La Principessa Cieca - Atto Primo


La Principessa Cieca Comedy in two Acts and one final scene by Mario Magonio ( Reconstruction from recovered notes )

Personages : Baciccia della Radiccia Barudda friend of Baciccia The DuKe of Gorgonzola father of The Princess Lisetta The Princess Lisetta The Wizard Merlino The Witch Malerba The Devil Belzebu Tommy the black servant The Brigand Falamocca The Little Monkey
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LA PRINCIPESSA CIECA ACTION 1 - Scene 1 Scene : External Castleo Castello - Daylight Lateral scene with a House and a Tavern Music : Mazurca di Migliavacca
	Open the courtain on an empty scene
*Merlino Wizard*	In this Country all seems to be calm... but watching the stars from the top of my tower I have seen that Mars, the God of the War, turning around Neptune, the God of the Sea, has not greeted him with due deference... indeed they hit each others with phrases not really respectful. Neptune offended made to raise high the waves of the sea and the ships had to refuge in the nearest ports, while a gale blew from North towards South making to dance mountains as they were whithered leaves. Here did not reach nothing of those ire celestial angers but if Mars and Neptune will not make the peace the Witches will enjoy of this situation and will try to make a lot of evil on this earth to the good men. In this country live a good King who has a beautifulst and sweetest daughter the Princess Lisetta and just over her the wicked Witches will be fierced... this I have read in stars... but I will not allow that this happens and with the aid of a very good and generous man I will protect this Princess! exit from the scene
Malerba Witch	Eh…... Eh... everybody are sleeping... all people in this Country is happy... but I am the Malerba Witch worse then the bad grass and this I cannot tolerate... I enjoy only if the evil reigns and when people suffer, I must excogitate something of bad... let me see in my magic crystal ball... here is! I see... I see... a young princess who is happy and dance in a bloomed garden... I will punished her... I will hit her with a wichcraft that will render her a blind princess... so she will not be able to see the colors of the flowers... therefore she will not sing again..... Yes this is what I want!
Little Monkey	squit....! squit... coco...coco !
Malerba Witch	I will tie the force of this witchcraft to the life of this little monkey asking aid to my friend the devil... and as long as this little monkey will live the princess, the beautiful Lisetta, will remain blind... Help me Belzebù!
Devil	*Have you called me Malerba, my beloved friend?*
Malerba Witch	Yes… my great friend Belzebù... I must made of the evil... and I must do immediately... help me to tie a wichcraft to this little monkey so that Princess Lisetta becomes blind... Ah..Ah... Ah..!
Devil	*Well! Then today we will amuse... we will make a curse…go ahead...!*
	The lights are lowered - central red light - lightning bolts and thunders accompany the Witch and the Devil that dance around to the monkey singing
Devil and Malerba Witch	Hallo… hallo… Belzebù give me all the magic forces of your grandmother and your aunt aaa..eee.... iiii... oooo... uuuu... Hallo Hallo Belzebù... a..e…i..o..u.. Hallo Belzebù! Sing as an Indian War dance and repeat many times with great lightning bolt and final thunder when the monkey howling run away
Malerba Witch	Go…go…damned monkey! escape in the forest and conserve your life and your secret... ah..ah... my friend the Brigante Falamocca will protect you! …come Belzebù before the aim of the day we have many other bad actions to complete… they exit from the scene - the light returns normal
Baciccia	enter from left with his stick Bim Bum Bam... trallalalarero trallalalà... Barudda come here... where are you? cross the scene and exit to right
Barudda	entering in scene from right Ba..Ba..Baciccia... where are you ? .... I am here ! cross the scene and exit to left
Baciccia	enter from left Barudda where are you? .... look if I must finish mad for him...! exit to left
Barudda	*Ba..Ba...Baciccia where are you ?* cross the scene and exit to right
Baciccia	enter and stop in scene waiting Barudda stupid man... where are you ?
Barudda	enter in scene Ba..Ba...Baciccia ooh at last you are here...! receive one beaten Ahi! ahi! why you beat me?
Baciccia	beating him again this is nothing for you, stupid...stop here...!
Barudda	continue stamming Ba..Ba..Ba..Baciccia did you know ? ... it happens a Di... Di...
Baciccia	What?... You have drunk the D.D.T ?
Barudda	No...no... one di..di...disgrace !
Baciccia	And what kind of misfortune has happened ?
Barudda	A Pi...Pi...Pi...!
Baciccia	You made water over you ?
Barudda	No...no the Princess has become bli...blind!
Baciccia	Oh .. I am really sorry for her... she is so fine... she is so good.... with her sky-blue dress look like a candy!
Barudda	Dont...dont..dont joke on her ... it is really a great disgrace!
Baciccia	Oh yes i agree ! ... that means she has to buy a pair of glasses ...she will be Lisetta four eyes... But What I see there... there are a lot of children.. Hallo.. haw are you people?....CI am Baciccia della Radiccia and you who are? why you dont speak with me?....you have losen the tongue? may be it has been eaten by a cat... Baciccia encourages the children to speak with him
Baciccia	... I believe that it must have been just a large malignant the one which have invented the school... am I true? ...what is the reason why we have to stay everyday in a dark school classroom with an old teacher that never is satisfied of us.... ( imitating a woman voice ) *be quiet* *!... donkey...you must study more !....the copy-book is not in order!...there are two ink stains!..* (back to normal voice) *...shut up! ..you are a donkey Teacher... look your ears!* And what mind to us to study….. we are not interested to know that Andrea Doria has founded the Sampdoria foot ball team that always win against the Genoa foot ball team... that Columbus has taken three ships going to discover the America, as he did not know that for going in America he must to take the airplane... what silly man! And then… they say that Garibaldi has gone to drink at Marsala with thousands soldiers... goodness what a big drunkenness... and after they went at Teano to meet the King... it is true!…
Barudda	Yes...yes...it is true !
Baciccia	*....and then we hate the moltiplications... two for two is equal four.. three for three is equal nine... four for four... who know..?* Children say the result You… compliments…you can pass to the superior class with a great vote… bravo! and from tomorrow everybody in vacation for six months!... But who I see there just between you? Children but that one is..... Baciccia develops a short comic scene joking on a personage in the theatre with tricks and jokes *Now I am thirsty... come Barudda we go to the tavern to drink a good glass of wine...* They exit singing Bim bum ba... stockfish and potatoes… bim bum ba….tripes and beans!
The Duke	Oh my great God... why you have permitted that my preferred daughter ...the princess Lisetta became blind... take in care mine people, the pain is so strong that I could not support.. I go to throw myself in the flood river...
Baciccia	Stop... from this side is not permitted to pass…
The Duke	Who are daring to stop me?
Baciccia	I am Baciccia... and I do not allow to nobody to kill himself without my permission!
The Duke	But I am the King!
Baciccia	...Yes…and I am the jack....!
The Duke	But you do not see... you do not see that the pain renders me crazy...!
Baciccia	What imports to me if you are mad....
The Duke	Baciccia! but you are the great Baciccia of the Radiccia?
*Baciccia*	*No! I am Radiccia of the Baciccia*
The Duke	*Dont joke... valiant Baciccia…help me… please give me one hand!*
*Baciccia*	*No sorry... I need both my hands for scratching my nose...*
The Duke	*Baciccia… listen to me…the perfidious witch has hit the beautiful Princess Lisetta, my daughter, with one malediction... help me Baciccia... my saver*
*Baciccia*	*I am not Saver.... Saver is the hairdressing salon of Main street!*
The Duke	*Go Baciccia... I trust in you… goodbye! I will wait for your returns as a winner at my Castle... and you will be rewarded.. thanks!* exits from the scene
Baciccia	Children... have you seen that man…but he is really crazy... I am not interested about the disgraces of the princess... I don’t care…. What are you thinking about this story? continue speaking off-hands ..the public convince Baciccia to save the princess and pressed by the continuos questions of Baciccia, explains the history of Malerba Witch and the Devil that have locked up in one small monkey the secret of blindness of Lisetta *Ok I will kill the bad monkey and I will beat the witch and the devil but with a pact... I will not go there alone…you children will come with me and you will help me... it is ok?*
Barudda	Ba...Ba...Baciccia.... where you going?
Baciccia	I go to take the stick executes giving one beaten to Barudda ... and then me and you with all these children will leave for one great enterprise... save the Princess!.... They exit singing while the courtain slowly closes
Merlino Wizard	it appears exiting from the closed sipario Good children... you are really good children and with my aid you have convinced Baciccia, a man with a great gold heart, to leave for the bewitched forest where, close to an old Red Flour Mill, the little monkey is hidden... go... go... I will be always with you! disappears with a lightning

END OF THE FIRST ACT

LA PRINCIPESSA CIECA ACT 2 - Scene 1 Scene : Wood with a Red Mill in front of the scene Daylight with two green lamps on each side Music before opening courtains

Devil	I am the devil landlord of this red flour mill… red like the flames of hell, and I am powerful... powerful... ah... ah... nobody could afford to fight with me… becouse everybody fear of me!
*Baciccia*	appearing behind the scenes *You say this!...*
Devil	*But I have already heard this voice!... who are you?*
Baciccia	behind the scenes Stupid!
Devil	*This is the voice of Baciccia... I am sure…. Come on if you have a little piece of courage!* The devil receives one beaten This I know… it is the stick of Baciccia... bastard come in!
Baciccia	*Hallo…I am here!* He hits the devil again I have not fear of you.....where you have hidden the little wicked monkey?
Devil	The Devil fights with feints and receive several beatings and in the course of the fight he say... *Baciccia for virtue of all the devils and the she-devils of the hell you will be transformed in a salt statue...this his my order!* Baciccia immobilizes himself becoming one salt-statue Ah! here is the great Baciccia... his eyes do not see anymore... his lips do not speak anymore.. his stick now is mine... ah! ah! He takes the stick and tries to hit Baciccia that magically moves avoiding the beating (to be repeated 3 times) .
Baciccia	Finally Baciccia takes the control of the stick and hits the Devil repeatedly Takes black snout... takes this … and this the devil escapes loosing the key of the Flour Mill
Baciccia	*Look what I have found... a key.....Barudda where are you?*
Barudda	Barudda enters with a wine bottle in hand Ba.. Ba.. Baciccia who was that red man who was running away ?
Baciccia	Stupid…don’t you have seen that it was the Devil?... look he has lost the key of the Red Flour mill...we must organize our search, so you remain here make the guard while I try to enter in the flour mill looking for the little monkey... but I recommend to you...eyes opened.. both eyes opened! He exits with the key
Barudda	Barudda leaves the wine bottle and exits chasing Baciccia *Ba... Ba... Baciccia... not to leave me... I have fear!*
Malerba Witch	*Come in ... Falamocca my good friend… come in!*
Falamocca	*Here I am my beloved Malerba, my friend of thousand crimes ... I have known that you have one assignment to give me*
Malerba Witch	Yes…I have seen Baciccia going around the forest, I am sure that he wants to find the monkey to kill her and save the princess... you must stop him... Assemble your briganti and give him a beautiful lesson and I will give you.. gold…gold in great quantity
Falamocca	*It will be done as you order…great Queen of the Evils... considers Baciccia a dead man... ah..ah!* Exits laughing
Malerba Witch	But what I see? this is the wine bottle of that stupid Barudda... I will put a powder of sleeping pill in the wine in quantity to make him sleeping... and to you children.. I order you not to say a word!… understood? I order this in name of all the devils! Mockery from public while the witch exits from the scene
Barudda	Ahime…. How I am tired! I will drink a little of wine... what? What are you saying children? The children invite Barudda not to drink... but he insists and drinks the poisoned wine
Barudda	*Oh I am sleepy! my eyes are closed...* He falls sleeping while appears the little monkey that enters and exits from the scene smelling Barudda.
Baciccia	People say that going to the mill will get covered with flour but in that mill there is only coal and red flames... it is really the flour mill of the Devil…. But Barudda what are you doing? Children what has happened to Barudda? Children explain the reason for which he is sleeping and tell him that the monkey was there
Baciccia	Indeed you have seen the little monkey? and you have seen also the Witch.. then we make so…I will hide myself behind that tree and you, as soon as you see that beast, will call me and I will arrive immediately ..it is all clear? Baciccia hides himself - the monkey enters in scene stay a little and exits while the public call Baciccia. After he enters giving a beaten on the head of the sleeping Barudda
Baciccia	I have taken It! you have called me? The monkey has escaped… we try again! Baciccia hides himself again
Baciccia	Appears from backstage *Children…have you called me? ... No? Ok.... I go back...!* The monkey enters for two times and for two times Baciccia arrive later
Baciccia	you calls me later… I don’t understand anything… so we do in a other way… we must find a secret password... as soon as the monkey will enter you must say …Marameo!... and I will arrive immediately... He hides again The little monkey enter in scene and Baciccia after an upset fight of beatings kills her Oh..poor creature... now that is died the Princess Lisetta will be recovered... I am happy becouse they will give me a beautiful prize... may be one ice cream! *Now I take Barudda at home and then I will return to take the little monkey and go to the castle of the Gorgonzola Duke..* He exits with Barudda on the shoulders
Malerba Witch	*For the horns of Belzebù... what I see?… the monkey is died... what a misfortune…the princess will be recovered!... Baciccia... you will pay for this!*
Baciccia	from backstage Baciccia with the stick hits the Witch Here… I paid... un million! repeat the action Here …I paid... two million!
Malerba Witch	*Come in .. felon... head of wood... fight with me!*
Baciccia	I am here… ready to fight and with the aid of these children I will give you a great lesson which you will never forget ….you will never do evil to nobody in this country... They fight hardly and then the Witch escapes
Baciccia	*Victory..... Victory...! have you seen haw was escaping? it seemed a rabbit ... I think that we will never seehere in the Vallescura Kingdom... Hip Hip hurrah!*
Tommy	He enters panted Mister Baciccia.... salam ...
Baciccia	Hello Tommy..... mortadella!
Tommy	*But sahib Baciccia… salam means hallo!*
Baciccia	*Also bread and mortadella means hallo…and with a generous glass of wine it resuscitate the dead men...*
Tommy	Don’t joke with me Mister Baciccia... I come from the castle for order of the Duke... the princess has again her beautiful eyes seeing ... and the Duke wants to reward you... follow me!
Baciccia	But how is speaking this chocolate-man?
Tommy	*I say... don’t say what you say .. they say you say this…come with me!* exits from scene
Baciccia	Children… do you think that I must go to the castle? I don’t want to go… the Duke of Gorgonzola always wants I marry the princess... I do not want to marry... Ok … I decide to go home… I prefere to be a bachelor... By By… children we will see later at home!
	Close the courtains
Merlino Wizard	Appears through the closed sipario Children... you with my protection and the participation of a good and honest man as Baciccia the good has prevailed on the evil... and the Devil and the Witch have been beaten. They are still escaping running fast like the wind... The stars knew this... Venere and Mars this evening will shine for the joy... and now I can return to my telescope in order to study other new stars… See you !
	Disappears with a lightening

END OF THE SECOND ACT

LA PRINCIPESSA CIECA Great Final Scene Scene : Interior house with a bed Daylight Lateral scene presenting windows on external with trees Music : Rosamunda polka

Baciccia	enters with the stick Ahi…ahi ! how I am tired…. children it was just a beautiful battle... have you seen the devil and the Witch Malerba… they are still escaping! But I think that now it remain to give a lot of beatings to that rascal and stupid brigand Falamocca…he believed that I would not have been able to find the little monkey... Indeed I have given so many beatings to everybody that now I must put to sleep my poor stick..... Ok.. I go and I put it to sleep in the closet! exits from the scene
Falamocca	enters in scene with one stick That Baciccia is worst than a devil ... I am sure that is the house of Baciccia… yes… yes... I am sure… I must punish him… killing the monkey he make me stupid and I have lost a beautiful booty of gold coins... and I am not stupid… I must avenge myself … I will disguise as a ghost and as soon as he will come home to sleep I will scare him... and I will even give also a beautiful series of beatings on his big head of villain... ah..ah..! Baciccia mine revenge will be terrible..... he exits
Baciccia	Poor me… poor Baciccia …how I am tired... I have done good thing not to go to the Castle I prefer stay at home and sleep… what you say children.... but tell me who has come here?... The Brigand? No it cant be the true … let me check around… He make a speedy turn behind the scenes and watches under the bed Have you seen? Nobody is there... I think you were dreaming... well… now I go to bed… oh… one moment... the prayers..... ave..ave... bzzz... bzzz... amen and good night! the light extinguishes and Baciccia jumps in the bed - wait for few moments – then open the light again Children... I have thought that it is better that I take my stick... He executes and make another turn of control in the room and under the bed Ok…good nigh and gold dreams ! extinguishes the light and jumps in the bed
Falamocca	Crosses the scene dressed as a ghost with the stick Uuuuh ! Uuuh..! Howls from the pubblic
Baciccia	What happens? You have scared me... whot?…you have seen a ghost ? But it is not true... everybody know that the ghosts do not exist... now let me sleep …be quiet! good night
Falamocca	he enters in scene and shakes the bed of Baciccia *Uuuuuh!.....UuuuuH! Baciccia…I am the ghost of the cheese…!*
Baciccia	ignites the light and illuminate the Ghost face….while Baciccia wake up *Cheese… come here that I put yuo in a sandwich with my stick!... stay in guard... fight as a true man*
Falamocca	He take off the ghost pointed hood *Baciccia stay in guard!*
Baciccia	*Stay in corporal*
Falamocca	*Baciccia...in sergent!*
Baciccia	At least… stay in general!
Falamocca	At least... stay in major...
Baciccia	Ah.. stupid... we are going around all the army... take this... and this... and then peck also this! They fight hardly with alternate phases and finally Baciccia takes also the stick of Falamocca and the beat sonorously him with the two sticks..
Baciccia	Hurrah… now I am happy… I lacked to beat that ugly man... Oh..! what I see... watch children... I have made the multiplication of the sticks... now I have two sticks…. I stuck it seemed me to had thousands of sticks...
Tommy	*Sahib Baciccia salam!*
Baciccia	*Sahib Tommy Mortadella!*
Tommy	*Mister Baciccia the Princess has decided to come in your house for thanking you ... are you ready to receive her?*
Baciccia	My God…the princess in my house... I must Take of the drawers from the chair... and also the stockfish in the bathtub... the socks... the socks...!… I must sweep the room… He run around the room with a sweep and beats Tommy *Sweep here… in the angles…. In the center….sorry Tommy*
Tommy	Sorry but you seems to be crazy! Now I go to introduce the Princess Lisetta exits from scene
Baciccia	*Children… how seems to you this place... it seems to be clean ?…. Let me see the Princess* He looks out of the stage Uh..! She is so beautiful!... how many trinkets…she seems to be christmas tree.! Let me see again... Oh…she has a crown…. Is dressed with a beautiful blu dress… beautiful she look like an angel….I like… I really like her….
Lisetta	*Cavalier Baciccia mine proud!*
Baciccia	*Princess… I am your server Baciccia of the Radiccia*
Lisetta	*Baciccia.. tell me a sweet word*
Baciccia	*One sweet word... sugar!*
Lisetta	*But Baciccia.... tell me a sweeter one...*
Baciccia	*honey... honey with the sugar!*
Lisetta	*Oh but are you always so playfull?*
Baciccia	Oh.. I daren’t... I daren’t....! Princess please give me a kiss... he do that and we greet with these children who have been with us with a beautifulst dance for the great end of the spectacle... music! begin the notes of a valzer *and you children clap the hands...* Baciccia and the Princess makes a bow and begins to dance and after a moment the courtains begins to close slowly with the music that goes vanishing
Merlino Wizard	enters with the courtains closed The story is ended... beloveds Children I can still say to you that the proud Baciccia will become a knight of Princess and Barudda his attendant and they will live all happy and in the new peace of the Reign of Vallescura... I do not know nothing to add to the story and therefore I say goodby and I go home….! Disappears with a lightening

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