THE TEMPEST
CARLOS
CARVALHEIRO
Milan version.
Version for two languages based on the
play by
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
TRANSLATION: CLÁUDIA GOMES
2009
This version is based on the use of two languages, Normal type referring
to the “Language of Milan” and underlined referring to the “Language of
Naples”.
SUMMARY
Alonso the King of Naples sent his brother Sebastian to Milan to convince
Antonio to usurp his brother Duke Prospero’s throne. Prospero and his
daughter Miranda were abandoned on the high seas by Gonzalo who
thereby disobeyed the King’s orders to kill them both. Thanks to the map
of the sea left to them by Gonzalo, Prospero and Miranda arrived on an
island meeting Ariel and a savage called Caliban. Prospero convinced
Ariel to unleash a tempest that provoked the shipwreck of the vessel in
which Alonso and his son Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio and several
Mariners were voyaging on as they were returning from the wedding of
Claribel, Alonso’s daughter. Shipwrecked on the island in separate
groups, they all believed the others were dead. Prospero and Ariel
created situations to drive their enemies to despair. While Prospero could
finally take revenge on them for what they did to him, he decided to
forgive them and all of them were returned back home.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE (order of appearance)
SEBASTIAN, Alonso’s brother
GONZALO, Neapolitan noble
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NAPLES TRANSLATOR
ANTONIO, Prospero’s brother
MILAN TRANSLATOR
PROSPERO, Duke of Milan
MIRANDA, Prospero’s daughter
STEPHANO, Neapolitan mariner
TRINCULO, Neapolitan mariner
FERDINAND, Alonso’s son
ALONSO, King of Naples
ARIEL, airy spirit
CALIBAN, a savage
1.
CONSPIRACY
ANTONIO • GONZALO • SEBASTIAN • MILAN TRANSLATOR
• NAPLES TRANSLATOR
[Sebastian enters with Gonzalo - both with a picture
frame. Naples translator also enters]
Antonio: [enters with a picture frame with milan
translator] Sebastian! I was told you had arrived. What
a nice surprise. How is Naples?
Sebastian: Well, Antonio, well - and here in Milan?
Milan Translator: Sebastian says: Well, Antonio, well.
And here in Milan?
Antonio: Everything’s the same. Prospero’s still in
charge, but instead of taking care of his dukedom he
prefers jumbling about in his fantasy and enchantment
studies. And here I am, doing his job, taking care of the
business of the state and yet I remain the eternal
second heir.
Sebastian: Well you know my brother Alonso - the King
of Naples, would be willing to support you as Duke of
Milan if you agree to give him servitude.
Milan Translator: Sebastian says: Well, Antonio, well.
And here in Milan?
Milan Translator: Well you know my brother Alonso –
the King of Naples, would be willing to support you as
Duke of Milan if you agree to give him servitude.
Antonio: That’s a high proposal indeed! But you know
Prospero has always managed to keep Milan
independent.
Sebastian: Ambition has its costs, Antonio. If you want
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Milan Translator: Sebastian says: Ambition has its
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to be a Duke, you have to pay for it.
Milan Translator: Sebastian says: Ambition has its
costs, Antonio. If you want to be a Duke, you have to
pay for it.
Antonio: Did you come to Milan just to make me such a
proposal?
Sebastian: Yes. Although of course there are two
official reasons. The first is to invite the Duke of Milan
to be part of the committee of the wedding of Claribel.
costs, Antonio. If you want to be a Duke, you have to
pay for it.
Milan Translator: Yes. Although of course there are
two official reasons. The first is to invite the Duke of
Milan to be part of the committee of the wedding of
Claribel.
Antonio: the daughter of the King of Naples is getting
married?
Sebastian: it will be a profitable marriage. Claribel will
wed the successor to the throne of Tunis.
Milan Translator: it will be a profitable marriage.
Claribel will wed the successor to the throne of Tunis.
Antonio: Is Alonso marrying his daughter to a moor?
Sebastian: Oh don’t be so uptight Antonio. A marriage
with an African inheritor will allow the growth of Naples’
influence through Africa, an all new continent left to
discover, but still known by its richness. A daughter
weight less than the heavy costs of a military invasion.
And a marriage is much sweeter. Of course I must
mention that, the son of Alonso, Ferdinand, my nephew
Ferdinand, is the successor of the throne of Naples.
Antonio: You could still marry him to Miranda, the
daughter of Prospero...
Sebastian: Yes, but that unity would take a good 10
years at least to come into fruition. And of course
Prospero would demand a united definition of the
external policy. And the king of Naples bears in mind a
totally different policy to Prospero’s.
Antonio: I imagine that’s where I show up...
Sebastian: If you wish, future Duke of Milan.
Antonio: What shall we do with Prospero? Kill him?
Sebastian: What a strong word! Why don’t you say ...
make him disappear, instead?
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Milan Translator: Oh don’t be so uptight Antonio. A
marriage with an African inheritor will allow the
growth of Naples’ influence through Africa, an all new
continent left to discover, but still known by its
richness. A daughter weight less than the heavy
costs of a military invasion. And a marriage is much
sweeter. Of course I must mention that, the son of
Alonso, Ferdinand, my nephew Ferdinand, is the
successor of the throne of Naples.
Milan Translator: Yes, but that unity would take a
good 10 years at least to come into fruition. And of
course Prospero would demand a united definition of
the external policy. And the king of Naples bears in
mind a totally different policy to Prospero’s.
Milan Translator: Sebastian says: If you wish, future
duke of Milan.
Milan Translator: Sebastian says: What a strong
word. Why don’t you say... make him disappear
instead?
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Antonio: And Miranda?
Sebastian: Also disappeared - by magic! Isn’t that the
speciality of Prospero?
Milan Translator: Also disappeared - by magic! Isn’t
that the speciality of Prospero?
Antonio: No one in Milan would believe in that.
Prospero is loved around here.
Sebastian: Well why do think I brought Gonzalo? The
King of Naples is willing to help you in everything.
Antonio: Ah! And with the disappearance of Prospero
and Miranda the government of Milan would fall back
on … me?
Sebastian: Inevitably. The King of Naples can’t afford to
usurp the throne of Milan. He prefers a Milanese noble
in power.
Antonio: One that is faithful to him.
Sebastian: And a quick learner. [Smile] Gonzalo is at
your service. You must understand, Antonio, that it is
convenient to Naples to keep my visit confidential.
Antonio: Naturally, Sebastian.
Sebastian: [Makes to leave while checking her itinerary]
ah, I almost forgot! [Turns back and formally addresses
Antonio formally] my brother, the king of Naples would
be honoured for the true Duke of Milan to attend the
wedding of his daughter Claribel to the inheritor of the
throne of Tunis.
Antonio: [Formally] Inform the king of Naples that
the Duke of Milan is highly honoured to accepting his
invitation.
Sebastian: Thank you Antonio, I shall. Good bye [kiss
on each cheek] no doubt we shall be doing much more
business together soon.
Milan Translator: Why do think I brought Gonzalo?
The King of Naples is willing to help you in
everything.
Milan Translator: Sebastian says: The King of Naples
can’t afford to usurp the throne of Milan. He prefers a
Milanese noble in power
Milan Translator: And a quick learner. [Smile]
Gonzalo is at your service. You must understand,
Antonio, that it is convenient to Naples to keep my
visit confidential.
Milan Translator: ah, I almost forgot! My brother, the
king of Naples would be honoured for the true Duke
of Milan to attend the wedding of his daughter
Claribel to the inheritor of the throne of Tunis.
Milan Translator: Thank you Antonio, I shall. Good
bye [kiss on each cheek] no doubt we shall be doing
much more business together soon.
Antonio: Oh, I look forward to it.
[Sebastian exits].
Antonio: [to Gonzalo] Wait here for Prospero.
Gonzalo: At your service.
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Milan Translator: At your service.
[Antonio exits]
[S1]
2.
COUP D’ ÉTAT
ANTONIO • GONZALO • MIRANDA • PROSPERO • MILAN
TRANSLATOR • NEAPOLITAN TRANSLATOR
Prospero: [enters with a map of the seas and the
picture frame] My brother told me that you bring an
urgent message from the king of Naples…
Gonzalo: So it is my lord. I was ordered to make you
disappear.
Milan Translator: So it is my lord. I was ordered to
make you disappear.
Prospero: What kind of joke is this? Do you dare insult
me in my own house?
Naples Translator: What kind of joke is this? Do you
dare insult me in my own house?
Gonzalo: Duke Prospero, forgive me. I owe loyalty to
the king Alonso of Naples and therefore I must execute
the order I was given, to make you “disappear”. But I
won’t be so scrupulous to keep my promise and have
your blood on my hands. Instead I shall put you on
board a Neapolitan ship and once in open water, I shall
abandon you in a boat hoping honestly that providence
helps you find a new land.
Milan Translator: Duke Prospero, forgive me. I owe
loyalty to the king Alonso of Naples and therefore I
must execute the order I was given, to make you
“disappear”. But I won’t be so scrupulous to keep my
promise and have your blood on my hands. I shall put
you on board a Neapolitan ship and once in open
water, I shall abandon you in a boat hoping honestly
that providence helps you find a new land.
Prospero: What makes you think I will oblige?
Gonzalo: I beg you not to resist.
Milan Translator: I beg you not to resist. [Prospero
lets the frame fall a bit]
Prospero: What are you going to do with my daughter?
Gonzalo: For better or worse your daughter
accompanies you.
Milan Translator: For better or worse your daughter
accompanies you.
Antonio: [pushing Miranda who enters with a Picture
frame] Miranda, my sweet niece, go to your darling
father - go.
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Miranda: Father, what does all this mean?
Prospero: Mutiny, my daughter.
Miranda: But what does that mean?!
Prospero: It means dear girl that your uncle Antonio
conspired with the king of Naples to usurp me and take
control of the Dukedom of Milan. [Takes her picture
frame out]
Miranda: But he’s your brother...
Prospero: So your grandmother tells me.
Antonio: Hurry up. [Exits]
Gonzalo: [Gives back the frames to Prospero and
Miranda] Here I abandon you to your own fortune. I
hope that some divine intervention finds you. [Exits
with Naples translator]
Milan Translator: Here I abandon you to your own
fortune. I hope that some divine intervention finds you
[Exit]
Milan Translator: Here I abandon you to your own
fortune. I hope that some divine intervention finds
you.
3.
THE ISLAND
MIRANDA • PROSPERO
[S3]
[Prospero and Miranda are on their voyage]
Miranda: What will happen to us?
Prospero: I don’t know my daughter. But we have to be
grateful to Gonzalo.
Miranda: But he was the one who left us like this!
Prospero: Gonzalo is a vassal of the authority of
Naples. He had to execute what he was ordered. But
instead left us alive and with a boat, without it we would
be useless, and we have this map of the seas. [Unrolls
the map of the seas] Look. He left us here. We came
this way. And we are here now. Follow our route. [S4]
Miranda: [Follows the route until she sees land]
Father! Land! Over there.
Prospero: We are saved. That’s the most important
thing for the moment. [Disembark]Look at our island.
Miranda: Is this our new home?
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Prospero: It is. Arrange our few belongings. I’m going
to explore the surroundings.
[Miranda grabs the frames and weary, falls asleep]
4.
ENCOUNTER
PROSPERO • ARIEL
[S5]
Prospero: [After hearing moans and cries] Who are
you?
Ariel: I’m a very nice spirit. I’m a very nice spirit.
Prospero: What’s your name?
Ariel: I’m Ariel. I’m Ariel.
Prospero: What are you doing?
Ariel: I’m imprisoned, Prospero. I’m imprisoned,
Prospero.
Prospero: How do you know my name?
Ariel: I can read thoughts. Now you are wondering who
might have trapped me? I can read thoughts. Now you
are wondering who might have arrested me?
Prospero: I am. Who trapped you?
Ariel: It was a witch who wanted to take advantage of
my powers for evil. It was a witch who wanted to take
advantage of my powers for evil
Prospero: And what have you done?
Ariel: I unleashed a storm on her. So she imprisoned
me here. I unleashed a storm on her. So she
imprisoned me here
Prospero: And what about her now? Where is she?
Ariel: She died. There’s only a son of hers left, Caliban.
She died. There’s only a son of hers left, Caliban.
Prospero: Where is he?
Ariel: Caliban is preparing to ... meet your daughter
Miranda. Caliban is preparing to meet your daughter
Miranda.
5.
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VIOLATION
CALIBAN • MIRANDA • PROSPERO
Caliban: [Approaching Miranda] You? You?
Miranda: [waking up] I am Miranda. Who are you?
Caliban: Caliban, King! King. You beautiful. You
beautiful. [Immobilises miranda]
Miranda: Why are you staring at me like that? [Caliban
attacks Miranda]
Prospero: [knocking Caliban down] What are you
doing?
Caliban: Meeting Miranda, meeting. Me Caliban, King
King. My Miranda, my Miranda.
Prospero: And I am Prospero her father. You are not
going to rape my daughter. You are not going to rape
my daughter.
Caliban: [Casts a spell] Spell! Spell!
Prospero: [The spell fails] Get away. Get away.
Caliban: [Cowers] Ai ai. [gets out]
Prospero: [Frees miranda, caresses her and she falls
asleep] Sleep my daughter.
6.
LIBERATION
ARIEL • PROSPERO
Prospero: [Turns to Ariel] Thank you, Ariel. I am in
debt to you.
Ariel: You can pay your debt: release me. You can pay
your debt: release me.
Prospero: I wish I could do it.
Ariel: Can’t you do it? Haven’t you been spending your
life studying fantasy? If you want, you can release me.
Can’t you do it? Haven’t you been spending your life
studying fantasy? If you want, you can release me.
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Prospero: How can I do that?
Ariel: Say the word. Say the word.
Prospero: But will it work?
Ariel: Try it out. Come on, say the word. Try it out.
Come on, say the word.
Prospero: Very well. Be free. [S5 ]
Ariel: [Approaches Prospero] See how easy it was.
Thank you. See how easy it was. Thank you.
Prospero: You said you created a tempest to punish
the witch…
Ariel: Yes, I created a tempest to punish the witch and
now you want me to create another one because your
enemies are passing through the coast of this island
coming from a wedding. And you would like them to be
shipwrecked here. Yes it was. I created a tempest to
punish the witch and now you want me to create
another one because your enemies are passing
through the coast of this island coming from a wedding.
And you would like them to shipwreck here.
Prospero: Can you do that?
Ariel: I would be glad to, Prospero. I would be glad,
Prospero.
7.
TEMPEST
ALONSO • ANTONIO • ARIEL • STEPHANO • FERDINAND •
GONZALO • SEBASTIAN • TRINCULO
• TRADUTOR DE MILÃO • TRADUTOR DE NÁPOLES
[S7 Ariel unleashes a tempest]
Stephano: Trinculo!
Trinculo: What?
Stephano: Trinculo!
Trinculo: What Stephano?
Stephano: Start taking out water otherwise we’ll sink.
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Trinculo: Yes! Start taking out water otherwise we’ll
sink? [Starts taking water out]
Sebastian: Stephano, where’s the captain?
Milan translator: Stephano, where’s the captain?
Gonzalo: I don’t know.
Sebastian: We all must try and stay calm.
Milan translator: We all must try and stay calm.
Trinculo: The sea has taken mine!
Milan translator: The sea has taken mine!
Antonio: Remember whom we have on board.
Trinculo: No one with more love for life than I have.
Milan translator: No-one with more love for life than I
have.
Stephano: I don’t think this tempest even cares that the
King is here!
Alonso: Rude!
Ferdinand: Oh, Hell is empty and all the devils are
here.
Stephano: What a Hell indeed! They don’t shut up.
Milan translator: Rude!
Milan translator: Oh, Hell is empty and all the are
devils here.
Milan translator: Stay in your cabin and be quiet.
Trinculo: Stay in your cabin and be quiet.
Gonzalo: We should have confidence in them. They
don’t look like they want to drown!
Milan translator: We should have confidence in them.
They don’t look like they want to drown!
[Nobles leave]
Stephano: We are lost. Help us Our Lady.
Trinculo: We are lost! Help us Our Lady! Goodbye
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mother, goodbye father, goodbye brother…
Stephano: Goodbye mother? Goodbye father?
Goodbye brother? Forget it! Family can’t help us now.
Trinculo: Forget it? Family can’t help us now? But we
are sinking!
Stephano: We are sinking! [Exit]
8.
ENCHANTMENT
(ARIEL) • FERDINAND • MIRANDA • PROSPERO
Miranda: [whisper] If it is due to your art, my dear
father, that this tempest was unleashed, calm it down!
That ship, with all those inside, is fallen to pieces. Poor
creatures. If only I could save them!
Prospero: Calm down, my daughter. Nothing too bad
has happened. [whisper] Calm down, my daughter.
Nothing bad happened
Miranda: But I saw.
Prospero: I told you, nothing bad happened. Calm
down. What you saw was an illusion, for you and for
those who were on board the ship. No harm came to
any of them. So far I only wanted to have them
shipwrecked on this island. Here comes the first one,
the son of the most important voyager. [whisper] I told
you, nothing bad happened. Calm down. What you saw
was an illusion, for you and for those who were on
board the ship. No harm came to any of them. So far I
only wanted to have them shipwrecked on this island.
Here comes the first one, the son of the most important
voyager.
Ferdinand: [Enters, framed by a picture frame] What
music is this? It brought me here believing I would find
survivors. But there’s no one here. [whisper] What
music is this? It brought me here here believing I would
find survivors. But there’s no one here.
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Miranda: How handsome he is! [whisper] How
handsome he is!
Prospero: Yes, despite that tiring look, one could say
he is a handsome boy. [whisper] Yes, despite that tiring
look, one could say he is a handsome boy.
Miranda: He is so handsome. [whisper] He is so
handsome.
Ferdinand: There’s a girl over there… Am I dreaming?
Gorgeous girl, do you live on this island?
Miranda: You are not dreaming… Gorgeous no, Sir, but
girl yes. And I live on this island. And you, who are
you?
Ferdinand: I would be the first in my land, if I were there
now.
Prospero: The first in your land if you were there? What
would the king of Naples say if he heard you?
Ferdinand: But how do you know the king of Naples?
Poor me that I may now be the King of Naples. My
father was shipwrecked around this island along with
the duke of Milan and other nobles.
Prospero: Do you think you are now the King of Naples
simply because your father was shipwrecked around
this island with the people you speak of? Tell me, what
do you want from here? Are you a spy?
Ferdinand: I am not a spy. I told you, have just been
shipwrecked on this island .
Miranda: Father, he has been shipwrecked.
Prospero: [to Miranda] Shut up! [to Ferdinand] You will
be constricted to hard work until the reasons for your
return are shown.
Ferdinand: You think you can restrict me to hard work?
Never! The reason for my return should be plain. [He is
about to attack prospero with the picture frame, but this
one immobilizes him with the map of the seas]
Prospero: Never? Do you dare attack me? Come, try to
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hit me again, try.
Ferdinand: I can’t attack. I’m stuck.
Miranda: Father, please.
Prospero: [to Miranda]! Let me go! [takes away
Ferdinand’s picture frame and gives it to Miranda and
puts the map of the seas on his shoulders as if it were
a yoke] You, carry on! [shows the way out to
Ferdinand. Miranda puts the frame next to the others
and follows him. Prospero stays but not visible].
9.
DRUNKEN MEN
(ARIEL) • CALIBAN • STEPHANO • (PROSPERO) • TRINCULO
Caliban: [Enter] That all the miasmas miasmas that
come from the wetlands fall down on fall down on
Prospero and let let his body body rot rot. Ai here he
comes he comes. [hides]
Trinculo: [gets in] I’m so tired. The shipwreck has left
me lost. I want to sleep, I don’t think I can bear to stand
anymore. [Lays down and falls asleep]
[S8]
Stephano: [Enters with a leather bottle singing] Never
again will I go to the sea,
never again will I embark,
and here in this land,
I will die, I will die
[to the leather bottle] Come here my Consolation
[drinks] [S9] [sings]
The cabin boy and the captain,
The boatswain and I,
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Liked the Consolation
But not Catharine
None of us liked
Because she had a sharpen tongue
And said “A hell to you!”
Because our smell she didn’t like
Let’s go to the sea, boys,
And take Consolation.
Screw Catharine.
Ariel: [sings]
The cabin boy and the captain,
The boatswain and I,
Liked the Consolation
But not Catharine
None of us liked
Because she had a sharpen tongue
And said “A hell to you!”
Because our smell she didn’t like
Let’s go to the sea, boys,
And take Consolation.
Screw Catharine.
Stephano: [to the leather bottle] Come here my
Consolation. [drinks and discovers Caliban] Who is
this? Is he dead or alive? Must be dead. He stinks.
Must be an inhabitant of this island, blasted by the
tempest.
Caliban: Let me go.
Stephano: I didn’t escape from the shipwreck to be
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afraid of you.
Caliban: Ai!
Stephano: Must be the monster of the island. I will give
him some drink. If I can train him, I will take him to
Naples and earn my life thanks to him. Come on, drink.
Caliban: Don’t hurt me.
Stephano: Shut up and open your mouth. Open your
little mouth, come on. You will calm down in a while.
Drink, drink with all your strength!
Trinculo: Seems like the voice of ... but he drowned. It’s
the devil. Help!
Stephano: Two voices? So you have two mouths.
Trinculo: Two mouths?
Stephano: Ah my little precious monster. Even if I
spend all my little wine, I shall calm you down. Right,
that’s enough. Now I give to drink your rear mouth.
Trinculo: Precious little monster? You spend all your
wine? You shall calm down? Giving drink to the rear
mouth? Stephano…
Stephano: How do know my name? It’s the devil! It’s
the devil! [runs away]
Trinculo: What the hell! Stephano! Stephano! Come
here, don’t be afraid, it’s me, Trinculo!
Stephano: Trinculo? You didn’t die?
Trinculo: And you? Is it really you? You didn’t you
drown?
Stephano: No I haven´t drowned. I grabbed a cask and
came to land. And you?
Trinculo. I swam. Is there more wine left?
Stephano: More wine left? The whole cask, man! We
shall certainly not die thirsty!
Trinculo: No, we shall not die thirsty! [drink]
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Caliban: Give more from that wine, my lord.
Trinculo: He wants more of this wine.
Stephano: Kiss my feet.
Trinculo: Yes! And kiss my feet. [Caliban kisses]
Stephano: Take it then, [Caliban drinks] What a stupid
prat!
Trinculo: Indeed, what a stupid prat!
Caliban: I will teach you where the springs of water are.
Trinculo: He is going to teach you where the springs of
water are.
Stephano: Don’t even talk about it... When the cask
empties, maybe I will go there. Until then, don’t even
talk about it. Quickly prat, drink on my health.
Trinculo: Don’t even tell him that... When the cask
empties, maybe we will go there. Until then, don’t even
talk to him about it. Quickly prat, drink on my health. As
long there’s wine on our island, the government will
oscillate.
Stephano: As long there’s wine in our island, the
government will oscillate.
Caliban: A very mean man came here and became the
king of the island. And has got a beautiful daughter. If I
kill him, can I have his daughter?
Trinculo: A very mean man came here and became the
king of the island? And he has got a beautiful
daughter? You want to kill him and take his daughter?
Stephano: Prat, I will kill that man. Let’s look for him. I
always dreamt of being king.
Trinculo: Prat, I will kill this man. Let’s look for him. I
always dreamt of being king. [S10] [Exit]
10.
TRY
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ALONSO • ANTONIO • ARIEL • GONZALO • PROSPERO •
SEBASTIAN
Prospero: Ariel, here comes the king of Naples and his
brother. And now starts my revenge. Ariel...
Ariel: I know: your brother Antonio, the king of Naples
and his brother are coming. I know: your brother
Antonio, the king of Naples and his brother are coming.
Prospero: My revenge will start.
Ariel: You want to start your revenge? So I will put to
sleep the king of Naples and Gonzalo. You want to
start your revenge? So I will put to sleep the king of
Naples and Gonzalo.
Prospero: Why?
Ariel: You will see. You will see.
[S11 Alonso, Antonio, Gonzalo and Sebastian enter
with the picture frames; the translator of Milan and
Naples also enter]
Gonzalo: I beg you, sir, be happy. The cause of our
misfortune is frequent. There’s no day in which the wife
of a sailor or the owner of a ship don’t have the same
misfortune that we have had. Concerning the miracle of
our rescue, few are the ones that can speak as we do.
So, counterbalance our grief with our consolation.
Alonso: Silence.
Milan translator: I beg you Sir, be happy. The cause
of our misfortune is frequent. There’s no day in which
the wife of a sailor or the owner of a ship don’t have
the same misfortune motive that we have had.
Concerning the miracle of our rescue, few are the
ones that can speak as we do. So, counterbalance
our grief with our consolation.
Milan translator: Silence!
Antonio: Consolation won’t stop there.
Sebastian: He’s tickling the watch. Soon it will beat
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Milan translator: He’s tickling the watch. Soon it will
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the clock.
beat the clock.
Gonzalo: Sir...
Milan translator: Can you see?
Sebastian: Can you see?
Milan translator: Oh, I beg you to leave me alone.
Alonso: Oh, I beg you to leave me alone.
Milan translator: Can’t keep being quiet, you‘ll see.
Sebastian: Can’t keep being quiet, you‘ll see.
Milan translator: This island seems deserted…
Gonzalo: This island seems deserted…
Milan translator: Can you see?
Sebastian: Can you see?
Milan translator: …it’s almost inaccessible…
Gonzalo: …it’s almost inaccessible…
Milan translator: Nevertheless
Sebastian: Nevertheless
Milan translator: ...Nevertheless...
Gonzalo: …nevertheless…
Milan translator: There’s something that you can’t
miss
Sebastian: There’s something that you can’t miss …
…
Gonzalo: …the climate seems warm and the wind is
soft. Here we have everything we could have hoped
for, we can live here …
Antonio: What? There aren’t the means to live here!
Milan translator: …the climate seems warm and the
wind it soft. Here we have everything we could have
hoped for, we can live here …
Milan translator:: …there’s grass everywhere…
Gonzalo: …there’s grass everywhere…
Antonio: Can you eat it?!
Alonso: You are bursting my ears with words that my
soul doesn’t wish to hear. I wish I had never married
my daughter in Tunes, because it was on the way back
that I lost my son, and believing in my premonition, also
her.
Milan translator: You are bursting my ears with words
that my soul doesn’t wish to hear. I wish I had never
married my daughter in Tunes, because it was on the
way back that I lost my son, and believing in my
premonition, also her.
Milan translator: Sir, you have suffered such a great
loss.
Sebastian: Sir, you have suffered such a great loss.
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Alonso: Be quiet, I beg you!
Sebastian: Got on our knees in front of you begging not
to give your daughter away to an African. Among
repugnance and obedience, we submit ourselves at
last. On the way back we lost your son forever. Milan
and Naples will be full of widows. All by your fault.
Alonso: I know.
Gonzalo: Sir Sebastian, the truth you say there lacks
charity and opportunity. You itch the wound instead of
putting balsam.
Sebastian: But it’s the truth.
Gonzalo: We are all having a rough time, my good sir.
Sebastian: A rough time?
Milan translator: Be quiet, I beg you!
Milan translator:: Got on our knees in front of you
begging not to give your daughter away to an African.
Among repugnance and obedience, we submit
ourselves at last. On the way back we lost your son
forever. Milan and Naples will be full of widows. All by
your fault.
Milan translator: I know
Milan translator: Sir Sebastian, the truth you say
there lacks of charity and opportunity. You itch the
wound instead of putting balsam
Milan translator: But it is the truth.
Milan translator: We are all having a rough time, my
good sir.
Milan translator: A rough time?
Antonio: A tempest!
Gonzalo: If only I were in charge of cultivating this
island, my good sir…
Milan translator: If only I were in charge of cultivating
this island, my good sir.
Antonio: You would grow nettles.
Sebastian: Or brambles.
Milan translator: Or brambles.
Alonso: Shut up, I beg you. What you say is nothing
and it is the same for me. I feel that my eyes wish to
close down.
Milan translator: Shut up, I beg you. What you say is
nothing and it is the same for me. [ariel puts alonso
and gonzalo to sleep] I feel that my eyes wish to
close down. [falls asleep]
Gonzalo: I also got sleepy suddenly.
Milan translator: I also got sleepy suddenly.
[Falls asleep]
Antonio: They fell asleep quickly!
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Sebastian: How strange sleepiness seized them so
abruptly.
Antonio: It’s probably due to the climate.
Sebastian: So why doesn’t it attack us too? I am not
sleepy.
Milan translator: How strange sleepiness seized them
so abruptly.
Milan translator: So why doesn’t it attack us too? I am
not sleepy.
Antonio: Neither am I. How strange. They fell asleep at
the same time. See: the occasion invites you. I am
already seeing a crown falling onto your head.
Sebastian: Are you delirious?
Antonio: Aren’t you listening to me?
Sebastian: I am, but your words are words from one
that is dreaming.
Antonio: You are the one who is letting your dream
escape. You are the one that, being awake, closes your
eyes.
Milan translator: Are you delirious?
Milan translator: I am, but your words are words from
one that is dreaming.
Sebastian: Well, there’s a sense in your snoring.
Antonio: I speak more seriously than ever.
Sebastian: Then explain yourself better.
Milan translator: Well, there’s a sense in your snoring.
Milan translator: Then explain yourself better.
Antonio: Is there any hope that Ferdinand, the son of
the king who’s over there, has saved himself?
Sebastian: None.
Antonio: Who is, after him, the next inheritor of the
throne of Naples?
Milan translator: None
Sebastian: My niece Claribel.
Antonio: The one that is now the Queen of Tunes and
that lives behind the sunset?
Sebastian: And so? What has the distance between
Tunis and Naples got to do with the inheritor of the
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Milan translator: My niece Claribel.
Milan translator: And so? What has the distance
between Tunis and Naples got to do with the inheritor
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throne?
of the throne?
Antonio: All would say: “Would Claribel leave Tunis and
come to Naples? Do we want a black king? No, let her
stay in Tunes and let Sebastian govern!” If you thought
like me, you would take advantage of their sleep. Are
you understanding me?
Sebastian: I think so. As you have supplanted your
brother Prospero…
Milan translator: I think so. As you have supplanted
your brother Prospero…
Antonio: The servers of my brother were my mates.
Now they are my servers.
Sebastian: And the conscience? Doesn’t it weigh?
Antonio: Conscience, Sebastian? What is that? Look at
your brother laying there. If he were dead, something
you could do in a nick of time, I would do the same to
the neighbour carcass near me and mister Prudêncio
couldn’t testify anything. After this shipwreck all would
say that it is merely convenient...
Milan translator: And the conscience? Doesn’t it
weigh?
Sebastian: What would you gain from this?
Milan translator: What would you gain from this?
Antonio: We had to revise the subjection of Milan to
Naples. I have always wanted to be king.
Sebastian: As soon as you conquer Milan, Naples will
be mine.
Milan translator: What would you gain from this?
Milan translator: As soon as you conquer Milan,
Naples will be mine.
Antonio: Let’s go. At the same time. [ready to kill
Alonso and Gonzalo with the picture frames. Suddenly
Ariel wakes them up]
Gonzalo: [waking up] What was that? What does that
gloomy look mean?
Alonso: [waking up] What happened?
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Milan translator: What was that? What does that
gloomy look mean?
Milan Translator: What happened?
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Antonio: Didn’t you hear the roar of a lion?
Alonso: I didn’t hear a thing.
Milan translator: I didn’t hear a thing
.
Sebastian: It was the roar of a pack of lions.
Milan translator: It was the roar of a pack of lions.
Alonso: Let go after that roar. Who knows if wasn’t my
son who provoked it.
Milan translator: Let go after that roar. Who knows if
wasn’t my son who provoked it.
Gonzalo: Show us the way!
Milan translator: Show us the way!
[S12 Exit with the picture frames ready for fighting]
Prospero: Why did you wake them up?
Ariel: I woke them up because you wouldn’t like if
Gonzalo was killed. I woke them up because you
wouldn’t like if Gonzalo was killed.
11.
CROSSING
(ARIEL) • FERDINAND • MIRANDA • (PROSPERO)
[S13 Ferdinand goes by carrying the yoke imposed by
Prospero. Miranda follows him]
12.
PICTURE FRAMES
(ARIEL) • CALIBAN • STEPHANO • (PROSPERO) • TRINCULO
[S14]
Stephano: [S14 Entering with Trinculo and Caliban
showing the leather bottle] Oh prat, this is empty!
Trinculo: Oh prat, this is empty! I’m thirsty.
Stephano: I’m thirsty.
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Caliban: Be careful. Shh.
Stephano: If it happens again, you’ll see.
Trinculo: If it happens again, you’ll see. That’s the end
of the prat.
Stephano: The end of the prat.
Caliban: My lord, keep on giving me your trust. Be
patient. The answer will make up for all the grief. But
speak lower. Everything is heard in this silence.
Trinculo: Keep on giving you my trust? Be patient? The
answer will make up all the grief? Speak lower?
Everything is heard in this silence? We stayed without
our consolation!
Stephano: We stayed without our consolation. That’s
not only a shame and dishonour. That’s a national
disgrace.
Trinculo: And that’s not only a shame and dishonour.
That’s a national disgrace. And it’s your fault, prat.
Stephano: Yes, your fault prat.
Caliban: I beg you my lord, to calm down. Do what
needs to be done and you will be the owner of a
beautiful maid.
Trinculo: You ask me to calm down? If I do what needs
to be done I will be the owner of a beautiful maid.
[discovers the picture frames] Oh Stephano! Look at
the clothes that are here waiting for you.
Stephano: Oh, Trinculo Look at the clothes that are
waiting for me.
Caliban: Leave it, stupid. That is worth nothing.
Trinculo: Leave it, prat! This isn’t worth a thing? Shut
up prat! Don’t you think I know what this is?
Stephano: Shut up prat! Don’t you think we know what
this is?
Caliban: Leave it, my lord. Let’s kill Prospero. If he
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wakes up, we’ll be in trouble.
Trinculo: Leave it and let us kill Prospero? If he wakes
up, we’ll be in trouble!
Stephano: Shut up, prat! Stop there, mister doublet. It’s
stuck to the order of King Stephano!
Trinculo: Shut up, prat! Stop there, mister doublet. It’s
stuck to the order of King Trinculo!
Let’s steal it in style.
Stephano: Let’s steal it in style. Well said. With a lot of
style.
Trinculo: Well said. With a lot of style.
Caliban: That isn’t worth a thing. We are losing only
time. Prospero will turn us into minced meat.
Trinculo: This doesn’t worth a thing? We are only losing
time? Prospero will turn us into minced meat? Shut up,
goof. Let’s take it next to the cask.
Stephano: Shut up, prat. Let’s take it next to the cask.
Trinculo: In style.
Stephano: In style. [get out. S15]
13.
REMORSE
ALONSO • ANTONIO • (ARIEL ) • GONZALO • PROSPERO •
SEBASTIAN •MILAN TRANSLATOR •NAPLES TRANSLATOR
Gonzalo: [Entering with Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio,
Milan translator and Naples translator] Save us Our
Lady, my Lord. I can’t stand anymore.
Alonso: I can’t blame you. Fatigue and discouragement
also reaches me. I have lost all hope of finding my son.
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Milan translator: Save us Our Lady, my Lord. I can’t
stand anymore.
Milan translator: I can’t blame you. Fatigue and
discouragement also reaches me. I have lost all
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Antonio: [to Sebastian] That’s good. Don’t you lose the
hope to execute our purpose.
hope of finding my son.
Milan translator: Shall we seize the first occasion.
Sebastian: Yes, we shall seize the first occasion.
Antonio: Let’s wait for the night.
Milan translator: Yes, tonight.
Sebastian: Yes, tonight.
Prospero: [without being seen] The three of you are
criminals. The three of you made Prospero disappear
to fulfil your greed. On you shall fall a slow destruction
— much worse than the death that such a coup
executed— that will accompany you step by step
wherever you go. [off] The three of you are criminals.
The three of you made Prospero disappear to fulfil your
greed. On you shall fall a slow destruction — much
worse than the death that a coup executes— that will
accompany you step by step wherever you go.
Alonso: How awful! Prospero is still present and the
wind accuses me of my crime. [Exit]
Antonio: Let all the demons from hell go forward. I
won’t stay with my arms crossed. [gets out]
Milan translator: How awful! Prospero is still present
and the wind accuses me of my crime.
Milan translator: Don’t leave me here alone.
Sebastian: Don’t leave me here alone. [gets out]
Gonzalo: I wonder if it is possible that Prospero and his
daughter saved themselves? Since I put them on the
boat I pray for it everyday. And if my lord punishes me
for my disobedience, I shall support it with joy despite
the suffering, from the hope of having saved two
innocent people.
Milan translator: I wonder if it is possible that
Prospero and his daughter saved themselves? Since
I put them on the boat I pray for it everyday. And if my
lord punishes me for my disobedience, I shall support
it with joy despite the suffering, from the hope of
having saved two innocent people.
[Exit with translator]
14.
DECLARATION
ARIEL • FERDINAND • MIRANDA • PROSPERO
[S18]
[Ferdinand enters, carrying the yoke, followed by
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Miranda]
Miranda: [Standing in front of Ferdinand] I beg you to
rest. I will take that.
Ferdinand: No, wonderful girl. I would rather blow out
all my muscles than see you carrying this.
Miranda: It doesn’t bother me. I’ll take it.
Ferdinand: No, wonderful girl. Walk with me. That’s all I
ask.
Miranda: But you look so tired.
Ferdinand: What’s your name?
Miranda: Miranda.
Ferdinand: Wonderful girl, this task that your father
ordered me to carry is as heavy as it is hateful.
However, it becomes light and a pleasure because I
know you are here by my side. Love does these things.
Miranda: The task that my father ordered you to do is
as heavy as hateful and however, it becomes light and
a pleasure because you know I am here by your side!
Do you love me?
Ferdinand: More than anything in the world.
Miranda: You love me more than anything in the world?
Ferdinand: You are crying…
Miranda: I am silly for crying at what makes me most
happy.
Ferdinand: If you are with what makes you happiest,
why are you crying?
Miranda: Because of my few merits.
Ferdinand: Because of your few merits? You are
everything I could wish. Do you accept my hand?
Miranda: Am I everything you could wish? I don’t dare
to accept what I so much want to have, yet you are
offering what I am dying to give.
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Ferdinand: You don’t dare accept what you want so
much, yet you are dying for what I offer?
Miranda: Do you really want to give me your hand?
Ferdinand: I deeply want to give you my hand,
thousands and thousands of times, from the deep of
my heart, as a slave that craves for freedom.
Miranda: Thousands and thousands of times, from the
deep of my heart, as a slave that craves for by
freedom. Here is my hand and in it my heart.
Ferdinand: My hand also brings my heart. [S19] [Exit.
Ariel mocks with both of them]
Prospero: I didn’t imagine their tale would end this way.
Ariel: Prospero did not imagine their tale would end this
way … Prospero did not imagine their tale would end
this
15.
FASHION
(ARIEL) • CALIBAN • STEPHANO • (PROSPERO) • TRINCULO
[S20 Stephano and Trinculo pass by with the picture
frames. Caliban follows them in a rude way].
16.
FORGIVENESS
ALONSO • ANTONIO • (ARIEL) • CALIBAN • STEPHANO •
FERDINAND • GONZALO • MIRANDA • PROSPERO •
SEBASTIAN • TRINCULO•NAPLES TRANSLATOR •TRINCULO
[Enter Alonso, Antonio, Gonzalo, Sebastian and the
Naples and Milan translators]
Alonso: But that’s Prospero over there. How is it
possible? [Gonzalo genuflects]
Milan translator: But that’s Prospero over there. How
is it possible?
Prospero: [Raises Gonzalo’s picture frame] Stand up,
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27
my noble friend.
Alonso: Now I understand everything strange that
happened to us. We were at your mercy and still you
didn’t kill your enemies.
Prospero: It wasn’t for lack of will.
Alonso: But you didn’t do it. I owe you my life. I
renounce your dukedom. What better neighbour can
one have than such a magnanimous human being?
Milan translator: But you didn’t do it. I owe you my
life. I renounce your dukedom. What better neighbour
can one have than a magnanimous human being?
Prospero: And you, don’t you say anything?
Sebastian: I agree with my brother.
Milan translator: I agree with my brother.
Antonio: Oh brother… [Prospero shuts him up with a
look] ok, I’ll shut up.
Prospero: That’s a good start.
Alonso: After what we have done to you, I still can’t
understand why you resist your chance of revenge and
grant us forgiveness.
Milan translator: After what we have done to you, I
still can’t understand why you resist your chance of
revenge and grant us forgiveness.
Prospero: Forgiveness is a way of revenge.
Alonso: All of this would end up well if I hadn’t lost my
son in the shipwreck.
Milan translator: All of this would end up well if I
hadn’t lost my son in the shipwreck.
Prospero: I also lost my daughter by that time.
Alonso: We now are brothers in disgrace.
Milan translator: We now are brothers in disgrace.
Prospero: No. We are now friends —strange word, that
— friends in happiness.
Alonso: I don’t understand you
Milan translator: I don’t understand you.
[S21] [Ferdinand and Miranda appear side by side,
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carrying the map of the seas]
Gonzalo: If the inner tears weren’t suffocating me, I
would have said, “Oh gods, let a blessed crown come
down on this couple”.
Milan translator: If the inner tears weren’t suffocating
me, I would have said “Oh gods, let a blessed crown
come down on this couple”.
Alonso: Amen, Gonzalo.
Milan translator: Amen, Gonzalo
[Prospero takes the map of the seas from Ferdinand
and Miranda, but gives it back later. Alonso and
Gonzalo head, happy after the meeting, to Ferdinand
and Miranda and hug each other. Sebastian and
António don’t have other way out, but participate in the
greetings]
[S22] [enter Trínculo, Stephano and Caliban.]
Trinculo: If my eyes are seeing well, there’s a nice
show here.
Stephano: [becoming aware of the people] If my eyes
are seeing well, there’s a nice show here. [Trinculo,
Stephano and Caliban give the picture frames back]
Prospero: Only these two lost were missing and also
this crook that I am proud to offer to
Naples. It is part of my forgiveness.
Stephano: To the ocean, men! And take the wine with
us!
Trinculo: To the ocean, men! And take the wine with us!
Caliban: To the ocean boys. Take the wine with us..
[Everyone exits but Prospero and Ariel]
17.
FAREWELL
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ARIEL • PROSPERO
[S23]
Prospero: My Ariel! Take care of your liberty. My Ariel!
Take care of your liberty. [Ariel takes the boots off, says
goodbye to Prospero and exits under a green firework]
18.
FINAL
ALONSO • ANTONIO • ARIEL • CALIBAN • STEPHANO •
FERDINAND • GONZALO • MIRANDA • PROSPERO •
SEBASTIAN • MILAN TRANSLATOR • NAPLES
TRANSLATOR•TRINCULO
Prospero: What shall I do now? [off] What now what
shall I do? I know, I shall play the thanks music. [off] I
shall play the thanks music.
[S24] [all the characters appear delayed] This hasn’t
worked out very well, has it?
Prospero: Is everything ready? Let’s repeat.
Ariel: Let’s repeat. Let’s repeat.
[S25] [thanks] [S26] [the end] [S27]
banda sonora
O: Queen: A Night At The Opera • R: Queen: A Day At The Races • W:
Queen Live at Wembley’86 • Q: We Will Rock You
S1 • conspiração [O 1 (0.00/1.00) Death On Two Legs]
S2 • golpe [R 1 (0.00/1.02) Tie Your Mother Down]
S3 • mar [O 8 (0.00/0.24) The Prophet’s Song]
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S4 • mar [O 8 (0.00/0.24) The Prophet’s Song]
S5 • ilha [O 5 (0.00/0.35) ‘39]
S6 • libertação [R 6 (0.00/0.17+3.00/3.57) Somebody To Love]
S7 • tempestade e naufrágio [O 8 (3.25/8.20) The Prophet’s Song + O9
(0.00/3.34) Love Of My Life]
S8 • consolação 1 [R 4 (0.00/0.21) The Millionar Waltz]
S9 • consolação 2 [R 4 (2.48/3.25) The Millionar Waltz]
S10 • consolação 2 [R 4 (2.48/3.25) The Millionar Waltz]
S11 • procura [O 3 (0.00/0.11) I’m In Love With My Car]
S12 • procura [O 3 (0.00/0.11) I’m In Love With My Car]
11. Passagem
S13 • canga [R 10 (0.00/1.56) Teo Torriate - Let Us Climb Together]
S14 • bebados [O 2 (0.00/0.07) Lazing On Sunday Afternoon]
S15 • molduras [O 2 (0.52/1.07) Lazing On Sunday Afternoon]
S16 • remorsos [R 2 (4.44/5.04) You Make My Breath Away]
S17 • off prospero criminosos
S18 • descansa [R 10 (3.27/3.58) Teo Torriate - Let Us Climb Together]
S19 • declaração [R 10 (3.59/5.51) Teo Torriate - Let Us Climb Together]
S20 • fashion [O 2 (0.00/1.07) Lazing On Sunday Afternoon]
S21 • reencontro [W 1 (3.18/3.59) Love Of My Life]
S22 • molduras [O 2 (0.52/1.07) Lazing On Sunday Afternoon]
S23 • despedida [W 14 (0.00/4.05) We Are The Champions]
S24 • agradecimentos [W 15 (0.00/1.27) God Save The Queen]
S25 • encore [O 12 (0.00/1.12) God Save The Queen]
S26 • bancos [Q 11 (-0.23/4.22) No One But You (Only The Good Die
Young)]
S27 • jantar [Q 24 (0.00/5.42) Bohemian Rapsody
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