On the stage, the Interpreter, who is a kind of demiurge, makes Earth appear and disappear into space. He then announces that the tree Yggdrasil will appear, along with three boxes. From the first box emerge gods from different religions, from the second one come out mythological and historical heroes as well as demons. The third box does not open up, but it moves, revealing that the box contains a being. The Interpreter calls him “the Messiah” and declares that he will come to “damn creation” - it is the announcement of the birth of the future main character of the Drama for Fools: Cockatrice.

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Craig Edward Gordon

Italy

Rapallo

Printed

Latin Mythology

Greek mythology

Germanic mythology

Cosmos

Pre-Columbian mythology

Hero

Divinities

Heroic

English

Something Prophetic

Amon

Divinity

Erebus

Cronos

Brahma

Eros

Jehovah

Quetzalcoatl

Kneph

Zeus

Jesus

Momus

Odin

Vishnu

Shiva

Poseidon

Maira Monan

Osiris

Baldr

Thor

Vulcan

Mars

Bacchus

Buddha

Hercules

Charlemagne (King)

King Arthur

Joan of Arc

Julius Caesar

Alexander The Great

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Samurai

Agamemnon

Ulysses

Pompey

Aeneas

Achilles

Irin-Mage

Napoleon

Horatio Nelson

Apparition

Announcer

Fight

Apparition of a monster

Hidden character

Signes annonciateurs

The Second Prologue

Le deuxième prologue

When the Albufera of Valencia was still only an immense lake, a dragon appeared there and terrorised the population. The terrible beast found pleasure in eating people. Neither the militia, nor the Church, nor the governor himself were capable of defeating the obdurate dragon. Only Salomon (Solomon), a Jewish merchant, wanted to fight the dragon, but he was unjustly poisoned in the end. When Salomon was finally freed, he killed the dragon using a ruse and the people applauded him.

Direct Manipulation Bunraku-type Puppetry

Glove-puppet

String marionette

Shadow theatre

Young audiences

Spain

Valencia

Legend

Dragon

Irony

Cunning

Fantastic

Satirical

Ironic

Cover page of Manuel Cubedo's El drac

Catalan

El drac de l'Albufera

Child

Granddaugther

Merchant (man)

Soldier

Narrator

Merchant (woman)

Captain

Festival organiser

Priest

Sacristan

Guard

Governor

Talking animal

Intervention of the audience

Children games

Theatre within the theatre

Song

Storyteller

El drac

The dragon