene II

My friend 1

Cathy, do you live near Colin Mikrus ?

Cathy

Yes, I do.

A friend 2

It's close to me. And do you have a brother or a sister ?

Cathy

No, I don’t.

My friend 3

Cathy! Can you go with us to the cinema tonight ?

Cathy

Sorry, I cannot. I have to go to the dentist , I am scared . And then I have to help my

mother

shopping. Maybe tomorrow ?

My friend 1

Girls, don’t you think Peter is a good joker?

Cathy

I've never met a quite normal guy .

A friend 2

Come on, Cathy.

Cathy

Something happened to your neck , Jack ?

Jack (ashamed)

No, nothing.

Jack Karas

I know that Cathy is cool and I accepted it with great satisfaction . It is probably normal

that

when a person falls in love, he counts very much on the same feeling . So I decided to

fall in

love. But how to do it? I analyzed my strengths and weaknesses, and tried to make a

sensible

plan of action. A dark secret was hanging over me and could ruin my life. Years ago my

parents had the idea to call me Pumpkin. For the first few years of life it did not bother

me,

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but as I grew older , I realized how stupid it was.

Scene III

Tadek

Kick it to me!

Peter

Take it!

Mother

Pumpkin, go home! Dinner is ready. Do not wave Pumpkin but come on!

Peter

Oh, well Pumpkin, dinner is dinner. We will have to play without your help .

Jack Karas

I had to convince Cathy that I am cool.

So I decided to develop a good plan falling in love Cathy Flower.

I decided to be a volunteer and write an essay with her. I can imagine – we are sitting on

the bed – books are around us . We are looking at each other, drinking tea and quietly

we are talking.

This plan simply could not go wrong.

Scene IV

Teacher

And maybe someone can tell us a few words about it next week?

Well, Cathy again. What about You, my students? Is there only Cathy in the classroom?

Who

will help Cathy?

Jack

Ok I will.

Teacher

Bravo! So as you can see men are interested in those things too. Very well .

Jack

Of course they are.

Teacher

If so, maybe others will join ? Well, gentlemen. What do you think about the changes

through ages. I think that Peter will help them, right?

Peter

About clothes? I have to talk about girls’ clothes?

Teacher

It's not a shame. Look at Jack.

Peter

Okay, if you like, I will help them.

Cathy

So if we have two volunteers , I do not want to disturb them. They probably will be

great .

Teacher

You're right, Cathy .You often work so maybe let them to prepare it. Jack , You were

first and give some part of work to Peter.

Jack

All right.

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Peter

You're dead , girls’ dress !

Jack Karas

I had no luck. I started to prepare next plan. Our teacher invented a picnic .

During the trip Cathy will get tired of the competition and sit with me, and I will gain

the opportunity to show her my advantages. I imagined the car is broken, Cathy is cold,

so I give her my sweater and finally she is tired so she puts her head on my shoulder.

Unfortunately, the reality was different .

Scene V

Peter

Hi, guys, we are playing tag, Cathy is chasing .

A friend 1

Cathy, catch the guys !

Cathy

Colin, chasing !

(Jack falls )

Peter

Get up Pumpkin, it is enough playing in the mud !

( Everyone laughs )

Cathy

Stop laughing! Are you all right?

Jack

It’ s ok.

Cathy

Here, wipe up a little . Take it, you might use it later.

A friend 1

Let’s go to eat sausages.

Cathy

How about You Pumpkin ? Not with the guys ?

Jack

I do not like clowning.

A friend 2

Well, well, well ….. Saint Jack.

Jack

Why not?

My friend 3

Because You weren’t a Saint.

A friend 2

Who spied on the girls after PE lesson.

Cathy

Don’t be so shy. I know that you are not like those stupid boys, I have to sit next to

them.

Jack

And who said that you have to ? There is a free place next to me.

Cathy

Maybe it really would be better. Teacher, I am sitting with Jack now.

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Mark

Jack , I sit with you.

Jack

Sorry, but I sit with Cathy .

Cathy

Okay, I'll sit in front.

Mark

You see ?

Jack Karas

After a complete disaster of my plan Cathy completely mastered my thoughts . To move

her heart I organized collecting money at the animal shelter . I knew that she would be

on the organizing committee and I hoped that we would be able to meet more often .

Scene VI

Mark

Cool idea with the collection of money for the homeless animals. I will help you .

My friend 1

I can help you too.

Jack

I think we can handle it as a couple, right Cathy ?

Cathy

Right .

Mark

If You don’t want…

Cathy

Do not be offended with us , after all the most important are animals not personal

ambition .

What do you think , Jack ?

Jack

I agree with you .

Jack Karas

We haven’t got enough money but the most important was that I could meet with Cathy

and we deliver the money to the shelter .

Scene VII

Jack

So when are we going?

Cathy

We ?

Jack

Well, someone has to do it. Maybe tomorrow ?

Cathy

OK. So where do we meet?

Jack

Tomorrow at the bus stop at ten.

Cathy

Very well , I will .

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Jack

Yes , yes, yes!

Jack Karas

I was so happy I forgot to say bye , but happily I did it at home.

Scene VIII

Jack

Hi !

Mother

You are so happy today, aren’t you ?

Father

And how about your dogs?

Jack

Okay, we collected more than a hundred .

Father

Good work son ! So mum and dad take Pumpkin to the country tomorrow .Your aunt

has a

birthday and invited us .

Jack

For a whole day ?!

Father

Just the whole day. We go there in the morning and come back in the evening. Don’t

you

want to go to your aunt ?

Jack

I would like to! But unfortunately I cannot, because I must meet with someone .

Father

Do you have a date ? Honey, come here quickly, because interesting things are

happening !

Your son has a date .

Mother

With a girl ?

Jack

No way !

Mother

Well, then with who?

Jack

Well, with Cathy Carter from my class. Our teacher told us to give the money to the

shelter .

Father

With Cathy Carter you say? And is she nice ?

Jack

No!

Father

So you do not want to go to the shelter ?

Jack

And I wonder if you would like to go? Our teacher said, we have to.

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Father

And what time will you meet?

Jack

At ten, why?

Father

There is no problem . I'll drive with you by car. It will take us an hour and then we will

go to our aunt .

Jack

Oh, I don’t want to bother you .You drive to aunt and I 'll stay.

Father

Come on ! I'll take you with pleasure .

Jack Karas

And this way the greatest triumph of my life turned into the biggest disaster . I hated our

car, I hated my dad , but most of all I hated myself because I said to my father I do not

care about Cathy. I realized it does not make sense.

Scene IX

Tadek

Does Cathy Carter live here?

Jack

Maybe. Colin Mikrus lives here and Cathy Carter? I do not know .

Tadek

So let’s go we'll call and ask Mark.

Jack

And why are you interested in Cathy Carter?

Tadek

And you do not like her ?

Jack

Me?

Tadek

Come on, we'll call Mark .

Jack

Do it yourself.

Tadek

Hi Cathy, I really like you and I would like to go with you for a walk. ( Tadek runs

away)

Cathy

Hi, Jack.

Jack

Oh, hi Cathy, it’s great to see you because I wanted ...

Cathy

I know you said ...

Jack

No, no , it is not me. It was Tadek . I do not ... you know ... yyyy ....

Cathy

You do not like me and do not want me to go for a walk?

Jack

No .. no .. no ... I like you but ......

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Cathy

You do not want me to go for a walk?

Jack

No, I can go but you probably do not want?

Cathy

So why am I here?

Jack

And where do people go for a walk?

Cathy

Where do we want to.

Jack Karas

I was no longer an ordinary Pumpkin . I was Pumpkin who fell in love with Cathy

Carter .

And it seemed that she fell in love with me… .

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Polish books:

Jan Brzechwa: "AKADEMIA PANA KLEKSA" / "MR KLEKS ACADEMY"

Kornel Makuszyński: "SZATAN Z SIÓDMEJ KLASY" / "SATAN FROM THE

7TH GRADE"

Paweł Beręsewicz: "JAK ZAKOCHAŁEM KAŚKĘ KWIATEK"/"FALLING

IN LOVE"

Portuguese books:

António Aleixo: "AUTO DO CURANDEIRO"/ "THE MORALITY PLAY OF

THE WITCH DOCTOR OF THE 1st REPUBLIC"

Ana Maria Magalhães & Isabel Alçada:"ATAQUE A SANTARÉM"/

"SANTARÉM ATTACK"

Ana Maria Magalhães & Isabel Alçada : "SUSPIRO DO AMOR"/"LOVE

SIGH"

Italian books:

D'avenia Alessandro: "ROSSA COME IL SANGUE BIANCA COME IL

LATTE"/ "WHITE AS MILK, RED AS BLOOD

Gianni Rodari: "FAIRY TALES OVER THE PHONE"

Mariolina Venezia: "MILLE ANNI CHE STO QUI"/ "BEEN HERE FOR

THOUSAND YEARS"

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Zespół Szkolno –

Przedszkolny wSmardzewicach

Istituto Comprensivo "Padre

Pio da Pietrelcina" Pisticci

Agrupamento de Escolas

de Castro Marim

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ebook comenius

Documents

mr kleks academy

school subjects

brzechwa adam

adam niezgdka

years younger

years old

wrong dreams

dear children