Noli Me Tangere Chapter 11-15 Script

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Noli Me Tangere Script (CHAPTERS 11-15)
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Chapter 11: The Sovereigns:

Divide and Rule
 
Narrator 
: In the town of San Diego, there
were only two chieftains who
ruled the town. (Padre Salvi
enters)
Narrator 
: One of them is Padre Salvi.
Padre Salvi is a thin, sickly, and
silent friar. And unlike Padre
Damaso, he is kind and
responsible. Also, Padre Salvi is
very fond of preaching. His only
enemy is the other Chieftain
 –
 the  Alferez of the Guardia Civil.
(The Alferez enters)
Narrator 
: The Alferez is the leader of the
Guardia Civil. He has a wife
named Dona Consolacion, an old
Filipino who more much rogue
and paint. He hated his
matrimonial misfortunes by
getting drunk, by ordering more
drills for his soldiers under the
hot sun, and also by beating his
lady. (Incorporate actions in this
line)
Narrator 
: The Alferez and Padre Salvi
have a disagreement among them
but when they meet in public
places, they hide it and greet each
other as if there is nothing going
on between them. Although
secretly, both men are planning
their revenge against each other.
And these two are the rulers of
San Diego.
Chapter 12: All Saints’ Day
 Narrator 
: All Saints’ Day came, and there
was a silent activity going on in
the San Diego cemetery…
 
Gravedigger 1
: I can’t take this
 
anymore! The bone you cracked
is still bloody, and that hair…
 
Gravedigger 2
: How finicky you are! Let me
tell you about the time I dug up a
corpse on a rainy evening. I was
soaking wet, and…
 
Gravedigger 1
: Why did you dig it up?
Gravedigger 2
: I was ordered by head parish
priest to dig it up and then bury
the body in the Chinese
cemetery. But it was raining, and
the Chinese cemetery was far, so
I threw the body in the river.
Gravedigger 1
: No more! I have broken a skull
and I fear that I won’t be able
to sleep tonight! (Runs away)
Gravedigger 2
: (Laughs)
Narrator 
: Now, a man named Tasio
entered the cemetery. He headed
for the mound of skulls and
seemed to look
for a certain skull but he couldn’t
find it.
 
Tasio
: Oy! (Pause) Have you seen my
wife’s
lovely white skull with complete
dentures? I placed it there at the
foot of the cross, underneath
those leaves. I will give you this.
(Shows a silver coin)
Gravedigger 2
:
Is it not there? Well, I don’t
know. But if you like I can get
you another one?
 
Tasio
: You are like the tomb! You
don’t know what you throw
away, or what you swallow.
(Leaves for the gate)
 
Chapter 13: A Gathering Storm
 
Narrator 
: Soon after the old man left,
Crisostomo Ibarra and his servant
appeard.
Ibarra
: Where is my father’s grave?
Is it here? I remember there was
a stone nearby. (Gravedigger 2
appears)
Ibarra’s servant:
Hello. Can you tell us which
grave had a big cross?
Gravedigger 2
: A cross with designs on it, tied
with rattan?
Ibarra’s servant
: Yes, that’s it! Where is it?
 
Gravedigger 2
: Oh, I’m sorry. I burned it
because of the orders of the head
parish priest, Padre Garrote, the
one
who beats up people.
Ibarra’s servant
: Then tell us where the grave is.
Gravedigger 2
: Well, the grave no longer
exists! I was ordered to dig the
body up and bury it in the
Chinese cemetery.
Ibarra:
(Angry) And you did?
Gravedigger 2:
 No, it was raining hard so I
threw the dead body into the
river.
Ibarra
: (Grabs the gravedigger’s arms)
You are nothing but a miserable
cad! (Leaves and fol
lowed by the servant)
Gravedigger 2:
What troubles! The head parish
priest hit me with a cane for not
burying the body and that man
almost broke me arm! (Leaves)
(Padre Salvi and Ibarra with his
servant enter through different
doors. Ibarra sees Padre Salvi)
Ibarra:
 You! What have you done with
my father? What have you done
with my father?
Padre Salvi
: You are mistaken; I haven’t
done anything to your father. I
assure you, it was my
predecessor, it was
Padre Damaso!
Ibarra:
 Ah! (Releases Padre Salvi, s
laps his head and leaves while
Padre Salvi is being helped by
Ibarra’s
servant)