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DON QUIXOTE
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BY

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LARSON

MUSIC BY

EDDISON VON OTfENfE 16

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CHARACTERS

BOY PUPPET YASTER, human being DON QUIXOTE HOUSEKEEPER GUITAR PLAYER 1 MANWLIN PLAYER ) Trio DWARF VIOLIN PLAYER ) NARRATOR PLOUGH BOY ROZINANTE, the horse DULCINEA, a peasant g i r l TWO PEASANT GIRLS DONICEY

DOG

C A T PIGEONS CHICKENS
Soty

PIGLETS MICE SPIDER BAT IWIZrn HERALD

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TROUBANR TWO KNIGETS TWO MOUNTED KNIGHTS G W T HUNTER KNIGHTS DWGON

LADY

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Phantoms

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SYNOPSIS O F SCENES

ACT ONE
SCEhT

SCENE Two
SCENE THREE
ACT !TWO
SCENE ONE

ONE

Don Quixote s library

The

Same

The Same

The C e l l a r The F i e l d

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SCENE THREE

Don Quixote's Library

SCENE FOUR
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FIVE

A Farmyard
The Plains

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P R O D U C T I O N N O T E S

*The F i r s t Episode of the Caaaplete Adventures o f Don Quixote de l a lifancha" w a s f i r s t presented by the Fede~al Marionette Theatre of' Lo8 ltageles.
"The following script aontains the complete business o f the above production, with many improvements and suggestions derived h.aa observation o f the play i n actual performance.

I n reproducing it tho following general suggestions m a y be o b s e m d :

The entire performance should run not l e s s than an hour and twenty minutes, ineluding a tien minute intermission af'ter Bet Oae. The reoorded scenes are naturall y determined i n advance as to time but the spoken scenes may be lengthened o r shortened a t the discrotion of the producer.

A microphone should be included with the sound equipment, and the VOICE o f DOH QUIXOTE spoken through it, elfmktating the differonce in effect bctwroen the 1 ' 0 crorded voims and the natural one. Tho actor reading the Voiw should do so as anrsfeall as possiblo. This i s not t o say that the e8 am to be sung or t o cover a wide range, but the phrasinG must bo rythmica1 and tho key words sustained.

Throughout, the producer should s t r i v e f o r p i c t o r i a l e f f o c t s +her than f o r bits of businoss which arc i n thomsclvos cntortaining. Tho figo f Don Quixoto should by a l l a m u be ~ ~ 5n tho hands of a firsbrato manipulator and &ould constSntly 44xn.bmte t h o scene. N o i t h r the business of-er marionettes nor tho l i g h t i n g should a t any t h taka away frm t h o central figure. Even tho actor roading tho Voico should take h i s cuos fram the pantnmino of the marionetto and should be seatod in a position WhGro bo can a t all t i m s obsorve it, The projection of tho records should no% bo t o o loud; if anything, .tho Voico of Don Quixoto should bc s l i g h t l y loudor i n effoct. Additional marionettes would add considerably t o tho production. In particular the following improvcmonts ought t o be providod f o r :

A SPECIAL ROLL-CURTAXI o f canvas, paintod with a modernistic sccnc of knights i n b a t t l e and containing in simplo, sovore l c t t o r i n g tho t i t l o : "AVENT[TRAS COHPU3TAS DE D O N QUIXOTE LA W C H k " . This should

be in dull, faded colors: groy, brown, tawny yellow, ctc. It i s t o be i n s t a l l o d d i r o o t l y behind tho main draw curtains, separating tho foramstago f r a m tho stago-propo r

MARIONETTES FOR THE TRIO, This group, o r i g i n a l l y a

Quartotto may bo combinod together thus: Tho TALL

black and a huge pnddod hump insortod under h i s capo. All thrw masks t o bo i n brightor colors, that must bo t r i o d out undor tho lighting. A l l throo should have workable jaws, Thus thc TRIO w i l l consist of tho T a l l Figuro with tho largo guitar, tho Short Figuro with t h e f a t hoad and the mandolin, and tho h r f with v i o l i n , all clad in black.

FIGURE in black should hold tho largo g u i t a r and havc largor l o g s than tho FAT FIGURE in brown. Tho SHOm FIGURE should hold the mandolin and ham tho hcad of thc Fat Figon hlm. Tho DWARF'S suit should bo

A new figure, tho NhFUTOB must bo mado, similar t o tho Trio but having many foatbcrs in h i s hat Euzd holding a long rogal s t a f f or a m o . Ho should bo w o l l joinod and capable o f many gracoful gostures, ospactall y with h i s hands. His movable jaws must bo mry prcminont
ALL TME PHANTOMS should be re-designed aoaording t o a uniform, s i m p l i f i e d idea, eliminating a l l fussy details. They may be done l a r g e l y i n white, with patterns of greys, s i l v e r , and black.,..but the colors must be the stme throughout. Stippling of blue-grey should be used on them i n such a way as t o break up the outlines and reduce t h e i r r e a l i s t i c appearance as much as possible
THE W T O M GIANT should have shorter arms and smaller hands.

TEE WALKING KNIGHTS should have l a r g e r l e g s and feet.

If additions t o the Phantom are contemplated, the following are suggested: two extra VSALKING KFJIGHTS, without shields or helmets an6 oapable of drawing swords from scabbards, A t l e a s t one must be able t o h e e l gracefully. Another LADY, with a crown l i k e a Queen, A PAGE, capable o f holding her t r a i n up, and bringing i n a throne f o r her t o s i t on. A DRAGON, e i t h e r marionette o r cut-out

THE PK4BTO% TROUBADOR should be re-made so t h a t he can e a s i l y kneel down on one knee.

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i s t i c proportion, and this should be used constantly while he i s t a k i n g , His spectacles should bo made o f a s o l i d tnaterial so that they show under any l i g h t

DON QUIXOTE should have a l a r g e r jaw, out o f all roal-

angle.

and onnsiderably hamior, and $oiaed 80 that he had more range of gastum, cspocfally in walking and w i t h his W s , evaa& the exporrrs of changing the design m bo uaod, of thrs armor. !be samo hoad in the hehi& o btxt tha lowor part should articulate and be used arhflc he i s tarlcing,

A now f i g u r e of DON QUIXOTE IN Al?BSR may bo made, not nocessariiy fn metal. $0 ehoold be slightly taller

Wears black doublet and hose.

A LABORER t o be used 5n plowing soem, (This charaoter . might bo Shnsho m a , in anticipation of M o r opisodos,) He shCtdd be a b l e doff his hat and pull it dawn m r his eyas,
!PWO MICE & A SPIDER for tho Cellar Seem. Chiakons in hlcinoa scone might be made in 3 dimensional figures3 also tho hnkoy might bs made i n omplcto f igum *

Two now

PEASANT GIRLS, similar to Dulcinoa,

PEAETCM CUT-OUTS AM, EFFECTS m a y be enlnrgod aooordiag to tho aapaeity of t h e stage md the e q u i p a t .

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Both f o r o and aft-stages 8re used. ldanipulators operate over t h e front a n d back of both bridges.

T I B AFT-STAGE should oxtond back as far as the space i n the thoatre pormits. The space under tho back bridge may be dovoted t o Phantom cut-outs. The Sarim i n the Library Sceno hangs under the back bridge, as far f o m r d as possible. &hind the back bridge o. ramp o r levo1 on which mrioneOtcs m y bo operated.
THE W W should oontain an endless belt revolving on drums a t e i t h o r end and prssing underneath. Dotachable ground-rows are fastoned to it f o r tho P l M a g
Scone and the Final Plain Scone.

THE FoR?&STBGE should be a t loa& thrso f o o t deep. It should also bo on a lower l c v o l ( 6 inchos ) than the stago proper. The space under tho front bridge which includes thc proscunim and curtains may bo f o m c d o f I). 3 inah step, so that them aro throe l o v c l s i n a l l . No f r o n t curtain before the foro-stago i s used; the forostago should soom l i k o a part o f tho auditoriwn.

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ACT ONE Introduction

PLACE :

AT RISE:

Fore-stage. FOOTLIGHTS and SPOT CENTER FORE-STAGE o n . Houselights remain on.

C !H E BOY enters l e f t fom-stage, carrying a ohair whioh he holds by m e a s of a n a i l i n h i s hand. H e plaues i t r i g h t stage as f a r off-stags as possfble, r e t m s , walking sluwly and indolently, & s a p p a r s left, pops baok ia f o r a momrent and looks a t audienoe, disappears and returns with another chair, during which:

HOUSELIGHTS and FOOTS dim o f f leaving spot center anly.

The head of the PUPBT MASTER, Q human being, appears between the curtains. He i s swwthy, bearded, wears a d i r t y handHe kerchief on h i s head nnd ear-rings. g l m r s a t the BOY.

PUPPET MASTER (speaking i n a hoarse whisper) Hey! You good-for-nothiag, wooden bloclchead! Haven't I t o l d you f i v e thousand times t o have the stage roady before the public arrives? Look out theret (trembles and looks a t audience with h i s blank expression)
BOY

Webare ready to begin and here you are s t i l l parading an the stage as $f you were a part o f the play! Every pertomanee! Always the same monkeyshines! Always late! Get a move on you now! Presto1 Adelanto!
Andaate t

PUPPET MASTER

(runs o f f , roctppcars w i t h t h i r d and l a s t chair

which he drops i n his confusion i n the ccntor of tho stago)

BOY

PUPPET MASTER Clown! (ho l i f t s tho Boy up by tho strings and shakes his f i s t a t him) May tho devil string you up and make you dmcc i n tho f i r e l One m o m exhibition o f t h i s kind and you w i l l ruin m y roputation as a showman$ Tho publio ham paid t h o i r good, round mnoy t o got i n t o the thoatm, they aro waiting t o seo tho play$ And tho f i r s t thing you do i s t o

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Villain!

drop chairsf

(TRE PUPPET MASTER swings tho BOY out o f sight and n r r q o s tho ohairs himself. Thoso ohairs are f o r tho Trios tho positions should bc marked: SPECIAL REXORDIXG O F GUITiR, VIOLIN AND bi&pOLIN TUNING UP. A BARITONE VOICE TRYIMG UWT JOINS IH. THE &'SDOLIN PLy'-YS f. FEyti KRS OF k B6EUDY)

PUPPET XLSTER ( c a l l i n g o f f stngo) Lot the play bogin8 (PUPPET MASTER disappears, This character does not appear again)

who raps d t h h i s cane again.

As soon as he i s out o f the way, the SPECIAL "DON QUIXOTE" CURTAIN i s r o l l e d d m behind the main draw F MUSIcurtains. Enter from l e f t fore-stage, TRIO O CIANS, the DWARF VIOLIN PLAYER first, U D O L I N P U B R seoond and GUITAR PLAYER l a s t , TlIEY take center stage and stand in a group. The NARRATOR follows them and stands a l i t t l e t o ths left. He raps on the f l o o r with h i s cane. DRAW CURTAINS part revealing special Curtain with inscription, "Aventuras Completas de don Quixote de la W c h a " painted on it high enough t o be over the heads of the Trio. 'TRIO all look a t NARMTOR,

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ACT ONE

SCENE ONE

PUCE:
AT RISE:

8& OB S c e w O n e L. Introduction. RECORD NO 1 instrumental prelude.

t o t h e f i r s t moasures with h i s f i d d l e s t i c k . One by one a l l join i n synchronisation. As

swinging starts they move mouths,

The IJWlRF; who i s a v i o l i n player, b e a t s t i m e

TRIO Dearly be loved, Loved and honored, Honored, respected l a d i e s and gentlemen! Please have t h e kindness, Kindness and p a t i e n c e , Patience and courtesy To h e w our history.
G U I T M PLAYER (lowers guitar, puts hand t o mouth, c l e a r s t h r o a t and sings i n a buritone v o i c e ) Down i n a v i l l a g e dcrmewhoro i n La Mancha There l i v e d n o t very long An e l d e r l y bachelor, Lean as a greyhound fiiith L n n t c n saws and spindle legs! Some say h i s surname WELS Quixada o r Quosadn But it was probably: Quixana!

But t h a t is unimportant so dont l o t it bewilder you, Dearly beloved ladies and gentlemen. Let it bo known rnther That t h i s smc gentleman Employed his l e i s u r e momonts Reading books of chivalry! F i c t i t i o u s books of c h i v a l r y , Chivalry and adventure, Such as the crodulous Aro pleased t o b e l i e v c in,

(movos towards c e n t e r elbowing t h e g u i t a r player a s i d e )

NARRATOR

D V i & F and GUITAR PJAYER (INSTRWNTLL INTERWDE = 6 b&lSURES FOLLOGT2D BY %JWLIN SOLO, 6 BdEisURES
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Step aside giving UNDOLIN PLIYER full c c n t o r stngo)

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DWARF and GUITAR PLAYER (Coaf'd)

(INSTKUMEEJTAL INTERLmrP; 6 MEASURES, FOLLOWED BY lil[ANwLIN SOLO, 6 MEASUBES.
Step aside giving Mandolin Player f u l l center stage)

( A t the end o f solo, NARRA!t'OR raps with h i s cane. m e slowly towards chairs right stage)
(turning towards audience to sing) Permit us t o raise. the c u r t a i n And show you the chamber where he reads Raolring h i s brains t o comprehend The nature o f Knight-Errantry!

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GUITAR PLAYER

(TRIO and BTAWiATOR a11 t u r n backs on audience. NARRATOR raps loudly with his 0811e) S P E C U L CUFtTfiIN r o l l s up ver$ slowly, revealing:

PLACE:
A!I RISE:

Twa large f l a t s on either side representing bookehelves, est ort a rake. 3aokdrop of SCRIM, represeyttiag wa13 with windcrrra, Opshge center a large h b l e laden dorrn with huge b o o b and a can&eZbra. A chair a t l e f t end of table, and on the table by it a PRACTlCAL BOOK, controlled from backbridge. AgainsC Right Bookshelf a taboret and a p i l e uf books on the floor. Against Left Bookshelf a L I B W Y TYPE LaDI9ER. Downstage csnter a small T U P DOOR, in which the PDANTW T f I W i s already placed ready t o be pulled up. Bebi3ld the table t h e I3EWd.D is hidden, ready t o be pulled up. Upstage, behind Right Bookshelf, a PRiitf1CAL DOOR, out o f sight at curtain, but which shows when it is open. Behind the SCRIM, out of sight a t Curtain, a ramp on which marionettes can be operated from the back of the backbridge; it i s disguised by Cut Out Rooks. Behind it a cut-ouf S e e i n g o f rocks and oas4;les. Cyalomna in back. D i r e c t l y behind Chs Sorim, a braalrcmay wt-out of a oastls ~OOF with p o r t c u l l i s *
RECORD NO 1 (contd)
NiWATOR

Don Quixotes Library

Mom than R hundred v o l w s Has he collected, Handsomsly bound and studded They represent a p a t iavestaentt

Early i n t h e morning tho key turns in t h e look imd the old gontlomn ontors!

(the DOOR in t h o setting begins t o open slowly)

(tho

TRIO a m soatod in the chairs. TRfO Q NPIXft;TOR hung up in posiCion if manipulators are needed f o r
phantoan

scenes)

DOH QUIXOTE ( a f t e r a pause, enter mil QUIxo'fE through the door, f o l l m d by the DOG. Bofh operatod fran back-bridge; DOG passed l a t o r t0 framt. &xl Q t s spoctarrlos a m on h i s forehead, DOH Q . goes t o contor, looks t o tho r i g h t and l e f t and upstage to table, DOG sniffs at f'miture r i g h t , stage side. DOH Q. orosses to l e e , DOGC follows him wagging his t a i l , DON Q, mounts the Ladder and examines books on sho1vGs. DOG place5 forepaws on ladder and looks up a t him) dmadis of Gaul, Esplandian, iimadis of Grceco and a11 the sequels (DON QUurOTE turns and faces audienco) That have boon writton t o limadis Evon t o the F i f t i e t h Generation! (he begins t o descend the hddor, and cross88 t o center. IxlG passed t o front-bridge, he remains loft stage s n i f f i n g at ftzrnibre,) I have them a l l ! Friends, I salute ye! (DON QOrXOTE bows .to r i g h t and l o a , goes t o Right stage ond of t a b l e and placee hand mvcrently on p i l e o f books) Nowby tho holy splinters o f tho Cross, 1 swax thoro is no company Nore entertaining o r more p r o f i t a b l e Than these dglightf'ul books (begins t o cross l e f t towards chair) And I would g i v o my house and housekeeper As well as my niece i n t o the bargain Rather than lose a single one! (strikes tablo cmphatically. Geks i n t o position f o r sitting, and lays his hand oq tho Practical Book) And of them a l l none pleases mo more T h a n t h i s by F e l i c i m o S i l v a Whoso b r $ l l i a n t prose and i n t r i c a t e stylo Are infinitely preaious (he bonds Qwr, kisses tho book sou&? =de by mtrnipulator s i t s in ohair, s e t t l o s himself, opons tho book, looks, turns f o audionco and places spectacles w o r h i s oyos and then looks a t tho book again. During tho above, tho DOG l i o s down a t h i s f c c t )

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(as though reading) Tho reason o f your unreasonable troatmont of my reason So cnfeeblos my roason t h a t with reason I complain o f YOUT beauty. (he shakes h i s head) &n,......,, That's rather hard t o follma.,., But a l l tho greator for that very reason! (he turns a pago i n the book aud b o g h t o road again) The heavons that with your d i v i n i t y Divinely f o r t i f y you with the stars Render you meritorious of tho merit ?$erited by your greatness.

Ah!

DON QrpIlroTE (Cont t d) (shakes h i s head again, looks a t audionco and pushes specs up onto h i s forchoad) That's hard; that's wry hard Yot i n it's d i f f i c u l t y l i e s it's writ! (gets up f r c a n cHair, walks t o r i g h t stage and back t o lopt, hoad hanging, hands bohind his back) Rondop you meritorious o f tho merit Moritod by your groatness, It's hard, but I $ 1 1 work it out U n t i l I undorstand it porfcctly. (stope loft contor and addrossos the whole world with a m o p i n g gosturo) Chivalry i s a study that wants ooncontration. He itrho would learn it must apply himself As eoalously as any b n o d i c t h o Bbonk. And so I will! And so I will!

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ACT ONE

RECORDED

M RISE:

TRIO r i s e f r a t h e i r seats. Tho DOG looks up startlod a t tho dctermihed note o f the speech.

WN QUIXOTE s i t s i n chair again, mplacos specs, turns a pago, and bogins t o read again.
RECORD NO 2
Now t o unravel The meaning o f suoh rhapsodies

(play Elrid s*)

TRIO

Is more than A r i s t o t l e could

If he rose up f r a t h e dead NARRATOR (step$ i n s t e as f a r as he can without covering DON QTJIXOTg But he becams infatuated With t h i s kind o f nonsense Reading h i s books

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Reading his books 1

TRIO

(enter HOUSEKEEPER through the door, bearing a t r a y of food, She staps at r i g h t end of table, raises tray. DON QUIXOTE pays no attention but the Do0
l i f t s up head and woks ears)
W y a meal he l e f t uneaten Many a night he d i d not close h i s eyes! His f l e s h wasted away!

GUITAR PLAYER

And on h i s farm Everything went t o wrack and ruin! Acres o f land he sold That he might purohase books!

(HOUSEKEEPER erosses up t o DOH Q , , l i f t s the t r a y again. HE looks up and mves her awayI SEIE turns t o audience and shrugs her shoulders. The Do0 gets up and s n i f f s a t the tray)

RECORD NO 2 (Cont'd)
(HOUSEKEEPEB again offers tray, DON Q. turns another page, ignoring her. SHE shrugs again, crosses r i g h t and leaves the t r a y on the taboret. The DOG follows her, SHE shoos him away, e x i t s by the door, and DOG Faanedhtely goes f o r the food which he eats, During t h i s business, general illumination begins t o dim out leaving only a single spot from r i g h t stage on DOH The DOG e x i t s by the door)

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(turns another page) The wolf came t o his door! Poverty stared him i n the face!

DON QUarOTS

INSTIZUBIIERTUI INTERLUIE

8nd thus ~ 5 t h l i t t l e sleeping And much excess o f readHis brains dried up And he'went madl

NaRRBTOR

(%igBct on Cyclorama dims up revealing shadow cut-outs seen i n silhouot* thru Scrim back-drop: Cut-out gate with portcullis, which goes up slowlg, The gato breaks amy and is drawn off i n soctions f r o a n both sides, disclosing cut-out s e t of rocks and'castlcs. Meanwhile the EARRATOR continuos ovithout interruption) Lo! h i s imagination. Tcemod with fantnstio visions: Enchanhents, battles, tommaments, Courtships, amours and woundst And so insane was he at l a s t That ho believed thoso ficticms true And swore thore was no history Quite so authentic1

FULL ORCHESTRA PHANTOM WSIC BEGINS O N TEE

SAME REcom.

(during tho following pcintcani.au, DON Q. romains i n tho s w position turning a page frog tim t o tim. Tho TRIO and IUJULITOR are hung i n position and do n o t

move

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ACT ONE

PLACE :

AT RISE:

The music is divided into a s c r i o s o f distinot themes which s h a l l bc used a t t h e discretion o f the prodwcr t o form background for t h b fallawing bUSineSSe There i s no singing o r speaki~~g, Throughout the Pmtamime, projeetion o f KNIGHTS In various &titudes, fade i n and out o f the cyclorama, PHAEJTOM WIZARD ( r i s e s from the trap door, downstage ccntor in a puff of smoke. He mays e e r i l y from side t o side waving his wand and then floats around.the set, ending by the table where, with a wave of h i s wmd he conjures up)

PHANTOM HERALD (who has bcon hidden behind the tcble. WIZARD f l o a t s o f f . HERALD leaps onto table and blows h i s trumpet in several directions. Then EE leaps into the a i r and f l i o s out through the doorway l i k e a cherub)

P W T O M LADY (cntcrs down right, turns graccfully as tho dancing EL pavanno)

F'EAWOM TROWADOR ( SIPBULTNJEOUSLY 1 (entors dawn left, M t h tl luto. He slowly approaches t h e lady m d kneels down, scronading her. They soparate as
' TWO KNIGHTS (run i n togethor on the ramp behind the back-bridge, one from eaoh side. Tf.IEY

raise t h e i r swords alternntely, strike, kneel, cross and e x i t )

TWO MOUNTED fiMIGE!i'S (cnter, same mmner, caracole w i t h t h e i r steeds, clash together, retraot, pass and cxit. When TiIEY are off, detaohnble helmets are remowd and d f f f c r o n t one replaced)
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PHANTOM L"sY and PI3,AIWX TROUBkDOR (aga3.n draw near tho conter of stage: s a w business as before)

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p3liNTa G I a T (cntors, d a m righ%, Stops and gestures with 1 m 8 Of h f ~ am. T h aad 2 m R turn and nau left &age, GIAXt fvllmhg, GIANT elutob<LILpp, holds her high a'bava his head, barns, dmdseb right and e t a down rfght)

(SIMULTANEOUSLY) (Sa the r q Same business a8 before this tbll0 with eppoafk, sides showing and different helmet8 'OIL X I K t d M knights)

ENIGrnS

I5iA.mw m right &age, (enters on.the flaps wings, The EAWK m his and they exiC slowly t o the l a s t music)
(NOTE:

f l i e s up and amund strains of the

baraoalss h i s horse.

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F%AN!CQM D W E (either cut-aat er-mtrienetize, may f l y aoross behind If t h i d i s used, the reptitien of baek-bridge. %he KNIGBT business may be elhizaated, but a swle KNIGHT m y enter and fight with the DRAGON)

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If additions ts the Phantams are used, an pair Of .KbTIGHTs i s 8uggesCed t o battle downStage a t the same time &hers are battlirrg on the

PHANTOM GLlWT (business may be elaborated thus: Troubador and Lady exit first pantomiasand an additional Lady w i t h additional w i g h t m a y eKter t o Second Troubador When the G i a n t enters the b i g h t attacks h h , music. lifts up the k d y and carries h8r o f f t o safety)
(during the last part of the Pantamjmb all lights behind scrim begins t o dim out; leaving only the spot on DON QUZOTE)

RECORD NO 3 33GIIS IMhEDIATELY AFTER RECORD NO 2 USING D O U B U TURNTABLE.

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ACT ONE
SCEIiE THREE

PLACE :
AT RISE:

NARRATOR approaches the center o f the forostage.

Same as SCENE ONE

RECORDED

TRIO begfns t o play.

PTARRkTOR Now was his judgment completely gone! His nind unhinged! his reason overthrown1 And all h i s faoulties destroyed! (general l i g h t on Library set begins t o dim up slowly, reaching f u l l a t end of this record) And then he was seized He was seized with one o f the strangost Maddest fancies That ever siemd a madman!

....

One of the strangest One of the Maddest

Fancios that siezcd a mndman!

(MARRE,TOR goes

... ...

TRIO

l e f t to position)

END OF RECORD NO 3

ACT CINE:

1-343

PUd:

sane as s c m

RISE:

DON QUIXOTE slowly looks up from the book, p t s glaases on forehead, and stares straight before him, off stage r i g h t )

o m

- SPom

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Oh, happy golden a.gp of chivalry When men were something more than m n : Virtuous, jpst and f u l l of courage! (he r i s e s , and closes the Book) One should not dissipate onefs l i f e bad l i v e contented in a quiet chaatber. (places right hand on sword h i l t and advances downstage center) I w i l l revive the age o f chivalry! I w i l l become myself e, knight-errant After the noble antique prrttern. (begins t o walk right stage, turns and walks l e f t . DOG poke8 h i s head i n a t the dour and follows him) And wander in the earth Thru solitudee and deserts, Armed and mounted In w e s t o f aclventuree! Redressing every grievance, b e n d i n g errorsf Beforming abuses, Discharging debt s , Protecting widows and orphans. (strikes heroic attitude downstage center as f a r as possible. DOG s i t s on haunch@$ cad cocks h i s ears) Aad exposing m$self withal t o daaffers That I might o v c r c ~ e them Bnd e m thereby for myself and country Eternal g l o r y and renown! (HE draws h i s sword and flourishes it. DOG leaps i n the a i r )
CURTAIN d r a m qulcklg. B o u s e l i e t s up.

m q p r m 3 8

TRIO and Bmm EXIT t o both sides 8s quickly and quietly AS possible)

END OF ACT

ONE

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ACT Tw6

SCENE

o m

RECORDED
PLACE : Fore-stage House l i g h t s remain on as a t oponing.N:JIIIILTOR ENTERS l e f t , raps w i t h h i s cam. Draw c u r t a i n s p m t , rovealing s p e c i a l "DON QUIXOTE" curtain. DOG follows WdWTOR h . NARRATOR shoos HIM away with h i s cane. DOG E X I T l o f t . Houselights and f o o t s dim out. % = T O R waits, no one appears. BE orosses t o r i g h t s t a g e and nrhispors in t h e wings. DOG REXNTERS. NARRATOR shoos him away again, stands i n c e n t o r nervously, t a k e s out handkerchief and caugfis. TRIO ENTER r i g h t s t a g e , GUITAR PLAYER first, WJDOLIN PLAYER, thon the DWARF. THEY synchronlse with record as at opening.

AT RISE:

HECORD NO 4 INSTRWXTLJ, PRELUDE 3 WLSURES. XARRATOR ( t a k e s full conter. TRIO group towards the r i g h t ) Now $s our scene changed! S e c r e t l y t h e o l d man loaves tho chamber1
GUITAR PLAYER Lulled i n a oradle of delusions And borne away by pleasant dreams He hastens t o mako ready To start upon h i s wanderings! (TRIO sit i n chairs) NJJZV~TOR For in h i s opinion r o m h i s delay, The world s u f f e r s f Secretly, s e c r e t l y , l e s t anyone Discovor h i s mad design (NARRTLTOR.raps with h i s ogno and c r o s s e s RIGHT. SPECILL C U R T X N rolls up slowly, rcvcalhg

He leavos the chamber And goes down t o t h e c e l l a r ,

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ACT TWO

#-

SCENE

PLsicE:

AT RISE:

Downstage r i g h t , t h e ond o f A low half-arch springs frm t h c lowost stop on an upstago anglo t m r d s tho l o f t , spanning most of t h e stago. Whore it j o i n s with the lof'tstage wall, a dilapidated s u i t of armor leaning i n t h e comer. Bluo spot p i c k s it out. A BbT i s f a s t c n e d by means o f a p i n o e n t c r stago abovo t h o arch. h o t h e r BAT i s conocaled within t h e holm& o f tho amor, tho visor o f which i s c o n t r o l l e d by a s t r i n g so t h a t it opons. TIIE BAT is pulled from tho wall and f l i o s about. !tW M I C E scampor about. A BLt,CK CAT appears from behind t h o armor and s t a l k s tho MICE.

Dim l i g h t i n g .
a staimy.

THE

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C E W

RECORD NO 4 (Cont'd) MISTERIOSO

INSTRUblE3TA.L INTEELUDE,

IU!BRA'fOR (points with h i s cane) Behold! In a dark corner Amidst discarded lumber By t h e l i g h t o f h i s l a n t e r n L m a n c i e n t s u i t o f annor Worn by h i s g r e a t grandfather1 Rusty it was and f u l l of donts Covered w i t h dust and cobwebs Tho dwelling p l a c e of spiders! Mice gnawod a t t h e straps! B a t s lurked i n t h e helmet! W T loaps f o r t h e (NimL!FOR moves t o l e f t sidc. MOUSE who c'scapos. BOTH run out l e f t . L i t t h o t o p o f t h e stairway appears a c i r c l e of l i g h t formed by a f l a s h l i g h t operated fram t h e f r o n t bridge. DON QUUCOTE W i a S holding a candolabra in r i g h t hand. The f l a s h l i g h t follows HlB as H E descends, s t o p s on landing, looks under a r c h , sees armor, ' crostws t o it q u i c k l y and bogins t o cxamine it up and down, back t o t h e audiencc, GENERA&LIGHT dims up s l i g h t l y . A SPIDER desconds onto tho hoI.net, DOG f o l l o w DOH QUIXOTE and sniffs about t h o c o l l a r )

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RECORD NO 4 (Conttd)

As i f it 'wore chased with s i l v e r And s o t with rubios! And he determinod to wear it! Already in his imagination He pictures himsclf i n horoic tabloaux!

And blaok appoarod white1 Eo adraired thc rusty thing

But tho lunatic was ovcrjoyod! In his ck5sorderod mind

Frenzy pmvailcd over reason

HLRRATOR

Conquasing amio s Besieging c i t i e s W i n n i n g battles And marrying infantesl

(DON QUIXOTE opons the visor of taAohelmcf and a BiiT f l i o s aut. HE stops back a few paws, startlod. THE S P I m crawls up his thrcnd)

END OF RECORD NO 4

2- 1-4

SCENE ONE

DOB QUIXOTE (standing c e n t o r , addresses audience. dims up on him) Clad in t h i s noblc c r o a t i o n The work no doubt o f s a c s k i l l o d dwarf Worthy o f t h o immortal hand o f Vulctln I s h a l l be properly accoutred In a manner b e f i t t i n g a hero who appears I n tho l i s t s , t h e f i e l d o f war, O r i n tho Court o f Emperors. Ew-cm I shall bo recognieod And honored f o r what I am.

Center spot

c-

(GENEKL LIGHT dims down also BLIE on armor, leaving nothing but Centor Spot on DON QUIXOTE. PEJTOM MOUNTED KNIGHT cnters downstage r i g h t , caracoles, c r o s s e s s t a g e , c a r a c o l e s egain, turns and EXITS r i g h t during) Scarce s h a l l I nppoar t o vicw I n b r e a s t p l a t e and morion, Lance i n hand, b u c k l e r on arm, When a l l s h a l l surround mc, crying: This i s t h o Knight o f t h e Sun O r t h e Knight o f t h e Serpent! (as soon as KNIGHT EXITS, PfkXTOM HEW.LD f l i e s f r o m stairway, lands on f l o o r , blows trumpet in various d i r e c t i o n s , and f l i o s out by t h e stairway, during) From mouth t o mouth s h a l l my e x p l o i t s Bo blaeoned abroad And my famo hasten bofore me! (as soon as RERALD EXITS, a l l V C U I N G KXIGHTS e n t e r i n a group downstage l o f t , holding s h i o l d s towards t h e audienceb S h o r t l y a t t o r , i t h tho both LADIES e n t o r downstage r i g h t w PAGE, during) Princos and Kings shall como f o r t h To welcome m e with a c l o s o embrace And s h a l l porsonally conduct me Before t h e i r Queens and Daughtors To satisf'y nn u n i v e r s a l c u r i o s i t y ! (TEE KNIGHTS rnisc t h o i r swords3 UDIES bow m d ALL make a quick EXIT both sides. TRIO rise and g e t ready f o r Intorludo. DON QUIXOTE ?.dvanccs downstage c c n t c r . GENERAL LIGHT dims up again)

2-1-5

&-

DON QUIXOTE (Cont*d) Scholars s h a l l describe my figure lind perpetuate my doods I n the c t o r n a l pages of books, (HE point8 t o m o r with l o f t hand) And my carccr shall shinc Emn as this polished motrl, A l i g h t i n tho darlmcss! (he m i s o s the candolabra dmnatically. WJWLTOR raps wi% his cam. CURTAINS draw togothcr quickly. TRIO tako Conter stago. Houselights rowin aut but SPOT contor foro-stago dims up)

F X D OF SPOKEN SCEWE NO OME

NOTE: As the action from t h i s point on 2s continuous, without intcrmission, tho sets must be struck and s e t up during tho Recorded fnterludos. Only a very limited tine i s allmod; tho sizcne shif'ting must be rapid and w l l - m h e a r s o d ,

2-2-6
ACT TWO
SCENE

m o

RFJCORDED RECORD No 5
Thus w a s ho onncd! A curious sight to say tho lcast! Eis skinny r i b s onczscd in plate, His bony jaws Lockod i n tho hclmot with straps! But had his armor bcon plate
GUITAR PISLYER

Brand new It mu)d not haw, bcon m o m donso T h a n tho mdncsd of h i s wits?

To roalize h i s m-bitior, He goes out t o the f i e l d

J

Now i s ho eager

To v i s i t h i s horsc!

/--

(TRIO go right-stage.

&'&%-TOR steps out to oontor a d r:.ps with h i s cane. CURTAINS draw

apart, revealing

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2-2-7

.
PLACE:

ACT TWO

TEE FIELD

AT RISE:

Simple settfng, doninated by the horse, ROZINANTE. !Fhe horse i s hitched t o a plow which i s held b a LABORER (or e l s e the BOY o f the Prologrre~ THEY remain stationary downstage center, facing leftstage. Their feet mow a8 if' walking and a Ground RGW on an endless belt passing below the stage, m v g 8 behind them from left t o right. A stationary Furrow is attaahed t o plow and disappears offstage right. Additional sfationary furrows between it and the moving rows upstage. Behind the moving Rows, as f a r baok a8 posrribb, B row representin$ the PLAIN and b e h W it one of kountrains. !lXB IdOVIBG GROUNII flow i s divided CyO10-e into short e e o t i o m i n order t o pass over the drume a t e i t h e r end o f t h e endless belt. These sections must be detachable. They represent the boundary o f .the field.,...a broksn down adobe wall, cactus plants, a tree stump, a cow lying down, etc,, eke, lW0 PIGEONS ride on the back o f the HORSE)
BECORD NO 5

(Conttd)

(points to EORSE with h i s oane) Leaner than h i s master, Sway-backed, g a l l e d and spavined,
Qui tantum p e l l i 8 e t ossa f u i t Which i s i n Latin: A l l skin and bones! . (NARRATOR goes t o l e f t . ENTER DON QUIXOTE, Seated on the moving fence, and riding i n on it. DOG also ENTERS, seated a t his feet, As they a r r i v e a t a position r i g h t Oentor, HORSE, LABURER and GBUlJB3 ROWS a l l stop, DOE QUIXOTE rises, goes t o LABORSR who d o f f s h i s hat, The PIGEONS fly o f f tho ground. Do0 ohases them off O N LaBOBER bagins t o remove HORSE'S traces. D QUZXOTE pats tho HORSE and examinos him from rurmp t o hwfd, during

NARRATOR

Than the steed of Gonela

The nag had more blemishes

2-2-8
Yet in h i s Master's eyes Vhich no longer beheld The sordidness o f f a c t s He seemed like a prizewinner From the f i n e s t Arabian stud!
NWTOR

( Cont d 1

(DON QUIXOTE, leftstage, adjusts speotacles and examines the HORSE'S teeth)

Strong, well-proportioned With glossy coat and flowing mane! Quick under the spurt

(HORSE hangs head. PISEONS RE-ENTER and a l i g h t on him. HORSE turns around, indolently swishes
tail. The PIGEONS r i s e and s e t t l e again)

'

And he swore t o himself That neither the Nount o f Alexander Nor y e t the famous Babieca Could be eompared to him!
END OF RECORD NO 5

ACT TWO

SCENE Two
SPOKEM

PLACE:

A!P RISE:

Same as SCENX TWO

DON QUIXoTE begins t o harsngue with gestures. DON QUIXWE

- TRE FIlSD

0, thou sage whoseelot i t shall be To record the history o f my adventures, Do not neglect t o mention In your astonishing chronicle The excellences o f m y milk-white charger!

(DOVES f l y away. DOC comes running l e f t . LBBoREEl looks up i n astonishment at the

epee&)

Upon whose shapely back I shall be seen Frequontly i n the t o i l s o f kni&thood!

(light &ns down, LABORW makes gesture of r i d i c u l e and e x i t s right. PRBprmOM KNIGHT r i d e s i n on ramp, behind back-bridge, from right, caracoles, crosses, turns and SOTHER KWIGHP enters same side. T I W clash, pass and exit as i n Act one)

Storming impenetrable fortresses Rescuing dmsels i n enchanted castles O r jousting i n some tournament! Do not forget, I beg Thee, my good Rozin. (goes t o plow s i t s on i t upstage side, meditatea. HORSE looks around and flicks him w i t h t a i l . DOG l i e s at hie f e e t ) It is not very seemly Hay1 That a horse so excellent, Appertaining to a Knight so fmous, Should go by the vulgar name o f Rozin ?hi& is i n Spanish: ploughhorse! Imust discover a more appropriate. (HORSE begins t o move around, nibbling on the ground) For nothing could be more reasonable Than when the Master changes h i s estate The horse should change h l s name Assuming a pompous appelation Becoming the order he now professes! (DON QUIXOTB rises. KE, the HORSE and the DOG a31 w a l k back and forth and N A R R 4 l T O B comes to center forestage and addresses cLudience, during)

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ACT

Two

RECORDED (COb5INED WITH VOICE)

PLACE :
Sam a s SCENE TPYO

RECORD KO 6

- SPOKEN

Several days Mtnt byf Having doviscd, altered, shortened

NARRATOR

And rcjcctcd many names He finally docidod on .+.,

LI't7SICA.L BACKGROIJND TO VOICE CONTINUES ON !IHE mcom PIAM0 OXLY.

(NARRATOR moves back l e f t , HORSE has by this t i m turned and facos DON QUIXOTE who is right-stago, Big sudden gcsturo f r o m DON QUIXOTE)

( SPOKEN OVER B.ITJSICAL BhCXGROUND) Rozinanto! It shall bo Roeinanto!

DON QUIXOTE

(IiORSE stops nibbling and looks up. up against DON QUIXOTE)

DOG leaps

And full of much moaning Sincc it imports that he has boon a IzOZIKiN'fE, or before, his prcsent condition. (LKlN QUIXOTE goes to HORSE who turns facing downstagc. DON QUIXOTE placos his arm around his nock. DOG placos foropaws against D O N WIXOTE so that all And now All of tho Roeins in the world! quickly.
form a group) that he is Antc, or bcforc,

A asfnc l o f t y and sonorous

(URWLTOR raps with his cano.

TRIO approach cCzntcr, playing)

GUITAR PLAYER

CURTLIWS draw

Having honored tho nag Thus to his satisfaction Io dcomed it expedient To invont a namc for himself. For if Rozin was a namc Too vulgar for h i s new estate No loss w a s his own: Quixana Which is i n Spanish: Jawbone1

WJWTOR

(TRIO and lJARBATOR lp01b t o positions at sides

as DOH QUrxOTE in R ~ Lenters ? fore-stage lef't, crosses MARWTOR and W k e s fill center, during)

And in this consideration Was he earnestly employed Eight days further Inventing at length,,.,
s
. t

TRIO.

END OF wE6ORD I W6

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2-3-12

ACT l P w 0

PLACE:

Same as SCEWE.THREE
a

AT

RISE:

DON QUIXO!PE in armor begins to speak t o audienoe a t once, without pause a f t e r the record, TRIO s i t .

RECORDED

A ll~imswhich i s patrician, Elegant, oommanding respect And yet not t o o presumptuous S i n c e it derives from that o f my family Tihich i s Quixana o r jawbone! And t o it I add La ihnaha Whereby f may proclaim in f u l l lQ lineage and my country!
BLACKOUT

QUJXOTB! DON QUIXOTS! I t shall be D m Qxiixote!

DON QUIXOTE

(DOB QUIXOTE in armor i s taken off, the NARRATOR*S oane i s heard rapping, and CURTAINS a m drawn as rapidily as possible, revealing)

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ACT T t r g O
SCENE THREE

PLACE :
AT RISE:

DON QUIXO!CEtS Library.

The s u i t o f armor used i n the c e l l a r i s plaoed a t the r i g h t end of table, DON QUIXOTE s i t s a t lefz; end i n the ohair, the e f f e o t being that the two are s i t t i n g a t the t a b l e together.

And now my armor being fultrished I and my horse with names Nothing is wanting but a Lady. A F a i r Lady t o be my love1

WN QUIXOTB

(enter downstage right, " O M LADY and BIGHT, walking together as n C , the KX'IGHT were pursuing tho LADY) For a knight without tho tender passion Is as a leafless, f r u i t l e s s tree, A body without a soul!

(the KNIGEPT kneels, the W Y spurns him and f l o a t s t o left stage. RE r i s e s and pursues IIER)

What does it a v a i l the bravest Knight To be however bravo, however perfect To win however many unequal combats If he wear not the ohains of lorn3 Among a l l that I have read about I have not yet encountered A single knight without h i s mistress. It i s QS natural for them to love As for the sky t o sparklo wfth stars.

(KNIGHT and LADY same business leftstage. SHE returns right, gesturing "Go" with her hand. The KNIGEt hangs HIS head. DON QUIXOTE r i s e s and places hand on sword h i l t )

Consider now, if, for my sins, O r rathor through my good luok I chanoe upon some wiokcd giant An ordinary thing for knights.
(PIZLC2WTOM GIANT enters down right, UJ)Y f l e e s i n t o r r o r t o the KNIGHT and hides bohhd HIM. KHIGHT approaches GIANT cautiously, raising h i s sword. D O N QUIXOTE draws his sword i n fronzy. The KNIGHT strikos the GLWT, D O N QUIXOTE pantomjming saxis business with h i s armor)
*

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34-15

YOICE3 OF

WIPuLB'poBs

USED)

Mote: The following l i t t l e scene has beon included t o permit s u f f i c i e n t time t o change the Library set into the Barnyard Set,, as Record No 7 does not suffice for t h i s purpose. This scene should be cut down t o the minimum length required for that purpose.
PUCZ:
811 RISP:

F O B STAGE Lights up on f o r o stago. It appears that during the l a s t long speech the TRIO have f a l l e n asleep and the NARRATOR disappeared,

( a f t e r a pause the BOY'S head i s seen peeping aut l e f t s t a g e . He looks at audience and beckons t o TRIO) Pssssssssssst! (no response from TRIO) ( snoring)
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

BOY

...........
7

TRIO

(the BOY walks gingerly t o THEM and prods ! C H E b f . BIS, jump up and rush t o center stage. BOY scuttles

off)

I N S r n ~ A x PRELUDE I only I S PLAYED UP To PoIm WKERE THZ NBRItATOB'S VOICE BEGINS, AMD THW THE NBXDLE I S TAKEN OFF. TRIO look around for NARRATOR GUITAR PLAYER walks t o l e f t s t a g e , DWARF t o right, NBRRA'PQR

R E c o mN O

(Yarning>

TRIO AND ETa,BRBToR

(consultaticn. The ISBRRBTOB seem perplexed, goes to l o f t s t a g e and whispers i n the wings)
DON QU.IXOTE'S VOICE (repeating part o f the l a s t speech) Madme, i n me your Highness has The Giant, Caraculiambrc, Lord bf the Island, Malendrania

............

...

2-4-16 ACT TWO SCEI4E FOUR

AT RISE:

NARRLTOR nods and thon raps h i s cam. TRIO play. KECORD NO 7 begun again from the boginning.

Instrumontal intcrludc.

How ploasod ho was with himself After this long harnnguc A n d how much mor0 so WhQn he had found a mistrcss.

NARRATOR

A_

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ITECORD NO 7
picrur

(Cont*d)

it was said That in a nearby v i l l a g o A village c a l l e d Toboso, There lived a buxom peasant @rl Whom he once loved Altho it seems She never knew about it,

INSTRUMENTAL I N T Z m

(MARRAWR raps with his oane. TRIO go t o chairs CURTAINS draw, revealing)

ACT TfRo
S

W FOUR

PLACE:

AT RISE:

A farmlyard, Famhousebftstage. Barn r i g h t , dngeled fence hackstage with a well center. Trough dqwn-oenter. Tree upright. Plains and mountains as i n f i e l d scene. DoNR'EY*S head shorning behind the barn. CHICIOEIJS poking on the ground. PIGEONS f l y i n g and s e t t l i n g here and there. W a s h hung out on line between troe and well.
DULCINE3 centerstage, i s f i l l i n g the trough from a buoket i n her hand. During the lowing SHE GOES B A C K t o the well, f i l l s her bucket by dipping it in, leaning f a r over and showing her pantaloons under her skirt, rinses out the bucket and empties it OW the wall.

fa-

RECORD No 7
B u x ~ , lusty, rustic, Strong as a mant When she c a l l e d tho hogs Her voice could bo heard For leagues round about 8
rfght)

(Cont'd)

GUITAR P L A m

(DULCINEB raises l o f t hand to mouth and c a l l s offstage

And t h i s was tho lady wham he ohoso To bo his paramour Tho keepor- o f his heart!
IW~BATOR

(cntor upstago r i g h t behind tho barn, A SOW foXlowod by throe l i t t l o PIGS. A l l go t o tho trough. The SOW obstructs t h e way f o r the l a s t l i t t l o p i g turning around whonovor the p i g attompts to got round hor. DULCINEA pushes SOW out of the way and g m s to D O m Y HEAD, plaoes arm around DONTEY'S neck and stands watching PIGS. Ths LBBORER i s seen backstage on the ramp, bent over,
h W 1

And sooking a nam f o r her also one that would msemblo hor own And yet aooord harmoniously

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3NARRATOR

2-4-18

. With those he had czhosen He fished another w o k

(Cont'd)

Reviewing high-flown names With which h i s books abounded: Queens, Princesses, Duchesses, Countesses, Ladies, Maidens,

Shepherdesses1

(by this timo the PIGS have finished and lie down round tho trough. Two PEASlwT GIRLS enter on tho ramp backstage and converso with tho LABORER. DULCIMEA mvcs to thorn, THEY oxit and reappoar on tho stago propor (marionettes swung around tho and of the br idgo )

END OF RECORD NO 7

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PLACE :

Same as SCENE FOUR

RECORDED

AT RISE:

The THREE GIRLS form a group around the well, DULCINEA center, one g i r l on e b t b r side. TfIEY put t h e i r heads togeCher and whisper. W N QUIXOTB enters on the f o r e stage l e f t , i n t h e t o be able t o begin the folluwing speech as soon as the RECORD NO 7 stops. NARRATOR crosses r i g h t and stands by the TWO.

Dulciaea Del Toboso? For that is a name harmonious, Eamonious and uncammon, Unc-n and expressive, Worthy o f 80 great a lrdry An4 me that a l s o f l a t t e r s The proud Country of Toboao Which heaven has bounteously favored By lending it so r i e h a treasure To be itrs sovereign!

DON QUurOTE

<i U

(the GIRLS give a burst o f laughter Manipulator's voices). DULCINEA hops up on the well, The LABORER cams to the back of the fence and looks over a t the g i r l s , a hoe i n h i s hand. During the following, PIWTW LADY with PAGE holding her t r a i n enters d m s t a g e l e f t , and TROUEWOR enters downstage right. TIBY turn and bow slowly a8 tho danaing, and e x i t slowly just before the end of the speech, WN QUIXOTE gestures eloquently with arms on fore stage, facing the audience)

I n whom are realized A l l the attributes o f beauty That poets sing about! gold, For her h a i r Her forehead the Elysian Fields, Ho r eyebrows rainbows And her eyes a r e stars! Hor cheeks rosos, her l i p s coral, Her toeth poarls, her neck alabaster, Her bosom marble, her hands ivory, Her whiteness snow

is

...

2 & 2 0
DON QUIXOTE (Cont'd) (by this time the PHANTOMS a m out. WLCINEA

raises her bucket imperiously, the TWO GIRLS curtesy very low, one on sither side of hor, and the LABORER bows behind the fence, as DON QUIXOTE finishose)

And all her person Without itts oqwd in earth or heawn!

togother quickly)

(another burst of laughter f r o m the GIRLS. NARRATOR raps with his c a m . CURTAUS draw

2-54 1

ACT TWO

SCENE FIVE

RECORDED

PUCE:

AT RISE:

Same as SCEME F O U R
d m e

SPOKEN

TRIO bogin iwnodiately to play, s t i l l sitting

HECORD

'INSTRUMENTAL IXERLUIE, 12 IEASURES.

NO 8

(during t h e interludo, DOH QUIXOTE walks o f f f o r o stage l o f t . NARRATOR takos ccntorstago. TRIO rise and form a group by their c h a i r s )

A t last it soornod That everything was roady And hc no longor waited To otocuto h i s plant

NABRATOR

(NfdlRATOR gocs l e f t ccntor.

TRIO tako c c n t c r )

Thcrof ore on0 morning, V c r y early, before daylight, In tkK? s u l t r y month o f July Ho armed himself cap-a-pio I n his annor hnd cammonded himself devoutly To heavcn and t h c Lady Dulcineal He s t o l e o u t o f the houso And mounted Rozinantc, (TRIO go rightstage)

GUITAR PLAYER

'fiolly secluded

NARRATOR

He rode through a p r i v a t c gate Through t h e s h a p i n g village I n t o t h e opcn country Just as the cocks wcrc crowing And t h e sun arose.
INSTEWNTAL ISJTERLUIIE

( W T O R goas l e f t s t a g e a f t o r a cou.plc o f mcasurcs, raps with h i s cam. CUIITJJWS opcn wry slowly,

rcvcaling )

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ACT TWO

PUCE :

THE PUJNS. Simp10 sctting similar t o tho f i e l d scene. !Re ondlcss b o l t i s uscd i n from r i g h t t o l c f t . tho opposito dircction O n it is soon a s o r b s of cut-outs roprcscnting tho villago, which f i l l most o f tho stage a t opening. Bohind tho stago, the p l a i n axid mountains as in tho l a s t mono. Dim light. Might effocrt in the sky and tho v i l l a g e almost i n silhouotto.

A3 RISE:

DON QUUEOTE i n amor and mounted on R0ZIM;eNTE O N QUIXO'PE holds centor stagc, facing right. D a lancc, THEY romain absolutely motionlcss fonning a tabloau during tho following song. A rhd spot 011 DON QUIXOTE'S faoo slowly dims up and a daylight e f f c o t gradually begins t o roplaeo tho night o f f c o t on tho s4y and v i l l a g e . Tho horse's hoad hangs but DON QUIXOTE s i t s upright hosding tho lanco crcot. Tho DOG stands behind tfio HORSE on dawnstago sido, almost l o s t i n tho shadow.

RECORD NO 8

( C a t 'd)

Clad i n i r o n Armed with a lance, The strangost f i g u r e Evor soen i n those parts1 Happy as Q c h i l d Exalted i n s p i r i t And bont on the strangost mission Evor concoivcd of.

N O R

INSTRWENTiiL INTERLUDE, 2 b!EI;SuRES

(DON QUIXOTE turns hcad around, looks behind him, shuts v i s o r o f hclmet and digs spurs into ROZII?;LNTE, who bogins very slowly t o move h i s f o o t as tho walking. Tho ondlcss b o l t rcvolvos, tho villagc is drawn o f f lcft. L s thc l a s t houses go by they arc followed by fonccs, otc., a l l dwindling d m i n s i z e until they soem t o run into tho ground. Tho b o l t thon stops. Frm thon on the backPUIMS LXD WUNTLINS, s t a . t i o q , form t h ~ ground f o r tho mmaindor o f tho scene)

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TRIO Slowly, slowly, slowly they proceed! Slowly, slowly, slowly o ' e r tho plain!

INSTRUMENTAL, IIJTZRLLTDE

(full daylight lighting i s up by this cue)

The swmr b u n arose With such intensity it was onongh To m l t h i s brains Had ho had m y l o f t !
NAFWhTOR

(RoZIXf~TE stumbfos, and walks mor0 and mor0 awkwurdly, DON QUIXOTE sways in tho saddle. Off-stage sound offoct of mota1 clanking not too loud)

(DOG, who has been running a f t o r m o r n bagins to l a g bohind which is dono by drawing H I N offstage loft. Vhon HE lags behind out of sight, HE makcs a
c

suddon spurt and catchos up again and tho s m c business is ropontcd. During thc following, lags behind for tho last t h o and disappoars at ond of speoch)
IU3OOBD NO 8
(Cont*d)

But hc m s oblivious to theso discomforts f a d even mlcomcd them, Convincod in his madness That every fnconvonicncc Was propor to his callingt And ho soothod himsolf with spooches In the florid stylo of his books.
'

KLXUTOR

(ROZINiJJTE stops. By this c w the village and cutouts should hrvo just about disappoarod so that DON QUIXOTE i s standing against tho open plain

for a background)

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ACT TWO

SCENE FIVE

i,T RISE:

Dall

bo brightest a t t h i s point, flooding both tho sct and DON QUIXOTS. DON QUIXOTE opcm

plain for a background.

QUIXOTE i s standing against t h o open

Lighting should

v i s o r and addrossos audianco with largo gosturos. HOB33 &OOPS hoad and sags, occasionally almost oollapsing clnd giving DON QUIXOTE a shaking.

DON Who doubts but; t h c t i n f'uturo timos

QUIXOTE

%hen tho truo book o f mjl famous dcods

Is brought t o light, tho airkhor Will i n t h i s o r R similar nmflncf. Doscribe my f i r s t sally:

it again)

Viror drops ovcr h i s facq. (ROZIN2?'iT stnggors. 7 3 raisos Offstago sound o f f o c t of =tal clanking. E

When thc ronownod Paladin

Over t h i s wido and spacious earth Tho filaments o f h i s burning h a i r

Scarcoly had ruddy Phoebus spread

Don Quixoto Do La h a , Quitting tho slothful down, Mounted his chargcr, Rozinmto, And rode over tho anciont Plain o f La Mlnncha1
(ROZINANTE staggom again.

Smc busincss

w i t h visor)

Now that I m y cntcr m y profossion I n tho true s p i r i t o f adventure I will not hold thc mins i e chock But l c t my horso soloct tho road.
(ROZINANTE imslodiatoly turns Ground aild bogins t o t r o t i n tho roverso dircotion, shaking DOE QUIXOTE whoso v i s o r falls again. Tho ground row on t h c b o l t passos in rcvcrso diroction until tho last housc o f the v i l l n g c i s soon, a t which point DON QUIXOTE c o l l e c t s himself, reins i n ROZIKJTB a d reins HIM around) With t h i s oxception, Rozinmtc, That you bo pleased to continuo fn yondor goneral d i r c c t i o n W i c h loads across the plain, For the things WQ sock are not found On tho road that loads hamaward.

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ACT !WO

SCENE SIX

RECORDED

PUCE:

Same as SCENE FIVE

AT RISE:

Having R O Z I M T E under oontrol again, DON QUIXOTE digs in the spurs and THEY begin to march right, as before. From this point on tho lighting bcgins to dim down on tho plain, leaving DON QUIXOTE in a spot at t h e end of tho following song.
RECORD NO 9
TRIO

SPOKEN

Endlessly, ondlossly, tho barron plain Spreads out before him, A desolate wnstcland! Nothing was soon, man nor house, Neither bird nor boast! Nothing disturbed The ctcrnal silence Nor broke tho monotony! Only thc road. Only tho road, Tho dusty road ho had chosen.
GUIVLR PLAER

INSTRUBBENTAL INTERLUDE

Convinced of his destiny mind pmccdcd him Into thc future! And ho dreams of that longcd-for t h o When his fame shall rosound In cvcry hamlet His name bo heard On avcry lip!
His

...

FlTLL 0RCHESTRA.L FWiNTOM: MUSIC CONTINUES O N SAAB RECORD.

(TRIO and WUW.TOR bogin quietly nnd unobtrusively sneak off. O n the cyclorama which i s practically darkness, projections used in act onc,, o f KNIGHTS vnrious attitudes bogin to dim in. During the

to in i n

DON QUIXOTE.

following spocch, PKWTOMS rido in and aacompony First tl MOUNTED KNIGHT cntcrs on tho r a p left, crosses rapidly to rightstage, caracolos and procccds to p m t m b s walk just as ROZINANTE is doing. After a couplo o f linos, PHANTOM GIANT strides in from dawnstago l o f t crossos with huge stcps and takes position right stago down, out o f thc spotlight. Simultaneously the PW3IlOM HUNTER cntcrs on tho r m p and t & c s position in center bchind DON QUIXOTE,

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After a couple of lincs SECOND PKiLNTOM KNIGkT ontcrs on ramp and tEJhcs position l e f t and ALL WALKING KNIGHTS ontcr downstagc l o f t and take walking positions near their. cntrwoo)

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ACT

T7No

SCENE SIX
SPOKEN

(Combined with PEANTOM MUSIC on R ~ C O R DNO 9)

PLACE:

Same as S-CENE S I X

RECORDED

AT

RISE:

RECORD NO 9 continues without interruption. After three measures, W M QUIXOTE begins following speech which is spoken i n rhythm with the music. The phrasing must coordinate with that of the music, in such a manner that the speech ends first allowing enough of the record to follcnvto cowr the business of

the

FINALE.

happy When my great deeds shall be rewalod! Deeds as inspiring as any That ever graced a scholar's page! Deeds worthy of the engraver's plate, The sculptor's marble, thc poet's pen, The painter's pencia and tho singer's Ocicef Deeds that will be enshrined forever In the etsrnal nichcs of history, Pressrvod with glory In the deathless momory of men And cravned with tho ovcrlasting laurels Of univcrsal recognition! (pause until now thome in music begins) Deeds that will astound tho simple, Enchant the jaded and inspire thc strong! Decds that w i l l horald tho rcbirth Of a goldon ago upon the earth! (at this point a11 tho P W T O M S should bc in position. DON QUIXOTE stops and turns ROZINAMTE facing the audicnoe. FEAKTOMS ~rllturn to tho audioncc)
BEGINEJING O F NEvi T

DON QUIXOTE

W OF THE &ITSIC

Unhappy gonoration! do not despair! For a knight has ariscn: Don Quixotc D c La Manchat Bearing the torch of tho glorious past!

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DOH QUIXOTE pn;o brings you retribution and Justice! And leads by h i s heroic example The way f o r others t o follow! That the s p i r i t of chivalry May not disappear from the earth1

(Contd)

BEGINNING ON NEW THF%B OF MUSIC

(DOH QUIXOTE elevates h i s spear. The PHAKCW mar their horses and the KNIGHTS raise t h e i r swords. The G M raises h i s club)

This day he sets forth, armed and ready For whatever t r i a l s may prove h i s courage And a t t h i s very mament His adventures begint
E N D

OF V O I C E

(the foregoing speech must be 80 t b d as t o leave enough music t o cover the following business: ALL turn f a c i n g r i g h t again, and begin t o walk. After about s i x measures choosing a point where tho thanes ohange, the PEANTOMS slowly procede DON QUIXOTE off right, taking about s i x ~ ~ S U I O S to o x i t . Tho projoctions stop on the cyolorama and nothing remains but DON QUIXOTS i n the spot. Tho business must be so timod %hat he i t 3 alone for two O P tkroo ~ O R S U ~ Oand S then:
E&IMJXG

PASSAGE BEGINS ON THE RECORD.

Spot slowly bogins t o dlm o f f . passage, blackout)

A t end of huuaning

END OF RECORD NO 9
END OF FIRST EPISODE