Alvarès makes his son Guzman a bailiff and promises that he will marry Alzire. Alvarès convinces Alzire’s father, Monteze, to have her marry Guzman. Alzire believes that her fiancé Zamore is dead, but he is released from prison. When he learns that Alzire will marry Guzman, Zamore tries to kill him and thinks that he has succeeded. Zamore and Alvire, who is thought to be his accomplice, are sentenced to death. Just when Zamore is about to be hanged, Guzman appears, wounded. He forgives Zamore and lets him marry Alzire.

Rod and string marionette

Not specified

France

Paris

Manuscript with songs and dialogue summaries

Latin America

Forgiveness

Jail

Murder

Bailiff

Indigenous people

Death penalty

Obedience

Forced marriage

Parodistic

Comical

La Fille obéissante, manuscript Collection Soleinne (Ms FF 9313), Bibliothèque nationale de France.

French

Parodie d'Alzire

Polichinelle

Mother Gigogne

Waiter

Guard

Spectacular turn of events

Tragic conflict

Fake death

Hanging scene

La Fille obéissante

The obedient Daughter

The puppeteer apologises to the audience because he is not ready to perform Macbeth: instead, he will perform an unpublished comedy by Goldoni, The Jealous Emigrant (which is, in fact, a fake written on purpose by Brunello). But one of his glove puppets, Arlequin, disagrees and organises a rebellion, convincing the other puppets to perform Macbeth. The tragedy begins, but Arlequin, who has dared to step out of his role, must die like Macbeth. The same applies to his antagonist King Duncan, who - as we discover at the end - is no other than the puppeteer himself.

Glove-puppet

Bare hand

Actor and puppet

Adults

Brunello Gigio

Molnár Gyula (aka Giulio Molnár)

Italy

Mogliano Veneto

Printed

Rebellion

Self-consciousness of puppets

Rewriting

Adaptation

Fake unpublished

Shakespeare

Tragic

Ironic

Italian

Rodolfo

Colombina

Brighella

Lady Macbeth

Arlecchino

Macbeth

Pantaloon

Macduff

Balanzone

Generico

Witch

Messenger

Guardian

Sicaire

Monkey

Comical regional accent

Theatre within the theatre

Double characters

Address to the public

Rehearsal (play within a play)

Apparition of the puppeteer

Surprise effect

Captatio benevolentiae

Tragic irony

Parody of formal language

Avista

Macbeth all'improvviso

Improvised Macbeth