<p>After a prologue where Pulcinella introduces the play and the dog sings a song, Teresina is attacked by a man in the street. The Moon appears to Teresina and calls her to come in a bid to protect her. Pulcinella looks for his beloved but the Moon prevents him from approaching. Pulcinella disguises himself as a woman, he is attacked by the same man as Teresina, and is then pursued by Death disguised as a policeman who wants to tire him out with domestic chores. Pulcinella flies off to the Moon and persuades Teresina to come back with him. Back on Earth, the two lovers take revenge on their attacker, who turns out to be a child calling out to his mother for help, and they eat a dish of spaghetti.</p>

Glove-puppet

All audiences

Vecchia Irene

Italy

Naples

Palermo

Electronic text

Cosmic journey

Women's condition

Violence

Equality

Attack

Fear

Education

Wedding

Feminism

Gender

Fantasy

Italian

Teresina

Guappo

Moon

Pulcinella

Death

Dialect

Aria

Confinement

Talking animal

Cross-dressing

Fight

Blow-with-a-stick

La Luna e Pulcinella

La Lune et Pulcinella