{"id":335,"date":"2011-05-13T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/?p=335"},"modified":"2011-05-13T14:10:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T14:10:27","slug":"feeling-betta-commedia-dell-arte-outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/feeling-betta-commedia-dell-arte-outline","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Betta – Commedia dell Arte outline"},"content":{"rendered":"

This commedia script is my first and only to date, it was rehearsed to great amusement by Gwillim as Arlecchino, Godric as Pantalone, Margaret as Betta and myself as Dottore and the Apothecary.\u00a0 We never performed it, but maybe someday it will see the stage!<\/em><\/p>\n

Cast:
\nPantalone
\nBetta (la servetta)
\nAlrecchino
\nDottore
\nan Apothecary
\nBetta gives a speech to the audience about a few things: once was wealthy \u2013 but no more – she\u2019s broke; her mother is ill and dying; she needs money; she will marry Pantalone for the money, the only other bonus is that Arlecchino, her secret love, will be near her if she marries the old man.<\/p>\n

Pantalone enters and attempts to woo Betta from one knee \u2013 he falls over while trying to woo her and can\u2019t get up<\/p>\n

Betta\u00a0 tells Pantalone that she has no use for a love who \u201ccan\u2019t get up\u201d to see her and storms off the stage<\/p>\n

Pantalone, fallen down and unable to right himself, calls for Arlecchino who tried to help right him.<\/p>\n

Dottore enters and seeing Arlecchino helping Pantalone up, surmises that that he has gallstones, is pregnant or must be dead.<\/p>\n

Pantalone tells Dottore that the only problem is that he can\u2019t get up to see Betta, who he is trying to woo.<\/p>\n

Pantalone is sent away, assured that Dottore will have a solution.\u00a0 Arlecchino is leftbehind to get orders from Dottore.<\/p>\n

Dottore gives Arlecchino a list for wooing a lady \u2013 bread, wine, cheese and a prescription for \u201cConsummation Powder\u201d so he can get up to see Betta and sends him to the apothecary.\u00a0 Dottore exits.<\/p>\n

Arlecchino walks repeating his list, salivating over the food items and forgetting what kind of Powder (Consummation, \u2026etc arriving at Constipation.)\u00a0 He gets the food and the Constipation Powder for his master.<\/p>\n

The Apothecary says that he hopes that Pantalone will soon be feeling Betta.
\nArlecchino returns to Pantalone, repeating his list in reverse until he arrives again at Consummation Powder.<\/p>\n

Arlecchino gives all the stuff to Pantalone, who enters Betta\u2019s room and sets the stage for seduction.<\/p>\n

Pantalone takes all of the powder.<\/p>\n

Betta enters.\u00a0 Pantalone begins to woo her \u2013 just as he gets close to her\u2026.
\nArlecchino knocks on the room door, Pantalone answers (lazzo of the door locks \/ trip wire) to ask Pantalone how it is going; Betta leaves the room.<\/p>\n

Pantalone, furious at the interruption, sends Arlecchino to go talk to someone in the street!\u00a0 Arlecchino exits.<\/p>\n

Pantalone resumes his seduction of Betta, who is disappointed that she missed Arlecchino.<\/p>\n

Pantalone is enamored now \u2013 he chases Betta, catches her and there is a sudden loud rumbling \u2013 he looks astonished and agonized all at once he excuses himself loudly to the chamber pot.\u00a0 Loud farting & other grotesque noises heard from off stage.<\/p>\n

Betta leaves for another room \u2013 to get some air – in disgust.<\/p>\n

Arlecchino goes to the street and talks to the audience about Betta & the mountain of food (lazzo of the fly or the eating of the hand)<\/p>\n

Dottore enters in a temper \u2013 he has been to the apothecary and found out that Arlecchino gave Pantalone the wrong powder!\u00a0 Dottore gives Arlecchino the correct powder and threatens to beat him with his own stick.<\/p>\n

Arlecchino runs away, swearing that he will return after this errand!<\/p>\n

Betta and Pantalone re-enter Betta\u2019s room \u2013 they are just about getting amorous when Pantalone\u2019s stomach gives another fierce rumble \u2013 this time he knows what is about to happen and he excuses himself loudly to the chamber pot.\u00a0 Loud farting & other grotesque noises heard from off stage.<\/p>\n

Arlecchino goes to Betta\u2019s room and pounds on the door. (Lazzo of the door locks, again)<\/p>\n

Betta allows Arlecchino in and Arlecchino blurts his story out and displays the correct powder.<\/p>\n

Betta tells him that she will make it all Betta\u2026and as Arlecchino, laments about the powder and all the food going to waste she very obviously covers the bread with the Consummation Powder.<\/p>\n

Betta feigning innocence and sorrow tells Arlecchino that he can have the food, as it seems that his master won\u2019t be needing it, but the he should go and eat it there in the back room.<\/p>\n

Arlecchino looks delighted and bounds out merrily chewing on the bread while singing Betta\u2019s praises, and the bread\u2019s praises, for feeding him.<\/p>\n

Betta begins to exit the same way as Arlecchino, but before leaving, turns to the audience and gives them a winning smile.\u00a0 Arlecchino says that this bread is really something \u2013 he\u2019s never felt this way about bread! (“Well, there was that nice rosemary olive bagette once, but that was ages ago\u2026”)<\/p>\n

A last loud fart is heard offstage.<\/p>\n

The End<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This commedia script is my first and only to date, it was rehearsed to great amusement by Gwillim as Arlecchino, Godric as Pantalone, Margaret as Betta and myself as Dottore and the Apothecary.\u00a0 We never performed it, but maybe someday it will see the stage! Cast: Pantalone Betta (la servetta) Alrecchino Dottore an Apothecary Betta … <\/p>\n

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