Benjamin Mary: Theatre, #1

By Pasquale Palmieri

Set in contemporary Melbourne, Benjamin Mary is the tale of a couple in three phases of their relationship:
at 25, just married and in love, dreaming of a life together;
at 50, the apex of continuous ego confrontations,
at 75, both resigned to the unfolding of their story.
Alternating between humour and sadness, Benjamin Mary dares to expose a couple's relationship as it transforms throughout the years.

Benjamin Mary is the original script of a 2 acts (theater) theatre play with actors' dialogue, scene and actors' actions description. A diffrent reading experience that will take approx 2 hours, with an interval for drink/toilet call, as if you went to watch it at home in your own private theatre (theater)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pasquale Palmieri
• Release date: Jan 16, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215387313

Pasquale Palmieri

Pasquale M. Palmieri Roman by birth and a citizen of the world after having lived in Europe, Canada, USA and now Australia, Pasquale Maria Palmieri (Pasquale M Palmieri) is an idealistic gypsy by definition and a researcher by devotion. He is passionate about human relationships, which are an endless source of information and inspiration for his writings. Pasquale has written several theatre plays, novels, a non-fiction about relationships and is the winner of a literary prize open to English language writers. You can find Pasquale on his website http://www.nofearjustdoit.com/

Book preview

Characters

Mary at the age of 25

Mary at the age of 50

Mary at the age of 75

Benjamin

Flirt (The dancer)

SCENE

Three sets on stage. Abstract setback walls at 45 degrees in the background.

From left to right:

Set 1, yellow

1 table with two chairs, one left one right

Set 2, red

(as above)

Set 3, blue

(as above)

Sitting on the left chair of each set an undressed male mannequin

Sitting on the right chair Mary 25 in set 1, Mary 50 in set 2, Mary 75 in set 3

ACT ONE

The scene is lit only by three deemed spots, one over each set.

The three Mary are seated still

The spots over set 2 and 3 fade out to dark whilst the one over set 1 gets increasingly brighter.

Mary 50 and Mary 75 stay still, while Mary 25 turns to the audience

MARY 25  My family... Two people. My Benje and I.... Ohhh I love him so much! We got married a year ago... He is at work, poor Benje, he works such long hours... You know, real estate. That’s what he does, he works always so hard!

The spot over set 2 brightens whilst set 1 fades out

MARY 50  Yes, he works so hard. So he says... Hi Mary bye Mary... My family, four people. Twenty five years later. What family?... The kids have gone out... Hi mum bye mum

The spot over set 3 brightens whilst set 2 fades out

MARY 75  My family...Yeah right! My family. The public holidays' family. Since we retired, we live.... Live?.... We are buried! Like zombies, here, in the final village, forgotten by the world

The spot over set 1 brightens whilst set 3 fades out

MARY 25  My family. My Benje and I... Ohhh I love him so much! We got married a year ago...I can’t stop looking at the photos of our wedding, just like a prince and a princess.... We were so beautiful

The spot over set 2 brightens

MARY 50  Ah! If you only knew then!

The spot over set 3 brightens

MARY 75  Why didn’t you leave him when you had the chance? Why?

MARY 50  My family. How could I break my family?

MARY 75  Why didn’t I leave him when I had the chance? Why?

MARY 50  Ah! If I only knew!

MARY 25  My family. My Benje and I.... Ohhh I love him so much! We got married a year ago. We moved here right after our honeymoon... Our first home. We bought it with my parents’ money, their wedding gift... Well the deposit, now we have twenty-five years to pay the mortgage. Benje has organized it all, he is so clever my Benje!

All three spots off. Light on centre stage. Benjamin walks on stage, talking to the audience

BENJAMIN  The best investment of my life. in Elwood, when it was still an up and coming area, a solid brick three bedroom house, with double garage, front garden and a huge backyard. I couldn’t go wrong, a steal... When I sold it

I made a fortune and bought our family mansion in South Yarra,