MARIZA'S STORY

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#330066" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="222467f1dkblkv.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" michele celeste/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> /</B><B> michele celeste/</B><B> /</B><A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NEWS"><U><B>NEWS</B></U></A><B>/</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>MARIZA'S STORY</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=25% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="83"><div> <B>MARIZA'S STORY</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id280.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MARIZAS MATERIALS"><U><B>MARIZA'S MATERIALS</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="113" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 63 WIDTH="101"><div> <B>The text of    </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id297.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="marizas story"><U><B>MARIZA'S STORY</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Italian version</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="la storia di mariza"><U><B>LA STORIA DI MARIZA</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>more </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ENGLISH STAGE PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE"><U><B>PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-------</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id304.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scopa"><U><B>Scopa</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STROMA"><U><B>STROMA</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WE ALL FALL DOWN"><U><B>WE ALL FALL DOWN</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE PRICE OF MEAT"><U><B>THE PRICE OF MEAT</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DEAR JOHN"><U><B>DEAR JOHN</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE PRICE OF LOVE"><U><B>THE PRICE OF LOVE</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>MARIZA'S STORY</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MY GOAT"><U><B>MY GOAT</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="COLUMBUS"><U><B>COLUMBUS</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ONLY A COMPLAINT"><U><B>ONLY A COMPLAINT</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HANGING THE PRESIDENT"><U><B>HANGING THE PRESIDENT</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A FALL OF ANGELS"><U><B>A FALL OF ANGELS</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OBEAH"><U><B>OBEAH</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RIOT PARTY"><U><B>RIOT PARTY</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="404" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#330066" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 226 WIDTH="392"><div> <B>First Prize </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>W H SMITH </B></div> <div> <B>PLAYS FOR CHILDREN AWARDS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>West Yorkshire Playhouse </B></div> <div> <B>Leeds, 1992</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>-----</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The story of Mariza, a young child, in the in the harsh world of streekids in Brazil</B></div> <div> <B>(still professionally unproduced)</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3ddd8080.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> *</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="528" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1011 WIDTH="516"><div> <B>Characters </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1) MARIZA - eight year old</B></div> <div> <B>2) MUM - her mum </B></div> <div> <B>3) TANIA - her sister, twelve year old</B></div> <div> <B>4) ANITA - nine year old</B></div> <div> <B>5) POLICEMAN</B></div> <div> <B>6) RAMBO - thirteen year old  </B></div> <div> <B>7) MARCELO - ten year old </B></div> <div> <B>    OLD WOMAN/PASSERBY (3)</B></div> <div> <B>     FIGURE/TEACHER (5 e/or 3) </B></div> <div> <B>     DRIVER (7)</B></div> <div> <B>     FIRST PASSERBY (6)</B></div> <div> <B>     SECOND PASSERBY (7)</B></div> <div> <B>     LADY (3)</B></div> <div> <B>     CARROT (5) eight year old</B></div> <div> <B>     BAKER (6)</B></div> <div> <B>      POSH KID (3)  seven/nine year old</B></div> <div> <B>      POSH KID 2 (2) seven/nine year old</B></div> <div> <B>      DOG (5) </B></div> <div> <B>      FIRST THIEF (either Carrot or Anita) </B></div> <div> <B>      SECOND THIEF  (either Anita or Carrot)  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(Other streetkids, passersby, shopkeepers, policemen, parents,</B></div> <div> <B>'normal' kids and others - if available and as many as required)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(N.B.: The play can be performed with a minimum of seven</B></div> <div> <B>actors, 3 male, 4 female.  The number on the right of the</B></div> <div> <B>characters indicates who is doubling them from the first block of</B></div> <div> <B>characters with numbers on the left from one to seven. However</B></div> <div> <B>this doubling is purely indicative)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SET</B></div> <div> <B>An empty space.  If necessary cardboard boxes of all sizes are</B></div> <div> <B>moved by the cast or mechanically to suggest locations as</B></div> <div> <B>required. Other small props are brought on and off by the </B></div> <div> <B>cast.  (This is for an economical setting.  Obviously if there are </B></div> <div> <B>financial and technical resources available other approaches </B></div> <div> <B>are possible.  The beginning of scenes have characters </B></div> <div> <B>coming on and ending of scenes have characters going off. </B></div> <div> <B>This is purely to help staging the play in a school/community </B></div> <div> <B>area where there are no use of lighting facilities.  If these </B></div> <div> <B>facilities are available then scenes can simply start and end </B></div> <div> <B>with fading up or fading down lights)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TIME AND PLACE</B></div> <div> <B>Streets, roads, squares, favela and drop in centre for</B></div> <div> <B>streetkids in a large city in Brazil.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(Note: the play takes place on the background of the current massacre of streetchildren specifically in Brazil. However the mistreatment and persecution of streetchildren are of global proportions (Colombia, Guatemala, Philippines, Mexico,India, Bangla Desh, Irak, Turkey, USA, some African countries, etc.) </B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3de7e1b0.jpg" border=0 width="382" height="539" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="206" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B> </B><A HREF="id280.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MARIZAS MATERIALS"><U><B>MARIZA'S MATERIALS</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="274" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#330066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#330066" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> <B>The book of</B><B> </B><B> </B><A HREF="id297.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="marizas story"><U><B>Mariza's Story</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="233" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <B>Go to the Italian version</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 28 ><NOBR><div> <B>Vai alla versione italiana</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="la storia di mariza"><U><B>LA</B></U></A><A HREF="id259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="la storia di mariza"><U><B> STORIA DI MARIZA</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="301" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>altre opere teatrali per i giovani </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>More </B><B> </B><A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ENGLISH STAGE PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE"><U><B>PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>===</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>