Marin Sorescu: Varul Shakespeare

Tragedie in cinci acte
1987-l988

PERSONAJELE

SHAKESPEARE — dramaturg si actor
HAMLET — printul Danemarcei
DOAMNA BRUNA — iubita lui Shakespeare
ANNE HATHAWAY SHAKESPEARE — sotia lui Shakespeare
BEN JONSON — dramaturg
SORESCU — un danez
IDELE LUI MARTE
CAMELIA — sora Ofeliei
TINE-CAL — un copil
TITIREZ, GILMA - mascarici
SIR JOHN DOWNTOWN zis PERIFERIE, THOMAS BLUR, PORCIUS BLISTER – scriitori, rivalii lui Shakespeare
RICHARD ZERO, FLY, HEIFER - actori, rivalii lui Shakespeare
FANTOMA
CALAUL
VOICEA — personajul care nu incape in Shakespeare
CORABIERUL — un corabier american
BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM, BRISTOL - nobili
ARIEL — spiridus
MARY (VALY) — gemene
VRAJITOAREA
Actori, mascarici, soli, negustori, tarabagii, lume.

PROLOGUL (intra imbracat in toga, cu masca si pe coturni):
De-i spatiul curb ca mingea, ce in perete
Dac-o izbesti, iti sare-n piept — si astfel
Tot cautind pe altii, dai de tine...
Atunci si 'timpu-nehis in minge-aicelasi
Ramine secole, milenii lungi
Si zile, chiar din drojdia genezei,
Se-nvecineaza cu-ale tale clipe...
Stau secolele dupa gard, cu mina
Le atingi si respirind acelasi aer,
Aceleasi viziuni ai...
Toti de-a valma
Ne-mpleticiim parca-n aceeasi piasa,
Pe care inicercam s-o tot rescriem,
Dar replicile ni-s mereu suflate
Si tra'se-n pie-pit de-apuse generatii
Si vintul ce roteste-n veci pamintuil
Ne sufla sufletele... si le-ncurca...

(Intra Titirez.)

TITIREZ (facind citeva tumbe) :
Tu, aschie cu forme sincopate,
Lungind prologul, ne maninci din piesa!
Ca titirezul itotu-o sa se-nvirta,
Degraba veti vedea... Mai fac o tumba
(Mai face.)
PROLOGUL:
Ia seama, Titirez, batjocorind
Taina Prologului, greu epilpg avea-vei!
TITIREZ:
Prologul are-o taina ? S-o destainui.
(Isi smulge masca. Apare un chip de femeie.)
Femeie, cine esti, ca de uimire
Imi cade nasu-n gura... si-mi miroase
Vorbirea a coliva...
PROLOGUL:
Spurcata vorba! Te duhneasca dracii!
Sint Idele lui Marte...
TITIREZ :
Vai, ma clatin!
De ce-ai jucat prologul ?
IDELE:
Nu sint oameni.
De-acum prologu-i gata. Tine malsca,
Ti-o trebui la-nmormintari solelmne.
A ta va fi ia fel ca a lui Yorik.
Si zi-mi pe nume : Idele lui Marte...
TITIREZ:
Eu...sarut mina...plec…cinstita cobe!
(Aparte:)
De nu te-as mai vedea, ai creste-n ochii-mi.
(Tare, luind masca:)
Eu ies pe-aici... Sa nu vii dupa mine!
De-i spatiul curb, eu il masor cu tumbe.
Raspunderi mari incumbe-ne, incumbe.
(Iese, facind o tumba nereusita si speriata.)

Rodica Tita

Cousin Shakespeare
Play in Five Acts
1987-l988

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

SHAKESPEARE- playwright and actor
HAMLET-prince of Denmark
DARK LADY-Shakespeare's lover
ANNE HATHAWAYSHAKESPEARE- Shakespeare's wife
BEN JONSON- playwright
SORESCU- a Danishman
IDES OF MARCH
CAMELIA- Ofelia's sister
HOLD-HORSE- a kid
SPINNING TOP,HILLOCK- fools
SIR JOHN DOWNTOWN nicknamed PURLIEUS, THOMAS BLUR, PORCIUS
BLISTER - playwrights, Shakespeare's rivals
RICHARD ZERO, FLY,HEIFER- actors, Shakespeare'rivals
THE GHOST
THE HANGMAN
VOICY-a voice outside Shakespeare's inside
THE SAILOR- an American sailor
BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM, BRISTOL- noblemen
ARIEL- an airy spirit
THE WITCH
Actors, fools, messengers, merchants, shopkeepers, people

PROLOGUE

THE PROLOGUE (enter wearing a toga, a mask and cothurns):
If space be curved like a ball that thrown against a wall
Bounces back into your chest- thus
While looking for the others
You find yourself again..
Then even time inside the ball
Stay the same for centuries, long millenia
And days, right from the days of genesis,
Comes close to your moments...
The centuries are there, behind the fence, with your hand
You touch them and breath the same air,
You have the same visions...all together
Weseem to stagger in the same old play
Which we keep rewriting,
But our lines are always being prompted
And breathed by old generations
And the wind which spins the earth for ages
Blows into our souls...and entangles them...

(Enter Spinning Top)

SPINNING TOP:(making summersaults)
You splinter, with syncopates shapes,
Prolonging the prologue you're eating our play!
Everything will spin like a top
You will see soon...I'll make another sault.
(He does so)
PROLOGUE:
Beware Top, if you mock
The Prologue's secret, you'll have a harsh epilogue!
SPINNING TOP:
Does the Pologue have a secret? Let me reveal it.
(He tears away his mask. A woman's face appears)
Who are you, woman, because out from wonder
My nose is falling off...and my speech
Smells like grave...
PROLOGUE:
Dirty words! The devils reek you!
I am The Ides of March...
SPINNING TOP:
Oh my, I'm staggering!
Why did you play the prologue?
IDES:
There are no people.
The Prologue's over. Keep the mask,
You might use it for solemn funerals.
Yours will be just like Yorik's.
And call me by my name: The Ides of March...
SPINNING TOP:
I, my respects...am leaving...honored hoodoo!
(aside)
May I not to see you anymore.
(loud, grabbing his mask)
I'm leaving this way...Do not come after me!
If space be curved, I'd measure it with somersaults.
Let big responsabilities impose on us, impose!
(exit with a bad and frightened somersaults)