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May 1959
Rebel forces searching for Queen Elisabetta, who is trying to escape to safety, have stopped a bus. The interpreter recognises the prostitute Argia, who realises that a peasant woman is the Queen and denounces her to the rebel chief. When the Queen tells Argia of the ordeals she has endured, Argia takes pity on her and helps her to escape, and is then suspected of being the Queen herself. The interpreter refuses to recognise her, and the peasant woman, the real Queen, commits suicide. Argia has grown fully into the role of the Queen and haughtily refuses to contemplate any deals. Only when the Queen’s young son is brought and threatened does she relent, but can no longer remember the names that the Queen gave her. She goes out serenely to meet her death. |
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Cast
The Porter – Bob Knight The Engineer – Leonard Wells The Traveller – Norman Nash Raim – Geoff Longstaff Argia – Pamela Matthew A Soldier – Tom Blatcher Biante – Teddy Hollands Maupa – Bob Hanson Elisabetta – Dorothy Freeman A Peasant Woman – Joyce Knight A Peasant Man – Garry Watt A Peasant Child – Clare Purnell Peasants and Travellers – Phil Hanson, Ellen Blatcher Producer – Brian Matthew Stage Manager – Gladys Hollands Lighting and Effects – David Hart |
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