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The last moon
Act Unique in six scenes
in Sardinian Language
By Ignazio Salvatore
Basile
Translaction in to
English by the same author
General index
the last moon
drama in one act and six
scenes
pages 1-20
Structure and Framework
page 21
Description of the
Protagonists
page 22
The presentation of the
author: where does the idea come from?
page 24
Director's Notes
Page 26
Acknowledgments and
Contributions
page 27
Characters
Itzocar
Tribe’s Chief of Nure
Irìsa
His
Wife
Damasu
Son to Itzocar and Irìsa
Gula
Daughter to Itzocar and Irìsa
Alàshia
Sister to Gonario
Aristea
Daughter to king Gonario’s
Nakigia Gonario ‘s Widow
Rumisu
Nakigia’s Son –Throne’s pretender
Bithia
Nakigia’s Sister - Priestess of Nure
Iolao
Bithia’s Son
Anù
High Priest at Nure
Elki
Anù’s Son and Soldier’s Chief
Soldiers and People
King
Gonario
His Phantom
THE PLOT
On the tribe
of Nure reigns Itzocar, who rose in command twenty years before,
when his brother Gonario, suddenly died.
In so doing
Itzocar has however willfully ignored the rules regarding the succession
imposed by ancient tradition , who foresaw the Regency of Gonario’s
widow, Nakigia, at least until the grown age of his son Rumisu, still a child
at the time of death of the king Gonario.
Trying to
legitimize and strengthen the usurped power Itzocar and authoritative Anù,
Member of the Council of elders of Nure, combine a double marriage: Damasu,
designed by his father Itzocar to succeed him on the throne, will marry Aristea
(who is daughter to deceased King's sister, Alàshia), while Elki, son of
Anù will marry Gula (daughter of Itzocar).
But Nakigia, widow
to Gonario, who is contrary to weddings, invited to depose the gifts on
behalf of Anù, invites the nobles, priests and the people waiting for the
awakening of Bithia Priestess ( mother of Iolaus), who has been doing the rite
of incubation, waiting for a forseen dream, to refuse the wedding at
least until Bithia’s reveil.
Rumisu, son to deceased
King Gonario and to Nakigia , aims to remove Uncle Itzocar in the command ,
feeling empowered.
While Nakigia
exposes his call to wait, Bithia awakens and describes his dream of doom: a Sun
swallowed by the Moon(Song of Bitia).
Immediately
after bursts on the scene Rumisu accusing Uncle Itzocar to have usurped the
command (song of Rumisu).
At the end
of Rumisu’s song, Damasu enters in defense of his father Itzocar.
The two men fight
hand-to-hand.
The winner will be
Rumisu. The loser Damasu abandons the village.
Rumisu, ripped the
stick and the mantle from his uncle Itzocar, that will follow with his wife
Irìsa the defeated son, sits on the throne and invites Aristea to join him at
his side.
But Iolaus
and Aristea announce their love. And while the people and the guards, let the
two lovers pass by, sadly Rumisu will leave the scene defeated by his own lust
for power.
The ghost of King
Gonario appears to underline the right rules with the song of Akinta
Kamar.
When Gonario goes
out of scene, all the people will dance, celebrating the Last Moon, before the
sun takes over the power for ever.
FIRST SCENE
(the scene opens to the central square of the nuragic village of
Nure. In the background, a sacred well of nuragic period and in the
distance the towers of the village; the half moon shines in the
blue sky; a mixed group are dancing a nuragic appropriate dance of
good luck wishing at the double promise of marriage between Damasu and Aristea
and between Elki and Gula.
The choir will be singing the following air)
Come on, come on, lights from the sky
Come on, bright and pregnant
Come to the aiming water
Come on, come on, lights from the sky
Itzocar (standing up and beating the sheep’s stick for thrice, calling
for silence)
- People of Shardana!
Listen to me! I, Itzocar, King of Nure, today I promise by the present
announcement the wedding of my son Damasu with the nice princess
Aristea ((Aristea, will cover her face with the veil; later on this
sign, soon interpreted as shyness, will be revealed a gesture of
refusing !)
And when the Moon is sank in the sacred well, nobody will be
able to deny this promise I’m doing in front of you; I call everybody as
witnesses as I confirm the promise with the gifts that my wife
Irìsa will pose hereafter in the well;
Irìsa (she stands solemnly up and goes to put the presents by the sacred
well; then one ancill will give her a veil whom with she will tie one the
couples)
- You will be tied
together for all your life, in luckiness and sadness! For ever and ever!
Anù (leaving the priest’s assembly will repeat the same Itzocar’s words,
inviting Nakigia, being him a widower, to deal the bribes)
- And I, Anù, Mayor
between the Mayors of Nure, announcing and pronouncing the weddings
of my son Elki with the beloved king’s Itzocar daughter , the nice
Gula(he will stare at Gula who according to tradition will hide her
own face with the veil) and because I’m a widower it’s up to the first
Priestess Nakigia to present the gifts in front of the people!
Nakigia ( she will solemnly occupy the center stage, which will be
promptly released, but without taking any the gifts of Anù
and leaving drop off the veil brought to her for tieing the other couple ).
- Is not that the way
we used to present our weddings in the sacred well of Garlo in this country!
Not even for the ancient habits and not really while our priestess
Bithia is still consulting our Gods! (everybody will turn towards
the sacred tub of prediction where Bithia is staying, while the heads and the
priests shall lift buzz of discontent and protests; but the protest stops while
leaping from the sacred cavern from which Bithia, cataplexy, comes,
sustained by the vestals to occupy the center stage and
begins to sing)
to be continued...
