Script

 Hard times

                                     Characters:

Agustin Abusleme Peñafiel: The Smart Boy/Teacher´s son

Diego Morales Hartmann: Cecilia/miss Gradgraint

Joaquín Nuñez Ibarra: Mr. Bandubile

 Augusto Villanueva Barrera: Luisa

Franco Schiaffino Schonhaut: Teacher

INTRODUCTION

      In Cork Town, England, in the Victorian Times, there is a school with a bad teacher that hates poor families.

Act 1

Scene1 (Setting: Classroom)

      Teacher: What I want it’s facts, real facts. Hey you! Number 20.Idon’t know that girl, who is that girl?

      Cecilia: I am sir, my name is Cecilia Jup.

      Teacher: Let me see, what is your father?

      Cecilia: My father work in the circus, he is a housebreaker.

      Teacher: Give me the definition of a horse?

      Cecilia: I don’t know how to describe the horse.

      Teacher: Girl number 20 unable to define a horse, Bitza, your definition of a horse.

     

         (Then the smart boy stands up and answers.)

       Smart boy: 4 molars, 12 incisive and a cranium size of 850cc.
       Teacher: Excellent, you have all the qualities to be a good man when you grow up.

       (The girl makes a reverence.)

Act II

Scene 2(Setting: Circus)

       (The teacher was walking and he goes and saw the people that were at the circus.)

       Cecilia: Welcome to the circus, to all of one that are here, I am really happy with my family to

       Receive all this people.

      Teacher: Look all those wanderer people seeing the circus.

       (He saw two boys watching the circus presentation.)

       Teacher: In the name of god, what are my son´s doing there!

       (The teacher goes down and punishes his sons.)

        Teacher: what are you doing here?

         Luisa: we were watching the circus presentation.

        Teacher: I don’t believe that with your education recourses were doing that.

        Boy: father doesn’t punish my sister I do it, I have the idea to come here.

         Teacher: I will punish both of you, I don’t care who have the idea.

          Luisa: no, no don’t punish my brother; he was laying, he was protecting me , It was my idea.

         Teacher: said, I will punish both of you.

          (The teacher punish his son´s.)

Scene 3(Setting: The Street)

          (After walking half a mile from the circus, the father finally talks)

         Teacher: What did your best friend say Luisa? What will Mr. Bandubile say?

          (Luisa saw him for a while.)

          Luisa: Sorry dad, it wasn´t my intentions to make look you bad.

          Teacher: I am very disappointed Luisa.

          (they continue walking in silence.)

Scene 4 (Setting: Mr. Baundubile’s House)

        (The teacher was taking them to the house of Mr. Baundubile, a rich man and bully  that in that moment it was giving some observation with miss Gradgraint ,in his birthday)

Mr. Baundubile: Well admonition to be fought, as to the stalking I didn’t know if such a thing binding. I pass the day in a ditch and the night in a big stock that is the way I passed my birthday.

Miss Gradgraint:(Sad)Why are you talking me in this way? I’m your mother.

Mr. Baundubile:My mother? You are not my mother. You are only an old ugly vagrant that not knows what it say.

(When Miss Gradgraint listen that, she start crying)

Mr. Baundubile: Yes cry, ugly vagrant.

Scene 5(Setting: Mr. Baundubile’s House)

     (In that moment, the Teacher with the boys enter in the room)

Mr. Baundubuile: Oh, pass, pass you are welcome.

Teacher: Sir, I want to talk with you about my daughter, Luisa. I know that you are interests in young people. So, I want to propose you to marry with her.

Miss Gradgraint:(Interrupting)What? Luisa cannot marry with my son. She is just a girl.

  Mr. Baundubuile: Shut up! This is not of your incumbency(Then he directed to the teacher).Well I think that it is a very good proposal but I think that I will refuse it.

Teacher: Why? Luisa is doing something wrong in some place?

Mr. Baundubuile: No, it is because I will marry with another girl

Teacher: Who?

Mr. Baundubuile: Her name is Cecilia.

Teacher :( Surprised) Cecilia Jup! Sir you cannot marry with her.

Mr. Baundubuile: Why not?

Teacher :( He was thinking of something to invent) Emmm…… because I saw her taking drugs.

Mr. Baundubuile: What!? It is terrible

Teacher: (Lying) Yes, I know

Mr.Baundubuile: I think that I will marry with Luisa

Teacher: Yes, I think too that it is better. Now, do you want to walk with me?

Mr. Baundubuile: Yes that would be great

(Mr. Baundubuile starts to walk with the teacher). 

Scene 6(Setting:Street)

   Luisa: Please dad, I didn’t want to marry with Mr.Bandubile

   Boy: Yes dad,Do you never hear about Mr.Bandubile is a bully?

   Teacher:Silence!

    Luisa:No! (criying)

    Boy: but Lui….

   Teacher: I said, Silence!