<p>In school, Ginetto titled his essay "The Uncle is Dying." His uncle Harlequin is indeed tormented by an irrational fear of carrots, which forces him to stay in bed and causes him moments of delirium. His fiancée Columbine, who is pregnant, is overwhelmed by grief, and Doctor Balanzone thinks he is going to die. Brighella would like to take advantage of the situation to obtain the script of Harlequin's good jokes, but the latter does not want to give it to him. Brighella therefore hopes that Balanzone's predictions are correct, but he will be disappointed: Harlequin, through an evocation worthy of a psychoanalysis session, will recover the memory that traumatized him in his childhood, thus curing his phobia of carrots. The show ends with another happy ending: the birth of Harlequin and Columbine's son.</p>

Glove-puppet

Adults

Brunello Gigio

Molnár Gyula (aka Giulio Molnár)

Italy

Mogliano Veneto

Printed

Phobia

Carrot

Rabbit

Trauma

Psychology

Childbirth

Childhood

Illness

Snowman

Pathetic

Absurd

Ironic

Philosophical tale

Italian

Arlecchino

Colombina

Balanzone

Sister

Brighella

Mother

Choir

Philosophical dialogue

Childbirth on stage

Macaronism

Sick character on stage

Metadiscourse on puppet theatre

Off-stage voice

Sung scenes

La carota

La carotte