Сценарий спектакля по сказке Оскара Уайлда "Звёздный мальчик"
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СЦЕНАРИЙ СПЕКТАКЛЯ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ ПО МОТИВАМ СКАЗКИ

 Оскара Уайльда

ЗВЕЗДНЫЙ МАЛЬЧИК (STAR CHILD)

Действующие лица:

Автор

Волк

Лесорубы

Звездный мальчик

Жена лесоруба

Волшебник

Солдаты

Заяц

Нищая (она же королева)

Нищий (он же король)

Толпа людей

Scene 1

AUTHOR  Once upon a time two poor Woodcutters were making their way through a great pine-forest. It was winter and night of bitter cold.

WOLF  Ugh! This is perfectly monstrous weather. Why doesn`t the government look for it! The earth is dead under the snow. I tell you that it is all the fault of the Government and if you don`t believe me I will eat you. It is terribly cold. Ugh! Ugh!

( there are far away sounds of the song Jingle Bells)

WOODCUTTER 1 Listen! They are singing Christmas songs, dancing and having fun. (blowing upon the fingers and stamping) The frost bites bitterly. This life is not for us. We had better died of cold in the forest or a wild animal had better eaten us.

WOODCUTTER 2  That`s true. Much is given to some and little is given to others…Look! A star is falling down.

TOGETHER  Why! There is a rock of gold for whoever finds it. (they run towards the falling star)

WOODCUTTER 1  (sees a baby) This is the end of our hope! A baby wrapped in a cloak of golden cloth! Let us leave it here and go our way, seeing that we are poor men and have children of our own.

WOODCUTTER 2  No, it is an evil thing to leave the child to die in the snow. I will bring it home with me and my wife will take care of it.

WOODCUTTER 1 You have the child, therefore give me the cloak, for we should share.

WOODCUTTER 2 No, the cloak is neither mine nor yours, it belongs to the child only. (knocking at the door, wife hugging him)

I have found something in the forest and I have brought it to you to take care of it.

WIFE  What is it? Alack, Goodman! Don`t we have enough children of our own! Our children lack bread and shall we feed this child of another? Who will take care of us and give us food?

WOODCUTTER 2 God cares for everyone and feeds all living creatures.

AUTHOR  10 years passed.

Scene 2

WIFE (walking with the Star Child) The fly is our brother. Do it no harm. The wild birds have their freedom. God made everyone and each has it`s place. You must not bring pain into God`s world!

(Star Child runs from the woman. A beggar-woman is approaching)

STAR CHILD   See , there is a beggar-woman. Come, let`s drive her away, for she is ugly and ill-looking! (throwing stones at her)

WOODCUTTER 2  Surely, your heart is hard like a rock, and you don`t know mercy. What evil has this poor woman done to you that you treat her this way?

STAR CHILD  Who are you to question me what I do? I am not your son.

WOODCUTTER 2  You speak truly. Yet did I show pity when I found you in the forest?

BEGGAR-WOMAN  Did you say that the child was found in the forest? And was it not ten years ago? Did he bare a chain of amber on his neck? Was there a cloak of golden cloth around his body?

WOODCUTTER 2 Truly. It was as you say. (shows a cloak and chain)

BEGGAR-WOMAN He is my little son whom I lost in the forest.

WIFE  Come into the house and find your mother, who is waiting for you.

STAR CHILD  Why, where is my mother? For I see none but this beggar-woman.

BEGGAR-WOMAN  I  am your mother.

STAR CHILD  You are mad to say so. I am not your son, for you are ugly and in rags and I am beautiful. (looking in the mirror) Get away!

BEGGAR-WOMAN  No, but you are my little son. The robbers stole you and left you to die. I recognized you and these things: the cloak of golden cloth and the amber chain. Therefore I pray you come with me, my son, for I have need of your love.

STAR CHILD  No, I was the child of some star. Get away!

BEGGAR-WOMAN  Alas! My son. Will you kiss me before I go?

STAR CHILD  No, I would rather kiss a toad! (puts on a mask of a toad)

Oh! What`s happening? (looking into the mirror) where is my beauty? I look like a toad. Surely this has come upon me because of my sin. I have denied my mother and been proud and cruel to her.

 (sad music, song about a star.)

 ( Star Child wondering around and looking into ladies` faces, everyone pushes him away. Comes up to a city gate)

Scene 3

SOLDIERS  What is your business in this city? (drop their halberts across the entrance)

STAR CHILD I am seeking for my mother. And I pray to let me in, for she may be in this city. She is a beggar as I am. I treated her evilly and I pray you to let me in. She may forgive me.

SOLDIER 1  Your mother will not be happy to see you, for you`re llike a toad. Get away. Your mother is not in this city.

SOLDIER 2  Wait. I have an idea. We will sell the guy for a slave for the price of a bowl of sweet wine.

MAGICIAN (passing by) I will buy him for this price. (takes the Star Child by the hand and leads him into the city) You are my slave now. In a wood near the city there are 3 pieces of gold: white, yellow and red. Today bring the piece of white gold, and if you don`t I will beat you with a hundred stripes. Get away quickly and at sunset I will be awaiting for you.

STAR CHILD (sees a hare in a trap)I am myself but a slave, yet may I give you freedom? (lets him go)  

HARE  You have given me freedom and what shall I give you in return?

STAR CHILD  I am seeking for a piece of white gold, but I can`t anywhere find it, and if I don`t bring it to my master he will beat me.

HARE   Come with me, I know where it is hidden and for what purpose.

STAR CHILD Thank you for your service and kindness.

HARE  As you dealt with me, so did I deal with you.

 (on his way back Star Child sees a beggar-man sitting at the gate of the city)

BEGGAR-MAN  Give me a piece of money or I must die of hunger. They have driven me out of the city and there is no one who has pity on me.

STAR CHILD  I have but one piece of gold and if I don`t bring it to my master he will beat me, for I am a slave.

MAGICIAN  Have you got the piece of white gold?

STAR CHILD  I don`t have it.

MAGICIAN  Eat, drink. If tomorrow you don`t bring me the piece of yellow gold I will surely keep you as my slave and beat you.

(the following day in the forest)

HARE  Why are you weeping? And what do you seek in the wood?

STAR CHILD  I am seeking for a piece of yellow gold, and if I don`t bring it to my master he will beat me.

HARE  Come with me I know where it is hidden.

STAR CHILD  How can I thank you? This is the second time that you have helped me.

HARE  But you had pity on me first. How shall I reward you?

 (on his way back Star Child sees a beggar-man sitting at the gate of the city)

BEGGAR-MAN  Give me the piece of money or I must die.

STAR CHILD  Take it. Your need is greater than mine.

(comes back to the Magician)

MAGICIAN  Have you got the piece of yellow gold?

STAR CHILD I have not.

MAGICIAN How dare you come to me without gold, ugly slave?

(beats him)

MAGICIAN  If today you bring a piece of red gold, I will set you free, but if you don`t I will surely beat youagain .

(Star Child sitting in the forest and weeping)

HARE  The piece of red gold you are seeking is in the cave behind you. Don`t weep and be glad.

STAR CHILD  How can I reward you? For this is the third time that you have helped me.

HARE  But you had pity on me first. (runs away)

BEGGAR-MAN  (in the center of the road) Give me the piece of red money or I must die.

STAR CHILD Take it. Your need is greater than mine. (takes off the mask of a toad)

(in the gate of the city soldiers bow down)

SOLDIER 1  How beautiful is our lord! There is none so beautiful in the whole world!

SOLDIER 2  Surely there is none so beautiful in the whole world!

STAR CHILD  Are they mocking me? (touching his face) Oh no! My face has come back to me!

SOLDIERS  You are our lord for whom we have been waiting, and the son of our king. It was prophesied that on this day would come he, who was to rule over us. Let our lord take this crown and be our king over us.

STAR CHILD  I am not king`s son, but the child of a poor beggar. And why do you say that I am beautiful, for I know that I am ugly to look at. Let me go. I must find mother and ask for forgiveness.

(among the crowd sees the beggar-woman and the beggar-man, kneels down and kisses her feet)

Mother, accept me. I gave you hatred, give me love. I rejected you, receive your child now. Give me your forgiveness and let me go back to the forest.

BEGGAR-WOMAN  Rise.

BEGGAR-MAN  Rise.

(Star Child looks up and sees a King and a Queen)

QUEEN This is your father whom you helped in need.

KING  This is your mother whose feet you have washed with tears.

(they hug and kiss him and set the crown upon his head)

AUTHOR  And he ruled over the city. Much justice and mercy did he show to all, and to the Woodcutter and his wife he sent many rich gifts, and wasn`t cruel to bird or beast, but taught kindness and charity, and to the poor he gave bread, and there was peace and plenty in the land.