You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
Here's the puppet show script for Trine.
INTRO: Och, the likes of Dan- the heavens be his bed!- never was known afore, nor will his likes ever be seen again as long as there’s a bill on a crow. He was the long-headedest man- glory be to God!- ever stepped in shoe-leather.
NARRATOR: There once was a boy on trial for murder…
BOY: I’m on trial for murder.
NARRATOR: There once was a boy on trial for murder but he was innocent.
BOY: I’m innocent, I am.
NARRATOR: So his friends advised him to seek the counsel of the famed Daniel O’Connell.
BOY: (moving) I’m off to see Daniel O’Connell.
DANIEL O’CONNELL: And I’m Daniel O’Connell.
NARRATOR: The boy explained his case to O’Connell.
BOY: Whisper, whisper, whisper.
NARRATOR: And O’Connell said:
DANIEL O’CONNELL: Sounds like a pretty straight case to me.
NARRATOR: And O’Connell set to devising a plan. On the day of the trial, the boy knew what he was supposed to do and though he thought O’Connell’s advice strange, it had come from Daniel O’Connell himself and that was that. So when the jury announced their verdict of “Guilty, my lord”, the boy was loosening his boot.
BOY: I hope this works.
NARRATOR: And when the judge said:
JUDGE: I find you-
NARRATOR: The boy threw his boot at him and hit him squarely between the eyes.
BOY: (detachable leg removed and thrown at judge).
NARRATOR: Irate, the judge says:
JUDGE: I sentence you to burning, beheading and hanging!
NARRATOR: But Daniel O’Connell saves the day when he says:
DANIEL O’CONNELL: I bed your pardon, my lord, but you have transgressed your rights; you can’t, according to the English law as set down in the law books, sentence a prisoner to burning, beheading AND hanging. The prisoner will now go free.
NARRATOR: And the boy was free to go.
BOY: Bless you, Daniel O’Connell.
NARRATOR: And he was blessed indeed.
As you can see, it's as basic as my puppets, but I wanted to keep it simple enough to simply demonstrate the importance of the historical figure of Daniel O'Connell being used as a folkloric hero.
INTRO: Och, the likes of Dan- the heavens be his bed!- never was known afore, nor will his likes ever be seen again as long as there’s a bill on a crow. He was the long-headedest man- glory be to God!- ever stepped in shoe-leather.
NARRATOR: There once was a boy on trial for murder…
BOY: I’m on trial for murder.
NARRATOR: There once was a boy on trial for murder but he was innocent.
BOY: I’m innocent, I am.
NARRATOR: So his friends advised him to seek the counsel of the famed Daniel O’Connell.
BOY: (moving) I’m off to see Daniel O’Connell.
DANIEL O’CONNELL: And I’m Daniel O’Connell.
NARRATOR: The boy explained his case to O’Connell.
BOY: Whisper, whisper, whisper.
NARRATOR: And O’Connell said:
DANIEL O’CONNELL: Sounds like a pretty straight case to me.
NARRATOR: And O’Connell set to devising a plan. On the day of the trial, the boy knew what he was supposed to do and though he thought O’Connell’s advice strange, it had come from Daniel O’Connell himself and that was that. So when the jury announced their verdict of “Guilty, my lord”, the boy was loosening his boot.
BOY: I hope this works.
NARRATOR: And when the judge said:
JUDGE: I find you-
NARRATOR: The boy threw his boot at him and hit him squarely between the eyes.
BOY: (detachable leg removed and thrown at judge).
NARRATOR: Irate, the judge says:
JUDGE: I sentence you to burning, beheading and hanging!
NARRATOR: But Daniel O’Connell saves the day when he says:
DANIEL O’CONNELL: I bed your pardon, my lord, but you have transgressed your rights; you can’t, according to the English law as set down in the law books, sentence a prisoner to burning, beheading AND hanging. The prisoner will now go free.
NARRATOR: And the boy was free to go.
BOY: Bless you, Daniel O’Connell.
NARRATOR: And he was blessed indeed.
As you can see, it's as basic as my puppets, but I wanted to keep it simple enough to simply demonstrate the importance of the historical figure of Daniel O'Connell being used as a folkloric hero.