Dante: "I'm going to go check on Signora Baccara."\nFinzi: "I will visit the servants of the house, Aelis and Emilia."\nde Spiga: "I will remain here."\n\n[[Follow Dante|x21]]\n[[Follow Finzi|x22]]\n[[Stay with de Spiga|x23]]
Dante stops by the entrance to d'Annunzio's room. "Shh! Il Comandante is praying. You must enter the master's quarters quietly."\n\n/% <<display "x31">> %/\n<<display "x32">>
Finzi continues down the hall, where he finds Carlotta collecting Rosary beads from the floor.\n\n[They talk]\n\nCarlotta: "One day Il Duce will need you back, Finzi, ecause the country needs decisive men. I just know you'll be first secretary to the Interior again. Just wait."\n\nShe kisses him and runs away laughing.\n\n<<display "x44">>\n<<display "x45">>
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Dante enters, and de Spiga stops playing.\n\n"I don't know that opera," says Dante.\n\n"It doesn't exist yet, Dante."\n\n[They converse.]\n\nDante goes to the front window; de Spiga continues playing the piano.\n\n<<display "x33">>\n<<display "x34">>
d'Annunzio is kneeling in the centre of the room, leaning on his sword, and he holds a letter in his hand.\n\n"Where is she? Where is the woman who'll save me from this terrible nocturnal orgy of silence; who will show me once again, perhaps for the last time, an unknown aspect of love?"\n\n<<display "x35">>
Luisa's room.\n\nDante enters. "Signora Baccara?" She is nowhere to be seen.\n\nDante exits.\n\n<<display "x28">>\n<<display "x29">>
"Ahh! Excuse moi." Aelis catches her breath and closes the door. "I'm so glad you were able to be with us this evening. I must tell you that there was some question as to whether Roma would allow Il Comandante any more guests but fortunately they relented."\n\nShe notices the dinner plates still on the table.\n\n"Emilia!" she shouts, pulling a cord to summon the servant. "I'm so embarrassed."\n\n[etc]\n\n<<display "x40">>
Carlotta exits to the atrium.\n[[Follow Carlotta.|c12_atrium]]
Carlotta enters.\n\n<<display "x12">>
[[Follow Carlotta.|b8_leda]]
[[Follow Finzi.|b5_hall]]
[[Stay with Emilia.|b8_leda]]
[[Follow Emilia.|b7_leda]]
[[Stay with Finzi.|b4_hall]]
[[Follow Aelis.|c12_atrium]]
Dante and Finzi introduce the play.\n\n\n<<display "x17">>\n<<display "x18">>
Finzi exits toward the atrium. [[Follow Finzi|c12_atrium]]
[opening scene]\n\n<<display "x2">>\n<<display "x3">>\n<<display "x4">>\n<<display "x5">>\n<<display "x6">>\n<<display "x7">>\n<<display "x8">>\n<<display "x9">>\n<<display "x10">>\n<<display "x11">>
The closet door opens slightly. Luisa sticks her arm out and slowly allows some rose petals to fall to the floor from her hand.\n\n"...he loves me not."\n\nShe pushes the door fully open.\n\n"The place for bullets is through the heart."\n\nShe comes out of the closet.\n\n"Luisa is getting morbid, Luisa isn't getting anything, anyone. Luisa was getting dressed to meet Madame Tamara de Lempicka."\n\nShe sees a gun on the bed with six bullets lying next to it.\n\n[...]\n\n<<display "x30">>
[[Stay in Luisa's room|b3_luisa_monologue]]
[[Follow Dante|a1_grp1_dannunzio]]
[[Follow Aelis.|group-2-aelis]]
[[Stay with de Spiga.|b10_atrium]]
Tamara
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[[Follow Carlotta.|b4_hall]]
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[[Follow Emilia|group2_emilia]]
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Finzi enters the dining room. "You will wait here for Signora Mayozer."\n\n<<display "x38">>\n<<display "x39">>
de Spiga sits playing the piano. Dante stares out the window. \n\nAelis enters, carrying some presents.\n\nFinzi enters.\n\n"When will the world be quiet?" says Aelis.\n"There would be no need for fascists, if there was silence." replies de Spiga.\n"Aelis, a woman needs a gun. Living in this house, Luisa is at risk. She could be kidnapped by Communists, held for ransom," argues Finzi.\n"We're already hostages!" says de Spiga.\n\n[...]\n\nCarlotta enters, leaping and wearing a tutu.\n\n[she and Aelis converse.]\n\nFinzi exits. /% eventually link to finzi office here %/\n\nd'Annunzio enters.\n\nA [[gunshot|c12_gunshot]] sounds.\n
[[Stay with Dante.|c12_atrium]]
"Wait." Finzi says.\n\n"Wait. I've been waiting for years... waiting to get back to Roma, waiting for Luisa..."\n\n<<display "x48">>
Emilia enters the Leda and closes the door. She begins to straighten the bed.\n\n"Me, I clean and serve. And Il Comandante still needs to bring the Polish one. ..."\n\n<<display "x43">>
[[Follow D'Annunzio|x13]]
[[Follow D'Annunzio|a1_dannunzio_enters]]
[[Follow Carlotta|a1_carlotta_enters]]
Aelis enters.\n\n<<display "x19">>
Play by John Krizanc. Interpreted by Chris Martens.
[[Follow Luisa|group-1-luisa]]
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[[Follow de Spiga|all-groups-split]]
[[Follow Aelis|a1_aelis_enters]]
[[Follow Emilia|a1_emilia_enters_]]
[[Follow Dante|a1_dante_finzi]]
[[Stay with d'Annunzio.|b6_dannunzio]]
Luisa enters d'Annunzio's room. She stops in the center of the room, pointing a gun at d'Annunzio.\n\n"You upset me, Luisa," he begins. "Did we not agree that our affair--"\n\n"Relationship."\n\n"...was to be forgotten?"\n\nLuisa exits to the stairs and osbserves the action in the Atrium from above.\n\n<<display "x36">>\n<<display "x37">>
Luisa exits toward d'Annunzio's room.\n\n[[Follow Luisa|b11_luisa_confrontation]]
[[Follow Dante.|b10_atrium]]
[[follow d'Annunzio|c12_atrium]] /% eventually c_final %/
[[Follow Luisa|c12_atrium]]
Carlotta runs into the Leda through the side door and throws herself on the bed.\n\n"I kissed him! I kissed him!"\n\n"Who did you kiss, Signorina?" asks Emilia.\n\nCarlotta suddenly notices Emilia. "What are you doing here?"\n\n[they converse.]\n\n<<display "x46">>\n<<display "x47">>
[[Stay with d'Annunzio|b11_luisa_confrontation]]
[[Stay with de Spiga.|c12_atrium]]
[[Follow Finzi.|group2_emilia]]
[[Stay and wait for Aelis.|b9_dining]]
Emilia exits to the dining room to gather plates.\n[[Follow Emilia.|c12_gunshot]]
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[[Follow Finzi|all-groups-split]]
[[Follow Aelis|a1_aelis_carlotta]]
de Spiga plays the piano and talks about his love for Luisa.\n\n<<display "x25">>
Luisa is on the stairs overlooking the atrium with a gun in her hand. She fires the gun again.\n\n"It's alive."
[[Follow Finzi|a1_dante_finzi]]
[[Follow Mario|a1_mario_enters]]
[[Follow Carlotta.|a1_aelis_carlotta]]
[[Follow Emilia|a1_emilia_exits]]
Aelis enters carrying several wrapped presents. "Finzi, you should never have given Baccara that gun."\n\n"We were shopping in town and she asked me to buy it. What was I to do?"\n\nFinzi steps out into the hall, and Aelis closes the dining room door. Emilia suddenly appears in the hall, standing at the door to the Leda.\n\n"Ah, Emilia," says Finzi. "Will you show these guests to the Leda?"\n\n<<display "x41">>\n<<display "x42">>
[[Follow Dante|all-groups-split]]