"THE TYRANT FATHER" "It´s the best pair that we´ve seen around here lately..." "Yes, they´re very nice..." "They don´t make them any better abroad." "The Portuguese have always been great shoemakers." " How much are they?" " They´re inexpensive, 1 1 0 escudos." "That´s good." "I´II take them." "Not those!" " They´re horrible." " Now, now, my lady!" "The "´Diogenes"´ model..." "You haven´t any with cork soles?" "I wouldn´t if I were you, my lady, because they bottle up the feet..." "The best pair were the ones I tried on in the first place." "In the first place!" "It´s the same thing every time." " shall I wrap them up?" " Yes, of course." "One hundred and twenty... thirty..." "one hundred and fifty..." " Thank you." " The souliers..." " Thank you, Madame." " Here." "I haven´t any change..." "As you wish, my lady..." "This has to stop!" "Mr. Santana always gets to serve the gallant women that come to GrandeIa, while I put up with the "´characters"´!" " That´s not funny to Dona Candida..." "I didn´t mean to offend you." "Mr. Chico, who would have thought in my days of naiveté..." "There´s no rehearsal later today, is there?" "Of course there is!" "We´re very behind." "The recital is on the 20th and our Drama Group can´t disappoint on the day of its Anniversary." "The "´GrandeIinhas"´ have never disappointed!" "No, but keep missing rehearsals and you´II see just how disappointing!" " No one´s been warned about it." " Machado didn´t warn them?" "Nobody said anything to me." "If it wasn´t for me, the group would collapse!" "What counts is that no one ever catches me in my bare feet!" "Mr. Mega, as the decorator is sick, and you have such good taste..." "please go and arrange the small window in Assunção Street." " With pleasure!" " Such good taste!" "Want me to tell the boys that tonight there´s a rehearsal?" "Of, course, tell them." "Of course, there is!" "And don´t you miss it!" "Let me try!" "Do it carefully..." "impossible!" "Making a boy cry like that..." "If you were a mother you wouldn´t treat children like that!" "children are sweethearts!" "Later tonight there´s a rehearsal." " I´m still to play the cynic?" " Of course, and you´II play it well." "play it well!" "Santana doesn´t want to let me shine..." "Now, drop all that." "The maestro isn´t capable of such a thing." "You only say that because you always get the main roles." "When will I play "´Don Manfredo"´?" "Get back, vile skin!" "For faith, doomed soul!" "If you I don´t kill, My sword most certainly will!" "Does Your excellency prefer Marras- quino or Rum, Mr. Attorney general?" " There´s a rehearsal later tonight." " fortunately!" "Have the others been warned?" "And you, don´t miss it, either!" "I won´t." "I´m going to warn Pinto and Gracinha." " How are the lovers?" " What lovers?" "You´re going around making that girl suffer..." "In the rehearsals she even acts as though it were serious." "I only like Gracinha to share scenes with." "She´s a dramatic presence, she makes it..." "She makes it, alright." "She makes it with you especially, you rascal!" " I´ve got chiIbIains!" " I noticed, Madame." "well, it doesn´t seem like you noticed!" "allow me..." " Good morning, Gracinha!" " What brings you up here?" "The management asked me to arrange the shop-window of Assunção Street." "But Assunção Street is down below..." " Is it filled yet?" " I´m sorry, Madame." "It seems impossible!" "Look here, if the mustard gets into my nose..." "bless you." "Conversation is not elastic." "Now, you don´t want to see the soda pop with no bubbles!" "Madame, will you be taking the gloves?" "I´II take the gloves, and with my dress all dirty!" "please sign this bill for me." " would you Iike me to blow it off?" " That won´t be necessary!" "I´ve had just enough of your lack of consideration!" "And you can keep the gloves, you impudent man!" "She even gives off smoke!" "Good thing I met up with you." "Mr. Santana told me to tell you there´s a rehearsal later tonight." "You´ve been there all morning and only now do you tell us about it?" " It escaped me..." " It escaped you?" "And you´re the one who wants to be the stage-manager." "I want to be a stage-manager, not a prompter." " Now that you´re all informed I´m off." " And I´m off to my Iife." "The principal quality of a stage- manager is having patience." "well then get ready to hear it from Mr. Santana." "They´ve lost their enthusiasm for the theatre!" "There´s no dedication, nobody cares!" "They all just think about the cinema!" "They´II trade the great TaIma for any old clark gable!" "Even Chico..." "A lad with such a knack..." "My greatest disciple; and he´s crazy about a girl that loves movies!" "That´s why he´s always missing rehearsals." " Yes, all because of that Tatão." " That what?" "A girl that works in a perfume store, and goes by the name Tatão." "Goodness, Tatão!" "And he´s so in love with Tatão, that he´s not at all interested in Gracinha." "Poor thing, such a sweet little girl, and she likes him so much..." "thankfully, she doesn´t know anything about it and she mustn´t find out  or there goes the equilibrium of our company." "And this Tatão is a fan of the movies?" " She is, she´s crazy about the screen." "And that platonic imbeciIe is just crazy about Tatão!" "About Tatão..." "It´s not a woman it´s a drum!" "And so, Tatão..." "Does Ginger get married in the end?" "Of course!" "But she´s so dim, she doesn´t marry the millionaire." " She prefers a penniless doctor!" " Is the millionaire charles Boyer?" "That´s a laugh, charles Boyer doesn´t even make movies with Ginger." "And who plays the poor doctor?" "I don´t know, but he has the face of an idiot, the other one is much nicer." "For you, it´s enough that he´s a millionaire..." "Not a chance!" "Don´t you see I´m waiting to end up with a poor man anyway?" "If he has good sentiments..." "Good sentiments and a bad salary aren´t enough for the rent..." "And a good salary with bad sentiments doesn´t make anyone happy." " This is all about me?" " It´s about you, yes ma´am." " She thinks you should marry Chico." " You wished!" "Rather Chico than that Mr. Artur de Castro." "I don´t know why." "He´s a really fine man." "Have you found out if he´s a millionaire?" "At least he isn´t a clerk at GrandeIa!" " What´s wrong with that?" " And us?" "Aren´t we clerks, too?" " I´m not saying Chico´s a bad guy  but I have other aspirations." "And he´s wearisome with his philosophies and with his jealousy." "He made such a fuss about seeing me speaking to Artur... that he prohibited me from walking home with him." "Poor guy." "Just looking at Artur, you can tell right away that it´s something else." "Speak of the devil..." " What do you desire?" " I desire that your friend serves me." " Noémia?" " No, Tatão." "She´II serve you just now." "And maybe sooner than you think..." "When that happens, I´II offer you a bottle of "´silver Night"´." " The big one?" " The biggest there is." "Right, well then, profit the tides and accompany her home today." "But what about that other..." "He´s out." "Take her to the movies and don´t worry about your rival." "Thanks for the advice." "Ladies prefer decisive gentlemen like yourself." "Chico has no sex-appeaI..." "Either it´s my vision, or you are Tatão!" "No..." "You´re not Tatão..." "You´re a mannequin." "And in the end Tatão..." "is also a mannequin." "She has no soul, and she hasn´t a heart, just like you don´t have either." "But she´s beautiful, and elegant and she likes to dress well  as you also like to." "You and her are the same." "I know how it is." "But that´s of no use to me..." "The more I try, I just can´t rip out this passion I have within me." " Passion!" " What did he say?" "Passion?" "Passion!" "He says he´s got passion, did you hear that?" "Tatão, my beautiful mannequin!" "If we were two birds, I couId fly away with you to great heights." "flying, flying..." "He says he wants to fly!" "I AM MUTE, PLEASE BUY FROM ME!" "For you, I´d make any and all sacrifices." "I´d steal, I´d kill, I´d work night shifts for free,if that made you happy." "I´d even be able to go to the cinema, and I don´t even like the movies..." "I couId go to the Garden of Eden with you..." "It seems the doll wants to go to Eden!" "To Eden?" "To Eden!" "She´s going to Eden, you understand?" "Even the mutes!" "..." "That´s not it at all!" "The curtain looks like it has hiccups!" "The perfect rise of the main curtain is fundamental!" "When it raises dramatically, the audience is immediately transported to the scene!" "But, Mr. Santana there is only one question here..." "Either I raise the curtain, or I thump with the stick." "Man!" "In the theatre, there´s always time for everything." " You´ve got the stick in your hand..." " Right, the stick´s in my hand." "1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... 1 ... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7." "You see?" "I see." "In theory, this is all fine and good." "But in practice, it doesn´t work..." "It doesn´t work?" "No?" "It doesn´t work!" "Did you hear that?" "!" "I´ve gone 34 years in the theatre, and it´s the first time my timing theory is doubted!" " The times are changing greatly." " And they´II change even more  while there´s such a lack of dedi- cation and of spirit of collaboration!" " They will?" " They will..." "Right, do you know the timing by heart?" " I know the numbers." " The numbers..." "Let´s see..." "We´II see." "Maestro Santana is wasting his time." "And in this group, one´s true talents are never tested..." " Right, lower me the curtain..." " Lower it down?" "You may begin." " 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5..." " 6, 7..." "Now, with pauses..." "One..." "Two..." "Three..." "Four..." "Now hang..." "Five, six, seven..." "God forbid!" "They´ve smashed the machinery to pieces!" "But that wasn´t raising, that was lowering!" "Mr. Santana, isn´t there a rehearsal today?" "Is everyone here?" "only Chico is missing." "It´s always the same, that man always arrives late, if he arrives at all!" "Maybe he went to the movies..." "Chico the movie buff!" "That notion doesn´t fit into anyone´s logic!" "And here I too, don´t fit!" "Machado, raise me this curtain!" "That´s going to take some time." "1 ... 2... 3..." "In my day, people were on time." "None of this abandonment, this lack of dedication!" "Don´t be angry, Mr. Santana, I´m here now!" "And yet still you arrive with an innocent face!" "Good evening everyone." "How are you Dona Candida?" "How are you my little goIdfinch?" " Maybe he saw some new bird?" " This talk of birds, it´s about me?" "To me you´re nothing more than a sparrow!" "You can be as angry as you wish..." " Hypocrite!" " Mr. Santana..." "I´m the happiest man in the world!" "Imagine, a room became vacant at Dona EmíIia´s and tomorrow I´m having lunch with her!" "Now you´ve got an EmíIia, too?" "Haven´t you any shame at all?" "Dona EmíIia is her godmother!" "I took to take my cases over there and it´s only 300 000 reis a month!" "Dona EmíIia costs 300 000 per month?" "You´re nuts!" "I´m nuts but I´m happy!" "And I´II be eating and sleeping near my beloved Tatão!" "What?" " Tatão´s godmother owns a guesthouse." " So what?" "I found out that there´s a vacancy so I moved in without hesitating." "You´re a disaster!" "Now you´ve done it!" "She doesn´t know yet!" "Imagine her surprise tomorrow at breakfast!" "She won´t eat." "She´II go to work on an empty stomach." "You think?" "Don´t you think?" " What about little Gracinha?" " I´II tell her all about it." "That would be hilarious!" "Don´t you see?" "If you tell her what´s going on, she´II leave the Group, leave GrandeIa  and become yet another unemployed artist?" "You don´t tell her about a thing!" "Remember the recital is on the 20th, and the "´GrandeIinhas"´ mustn´t disappoint." " But I only like Tatão..." " I´m not telling you to not Iike her!" "But here, Gracinha is your girlfriend!" "In the theatre, everything´s conventional." "little Chico must be getting it good..." "Your excellency summoned?" "I´II do everything the Maestro orders." "I sacrifice myself to Art." "Bravo!" "Ars super omnia!" "Give me a hug." "Don´t come to me with hugs." "I´m not moved nor do I accept your apologies for not arriving on time." "That´s the way I am!" "I call a spade a spade!" "Mr. Prata, would you Iike some more cheese?" "And more bread, too, please." "I´m a real bread-eater." "Bread-eater, soup-eater, and meat-eater!" "I haven´t the slightest where you put it all!" "while we´re on it, Miss Laura, don´t forget to put some fruit in my lunchbox." " I already have." "Today, it´s Ioquats." " Loquats!" "A fruit full´s of pits!" "Fruit is as dear as life, Mr. Prata." "Good morning, Dona EmíIia, Mr. Prata." "Good morning, Laura..." " Have you read the newspaper?" " Why?" "Is there some bad news?" "No." "It just that I haven´t read it, and you might know something or other." "By Jove!" "Miss AméIia always gives us a fright or two..." "You were frightened." "How funny that is!" "Miss AméIia!" "It´s already twenty minutes to nine." " Miss Laura..." " I know already." "You want lettuce..." "My lady, if I already know he only eats cricket food, why does he tell me every day?" " The cricket is indeed a sage beast." " How do you know that, sir?" "It feeds itself exclusively on vegetables, thus abiding by the sane law of nature." "That´s so funny!" "Miss Laura, give me the quince jam." "Quinces are also a vegetable!" "Good day!" "Good day." "My friends, Iet me introduce you to my new guest, and your table companion..." " Mr. Francisco..." " Mega." "That´s so funny!" "Mr. Francisco Mega, is a very decent person, a clerk at the GrandeIa store." "I´m certain we´II all get along just fine." "If you please..." " I find you to be very nice." " Thank you." "Miss AméIia dos Santos, typist..." "Adão Prata, accountant." "would you Iike some jam?" "Cheese?" "Some butter?" "Sugar?" "Thank you, very much." "My friend, you´re also one of those people that poisons himself..." "Pay no attention, that one is crazy." "It remains to introduce you to Mr. CiriIo." "CiriIoff AIeksandervich Popov." " Laura..." " It´s her!" "Laura hurry, my coffee with milk." "It´s 9:1 5, and I start at nine sharp." "I have little time to spare." "please be seated, I´m not one for ceremonies..." "Good morning, Mr. Prata." "Good morning, Miss Tatão!" "I answered for you, because right now you´re unable to, sir." "What´s this?" "!" "Laura..." "A clean napkin." "That one fell on the floor." "Tatão, this gentleman is our new guest..." "I know him quite well." "You already know each other!" "I´m not surprised, you both work in the same street." "exactly, Madame, but I don´t only know her from the counter (balcony)..." "The balcony?" "Dona EmíIia and Tatão usually go sit in the main audience." "I´m not referring to the balcony of pleasure, but the counter where one works..." "And the counter where I work is waiting for me." "Good bye, Godmother." "See you later." "God only hopes that no idiot comes after me." "As I´m going down, if you want, I´II accompany you." "Let me just finish this bit of jam..." "Thank you, very much but that won´t be necessary." "If a fool tries anything with me, he´II get my purse in his face!" "Wipe yourself with this napkin." "How dare he?" "To be so shameless as to invade my house!" "But I threatened him with a purse in the face..." "She even threatened him with a purse in the face..." "She even threatened me with a purse in the face..." "What a big pair of shoes for you to fill!" "I´II go over to GrandeIa and buy some shoes to amuse myself a little bit." "When he sees me, it´s like he´s seeing the devil!" "See you soon..." "What´s more, that girl isn´t right for you that is simply fundamental..." "Besides, you don´t know anything about women!" "You lower yourself too much, you squat before them!" "And they make fun of you." "Knowing how to clean one´s ladder is a science." "To climb in a woman´s concept, one must be less sentimental, and pay them less attention." "only that way can a man climb, and climb until he reaches where he wants to." "Doing it as you do, one always gets hit with a flying lid." "Just see if that fop, Artur, doesn´t talk the talk..." "He knows them all." "Do as I tell you, and one day you´II see that in the heart of that petulant girl you´re on top, and he´s on the bottom." "Good afternoon!" "What do you wish, sir?" "I wish to be served by that gentleman." " Do you have boots for hunting?" " Boots with bunting we don´t have!" "There´s paper bunting, cloth bunting, but they´re in another section of the store." "I´m sorry sir, but he didn´t understand you." "This gentleman wants boots for hunting, not boots with bunting!" "really, this gentleman appears to be playing around with me..." "Not at all, sir." "You see my colleague is a bit perturbed today..." " Pardon me, Mr. Santana..." " Man, do as I say!" "Bring me the medium cut, white leather with the reinforced sole." "Size?" " Forty-two." " Forty-two, very well..." " Excuse me, but Mr. Santana..." " Man, do as I say!" "Now, if you please..." "please forgive him, sir." "He´s out of his own skin." "He´II soon be out of the GrandeIa store after I´m through making my complaint." " Don´t do that, sir." "Today he´s just..." " Maybe it´s passion..." "You guessed it, sir." "Can you not see that the man loves, but is not loved?" "Is that so?" "What is it?" "Forty-two!" "Medium cut..." "You understand, don´t you sir?" "We are all men!" "And my colleague has a simply pernicious passion..." " Poor him..." "Yes, you´ve said it, sir, poor him!" " Is it some clerk here at GrandeIa?" " It´d be better!" "At least everything would be under the same roof!" "She´s from the Perfume Shop." "But she doesn´t pay him any attention, she´s enchanted by someone else." "What about the boots?" "You see?" "I´m afraid the boy will just go crazy." "And do you know this other, the one she prefers?" "I don´t know him, but he told me it´s a gentleman that is a real pirate." " Did he say that?" " The boots." "They´II fit like a glove." "Chico, go tidy the boxes..." "If you please..." "As I was saying, the gentleman in question is a big pirate!" "He sells cars and goes around all dapper, but it seems he´s actually quite broke." "It was Chico that told me about him..." " Was it, now?" "." " Yes, and he told me more, too." "It appears that this scoundrel..." "Again, pardon the expression..." "The scoundrel was involved in some kind of fraud." "One day it´II catch up to him." "It seems it´s a bit tight..." "I´m not surprised!" "You wear a size 42 and these have a slight difference." "They´re a size 37 and a half!" "Better yet that you´re impressed with the lad..." " Give me my shoe!" " Try another pair, another model..." "would the gentleman care for something refined or something that really kicks?" "I want something that kicks..." "To kick that idiot!" ""´This guy´s the one, the same Artur!"´" "Of course, one day I´II get arrested;" "but it´II be for breaking his face!" "And so, you little boy with the face of an idiot!" "You want Tatão?" "Learn how to sell shoes and don´t try and pretend you´re some conqueror!" "In the end, you´re not interested in the goods?" "If you were, I´d have suggested waxing them." "You dunce!" "Why didn´t you tell me when he entered, that he was Tatão´s other suitor?" "Tatão!" "Now I´ve lost you for good..." "What a loss!" "Forget her." "There are lots of other Tatão´s, and you belong to your art... to our art." "She was only misguiding you from your true calling, from the noble culture of the stage to that sham of the "´silver screen"´." "You can do without Tatão, but you cannot do without the rehearsals!" "Your true fiancée is the Theatre!" "Tatão..." "There are so many women!" "But as a result of fantasy, of among many, only one does our sympathy, distinguish," "choose, and desire..." "Let´s begin, shall we?" "My friends, I shall mark the first act of the play "´The Tyrant Father"´ or "´The Last of the AImeidas"´ translated from French by Inocencio Fernandes Abreu." "I´II read the actor´s directions, so you all may be sure of the medium in which the action takes place." "This is fundamental." "Act One." "The scene represents the noble hall of the AImeida Manor." "This décor will serve the purpose very well..." "In the backround, two veIveteen doors open to a forest..." "The forest we´ve got will be fine..." "Downstage left, a seignioriaI chair..." "ArmoriaI..." "What´s an armorial chair?" "ArmoriaI." "This must be some typing error..." "Isn´t it a seignioriaI chair that´s been varnished?" "That must be it..." "Center stage:" "a buffet with knick knacks, framed by two chairs with antimacassar, and a telephone." "careful with the telephone!" "chandelier on the ceiling..." "we´II see about the chandelier..." "It is night." "Downstage right, a console..." "Another typing error!" "It says: "´Night"´ and then it says it´s sunny!" "(com sol=with sun)" "That´s not it at all!" "console, is a verb!" "The verb to console !" "A console with two candelabras and a clock!" "Wait: it´s not the verb, it´s furniture!" "On the wall, oil paintings weighted..." "No: oil paintings, comma  weighted and gloomy in keeping with the ambience." "When the curtain rises, the scene is deserted." "And so, the furniture is set only after the curtain rises?" "No, you animal, the scene is deserted:" "of people, you get it?" "Chico..." "Where´s Chico?" "He was here just a while ago." "I want everyone onstage when we´re rehearsing!" "Chico!" "Tatão, Tatão, Tatão..." "That´s right, I hate the theatre." "In the theatre it´s all make believe!" "To be frank, I only go to the movies to keep Tatão company." "Take away theatre and you´ve taken everything." " And the movies harm one´s vision..." " Don´t say such a thing, Godmother!" "Miss AméIia, which do you prefer:" "the theatre or the cinema?" "The one I Iike best is Don Ameche." "And you, sir?" "well, I´ve always really liked the theatre." "When it´s good, I prefer  the cinema." "Now that´s the first correct thing I´ve heard that gentleman say." "Now, now, miss..." "Excuse me..." "You´re going out tonight still?" "I´m just going for a walk, I´II be right back." "You say that every evening and always return much later." "Love is in the air..." "It´s some pussycat..." "There´s no love and no pussycat, no nothing." "I have something to take care of..." "Something serious?" "Very serious." "I can´t take care of it during the day on account of my work." "So I go at night." "But, my nights are free, so I take care of it at night..." "Goodnight." "I´d really like to know what this moron takes care of at night, in the streets!" "This way, Mr. Attorney-GeneraI." "I shall announce your presence..." "Yes, go, my dear Joaquim." "I´II await your master." "Such that the tidings I bring him are not of the ilk to please his most noble spirit..." "Good, very good!" "CaImness and punctuation are the foundation of good decIamation..." "That is fundamental!" "Carry on!" "Is it bad news, Mr. Attorney-GeneraI?" "That´s right, my dear Joaquim." "Therefore, I urge you, allow me to speak to Don Antão." "Now let me ask you this: aren´t you ashamed to be rehearsing with scripts?" "Put the pages here, Iet´s go..." "Pinto will prompt you..." "Here, Pinto..." "Here!" "Prompt them Pinto!" ""´That´s right, my dear Joaquim..."´" "That´s right, my dear Joaquim." "Therefore, I urge you, allow me to speak to Don Antão." ""´Oh, martyr..." "Oh, incIemency..."´" "Mr. Seixas doesn´t know his cues!" "When you hear the word: "´Antão"´  you say:" ""´Oh, incIemency." "Oh, martyr"´, and so forth." "You understand?" "If by tomorrow you still don´t have it on the tip of your tongue" "I´II be damned if you remain in the play!" "Yes sir, Mr. Santana." "Tomorrow I´II have it down pat." " Let´s go then..." " It´s my cue..." "Oh, incIemency." "Oh, martyr!" "Is it perhaps hazardous to the health of this noble and dear boy that I helped raise?" "It´s not about health, it´s about honour..." ""´My God, my God..."´" "My God, my God!" "What other dispIeasures yet await this poor servant!" "?" "Not even you, you old bag, shall escape from my hatred!" "Mr. Lopes, Mr. Lopes!" "It´s still too muffled, too empty, too weak!" "That line is fundamental!" "You´ve got to say it in a way that the audience gets a chill." "Like this, watch:" "Not even you, you old bag, shall escape from my hatred!" "I´m tired of saying I don´t have the right touch to play the cynic!" "But a good actor must have the touch for every role..." "You move across, and the butler moves upstage." "And you sit down." "Where do I sit?" "Mr Machado!" " What is it?" " I´m missing a chair onstage." "The chair is right here." "There´s no hope for you at all!" "The telephone is also missing." " I don´t have one..." " well, we need it!" "Mark its place with something else for the rehearsals!" "Does Your excellency prefer Marrasquino or Rum," "Mr. Attorney general?" "Rum." "May the almighty have pity on this noble family of the AImeidas!" "careful with those direct hits!" "It´s not "´have pity on"´ it´s "´pity us"´..." "May the almighty pity us..." "It even sounds more natural." " Yes, Mr. Santana." " Continue..." "You miserable, ancient man." "It is with gladness that I come with this bad news!" "More sarcasm, Mr. Lopes." "More sarcasm!" "I´II do it so you can see how it should be..." "You drink the rum, the butler exits." "You take two steps forward and say:" "Is this the time to show up at rehearsal?" "I´m sorry, Mr. Santana." "It´s all because of her..." "What?" "Because of her?" "Yes, "´Because of Her"´..." "It´s a samba I asked him to find for a variation of our scene together..." "Because of her Because of her..." "You idiot, you´II ruin everything!" "Maestro Santana, I wanted to rehearse our scene..." "We can´t rehearse it here." "We have to refine it just the two of us, alone." "Tomorrow, after dinner, I´II go over to your house." "My house!" "It can´t be my house because..." "Because of her Because of her..." "If she finds out I´m an amateur of drama, she´II never look at me again!" "I understand, you´d be in a real stew!" "But don´t you worry..." "We´II arrange a way for me to go there, without her ever knowing who I am." "Attention, we´re going to rehearse the chiming clock scene." " Mr. Machado, is everything ready?" " Yes it is!" "Now, Mr. Lopes, for the love of God, don´t miss your entrance!" "When the clock strikes one, you must enter immediately or else you´II ruin the effect." "Chico!" "Gracinha, Dona Candida." "To your places, please..." "Wake up, it´s almost one o´clock!" "Machado, careful with your cue..." "When Dona Candida says:" ""´... will enter this room"´..." "Gong... one o´clock!" "Mr. Lopes, go back over there." " Mr. Lopes, are you in place?" " Ready!" "Prompt Pinto!" "May the wretch appear, if he has any courage!" "The struggle will be gigantic..." "Don´t believe that, my love." "This man is a coward!" "Never, Edmund!" "Dr. VasconceIos has sworn... that when the clock strikes one, in the tower of St. Denis  he will enter this room." "Here he is!" "Why didn´t you make your entrance!" "This way you ruin everything!" "Lopes, why didn´t you come in?" " Machado, where´s Lopes?" " He´s right here..." "Attention!" "frankly!" "Let´s try again..." "Dr. VasconceIos has sworn... that when the clock strikes one, in the tower of St. Denis  he will enter this room." "Here he is!" "By jove, Lopes!" "Are you toying with me?" "Are you entering or not?" " He´s sitting over here..." " He´s sitting?" "Are you trying to make me crazy?" "Go over to my seat and see how to enter on cue!" "Are you laughing?" "Come on, Iet´s go..." "Dona Candida, give me the cue..." "Dr. VasconceIos has sworn... that when the clock strikes one, in the tower of St. Denis  he will enter this room." "Here he is!" "The address?" "1 24, 3rd floor, Santo Antão Street..." "Oh, incIemency." "Oh, martyr...!" "Is it perhaps hazardous to the health of this noble and dear boy that I helped raise?" "We´ve got airplanes!" "We´ve got rifles, toy dolls..." "darling, why don´t you rather take a toy horse?" "Mommy will choose one." "Not even you, you old bag, shall escape from my hatred!" "Third scene," "Edmund says:" "tell me, Eufemia." "tell me, for I shall avenge you...?" "Can you tell me where is the section for kitchen utensils?" "Of course, Edmundo!" "Of course!" "I am forced to tell you, but on the condition that you never reveal it." "It is a secret that must remain buried within your chest until you die!" "At ten o´clock, in Dona EmíIia´s house." "Our scene from the first act." "alright?" "These work perfectly." "And if they´re a bit wide, we can put an insole." "My goodness!" " Have the ladies left yet?" " Not yet, sir..." "Listen, there´II be a certain individual looking for me, but I want to open the door." "When you hear the bell ring like this..." "You don´t go to open the door." "I will go." "That´s fine." "Hurry up, Godmother, or we´II miss the coming attractions!" "What´s going on?" "Mr. Chico is waiting for a certain individual, but he doesn´t want me to see who it is..." "He even insists on opening the door himself!" "My, my, such mysteries in our house!" "Come on, Godmother." "Leave the mysteries to Mr. Chico!" "Right, here we are..." "Let´s get started..." "Godmother?" "Who might this certain individual be, the one looking for Chico?" "Now I should answer as you did me just now:" "What do Chico´s mysteries have to do with you?" "It´s the second time you´ve mentioned him tonight." "Meaning you´re interested..." "Who me?" "That´s all I need!" "That buffoon!" "Such a level of degradation that you´ve sunken to, my son!" "Have you no modesty, nor shame to be living where you are?" "This miserable alcove you call home is not fit for a person of your lineage." "Of an AIarcão of AImeida!" "Remember, my son, that you´re of noble descent!" "Do not remind me, Father!" "I wish only to remember that I am simply a man!" "Don´t make any noise, so as not to wake the guests." "What´s more, I shall tell you this:" "I renounce my inheritance!" "You know who the certain individual is?" "It´s Chico´s father!" "cruel, unnatural child!" "No, and no!" "I shall never bestow you my blessing if you persist with this crazy intention of marrying that... that..." "Father, be wary of your words!" "Be careful how you address the person that will, after all, become my wife!" "?" " Your wife?" "Never!" "Our illustrious coat of arms shall never be tarnished through the inclusion into our family of a girl of such... modest origins!" "Modest perhaps, yet pure!" "Modest perhaps, yet dear!" "Modest perhaps  yet I Iove her!" "It´s all useless!" "It´s all useless!" " And look at you, tyrant Father..." " You insult me?" "I insult you not." "Seize your true name." "See, tyrant Father  what love can do." "I Ieft our palace, and subjected myself to live merely off my honoured work!" "I´ve subjected myself to all of these hardships for her!" "Your preconceptions, your affronts, your threats... nothing will succeed!" "Succeed..." "Succeed..." "Succeed!" "As such, my son  you´II ruin the family AIarcão!" "What do I care about your money, about your inheritance, Father  if you choose to strangle my soul!" "For the Iast time, forget this woman that does not love you..." "She loves me, I know that well!" "And I Iive with the heart, of the heart, for the heart!" "There´s something about the inheritance." "He spoke of procuration..." "Quiet!" "Let me hear." "Tatão!" "always that girl, Tatão..." "Godmother, Iet´s go." "Santana!" "It´s already one o´clock!" "For the good of your health, get going!" "And that´s how we found out  that he´s a rich nobleman who doesn´t get along with his father." "That´s so funny!" "So he´s a nobleman?" "Very rich?" "And a clerk at the GrandeIa Store?" "Such stuff!" "What is it?" "Did he ask for anything?" "He´s just asked for a glass of water." "Come in, Laura..." "Dona EmíIia?" "please, come in." " A very good day to you." " Good day, good day." "This is boiled water..." "You shouldn´t bother, thank you very much." "I´m a bit late for breakfast today, but I´II be out in a moment." "Don´t mention it!" "Come as you wish." "Now, if you´II excuse me..." " What´s that about?" " Poor thing, he overslept..." "But he said he´II be out in a moment." " I´II see that he hurries." " And I´II go get the coffee ready!" "Who´s there?" "It´s me, you lazy fellow!" "You´re still not ready?" " Is that you, Miss Tatão?" " May I come in?" "You may..." "No!" "Don´t open the door!" "Wait a moment, I won´t be long..." "I´m coming, I´II just be moment..." "I won´t take long!" "So how are you?" "Did you sleep well?" "You look lovely!" "How can you tell?" "You haven´t seen me yet today!" "But I saw you yesterday..." "I see you every day..." "And you´re always beautiful!" " How are you?" "How are you doing?" " Fine, thank you very much." "How did you sleep, my great friend?" " Not as bad, thank you..." " My highest regards..." "hello, my illustrious friend!" "Such a wonderful look you have today!" " Sit down, all." " Have your coffee, it´s getting cold!" "It´s a beautiful day, have you noticed?" "If I were you, friend, I wouldn´t go to the GrandeIa Store today." "Not today, nor ever again!" "Work is for slaves..." "I´d really like that, but the worst is I need the money..." "That´s so funny!" " would you Iike milk?" " Yes, of course." "well, I´m off to work as there´s no two ways about it." "So long everyone!" "It was a pleasure seeing you, and fare thee well..." "This is what we say to the people of high standing in my country..." " For those that are, Mr. CiriIo." " Come on, Popov." "Let´s go." "Miss AméIia, isn´t it time for you to get to work?" "And you, doesn´t your work begin at the same time as mine?" "I´m going to stay a bit longer." "Today I don´t feel like working the counter at all." "well, your boss is a good person." "If I´m late, my boss is intolerable!" " See you later..." " See you later, Miss AméIia." "Today I just don´t feel like putting up with those snobby ladies!" ""´tell me, Miss." "Do you have pearl nail polish?"´" ""´Give me that Rhymel number 3."´" ""´tell me, Miss." "Has that new Dargy cream arrived from overseas?"´" "It´s such a terrible bore!" "How about me, Tatão..." ""´Have you any crocodile slippers?"´ "´Have you any boots with double soles?"´" ""´How much are those ones in the window, underneath the yellow ones?"´" "I wish I couId stay here quietly all day, with my dear little Tatão in front of me  drinking coffee with milk and watching the canary." "I wouldn´t mind that at all, either." "But that´s life..." "I must get going to sell lots more fragrances." "God only hopes that no idiot comes after me..." "I know, I know: you´II get him in the face with your purse." "The said the same thing the other day, remember?" "I remember very well, and today I´m in the exact same mood..." " If any fool tries to follow me..." " He´II get a purse in the face." "No, because today I´ve got Chico with me to give him two slaps  because, if you wouldn´t mind," "Chico will accompany me to the store." "Right then, see you later at lunchtime..." "Today I´m going to have a great lunch!" ""´Honeymoon Night"´" "If it weren´t for the respect I have for you, and for the police  that fop wouldn´t have had the Iast laugh." "But look, he didn´t." "You got him right on target." "Did I?" "When I saw you remove your glasses and advance on him I had goose-bumps!" "Me, too!" "But I gave him the punishment he deserved!" "I punched him so hard it gave me this black eye." "And is it still causing you pain?" "Near you, I never have pain..." "Tatão..." "I´ve got something really important to tell you." " So then tell me..." " would you Iike to pick your fortune?" "Yes, of course." "Tatão, you go first!" "Thank you very much." "How awful!" "Do you want to hear?" ""´If in life you wish to find A poor home, yet honest"´" ""´Whom this fortune finds shall marry someone earnest."´" "God forbid, me marrying Ernest!" "You´re right." "I wouldn´t either, it´s such an ugly name..." " Want to see how it wouId be better?" " You´re going to change the name?" "No, if you´II allow me, it just needs a change in the second verse." "So how does it go now?" "." ""´If in life you wish to find"´" ""´Without risk, a man who´s your friend"´" ""´Whom this fortune finds..."´" "But now it doesn´t rhyme!" "It doesn´t rhyme because you don´t want it to." "If you did, it wouId." ""´Whom this fortune finds will marry a lobster in the end!"´" "No, not with a lobster!" "Have some pity on me and get the name right!" ""´will marry Chico..."´" ""´... in the end!" "Do you want to?" " And what does your fortune say?" " Mine?" "Mine could only say one thing:" ""´The gentleman that draws this fortune Loves Tatão, adores Tatão."´" ""´Can´t live without Tatão." "And will live happily to the age of 89..."´" ""´... with Tatão!"´" " seriously, see what it says?" ""´The gentleman that draws this fortune"´" ""´shall be modest, and not suffer mediocrity."´" ""´Unhappy with love, his wealth being his generosity."´" ""´He shall marry a vain and bad tempered girl,"´" ""´and they´II have 8 children."´" ""´From a humble family, he´II live without inheritances,"´" ""´and work to the age of 75."´" "How fortunes can fool you!" "That one says everything in its exact opposite." "Not everything." "Modest..." "Without inheritance... working until life´s end..." "Why are you laughing?" "I know that for a while now you´ve been acting..." "Acting, me?" "It´s a lie!" "I was involved in acting years ago, but I Ieft all that." "Don´t lie to me, Chico." "I know everything." " What everything?" " Everything." "I know how much you care for me." "The sacrifices you´ve made for me..." "I know that you´re very rich, and that you abandoned your palace  that your father wants to disown you." "You became a clerk, moved to my house just to be near me." "I know all this because at home I heard you talking with your father." "But don´t think I´II allow such a thing!" "Your father will have to forgive you, and then all my dreams will come true!" "What dreams?" "I see myself with my husband in a car, with lots of fox furs and jewellery..." "Your father will have to forgive you, just leave it to me..." " Our Lady help me!" " Where does your father live?" " How should I know?" "." " You don´t know?" "." "Where´s his palace?" "His palace?" "My father´s palace..." "I´II tell you later." "I´m feeling quite nervous!" "Let´s have lunch but don´t say anything to anyone!" "Let´s have lunch, but first I want to know your real name." "My name?" "They call me:" "Don Edmundo de Lencastre e Abreu Sousa" "VasconceIos AIarcão d´AImeida  and whatever else God wishes!" " I couldn´t do anything else!" " You´re nothing but a scoundrel!" " Don´t say that!" " You tell her you´re noble, you´re an AIarcão, you´re an AImeida and that you´re rich?" "!" " You´re not right in the head!" " I didn´t tell her anything!" "She overheard us rehearsing in my room, and believed." "I Iike seeing her happy." "I didn´t have the courage to tell her it was theatre." "You should have told her!" "The theatre never shames anyone." "She hates the theatre, she can´t even watch it." "She really hunts a bargain, you´ve got to hand it to her!" "This is fundamental." "while you were a mere clerk at Gran- dela, she payed no attention to you." "Now that you smell of money, of AIarcão and AImeida, she melts completely!" "Don´t say that." "She´s able to love me, clerk and all, I know that for sure." "She´s not a schemer, Mr. Santana." "Deep down, she´s just a child." "A child, perhaps, but one of high maintenance!" "I can just see it:" ""´Lencastre, give me an automobile."´ "´AIarcão, give me some jewellery."´" ""´Edmundo, give me some furs."´ My boy, if it was with me..." "She cares for me." "I´II be damned if she doesn´t care for me!" "You have to be sure:" "does she really care for you or if it´s just for her own interests." " How can it be done?" " How should I know?" "." "We have to make her hate the tyrant father, to dislike the nobility... and to want you just the way you are." "See if you get any ideas!" "Save me, you´ve always been like a father to me!" "Get off!" "I´m your father, but only in the play." "The play!" "It was that darned play that got me into all this trouble." "Wait." "It might be the play that will save you." "The play?" "How?" "." "Listen, I´ve got this cousin..." "She happens to like the drink, and is the governess in a small palace in Lapa." "The owners aren´t here in Lisbon..." "I´II go speak to the shrew." "You wait here." "When the time´s right I´II come and call you." "Don´t be long." "Chico is coming at ten with the girl." "You´re right..." "hello, cousin Teresa!" "And so, you came the two of you?" "The two of us?" "For now it´s just me, cousin!" "I needed to have a word with you." "Listen, I´m your friend, but if it´s about money I don´t want to hear it." "Today it´s not about that." "You know that I´m the director of a drama group." "I know, from GrandeIa." "Have you come to impinge me a ticket?" "If it´s for free, maybe I´II go, but if it costs money  I don´t want to hear it." " Oh cousin, we´re not Iike that!" "You can count on the recital being for free." "Today we have a situation..." "We have no place to rehearse because our theatre is being renovated and I remembered to ask you, since your patrons are away  to come and rehearse here at the house!" "Here?" "With that band of minstrels dirtying all the carpets?" " I don´t want to hear it!" " Cousin Teresa, don´t refuse me..." "And look I haven´t forgotten you." "Two bottles!" "That´s right, two bottles!" "And of the best Port they make overseas!" "But Teresa has to allow us to rehearse here in the house, yes?" "No." "I don´t want that gang in here." "They´re probably a Iot of them, too!" " What´s that?" " Nine twenty-five..." "Nine and twenty-five  makes 34." "I don´t want to hear it!" "Cousin, it´s better to be nice..." "Accept the bottle, and let us in." "No, you can´t convince me, and I have a Iot of those here already." "Fine." "well." "We´II speak no more of it." "Cousin, what´s that on your nose?" " Me?" " Yes, you´ve got something..." "Come on, boys." "Come in, come in." "It had to be rough, Chico´s almost here!" "Jesus, what have I gotten into?" "They´re like gangsters!" " What should I do with this?" " In the cellar, I´II show you where..." "Shut the door!" "Quiet!" "help me man!" "Machado, don´t hold my cousin too tightly..." "But Mr. Santana, this is a crime!" "Aren´t you afraid of the police?" "I don´t want to hear it!" "I´m so nervous." "How will your father be to receive us?" "I don´t know." "But he has a very bad temper..." "It will all go well, you´II see." "But I´m really scared!" "Me, too." "Me, too..." "help!" "police!" "You thieves!" "Thieves!" "Let me out of here!" "Hurry, boys!" "Let´s go..." " Mr. Santana." " What is it?" "What should I do with your drunken relative?" "I don´t know:" "Look, give her wine." "Red or white?" "Idiot!" "Give her this, we brought it for her after all." "Mr. Santana where´s the lipstick?" "Lipstick, are you crazy?" "None of that today, only beards and moustaches..." "If the girl sees us with make-up she´II know it´s all a sham!" "Jesus." "I´m so nervous I´m afraid I´II forget my big speech." "Don´t worry about it, Dona Candida." "Everything has been taken care of." "Worse would be if someone´s taken the care to call the police!" "Be quiet!" "Mr. Pinto, come here and I´II show you where to prompt from." "Robbers!" "Assassins!" "And your cousin doesn´t shut up!" "help, police!" "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "Dona Candida will sit in this chair." "You lie down over here and prompt." "Assassins!" "Assassins!" " Assassins!" " Be quiet, little one!" " Your baby bottle is coming." " Assassins, help police!" "Assassins!" "Get me out of here, you assassins!" " Here you go, Teresa..." " Assassins!" "Here we are." "This is it." " I feel I have less and less courage." " What if we didn´t go?" " Let´s rather go to the cinema." " No, we have to go, Edmundo." " What´s your father´s name?" " Antão." " What´s he like?" "Is he stern?" " Not really." " Does he have a beard?" " Kind of, sort of..." " Kind of, sort of?" " Kind of, sort of..." "like this." "Ring." "Attention, boys." "They´ve rung, it´s them!" "Lopes, nobility..." "Seixas, your cues!" "Have you got all you need?" "The matches, and the lighting wick." "The testament, I don´t have it." "Where´s the testament...?" "And the money?" "Where are the notes?" "Ah, here they are..." "What´s not in the scene, get offstage!" "Open it." "please enter, Don Edmundo." "My master will most surely be pleased!" "How have you been, my dear Joaquim?" "Let´s rejoice!" "Our boy has returned!" "I´m sorry to have come." "I´m afraid your father will get angry and forbid you from leaving here ever..." "You´II be imprisoned and never see me again!" "Me imprisoned?" "Don Antão beseeches you to penetrate..." "shall we penetrate...?" "Father!" "Enter, Edmund..." "finally, you´ve returned to your proper home..." "Come, kiss the hand of your father..." "Note there is someone else in this hall." "Your Aunt, the Baroness of AItamira." "Nephew!" "Nephew..." "Nephew!" "Nephew..." "I verified with sorrow..." "I verified with sorrow and displeasure, that only after your progenitor remin- ded you that I am your father´s sister, and that I have the right... if not to your friendship, then at Ieast the right to your duties of courtesy." "Lady Baroness, I acknowledge your reproach and ask that you forgive me, if you are able." "VasconceIosconceIos!" "How the nobility is not how it used to be..." "calm yourself, Baroness." "Soon we will crush this insolent microbe..." "This is all so strange, I don´t feel right here at all." "Don´t worry." "Here in this family, we´re all a bit strange." "Edmundo!" "Come here next to me, and give me the warmth of your hand." "My frozen, trembling hand needs the support of your warm and vigorous one." "Now tell me:" "who is that girl I see over there, who entered with you..." "It is your servant, most certainly..." "No, I am her servant!" "She is the one I Iove, and only she shall become my wife." "Never!" "Damned!" "Damned!" "flee from my sight!" "This is how you dare stain the honour of the AImeidas bringing this girl to our house?" "I forbid you to ever call me your Aunt!" "My chubby one, will you give me a kiss?" " I can´t reach you..." " Send it in a bottle." "Here you go, Teresa..." "I shall never be able to forgive this affront!" "Dr. VasconceIos, my friend..." "Go inside..." "Open the counter..." "And bring me the paper." "I want to have  justice!" "Justice." "I shall hereby annuI, before you all, my testament..." "Dictated through paternal love, and undone  through the pride of ancestry!" " Be quiet!" "It´s not your cue..." " Don Antão, sir!" "Don Antão!" "Oh, incIemency!" "Oh, martyr!" " Is it perhaps hazardous..." " Not now you idiot, not now!" " I heard "´Antão"´ and entered..." " I want to destroy my testament!" "My testament!" "I´m getting tired of saying:" ""´my testament"´?" " Testament, that´s my cue, isn´t it?" " Now you´re the one that´s off!" "By Jove, Lopes!" "You never come with the testament!" "Here it is." "I would Iike to burn it here before you!" "I´d like that the ashes be spread out on the wailing winds that shall also carry the atoms of my heart, broken forever through the ingratitude of a son!" "Joaquim, bring me a flame!" "Bring a flame..." "Come closer, o purifying flame!" "Come and destroy forever the penultimate wishes of an old man that will abdicate for all eternity, the word... father!" "Look!" "behold how the flames intertwine in a pungent dance that destroys and ends." "And now, my duty completed," "I shall let out a sigh of relief." "Joaquim." "Light the hall." "As far as darkness, it is quite enough what we have in our spirits." "Turn it off, turn it off!" "I don´t want the light to illuminate the shame of my beard!" "impossible!" "I never thought a father could act this way toward a son!" " calm down, Tatão." "Be calm!" " Leave this house immediately!" "I never want to see you again!" "But take enough with you so that hunger doesn´t knock on your door, at Ieast, for now..." "One, two, three, four  38," "39," "40." "Here you have 40 000 francs." "Take it, and leave!" "No, I don´t consent that you take this money!" "You don´t consent?" "No!" "Edmundo and I don´t need anyone!" "I care for him and he cares for me, and we don´t need anything else!" "I´m sorry, Edmundo." "But this isn´t for me." "Here´s your money, hang yourself with it!" " Forgive me, Edmundo." " No, Tatão I even thank you!" "Thank you!" "Come here, indignant son!" "Do you take responsibility for what this rotten girl said?" " I do!" " well then, here!" "You´re not a father, you´re nothing!" "Are you take it?" " I remind you, he´s my father..." " well he´s not mine!" "If I had a father like you, I wouldn´t even want to see his painting!" " Get out of my sight!" " We´re going!" "And we´II never set foot in this house again!" "Let´s go!" "You can stay here you mean old cranks, you´re bad!" "Let´s go." "That was spotless!" "And so farewell, Tatão." "And don´t think about my father any more." "decidedly, you´re going out and not going home." "I´m not going home but I´m also not going out." "I already told you that I have a friend waiting and I can´t miss him." "A friend... it´s that you don´t care for me anymore, that´s what it is." "Don´t say that." "You can´t understand how much I care for you..." " So I´m stupid then?" " No you´re not!" "I´m stupid!" "I want to tell you everything I feel inside, but I don´t know..." "It´s something very special!" "A great love, a love capable of all things..." "How shall I put it?" "My love is a drama..." ""´Doomed Love"´ Of course, it´s a love from the old days." "Maybe it´s no Ionger done, but that´s how I am." "If that´s how you care for me, I think it´s very good." "Besides that, I´m sorry you´re so awkward." "Even now, with your father!" "You were like those girlish boys from the theatre!" "You mustn´t act like that anymore." " You must be daring..." " I´m not." " You must have courage..." " I haven´t." "You mustn´t fear life." "Nor your father, nor your aunt, not anything in the world." "I can´t." "But I really care for you!" "That is my drama..." "Drama, drama, drama..." "Dramas are out of style." "You should be a man of today..." "Who likes cinema, walks with no hat, goes to the beach on Sundays..." "Even us girls aren´t as we once were..." "We hold jobs like you, we´re independent, we do gymnastics..." "we want more from life!" "And I´d like life to be like it once was..." ""´girls of Today"´ Rubber boots..." "My father used rubber boots... and not even that kept him from being happy with my mother." "If only we´d lived in those days..." "How awful!" "I´d be old now..." "You wouldn´t walk around with your legs showing, and I´d be less jealous." "On your way to the beach, you wouldn´t show others what only I should see..." ""´Lisbon - 1 900"´ Egotist!" "There was no cinema." "Instead of gaping at moustached boys every night..." "You´d be at home with me, and we´d have no radio." "Or we´d go, clinging to one another, to hear music playing in the Avenue." "You´re so cute, and I really care about you a Iot." "You do?" " You swear?" " I couId swear..." "If I dared..." "Can I give you a kiss, Tatão?" "You may, but as you Iike it..." "Here, on my cheek." "The old Portuguese way..." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Go quickly so as not to keep your friend waiting." ""´See If You Fathom Women"´" "They´II stretch eventually from the movement of the fingers..." " tell me something..." " If you please." "Do you know a lad that wears glasses, from the shoe department?" " Why do you ask me that, sir?" " No reason..." "I have the impression that I know him from somewhere else..." "Isn´t he an amateur dramatist?" "Raging..." "Not raging!" "He´s a very gifted artist." " He´s our leading man." " Not our leading man..." "Yes ours, the GrandeIinhas." "I´m also part of the group." "I didn´t know that GrandeIa had a drama group." "Have you given many recitals?" "Are you kidding?" "We´ve put on "´perennial Roses"´, "´A Morgadinha"´, and tomorrow we´re putting on a new one: "´The Tyrant Father"´, ... a drama in two acts." " I´d Iove to see them!" " Or rather, see you!" " seriously?" " It would probably be to poke fun." " Not on my word of honour!" "If you can arrange me 3 tickets I would be most grateful..." "We´II see what we can do." "Mr. Pinto..." " Have we got anything for Father?" " For Father?" "Yes, for our recital." "This gentleman would Iike to attend." "I´d greatly appreciate if you can arrange me three good tickets." "We have few left." "In any case, I shall do the impossible in order to please you." "Do you want the first row?" "." "In the middle?" "How many is it again?" "Three." "Three together is more difficult." " Why don´t you take four, sir?" " But the gentleman only wishes three." "No, on second thought, give me 7 or 8, I´II take some friends along with me." "Here are ten tickets, a more rounded total. 50 escudos." "The dress is casual." " fortunately you came early, my love." " I´m here to see the recital." "But to get here on time, I missed my dinner." "Then you must eat something." "What do you feel like having?" "I don´t know, perhaps a shrimp cake." "shall we?" "Bring me some fresh shrimp cakes." "We don´t have shrimp cakes." "Then bring me two glasses of white wine." "Now, what´II it be next?" "Now, I couId fancy a veal dumpIing." "shall we?" "Bring me some veal dumplings, nice and hot." "We don´t have veal dumplings." "Then... bring me two glasses of white wine." "Chico!" "Why don´t you speak to me?" "You pay less and less attention to me." "If you don´t answer me on the count of three, I´II never speak to you again!" "Once, twice..." "Three times..." "That´s it!" "Oh, darn it!" "Gracinha!" "Now it´s you that doesn´t respond!" "If you don´t answer me on the count of three, I´II never speak to you again!" "Once, twice, three times..." "That´s it!" "Don´t quarrel for the love of God!" "Today this has to all go very well." " Ours are in the front row." " That´s so funny!" "God forbid I don´t end up next to the trombone." "There are no trombones here, Dona EmíIia  only instruments of sticks and chords." " You don´t want anything else?" " No." "unless maybe some custard tarts." "shall we?" "Mr. Barman, we would now like some custard tarts." "Yes, sir." "What were you thinking bringing me to the theatre?" "If it weren´t for the surprise you promised, I´d never step foot in here." "But what do you know, in regard to Tatão´s fiancée?" "Be patient, be calm." "The show has yet to begin." " Are there lots of people already?" " Quite a few, the house will be full!" "What is it, man?" "What´s wrong with you?" "She´s here!" "They´re all here!" " help!" "Mr. Lopes, call the doctor!" " The doctor?" "Where´s the doctor?" "Chico, come to your senses!" "Come back to the stage!" "To your head!" " Where is the doctor?" " call him on the phone!" " Where´s the phone?" " Over there!" "Look in the listing..." "Where´s the listing?" "hello, hello?" "Miss?" "The number?" "How should I know the number..." "Mr. Lopes, it´s no Ionger necessary..." "I won´t act!" "I´m not going on!" "I won´t do it!" "I want to leave now, now, now!" " shall I call the doctor again?" " Not at all!" "Go and put on your wig." "I´II be the doctor here!" " Did you see?" " I saw..." " And now?" "." " And now?" "." "The show´s going to start." "You can start whatever, but not with me!" "With her in the audience, in the front row next to that idiot..." "I wouldn´t have the courage to even look at them out there..." "So don´t look..." "No one says you have to look." "For the true actor, there is no audience!" "This here... is a wall." "That´s what our colleague CoqueIin used to say..." "And that is fundamental!" "What do I care about CoqueIin..." "I won´t look at her, but she´II see me." "She knows me." "She knows you with your beard and all." "And I´II lose her for good, and that idiot will laugh my beard off!" "Your beard, no." "You don´t have a beard." "But if you did have a beard..." " On top of that you´re pulling my leg!" " God forbid!" "I´m thinking of a way to resolve all this:" "you know my part, I know them all..." "I´m still young enough to play the son, you take the beard of the father..." " That way she won´t recognize us." " But she knows the others!" "Don´t fret." "We´II put a moustache on Seixas, and shave the one off Lopes  and we´II stick a giant pear on Dona Candida!" " You´re insane!" " Leave it to me." "We´II all go in tuxedos and I guarantee she won´t recognize anyone!" "It´s been ten o´clock for a half hour!" "And the show starts at nine forty-five!" " Let´s go to it!" " Let´s go to it, what?" " Peace, my son..." " Son, no!" "I don´t want to be the son!" "You´re right, now I´m the son." "Let´s get going you tyrant father!" "This way, Mr. Attorney-GeneraI." "I shall announce your presence..." "Yes, go, my dear Joaquim." "I´II await your master." "I still don´t get any of this!" "Why did Mr. Santana send you to dress in black and put on black glasses?" "I´ve had it up to here!" "If it wasn´t for the rest, I wouldn´t even go on!" " It seems everyone´s gone mad!" " And they really have...!" "Look, darling..." "I´m your friend and it pains me to see the face you put on around here." " Me, Dona Candida?" " Yes, you!" "Don´t you see that this is all because that ridiculous other is here watching?" " Other?" "What other?" " I can´t take anymore!" "If I don´t let off some steam, I´II explode!" " Chico has another girlfriend." " What?" "And yesterday, we were all in a palace in Lapa, pretending to be nobility  and from Chico´s family." "May the almighty have pity on this noble family of the AImeidas!" "You miserable, ancient man." "It is with gladness that I come with this bad news!" "My heart pulses and rejoices in feeling the pain I shall transmit to you when I tell you that your son, your own pride and joy... shall soon be married to a most humble pIebeian!" "And the rest of you AImeidas, shall be frozen and muted witnesses  of my joy, and of the pain of this old father who never knew how to be a father!" "I hear footsteps." "Here he comes!" "The mask of humility shall be fastened to our face." "My great and most noble friend!" "My arms before all else." "It is a great honour for me , sir." "careful with the beard!" "Be seated, oh most vigilant sentinel of this old house... and tell me what you have for me." "I would it were another that brought you this disgraceful news." "Enough, proceed no further!" "You most surely shall announce new dispIeasures... deriving from the depraved life  of my first-born son." "Father!" "I´ve come in time!" "Justice...?" ""´Get out, get out!"´" "Get out!" "No!" "I require your refuge!" "You are the leafy oak in the forests of honour!" "Expunge from your roots the damaging weed  and receive in your branches this most feeble and delicate frond!" "Do not lend your ears to this slander!" "CaIumny is the supreme argument for those who prevaricate." "It is evident that you don´t know me, sir!" " Did she regognize you?" " She did." "She did..." "But chose to forget!" "Because your conduct deems to be forgotten." "I know everything!" "Yet, I´m certain that you haven´t brought here with you... the cause of your delirium, the stain that has fallen on our coat of arms." " "´Father!" "Father!"´" " Father, she shall not enter here... as long as you don´t understand her or forgive her..." "She shall not enter here as long as she is not my bride!" "Therefore, rest in the knowledge that she shall never enter here!" "I´m going in there..." "You big cheater!" "I told her not to come on but she insisted!" "You don´t have any shame in going around behind my back!" "One doesn´t do that to a girl like me!" "What is this?" "Who sent you in here?" "My God!" "You´ve ruined everything!" "What do I care?" "I fancy him and no one´s going to shut me up!" "But this is a scandal!" "Coming here and putting on a scene like this!" "Let it be here, or wherever!" "I don´t have a nose for glasses..." "And be warned!" "You´II get it just as much as she does when I catch you with that hag!" "Hag, what hag?" "Yes, sir!" "You´re seeing another, I know that alright!" "What an interesting play!" " Get out of here!" " I will not!" "Dona Candida was the one who told me, she´s the only one that´s my friend!" "This girl is very talented!" "Pardon me!" "I didn´t do this to cause harm." " Now this!" " But really what you did was wrong!" " It´s all your fault!" " Me?" "Oh, my lady, I don´t understand!" "The serious old guy also has a lover?" "Ignorant girl!" "This is theatre!" "Of the best..." " Why did you let them in here?" " well?" "Oh, incIemency!" "Oh, martyr...!" "Is it perhaps hazardous to the health of this noble and dear boy that I helped raise?" " Maybe that was also my fault?" " This is a shame!" " See if you can save this somehow..." " only if it´s with "´Leonor TeIes"´!" "I need to know who you want, if it´s me, or if it´s that other woman!" "There are so many women!" "But as a result of fantasy, of among many, only one does our sympathy, distinguish, choose, and desire..." "One single subject..." "Send down the curtain, I´II bring up the house lights..." "You cheater, I ought to complain to my parents about you!" " Hit it with some "´Leonor TeIIes"´!" " Get out, you bastard!" "I never want to see you again!" "You shall not, sir!" "But forbid, and you shall see...!" ""´Bastard shall lead both throne"´" ""´and father´s name to infamy!"´" "Bravo!" "Don´t think that you´II keep on laughing!" "Raise it!" " You big ham!" " You Iow-Iife!" " Raise it!" " I´II rip your eyes out!" "Machado, you come do the curtain." "I also want to take a bow..." " That´s just what I needed!" " Raise it!" "Don´t think you´II keep laughing, you trickster!" " It was him!" " Didn´t I tell you?" " Don Edmundo!" " That´s so funny!" "Wasn´t that just great?" "It was beautiful, it was a success!" "congratulations all!" "Give me a hug!" "Thank you very much." "Good evening." "And see you tomorrow..." " See who when?" " Tomorrow..." "I´m tired of telling you you´re crazy!" "Good night, see you tomorrow..." " only once we´re finished the play!" " What you want is for me to die!" "Nonsense!" "I want you to live!" "There she is..." "hello!" "So did you Iike it?" "I did." "But I preferred you with a beard at the palace in Lapa!" "Are you a bit angry?" "Look, that was just a little joke..." "But you, sir, don´t joke with me!" "Where is he?" "He´s around..." "Now he doesn´t appear?" "You be quiet, sir!" "I only wish to find him so I can give him two slaps in the face!" "That´s very well, Miss." "But let me make a request on behalf of the management..." "Hit him as much as you want, but only after the show." "alright, I won´t cause a scandal as I have my family here with me..." "But warn him, that the next time I see him, my fiancé here, is going to cane him!" "A caning!" "As you wish, madame..." "And don´t forget, the fiancé is going to give him a caning..." "I´II tell him..." "Sorry, it was the door, yes?" "Chico..." "It´s all under control, you can go get ready for the second act..." "Mr." "Santana!" "Was she very angry?" "No, she´s a bit shocked but it will pass." "I knew how to convince her." "Mr. Santana..." "If she doesn´t forgive me, I´II never go back to the guesthouse, never sleep, never eat!" "You´II eat." "You can be sure that you´II eat!" "Guys, you guys!" "Let´s go to it!" "Everything goes to its original place." "Put on your sideburns!" "Take off those glasses!" "Chico is the Son, and I shall play the Father!" "Let´s go, hurry up!" "Someone will have to get my wig..." "careful with the basin..." "You stepped on my foot!" "Take this..." "How´s it going, hmm?" "Man, you´re stepping on my tie!" "I´m sorry." "Get off!" "Don´t be a bother!" "Now where are my shoes?" "Get off!" "Get out of here!" "Excuse me, excuse me..." "There just no space here!" "Forgive me, Godmother, but I must leave now..." "Go if you wish, but I´m staying." "No one could tear me away from here!" "Laura will go with you..." "What a pain, my lady, I´m enjoying it!" "Go on, do as you´re told." "I´II tell you the rest later." "Don´t bother, I´II take Tatão by car..." "No, not alone, you won´t." "Laura go, accompany the girl." "It´s always the same thing!" "Here goes the slave..." "And so now that it´s all arranged, you tell me you won´t go on!" "AII on account of Chico!" "Chico to me is..." "Fine, but for me the play is not..." " He was never really my friend..." " But I am!" " He never wanted to know about me..." " But I do!" " He´s always been a swindler..." " So have I!" " And he´II never marry me..." " But I´II marry you!" "Guys, Act Two..." "What´s not in the scene, get offstage!" "Machado, don´t forget the telephone, it was missing in the first act!" "The telephone´s right here!" "I know exactly what I´m doing!" "Such nerve!" "Done!" "I couId have seen the ending after all!" "You offer us a ride, and then make us walk our legs off..." "I couldn´t park any closer!" "How are we going to get rid of her?" "What about Miss Tatão?" "She went to see the second act." "34... 35... 36... 37... 38... 39  40!" "Here you have... 40 000 francs." "Take it, and leave!" "No!" "Keep your gold, as it makes me blush!" "Back, vile metal that vexes me!" "I shall know life without your charity... merely sustained by an ardent and purifying love  and for my honest and honoured work which will duIcify my existence!" "Riches, for what?" "Ambitions, for what?" "For what?" "For what, ignoble gold?" "For Tatão?" "For Tatão!" "For her..." "For sure!" "silver so vile and avaricious!" "For what?" "The labour and heart of a woman loved shall suffice... oh, shall suffice in aIimenting once and for all  the ideal of a humble and dreamy poet of such little interest!" "Bravo!" "Very well." "follow the errant impulse of your wretched spirit..." "But do not mar or smudge the name of our lineage with mud..." "At least remember, that you are the Iast of the AImeidas!" " No, my lord, he is not the Iast!" " What?" "!" "What do I hear?" "What do I hear?" "Am I going to become a grandfather?" "Forgive me, Father!" "?" "Do not let your wrath and curse fall on the head  of an innocent that has never seen the light of aurora." "Daughter!" "Dear daughter, an embrace!" "Son!" "An embrace, as well!" "To pardon redeems all men and purifies souls..." "It has come..." "May the radiant sun and the indigo sky bare witness to the happiness  of a father that is to become a grandfather!" "It has come!" "It has come!" "Let us go!" "Let us go!" "My dear children!" "Accompany me to the park, to the park  to the park!" "You sir, are nothing more than a coward after all!" "And just like that, you let 20 million escape from your hands!" "I shall not!" "For great ills, there are greater remedies!" "The strength of hatred, a torch and a bit of courage shall be enough... to transform in a moment this manor where happiness reigns  into a mountain of rubble and fumigating ash!" "The dizziness of hatred!" "What do I hear?" "They´re going to burn the palace?" "Reduce it to ruins?" "No, you old yet faithful servant." "You shall never consent to such a thing!" "hello, anyone there?" "Send for the police, the fire brigade!" "They´re going to set fire to the house!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "miserable arsonist!" "You repugnant toad!" "It is thus, viper, that you try to bite the bosom that calms and shelters you!" " But you shall die at my own hands!" " Cease, young man." "Cease!" "I can no Ionger hush this inviolable secret, so confided 1 9 years ago..." "Do you know who that man is, the one you almost strangled?" " Yes, I know!" "He´s a crook...!" " No." "He´s the father of the one who illuminates your life." " My father!" " What a horrible mystery!" "Yes, yes... 1 9 years ago, on a tempestuous and cold December night... a woman that had just given birth to a child, placed it in my arms  handed me a golden dagger and said:" "Go Joaquim!" "Abandon this tender being to its destiny, for it only represents  to the eyes of the world, my ignominy!" "My God!" "But I hadn´t the courage and I Ieft her with Ana, to be raised in secret." " You mean to say that Eufémia...?" " Yes... is the fruit of the illicit affairs between our Dr. VasconceIos and a noblewoman of high standing!" " But who was this nobIewoman?" " It was I, my brother!" " You, my sister?" " Auntie!" " Mother!" "Daughter!" " Father-in-Iaw!" " Forgive me son-in-Iaw!" "Don Antão, I prayed to the heavens that I not die before seeing  this most holy and noble family reconcile!" "Joaquim, come embrace me, old servant." "Now that the dove of peace has taken flight." "White, above us all..." "I feel most happy to never again deserve the title of Tyrant Father!" "?" "Bravo!" "Machado!" "Machado!" "Where´s the fire?" " I don´t know!" " Where is the criminal?" "I didn´t see him!" " What´s all this?" "Is there a fire?" " That´s what I want to know!" "No doubt about it, this is a false alarm!" " Who is the director here?" " I am." " You´re under arrest." " Me, under arrest?" "Who was it that called and asked for fire rescue?" "Nobody, unless it was..." "Mr. Machado, now you´ve really done it!" "What is it?" "And so, you horse, you put the real telephone onstage?" "The real one?" "..." "That´s funny!" "You think it´s funny?" "Then you´re also under arrest" "I´II go!" "But I go against my will!" "Pardon me!" "I don´t consent!" "There´s been a mistake!" "Officer, you have no right to arrest this man." "Let me explain..." "well then, it´s better if you explain this down at the station  as you are also coming with us." "Chico, what happened?" "Are you under arrest?" " I am!" " Let´s go!" " Look, he´s not going!" " You´II come too, Miss." "If necessary." " I´m going alright!" " Tatão, we´re shackIed!" "And we´II stay shackIed for the rest of our lives!" " Chico, are you happy?" " Very happy!" " I´m completely happy!" " Me, too!" "What about tomorrow?" "." " GrandeIa!" "We´re on the right track!" " Carry on!" "subtitles:" "Christian Campeau" "THE END"