<p>The Scorpioni Verdi and the Ragni Blu – two feuding families – make so much noise that the puppeteer herself wants to get rid of them. However, the Devil convinces her to grant him three days to make peace between the two families. But he cannot use his powers to do it. Instead, he will have to manage this by influencing someone else. The Devil meets Pulcinella and has him bring Areste Paganòs into the world. Areste then becomes the hero of the play. He elaborates a strategy to try and reconcile the feuding families: he will use the love between their children, Rosina Ragno and Rocco Scorpione. In this plot reminiscent of <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>, in which Rocco and Rosina drink a poisonous mixture that should put them to sleep but instead accidentally kills them, Areste manages to fulfill his mission. The Devil brings the two lovers back to life and the joy they share at being reunited helps their families understand that they should not have fought. They all celebrate the young couple’s wedding.</p>

Glove-puppet

All audiences

Broggini Walter

Pau Donatella

Murru Antonio

Italy

Cagliari

Printed

Love

Rivalry

Enemy families

Enemy

Devil

Rewriting

Shakespeare

Pathetic

Comical

Didactic

Italian

Pulcinella

Child

Mother

Father

Carabiniere

Mayor

Cardinal

Altar server

Cock, cockerel

Apparition of the Devil

Final intervention of the devil

Childbirth on stage

Accumulation of events

Fake death

Love story

Areste Paganòs e la farina del diavolo

Areste Paganòs and the devil's flour