Crumbs of Glory on three thousand kites

By Rosario Stefanelli

Theater. Any choice, from the family man to the priest, from the fundamentalist artist to the single woman for life, acquires value if it is carried out in a noble way. Otherwise one drowns in misery, despite the worthy res

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rosario
• Release date: May 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9791220804554

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Act I

ACT 1

In the living room of the Lunardi family home, there is Gloria, her fiancé Giampiero, and Paolo and Ginevra, the girl's father and mother. Giampiero is a priest. He is in his cassock

PAOLO I saw the little jewel below

GIAMPIERO Taken a month ago

GINEVRA I recommend that you be careful. There is our capital behind you

PAOLO Is business in the parish going well this year?

GIAMPIERO there has been a surge of marriages.

GLORIA And next year there will certainly be as many baptisms.

GIAMPIERO Oh yes

GINEVRA It was time, after a ten-year trend of old people and corpses.

PAOLO We have to thank the new councillor who has made lots that were stagnant in the absurdity of construction possible. And so we attracted new couples. And then with the new subway stop

GINEVRA Now that things are going well in the parish, you could think about having a child.

GLORIA Mom!

GINEVRA You've always wanted a child

GLORIA True, but they are our things. Isn't that right Giampiero?

GIAMPIERO Of course, dear. But I wouldn't demonize your parents too much, since they have grandchildren they don't see much of.

GINEVRA Thank you for your understanding

GIAMPIERO Same destiny as my mother.

GINEVRA He's really good, this treasure of yours.

PAOLO Darling, he's a priest. If he's not sympathetic he is. It's his job

GINEVRA Let's hope he stays that way

PAOLO Of course dear, getting engaged to a priest is a bit like getting engaged to God. And God is...

GINEVRA Not necessarily. I've known priests who were sons of bitches

GLORIA Mom!

PAOLO you said the same fate that befell your mother...

GIAMPIERO I was referring to my brother. He married elsewhere. And the children were born and raised far away. The poor girl has seen them with an eyedropper.

GINEVRA If your fiancé has already had experience with his mother, bring it on

GLORIA Mom!

PAOLO Wife, I don't want to take the side of the two lovebirds, but think that a child, as soon as it comes out, has a debt with the Italian State of seventy thousand euros, then it will have another debt with the family of one hundred and eighty thousand euros, and in the case of Giampiero, it will have another debt with his father since the natural father takes away the attention of our Lord to give it to the poor creature.

GINEVRA Perhaps it would be time for you to go get your brother. He arrives by train

GIAMPIERO I could go by motorcycle

GINEVRA His poor wife is here too.

PAOLO Your little jewel is really beautiful

GIAMPIERO For me it's an investment

PAOLO How much does it make?

GIAMPIERO Even two hundred

GINEVRA I recommend that you go slowly

PAOLO He's a priest, he has the Lord's recommendation

Giampiero wipes the sweat from his forehead.

GINEVRA Giampiero, aren't you hot in your cassock?

GIAMPIERO A little

GINEVRA Could you start coming without

GIAMPIERO My parishioners are everywhere.

GINEVRA I understand

GIAMPIERO For now we need a bit of scene

PAOLO Your boyfriend is wise. You have chosen him very well

GINEVRA I should confess to you

GLORIA Perhaps it would be better to go to someone else. Giampiero is so busy

GINEVRA I don't have many sins. If we were talking about your father I would understand. But I'm a saint

PAOLO Then you certainly don't need a priest. Just be happy that he's your daughter's boyfriend.

GLORIA Well said daddy

Cell phone ringing

PAOLO Sorry. Business calls

Paolo gets up and goes out to the balcony. His wife follows him with her eyes

GINEVRA Business, business. I'm going to the kitchen to see the cake in the oven

The mother retires to the kitchen

GIAMPIERO Your parents expect a lot from us.

GLORIA Too much

GIAMPIERO I don't know if we can satisfy them.

GLORIA They have received so little from their other son that....

GIAMPIERO It seems like a deja vu

GLORIA A déjà vu?

GIAMPIERO My poor mother

GLORIA They had placed so many expectations in Riccardo...