HIRAETH

For group 1: Spanish Historical Drama

MAIN CHARACTERS:
1.) Mateo Salazar – soldier, love interest of Cecilia (JAMALUL)
2.) Cecilia Riego – wife of Mateo (ZARAGOZA)
3.) Manolo Sanchez – antagonist, enemy and best friend of Mateo (MASILLAM)
4.) Luis Miranda – comrade of Mateo Salazar in the modern age (ORQUIA)

SIDE CHARACTERS:
1.) Soledad Riego – eldest sister of Cecilia Riego (CABAÑOG)
2.) Esmeralda Riego – younger sister of Cecilia Riego (EVANGELISTA)
3.) Heneral Agoncillo – general captain of the Spanish brigade (SADJI)
4.) Felipe Riego – retired soldier, father of the Riego sisters (ALVAREZ)
5.) Diego Luna – friend from battle of Mateo Salazar (ALSHIBLI)
6.) Francisco Teresito Alejandro Cruz y Jimena – friend from battle (SALGADO)
7.) Juan Carlos – friend from battle (ABAO)

PART 1: EARLY LIFE OF MATEO SALAZAR

PLACE: POOR SLUMS OF SPAIN
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
A YOUNG MATEO SALAZAR QUIETLY
BEGS IN THE STREETS OF SPAIN. HE
HOLDS AN EMPTY CAN FOR THE BUSY
PEOPLE OF BARCELONA TO DROP
THEIR DONATIONS TO.
Spare Change, Señora? Spare Change,
MATEO: Senyor? Please, I have nothing to feed myself.
A WOMAN APPROACHES, TUCKING
INTO HER BACK POCKET TO GET
MONEY. ABRUPTLY GIVES IT TO
MATTEO.
Young man, here is money.
SENYORA #1:
MATEO:
(GETS THE MONEY WITH HIS TWO Thank you Señora. May your heart be blessed
HANDS, SLIGHTLY BOWS) by our Dios y Padre Señor.
SENYORA #1: Thank you, ijo. But what are you going to do
with your life?
(CROSSES ELBOWS)
MATEO: I-I beg your pardon?
SENYORA #1: What’s your name young man?
MATEO: Mateo y Salazar
My name is Mateo y Salazar.
And there’s a million things I haven’t done.
Just you wait, just you wait.
CECILIA: When he was 10, his father split, full of it,
debt ridden
2 years later, see him and his mother bed-
ridden
Half-dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent
thick

ALL: And Mateo got better but his mother went

quick
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed
suicide
Left him with nothing but ruined pride,
something new inside
A voice saying,
ALL: Mateo, you gotta fend for yourself
HENERAL AGONCILLO: He started retreating and reading every
treatise on the shelf
MANOLO: There woulda been nothing left to do for
someone less astute
He woulda been dead and destitute without a
cent of restutition
Started working, clerking for his late mother's
landlord
Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things
he can't afford
Scanning for every book he can get his hands
on
Planning for the future, see him now as he
stands on
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In Espanya you can be a new man
ALL: In Espanya you can be a new man
MATEO: Just you wait.
ALL: In Espanya you can be a new man
MATEO: Just you wait.
 In Espanya you can be a new man
Espanya (Espanya)
MATEO: Just you wait!
ALL: Mateo y Salazar (Mateo y Salazar), we're
waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the
wings for you)
You could never back down, you never
learned to take your time
Oh, Mateo y Salazar (Mateo y Salazar), when
Espanya sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be same, oh
MANOLO: The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can
spot him
Another immigrant coming up from the
bottom
His enemies destroyed his rep, Espanya forgot
him
DIEGO & FRANCISCO: We fought with him
JUAN: Me? I died for him
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Me? I trusted him
CECILIA & SARAH: Me? I loved him
MANOLO: And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
ALL: There's a million thing I haven't done
But just you wait
MANOLO: What’s your name man?
ALL: Mateo y Salazar

PART 2: PROLOGUE
PLACE: THE WAR
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(CURTAIN GOES UP FOR 10 SECONDS)
A CHANGE OF SETTING – WE ARE
TRANSPORTED TO THE PLAZA WHERE
A YOUNG MAN STANDS ON TOP OF
THE STAGE.
SOLDIER #1: Come join the great Spanish Brigade! Three
meals a day! Roof under your head! Fare
Wages! Come and Make your Fortune! See
the open plains of Espanya! Opportunity
waits you sir!
MATEO APPROACHES THE SOLDIER
AND IS GIVEN A PAMPHLET.
WORLD IS QUICKLY TRANSITIONED
TO WAR. THE PAMPHLET TURNS INTO
A GUN.
MATEO BUMPS INTO MANOLO
SANCHEZ.
(MATEO WALKS UP TO MANOLO)

MATEO: Pardon me, are you Manolo Sanchez?

MANOLO: That depends, who’s asking?
MATEO: Oh, sure sir, I’m Mateo y Salazar. I’m at your
service sir. I have been looking for you.
MANOLO: I’m getting nervous
MATEO: Sir, I heard your name at Barcelona. I wanted
to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join
the revolution. So how d’you do it? How
d’you graduate so fast?
MANOLO: It was my parent's dying wish before they
passed
(HOLDS THE SHOULDERS OF MANOLO)

MATEO: You're an orphan, of course I'm an orphan

God, I wish there was a war
Then we could prove that we're worth more
than anyone bargained for

(THE STAGE IS SET UP WITH A TABLE

IN THE CENTER, TWO CHAIRS, TWO
SHOTGLASS)
MANOLO: Can I buy you a drink?
MATEO: That would be nice.
MANOLO: While we're talking, let me offer you some
free advice
Talk less
MATEO: What?
MANOLO: Smile more
Don't let them know what you're against or
what you're for
MATEO: You can’t be serious.
MANOLO: You wanna get ahead?
MATEO: Yes.
MANOLO: Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.
(WHISTLE BLOWS, CURTAIN RISES
FOR 10 SECONDS)

ALL THE SOLDIERS LINE UP IN TWO

LINES
WOMEN: American Howe's got troops on the water
Thirty-two thousand troops in the Spanish
Harbor
Thirty-two thousand troops in the Spanish
Harbor
When they surround our troops
They surround our troops
When they surround our troops
MATEO: As a kid in Barcelona, I wished for a war
I knew that I was poor; I knew it was the only
way to
MATEO & JUAN: Rise up
MATEO: If they tell my story,
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in
glory or
MATEO, JUAN & DIEGO: Rise up
MATEO: I will fight for this land, but there's only one
woman
Who can give us a command, so we can
MATEO, JUAN, DIEGO & FRANCISCO: Rise up
MATEO: Understand, it's the only way to
ALL: Rise up
Rise up
MATEO: Here she comes

ALL: Here comes the general.

MANOLO: Ladies and gentlemen!
ALL: Here comes the general.
MANOLO: The moment you’ve been waiting for!
ALL: Here comes the general.
MANOLO: The pride of our sittio.
ALL: Here comes the general.
MANOLO: Emilia Agoncillio.
HENERAL AGONCILLO: We are out-gunned
ALL: What!
HENERAL AGONCILLO Out-manned
ALL: What!
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Out-numbered, out-planned
ALL: Boom, boom, boom; boom, boom!
HENERA AGONCILLO: We gotta make an all-out stand
Hey yo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man
(SOLDIERS SLOWLY DISSAPEAR,
LIVING ONLY A DESK AND A CHAIR
AT STAGE)

HENERAL AGONCILLO: "Are these the men with which I am to defend

Espanya?"
We ride at midnight, Barcelona in the
distance
I cannot be everywhere at once, people!
I'm in dire need of assistance
MANOLO: Your excellency, Ma’am.
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Who are you?
MANOLO: Manolo Sanchez, Ma’am.
Permission to state my case?
HENERAL AGONCILLO: As you were.
MANOLO: Ma’am, I was a captain under General
Montgomery
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in
Quebec, and well, in summary:
I think that I could be of some assistance.
I admire how you keep firing the Americans
from a distance
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Huh.
MANOLO: I have some questions, a couple of
suggestions
On how to fight instead of fleeing west
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Yes?
MANOLO: Well-
(MATEO APPEARS FROM THE BACK
END OF THE ROOM)

MATEO: Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?

HENERAL AGONCILLO: Salazar, come in. Have you met Sanchez?
MANOLO: Yes, ma’am.

MATEO & MANOLO: We keep meeting.

MANOLO: As I was saying, Ma’am

I look forward to seeing your strategy play
out —
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Sanchez?
MANOLO: Ma’am?
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Close the door on your way out.

(MANOLO EXITS)
MATEO: Have I done something wrong, Ma’am?
HENERAL AGONCILLO: On the contrary
I called you here because our odds are beyond
scary
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to
laugh —
MATEO: Ma’am?
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Salazar, how come no one can get you on
their staff?
MATEO: Ma’am!
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Don't get me wrong; you're a young man of
great renown
I know you stole American cannons when we
were still downtown
A lot of Spanish leaders wanted to hire you
—
MATEO: To be their secretary! I don’t think so.
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Now why are you upset?
MATEO: I’m not?
HENERAL AGONCILLO: It's all right you want to fight: you've got a
hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr.
MATEO: Yes.
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Dying is easy, young man; living is harder.
MATEO: Why are you telling me this?
HENERAL AGONCILLO: I'm being honest
I'm working with a third of what our Congress
has promised
We are a powder keg about to explode
I need someone like you to lighten the load
So?
ALL: I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry.
MATEO: I am not throwing away my shot.

(ALL SOLDIERS LINE UP, MATEO &

HENERAL AGONCILLO AT THE BACK)
ALL: Here comes the general!
MATEO: Rise up!
ALL: What!
MATEO: Here comes the general!
ALL: Rise up!
MATEO: What!
ALL: Here comes the general!
Rise up!
MATEO: What!
ALL: Here comes the general!
MATEO: What!
HENERAL AGONCILLO: And her right-hand man!
ALL: Boom!

(CURTAIN RISES FOR 15 SECONDS)

GUN SHOTS ARE HEARD IN THE
DISTANCE.

TWO GROUPS, ONE WITH THE BANNER

OF RED, AND ONE WITH THE BANNER
OF BLUE, BATTLE IN THE BARRICADE
WITH BULLETS AND OTHER WEAPONS
OF WAR.

CRIES OF AGONY ARE HEARD FROM

BOTH SIDES.
MANOLO: It looks like we’re at the end of the line,
Mateo.
MATEO: No, Manolo. Don’t give up now.
MANOLO: Are you a fool? Delusional? There’s no way
we could win a fight we weren’t ready for.
(HOLDS MATEO’S SHOULDERS, HEAVY
EYE CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO
SOLDIERS)
MATEO: But we still have to try.

(BRUSHES MANOLO’S HANDS OFF Do you hear the people sing?

HIM, WALKS FORWARD AND STANDS
AGAINST THE OPPONENT,)
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start when tomorrow
comes!

MATEO, FRANCISCO, DEIGO & JUAN: Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
 Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
ALL SOLDIERS: Canta el pueblo su cancion
Nada el puede detener,
Esta es la musica del pueblo
Y no se deja someter
Si al latir tu Corazon
Oyes el eco del tambor,
Es que el futuro nacera
Cuando salga el Sol.
ALL SOLDIERS: Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may remain?
(ALL CHARACTERS WILL START TO Some will fall and some will live
APPEAR ON STAGE) Will you stand up and may maintain?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of Spain!

ALL: Canta el pueblo su cancion

Nada el puede detener,
Esta es la musica del pueblo
Y no se deja someter
Si al latir tu Corazon
Oyes el eco del tambor,
Es que el futuro nacera
Cuando salga el Sol.

PART 3: THE WINTER’S BALL

PLACE: BALLROOM
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(MANOLO IS ALONE IN THE ROOM,
WITH MATEO & JUAN SLOWLY
COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS)

MANOLO: How does the bastard, orphan, soldier galore

Go on and on
Grow into more of a phenomenon?
Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth
bother
Be seated at the right hand of the father
The general hires Salazar right on sight
But Salazar still wants to fight, not write
Now Salazar's skill with a quill is undeniable
But what do we have in common?
 We're reliable with the
MANOLO, MATEO & JUAN: Ladies!

(THE THREE MEN LINE UP IN THE

CENTER, A WOMAN APPEARS IN THE
OPPOSITE SIDE AND WALKS, THE MEN
PLAYFULLY FOLLOW HER)
MANOLO: There are so many to deflower
MANOLO, MATEO & JUAN: Ladies!
MANOLO: Looks
Proximity to power.
MANOLO, MATEO & JUAN: Ladies!
MANOLO: They delighted and distracted him
The Queen of Spain named her feral tomcat
after him.

(SOLEDAD RIEGO SHOWS UP ON THE

OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM, SOLEDAD
& MATEO LOCK EYES.)
MATEO: That’s true!
ALL: 1780!
(SOLEDAD WALKS TO CENTER
SPOTLIGHT, MATEO APPROACHES
AND KISSES HER HAND)

MANOLO: A winter's ball

And the Riego sisters are the envy of all
Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son.
MATEO: Is it a question of if, Sir, or which one?
MANOLO: Hey
MATEO: Hey
MANOLO & MATEO: Hey hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
(SOLEDAD WALKS AWAY FROM THE
SPOTLIGHT, REPLACED BY HER
SISTER, CECILIA RIEGO)
CECILIA: Ohh, I do I do I do I Dooo! Hey!
Ohh, I do I do I do I Dooo! Boy, you got me
Helpless!
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit
I'm
helpless!
Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em.
I have never been the type to try and grab the
spotlight.
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot
night
 laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the
room
then you walked in and my heart went
"Boom!"
Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the
ballroom
everybody's dancin' and the band's top
volume.
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.
Grab my sister, and whisper
"Yo, this one's mine."
ALL: Ooh…
CECILIA: My sister made her way across the room to
you
ALL: Ooh…
and I got nervous, thinking
"What's she gonna do?"
ALL: Ooh…
She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinkin'
"I'm through"
ALL: Ooh…
CECILIA: Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm
Helpless!
Oh, look at the eyes.
ALL: Look into your eyes,
And the sky’s the limit.
I'm helpless,
CECILIA: I know
ALL: Down for the count
And I'm drownin' in 'em.
I'm helpless!
CECILIA: I'm so into you,
ALL: Look into your eyes,
CECILIA: I am so.
ALL: And the sky's the limit
CECILIA: into you.
ALL: I'm helpless!
CECILIA: I know,
ALL: I'm down for the count
And I'm drownin'in 'em.
(SOLEDAD DIRECTS MATEO TO
CECILIA’S DIRECTION)

MATEO: Where are you taking me?

SOLEDAD: I'm about to change your life.
MATEO: Then by all means, lead the way.

CECILIA: Cecilia Riego. It's a pleasure to meet you.

MATEO: Riego?
SOLEDAD: My sister.
CECILIA: Thank you for all your service
MATEO: If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will
have been worth it.
(KISSES CECILIA’S PALM)
SOLEDAD: I'll leave you to it.
(THE RIEGO SISTERS ARE LEFT ON
STAGE, THEY ARE HOLDING MATEO’S
LOVE LETTERS TO CECILIA)

CECILIA: One week later

SOLEDAD:
(A BENCH IS PLACED ON THE LEFT
SIDE OF THE ROOM, TWO CHAIRS ARE
PLACED ON THE RIGHT)
I'm writin' a letter nightly.
Now my life gets better
every letter that you write me.
Laughin' at my sister, cuz she wants to form a
harem.
I'm just sayin', if you really loved me
you would share him.

CECILIA: Ha! Two weeks later

In the living room stressin'
my father's stonefaced
while you're asking for his blessin'.
I'm dying inside, as you wine and dine
and I'm tryin' not to cry, 'cause
there's nothing that your mind can't do.
ALL: Ooh…
CECILIA: My father makes his way across the room to
you.
ALL: Ooh…
CECILIA: I panic for a second, thinking
"we're through".
ALL: Ooh...
CECILIA: But then he shakes your hand and says
"Be true"
ALL: Ooh…
CECILIA: And you turn back to me, smiling, and I'm
ALL: Helpless!
Look into your eyes
and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless!
CECILIA: Hoo!
ALL: Down for the count
and I'm drownin' in 'em I'm
helpless!
CECILIA: That boy is mine, that boy is mine!

ALL: Look into your eyes

And the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless!
CECILIA: Helpless!
ALL: Down for the count, and I'm drownin'in 'em
CECILIA: I do I do I do I do!
MATEO: Cecilia...
ALL: Helpless!
CECILIA: I do I do I do I do!
MATEO: I've never felt so-
ALL: Helpless!
CECILIA: Hey! Yeah, yeah!
ALL: Down for the count and
I'm drownin' in 'em
CECILIA: Down for the count I'm
MATEO: My life is gon' be fine cuz Cecilia’s in it.
CECILIA: I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit
I'm
ALL: Helpless!
CECILIA: Down for the count
and I'm drownin' in 'em.

(CHURCH BELLS RINGING)

ALL: In Espanya, you can be a new man.

in Espanya, you can be a new man.
In Espanya, you can be a new man.
CECILIA: Helpless!
(CURTAIN RISES FOR 15 SECONDS)

PART 4: LOVE & WAR

PLACE: BEDROOM
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(CECILIA AND MATEO ARRIVE INTO
THEIR NEW HOME .)
CECILIA: Isn’t this the life?
MATEO: Truly. Husband and Wife. Can you believe it?
Oh, I almost forgot.

(GETS A BLUE GIFT BOX FROM HIS

POCKET)
CECILIA: A gift?

(OPENS IT)
MATEO: A watch. This will remind you that no matter
the distance. No matter the time. I will always
be there for you, no matter what.
CECILIA: It’s perfect, thank you, my love.
MATEO: It’s my pleasure, milady.
Hey did you learn the thing I wanted you to
know?
MATEO: The French counting system? Why?
CECILIA: It will become handy in the future, I promise,
Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
MATEO: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
CECILIA: Good, un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit
MATEO: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
CECILIA: Sept-huit-neuf
MATEO: Sept-huit-neuf
CECILIA: Sept-huit-neuf
MATEO: Sept-huit-neuf
MATEO & CECILIA: One-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine
(TRANSITIONS TO CECILIA, SHOWS
THAT SHE IS PREGNANT)
MATEO: You are my new dream.

Lavender's blue,
Dilly dilly,
Lavenders green.

When I am King,
Dilly dilly,
You shall be Queen.
CECILIA: Who told you so,
Dilly dilly,
 Who told you so?
MATEO: T'was my own heart,
Dilly dilly,
That told me so.
CECILIA: Lavender's green,
Dilly dilly,
Lavender's blue.

If you love me,

Dilly dilly,
I will love you.
MATEO: Let the birds sing,
Dilly dilly,
Let the lambs play.

We shall be safe,
Dilly dilly,
Out of harm’s way.
CECILIA: I love to dance,
Dilly dilly,
I love to sing.

When I am Queen,
Dilly dilly,
You'll be my King.
MATEO: Who told you so,
Dilly dilly,
Who told you so?
CECILIA: I told myself,
Dilly dilly,
I told me so.
(A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, ECHOES THE
ROOM)

SOLDIER #2: A notice from the Spanish General. America

has advanced its forces. Your Excellency has
request you to join forces.
CECILIA: Mateo
MATEO: I have to leave
CECILIA: Mateo
MATEO: Look around, look around at how lucky we
are to be alive right now
CECILIA: Helpless
MATEO: They are asking me to lead
CECILIA: Look around, isn't this enough?
SOLEDAD & CECILIA: He will never be satisfied
(What will be enough?)
He will never be satisfied

Satisfied
Satisfied
HENERAL AGONCILLO: History has its eyes on you

CECILIA: Look Around…Look Around

ALL: Non-Stop!

SOLEDAD: He will never be satisfied

SOLEDAD & CECILIA: Satisfied
Satisfied
HENERAL AGONCILLO: History has its eyes on you
ALL: Non-Stop!
CECILIA: Why do you fight like…
CECILIA, SOLEDAD & HENERAL History has its eyes on you
AGONCILLO:
ALL: I am not throwin' away my shot (Just you
wait)
I am not throwin' away my shot (Just you
wait)
I am
Mateo y Salazar
Salazar
Just you wait
MATEO: I am not throwin' away my shot

PART 5: THE BATTLE OF VALENCIA

INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
ALL: Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What! What! What!
MATEO: After a week of fighting, a young man in a red
coat stands on a parapet.
DIEGO: We lower our guns as he frantically waves a
white handkerchief.
FRANCISCO: And just like that, it's over. We tend to our
wounded, we count our dead.
JUAN: Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this
really means freedom.
HENERAL AGONCILLO: Not. Yet.
MATEO: We negotiate the terms of surrender.
I see our general smile.
We escort their men out of Valencia
They stagger home single file.
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets.
There are screams and church bells ringing.
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they're singing...
ALL: The world turned upside down.
The world turned upside down
the world turned upside down
the world turned upside down
down, down, down, down.
FRANCISCO: Freedom for Espanya, freedom for all!
ALL: Down, down, down.
MATEO: Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son.
ALL: Down, down, down.
JUAN: We won!
DIEGO: We won!
FRANCISCO: We won!
MATEO, JUAN, DIEGO & FRANCSICO: We won!
ALL: The world turned upside down!

PART 6: HURRICANE
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(CURTAIN RISES FOR 15 SECONDS)

ALL: Free cheers to the heroes of Espanya!

JUAN: Hey Salazar, you wanna have a glass?
FRANCISCO: Yeah, join us for the celebration!
MATEO: Surely, I would love-
MANOLO: We would love to gentlemen, but both of us
need to discuss certain matters.
MATEO: We do?
MANOLO: Yes.

(SILENCE FILLS THE ROOM)

Alone.

(DIEGO, JUAN & FRAN CISCO

ABRUPLTY LEAVES)
MATEO: What is it that you want, Sanchez?
MANOLO: I wanna be in the room where it happens.
The room where it happens.
You kept me from the room where it happens
For the last time.

(HOLDS A GUN FROM HIS POCKET)

MATEO: Woah. Sanchez, fire back.
(JUAN ENTERS THE ROOM)

JUAN: Manolo? What are you doing?

MANOLO: Stay out of this Juan Karlos, unless you want
to have a bullet hole on your head.
JUAN: You wouldn’t dare…
MANOLO: Oh, I would…
JUAN: MATEO RUN -

(MANOLO SHOOTS JUAN)

MANOLO: No! You monster! What did you do?
(SHOUTS HYSTERICALLY)
MANOLO: I perfectly know what I’m doing! We started
at the very same time But What’s this? Mateo
y Salazar began to climb. How do you fight
like tomorrow won’t arrive? How do you
fight like you need it to survive? How do you
fight every second you’re alive, every second
you’re alive?
MATEO: Manolo, my first friend. My first enemy.
Maybe the last face I ever get to see. You
can’t do this! My wife needs me alive.
MANOLO: You chose war over her? This is simply a
given.
MATEO: I need to see my son!
MANOLO: You’ll see him heaven.
MATEO: You’re a man that was poisoned by political
pursuits, but most disputes die and no one
shoots.
MANOLO: I’m not like your schoolboy friends. My home
is at the dueling ground.
MATEO: Are you really going to make my son live a
life without his father?
MANOLO: He’ll be fine. Look at how you turned out to
be. Now, stand still, amigo.

(SHOTS FIRED)
 I strike him right between his ribs. I walk
towards him, but I am ushered away. I hear
wailing on the streets. Somebody tells me you
better hide. Because Soledad and Cecilia,
where both by his side when he died…

THE HELL I CARE!

(CURTAIN RISES)

PART 7: GOODBYE, MILADY

PLACE: BEDROOM
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
CECILIA: N-no. Who did this, my sister do you know?
MATEO: Mi amor, I’m so sorry I forgot what you
taught me.
CECILIA: My love.
MATEO: We’d play piano.
CECILIA: You’d play piano.
You’d change the melody every time.
MATEO: I would always change the line.
I would always change the line.
CECILIA: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
MATEO: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
CECILIA: Good, un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-
huit-neuf
MATEO: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-…
CECILIA: Sept-huit-neuf
Sept-huit-neuf
Sept-huit

(SOFT CRIES ARE HEARD, OUR HERO

DIES)

PART 8: LEAPING THROUGH TIME

PLACE: MODERN DAY SPAIN
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(THE BACKGROUND SHIFTS FROM THE
1780’S TO THE MODERN AGE,
BACKGROUND CHARACTERS START
TO RETRACE THEIR STEPS)
ALL: Rewind, Rewind
CECILIA: Helpless…
ALL: Rewind… Rewind…
(MATEO WAKES UP IN THE MODERN
WORLD)

MATEO: Where am I?
ALL: You’re in paradise!
(A GIRL APPROACHES MANOLO)

GIRL #1: Masquerade!

Paper faces on parade
Masquerade!
Hide your face, so the world will never find
you!

Masquerade!
Every face a different shade
Masquerade!
Look around—there's another mask behind
you!
ALL: Flash of mauve...
Splash of puce...
Fool and king...
Ghoul and goose...
Green and black...
Queen and priest...
Trace of rouge...
Face of beast...

Faces...
Take your turn, take a ride
On the merry-go-round in an inhuman race

Thigh of blue...
True is false...
Who is who...?
Curl of lip...
Swirl of gown...
Ace of hearts...
Face of clown...

Faces...
Drink it in, drink it up
 Till you've drowned
In the light, in the sound...

But who can name the face?

Masquerade!
Grinning yellows
Spinning reds...
Masquerade!
Take your fill—let the spectacle astound you!

Masquerade!
Burning glances
Turning heads...
Masquerade!
Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around
you!

Masquerade!
Seething shadows, breathing lies...
Masquerade!
You can fool any friend who ever knew you!
(BACKGROUND CHARACTERS START
TO GO AWAY)
LUIS: Hey there amigo, you seem a bit lost earlier?
Care for some help.
MATEO: Ah yes, I don’t think I belong here.
LUIS: Ah, my friend you are in Espanya! Everyone
is welcome here! The old and the new! So,
what seems to be the problem?
MATEO: I-I’m looking for someone. But I don’t know
where she might be?
LUIS: Ah, a past lover. I can help you out. You’re
lucky that you’ve met the Great Luis Miranda
of Barcelona!
MATEO: Thank you, sir!

(SHAKES LUIS’ HANDS)

(CURTAIN RISES FOR 15 SECONDS)

PART 9: THE BOOK OF LIFE

PLACE: MUSEUM

INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(LUIS AND MATEO ENTER FROM THE
BACK LEFT OF THE ROOM)

LUIS: Welcome to the Museum! You’ll find lots of

lost things here!
MATEO: That’s not exactly what I meant!
LUIS: Really/ Well just look around and see if
there’s anything you find.
(LUIS BRIEFLY LEAVES MATEO,
MATEO WANDERS AROUND THE
MUSEUM AND HIS ATTENTION GOES
TO THE PICTURES FRAMED ON THE
WALL, HE RECOGNIZES A FAMILIAR
FACE)

MATEO: Cecilia?

(MATEO GETS THE FRAME)

My Cecilia. I’m sorry mi amor. I made a
grave mistake.

(STARTS TO READ TRANSCRIPT,

MELLOW MUSIC STARTS TO PLAY IN
THE BACKGROUND))
Barcelona’s Greatest Tragedy. Cecilia Riego-
Salazar, wife of the late soldier Mateo
Salazar, has been murdered by an unknown
criminal. During this time, she bares their
unborn son, Felipe Salazar. A great tragedy
for Barcelona’s First Family.

(DROPS FRAME)
My Cecilia…was killed?
(LUIS APPROACHES A TROUBLED
MATEO)

LUIS: You okay, amigo?

MATEO: I wish I could be with her one last time. I’d
sacrifice the world for that.
LUIS: Sacrifice?
MATEO: Si. She means the world to me, every bit of it.
But I cannot be with her. Maybe not in this
lifetime.
LUIS: The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you
can either run from it, or learn from it!
MATEO: What do you mean?
LUIS: I’m afraid I have not been quite honest to you,
amigo. I’m an expert at lost things, yes, but I
usually have a hard time handling lost souls.

(LUIS GIVES AN EMPHASIS ON LOST

SOULS)
You’re an interesting man, Mateo.
MATEO: Why so?
(BOOK APPEARS IN LUIS’ HANDS)

LUIS: You see I handle the book of life. And in this

MATEO:
(LUIS HANDS THE BOOK TO MATEO)
book, you see the stories of everyone,
everywhere. This is a book that tells you
about your life. Your story. Your journey.
Woah…

LUIS: But see here’s the thing. Try to open It on

your chapter.
(MATEO FLIPS THE PAGES OF THE
BOOK)

MATEO: It’s empty.

LUIS: Exactly.

(LUIS SMILES)
Amigo, your pages are blank because you
didn’t live the life that was written for you.
You are writing your own story!
MATEO: Does this mean I can go back?
LUIS: You were transported in the land of the dead
for a reason. Maybe to stop some things in the
past from happening because they aren’t
meant to be.

(GIVES MATEO A CHECK)

One ticket back to 1781. Amigo, good luck.
MATEO: Thank you so much, I won’t forget you!
ALL: Rewind…Rewind

(MATEO STANDS STILL, WHILE

BACKGROUND CHARACTERS START
TO SHIFT AND GO BACKWARDS)

Rewind…Rewind
CECILIA: Mateo?
MANOLO: Mateo?
(CURTAIN RISES FOR 10 SECONDS)

PART 10: THE GREAT SALAZAR

PLACE: OPEN FIELD

INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
MANOLO: YOU DIED!!! I KILLED YOU! HOW ARE
YOU STILL ALIVE?
MATEO: This is not how this story ends, Manolo.
MANOLO: Then I’ll have to kill you properly this time.
But first…

(POINTS THE GUN TO CECILIA)

Let’s have a little fun.

MATEO: Leave her out of this. You and I are the ones
with the problem not Cecilia!
MANOLO: Will a duel satisfy you?
MATEO: Yes. That’s fine by me.

(APPROACHES CECILIA, KISSES HER

FOREHEAD)

Let’s do it.
(TURNS TO CECILIA)
Mi amor. if there comes a time that I won’t be
able to protect you…Have courage to defend
yourself.

(GIVES CECILIA A KNIFE)

CECILIA: Mateo…

(PUTS KNIFE AWAY) Whatever it is that you are going through,

remember that I am here.

(CECILIA SLOWLY OPENS MATEO’S

PALM AND CARESSES IT)
I too wish to have scars that protected you…

(CECILIA AND MATEO FALL BACK

INTO A TIGHT HUG)
MATEO: I must go Cecilia…
CECILIA: Please no.
MATEO: I must face my friend once again.
(THE MEN PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR
THE DUEL)
CECILIA: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
MANOLO: Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq-six-sept-huit-neuf
ALL: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine
MATEO & MANOLO: It's the Ten Duel Commandments
ALL: It's the Ten Duel Commandments

Number One
MANOLO: The challenge, demand satisfaction
If they apologize, no need for further action
ALL: Number Two
MATEO: If they don't, grab a friend, that's your second
Your lieutenant when there's reckoning to be
reckoned

(JUAN & SOLDIER #1 APPEAR)

ALL: Number Three
MANOLO: Have your seconds meet face to face
Negotiate a peace

(JUAN AND SOLDIER #1 WALKS TO

THE CENTER)
MATEO: Or negotiate a time and place
MANOLO: This is commonplace, 'specially 'tween
recruits

ALL: Most disputes die, and no one shoots

Number four
MATEO: If they don't reach a peace, that's alright
Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site
You pay him in advance, you treat him with
civility

(DOCTOR APPEARS IN THE BACK

CORNER)
MANOLO: You have him turn around so he can have
deniability
ALL: Five
MATEO: Duel before the sun is in the sky
ALL: Pick a place to die where it's high and dry
Number six
MATEO: Leave a note for your next of kin
Tell 'em where you been
Pray that hell or heaven lets you in
ALL: Seven
MANOLO: Confess your sins
Ready for the moment of adrenaline when
you finally face your opponent
ALL: Number eight
MANOLO & MATEO: Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the
record straight
ALL: Number nine
MATEO: Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count
ALL: One two three four
Five six seven eight-
MATEO: You can’t trick me anymore!
ALL: Number Ten Paces
Fire!

(MANOLO ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT

MATEO BUT MISSES BECAUSE CECILIA
STABS HIM)
CECILIA: Just this once, let me protect you!

(MANOLO FALLS DOWN TO HIS

KNEES)
(MATEO & CECILIA RUN TOWARDS
EACH OTHER, THEY FALL BACK TO A
TIGHT EMBRACE)

MATEO: Cecilia! We’re okay! We can rest now!

PART 11: FINALE

PLACE: STAGE
INSTRUCTIONS: DIALOGUE:
(ALL CHARACTERS AND CREW ARE
SEEN ON STAGE)

ALL: Five hundred twenty-five thousand

Six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles
In laughter, in strife?
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure a year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love
CECILIA: Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?
In truth that she learns
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she dies
ALL: It's time now to sing out
Though the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love
Remember the love
Remember the love
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love