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(11) Narrator 4: (Paco or a German student) (72 words)

1.      (11) Narrator 4: (Paco or a German student) (72 words):
      In 1534, Henry VIII creates the Acts of Supremacy which appoint him head of the Church of England and Thomas Crammer, Bishop of Canterbury (Scene 4: Henry appointing Crammer ). He leaves Catherine and marries Anne Boleyn (Scene 5 and 6: The wedding and subsequent beheading), whom he has beheaded in 1536 for adultery. She gives him a daughter, however (much to Henry’s disappointment), Elizabeth I, who, later, enforces Protestantism in England.

(12) Narrator 5 (María or a German student) (39 words):

ACT 2: (13) Fátima-Muslim Girl (Eva) and (14) María-Catholic Girl (Cynthia) (Sounds of birds in the park)

(12) Narrator 5 (María or a German student) (39 words):
We find ourselves in a park in any European city. Maria is wandering about, waiting for her sister whilst eating a sandwich. Suddenly, a girl runs past her, trips and falls into her, causing her to drop her sandwich.

(13) Fátima-Muslim Girl (Eva)

ACT 2: (13) Fátima-Muslim Girl (Eva) and (14) María-Catholic Girl (Cynthia) (Sounds of birds in the park)
 

(12) Narrator 5 (María or a German student) (39 words):
We find ourselves in a park in any European city. Maria is wandering about, waiting for her sister whilst eating a sandwich. Suddenly, a girl runs past her, trips and falls into her, causing her to drop her sandwich.
 
María – (10 words) Hey! What are you doing? Be careful, that’s my snack.
Fátima – (4 words) Sorry (she picks up the sandwich, shakes it about a little bit and gives it back to her...she looks at it and wrinkles her nose), what’s in it?
M – (14 words) Well, you could at least ask me my name first. And tell me yours!
Fa – (6 words) Ok, my name’s Fatima, and you?
M – (16 words) I’m Maria and I don’t know why you’re making that face at my sandwich, it’s ham!
Fa – (9 words) Ah, it’s just that I don’t eat pigs’ meat.
M – (6 words) What a strange girl you are!
Fa – (10 words) Well if you’re going to be like that, I’m going (and she turns around...)
M – (7 words) No, wait...it’s because you’re a vegetarian, right?
Fa – (16 words) No, I’m a Muslim...it’s a religion, if you don’t know (sarcastically) and we don’t eat pig’s meat.
M – (7 words) Ahhh and what else don’t you do?
Fa – (6 words) Better, what else do we do!
M – (4 words) Ok, but tell me.
Fa – (11 words) Well, we have to pray five times a day facing Mecca.
M – (9 words) Ah, alright, I have to pray every day, too.
Fa – (7 words) On Fridays, I go to the mosque.
M – (7 words) And on Sundays, I go to church.
Fa – (35 words) Ha ha, well if you didn’t like what I told you about us not eating pigs’ meat, wait till you hear this...during the month of Ramadan, adults neither eat nor drink from sunrise till sunset.
M –(10 words) Well, on Fridays, during Lent, we shouldn’t eat meat either.
Fa – (21 words) It’s curious isn’t it? We’re not that different...ok, one more thing. What’s the one thing Muslims do that Catholics don’t do?
M – (4 words) Hmmm...go on then, what?
Fa – (15 words) I have to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, at least once in my life.
M  – (18 words) And you think that we don’t? Catholics go on pilgrimages to Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela...(that’s in Spain).
 
1.      (15) Narrator 6 (Eva or German student) (19 words) A girl appears. She is Maria’s sister and is pulling at her to leave. Before she turns to go:
 M – (1 word) Fatima!
Fa – (1 word) Yes?
M – (20 words) I have to come and pick up my sister every Wednesday. You live here, next to the park, don’t you?
Fa – (1 word) Yes...
M – (12 words) If you want, we can meet next time and continue our conversation.
Fa – (5 words) Ok, but on one condition.
M – (2 words)What’s that? (laughing)
Fa – (16 words) That you bring a cheese or omelette sandwich and that you give me a little bit! (laughs)
M – (5 words) Great! See you on Wednesday!
Fa – (3 words) See you then!

(14) María-Catholic Girl (Cynthia)

ACT 2: (13) Fátima-Muslim Girl (Eva) and (14) María-Catholic Girl (Cynthia) (Sounds of birds in the park)

María – (10 words) Hey! What are you doing? Be careful, that’s my snack.
Fátima – (4 words) Sorry (she picks up the sandwich, shakes it about a little bit and gives it back to her...she looks at it and wrinkles her nose), what’s in it?
M – (14 words) Well, you could at least ask me my name first. And tell me yours!
Fa – (6 words) Ok, my name’s Fatima, and you?
M – (16 words) I’m Maria and I don’t know why you’re making that face at my sandwich, it’s ham!
Fa – (9 words) Ah, it’s just that I don’t eat pigs’ meat.
M – (6 words) What a strange girl you are!
Fa – (10 words) Well if you’re going to be like that, I’m going (and she turns around...)
M – (7 words) No, wait...it’s because you’re a vegetarian, right?
Fa – (16 words) No, I’m a Muslim...it’s a religion, if you don’t know (sarcastically) and we don’t eat pig’s meat.
M – (7 words) Ahhh and what else don’t you do?
Fa – (6 words) Better, what else do we do!
M – (4 words) Ok, but tell me.
Fa – (11 words) Well, we have to pray five times a day facing Mecca.
M – (9 words) Ah, alright, I have to pray every day, too.
Fa – (7 words) On Fridays, I go to the mosque.
M – (7 words) And on Sundays, I go to church.
Fa – (35 words) Ha ha, well if you didn’t like what I told you about us not eating pigs’ meat, wait till you hear this...during the month of Ramadan, adults neither eat nor drink from sunrise till sunset.
M –(10 words) Well, on Fridays, during Lent, we shouldn’t eat meat either.
Fa – (21 words) It’s curious isn’t it? We’re not that different...ok, one more thing. What’s the one thing Muslims do that Catholics don’t do?
M – (4 words) Hmmm...go on then, what?
Fa – (15 words) I have to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, at least once in my life.
M  – (18 words) And you think that we don’t? Catholics go on pilgrimages to Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela...(that’s in Spain).
1.      (15) Narrator 6 (Eva or German student) (19 words) A girl appears. She is Maria’s sister and is pulling at her to leave. Before she turns to go:
 
M – (1 word) Fatima!
Fa – (1 word) Yes?
M – (20 words) I have to come and pick up my sister every Wednesday. You live here, next to the park, don’t you?
Fa – (1 word) Yes...
M – (12 words) If you want, we can meet next time and continue our conversation.
Fa – (5 words) Ok, but on one condition.
M – (2 words)What’s that? (laughing)
Fa – (16 words) That you bring a cheese or omelette sandwich and that you give me a little bit! (laughs)
M – (5 words) Great! See you on Wednesday!
Fa – (3 words) See you then!
 

 

 
 

(15) Narrator 6 (Eva or German student) (19 words)

1.      (15) Narrator 6 (Eva or German student) (19 words) A girl appears. She is Maria’s sister and is pulling at her to leave. Before she turns to go:

(16) Narrator 7 (Cristina) (41 words):

ACT 3: THE PROTESTANTISM
(Sounds of rain)
 (16) Narrator 7 (Cristina) (41 words):
It’s the year 1517 and the Roman Catholic Church continues to become more discredited. An Augustinian monk, student of theology and history, Martin Luther, will denounce the situation and will reform the Catholic Church by giving rise to the Protestant movement.

(17) Luther (Paco) (77 words):

Scene 1: Luther nailing his 95 thesis while he says:
(17) Luther (Paco) (77 words): They’ll think I’m crazy for nailing my thoughts to the door of the Wittemberg palace, but I should do it for God, and for all his believers. This church, avaricious and pagan, cannot continue like this. I hope the Pope realizes this and accedes to discuss these problems with me. It is not fair that the pardon of any sin can be bought, even murder. Everything is ok as long as you fill up the Pope’s coffers.

(18) Charles V

Scene 2: Leo X (María) and Charles V (Miguel Relaño) disagree about the situation.
(18) Charles V (40 words): You should stop this. I am going to defend the Roman Catholic Church but the German princes might support Luther. They wish to separate themselves from me…and they would be able to use him as an excuse for the war.

Charles V (8 words): I would not be so sure about that.

Charles V (41 words): I am not so sure, remember he has the German princes on his side and furthermore he is partly right, it is not good that one can pay their sins with money…maybe it is true that the church should be reformed.

(19) Pope Leo X (23 words):

(19) Pope Leo X (23 words): Do not worry. Luther is a drunk that does not have the authority to get near me, not even if he wanted to.

Pope Leo X (24 words): I will declare him heretic and then he will not have anything to do, he will be condemned and forgotten like all the others.

Pope Leo X: (25 words) (mad in a corner, talking for himself -enfadado en un rincón, hablando para sí) I am not going to say anything, but this cannot be, this is the beginning to an end…make peace with the heretics? That is absurd!

(20) Narrator 8 (Cristina or a German student) (37 words):

(20) Narrator 8 (Cristina or a German student) (37 words):
But the Pope was confused. They confirmed the worst suspicions of Charles V, and the war broke out between the German princes that supported Lutheranian thesis and Charles V that wished, above all, to conserve his territories.