CHARACTERS

Blue Beard: Alejandro Buitrago

Beatriz, wife 7 (younger sister): Maria del Mar
Adalaide (Madre de las hermanas): Hanny
Narrator: Nicolás Segura
Ana (Hermana mayor): María José Figueroa
Brother 1 (dragoon regiment): Santiago Alzate
Brother 2 (mosqueteer): Andrés Rueda
Wife 1: Sara Camila
Wife 2: Chelsea Aguirre
Wife 3: Luna Hoyos
Wife 4: Isabela Rozo
Wife 5: Valery Bacca
Wife 6: Valeria Portilla

Bluebeard
Charles Perrault
Adaptation 'An Adult Horror Story'

Bluebeard is afairy taleEuropean, collected and adapted byCharles Perraultin 1695; it

published in 1697 in his bookTales of yore.

ACT I

[Curtains open] [Lights shine only on narrator] [Music: Moonlight Sonata]

Narrator: Many years ago, there lived in France a man who was immensely wealthy, so much so that he
he said that his fortune was greater than that of the king himself. Everywhere he had holdings and palaces and
recreation villas. Their stables were famous throughout the Kingdom for the number and quality of their
horses (Silence) However, no one in the surroundings had friendship with this gentleman due to
something that was in his gaze and above all in the tone of his beard, of a black so deep that
it looked blue, like a raven's wing, which gave it a sinister appearance. Thus, everyone knew him
by the nickname of... Bluebeard.

[The music stops slowly]

Lights illuminate the entire space

Adalaide: You have to see this man. So rich and always alone with the servants. Not a friend nor a...
Visit (One blows with a fan while speaking narrator)

Narrator: The one who spoke this way was the neighbor who lived in the house next to the one he usually occupied.
Bluebeard occupies. A woman already widowed and of a certain age who had fallen on hard times and had two daughters,
(All the siblings enter) Ana, 19 years old, and Beatriz, 15, as well as two males aged 20 and 21.
one served in the musketeers and the other in the dragoons. (Silence) One day they called to his
door.

[Knock on the door] [Plays Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings]

Adalaide: Who could it be, ah is it you? What do you want?

Blue Beard appears behind the door

Narrator: The one who was banging on the door was Bluebeard in person, who very kindly said.

Bluebeard: Madam. I wish to marry one of your daughters. (Sisters make a bad face) Which one?
If you want, I like both equally, I empower you to choose for me. I am
immensely rich as you know, and I assure you that my mission will be to make her very happy.

Meanwhile, the sisters whisper after hearing the conversation.

The widow hesitated and finally gave a clever answer that committed her to nothing.

Adalaide: I certainly feel very honored by your trust. But the fact is that as
matter concerning my daughters, who are the main interested parties, I cannot decide anything without
consult them beforehand.

[Bluebeard sale from the scene]

Ana: I could never marry that man, no matter how great his fortune is. (She leaves)
indignant

Narrator: But Beatriz, younger and more impulsive, stepped forward. (Beatriz approaches)
desperately to his mother

Beatriz: You can tell him that I accept.

(Brothers interrupt Beatriz)

Brother 1: What are you talking about?

Brother 2: No, it would be better if you think about it well.

Beatriz: My moment has arrived dear little brothers, don't worry about me.

[Everyone leaves the scene] [Music plays slowly] [Lights focus only on the narrator]

Narrator: Bluebeard took care of everything, jewelers, dressmakers, shoemakers, hairdressers, all in
Caravan, they came and went to Beatriz's house. And finally the day arrived.

[Curtains close]

ACT II

[Inside the palace] [Luxurious room] [Curtains open]

Narrator: After the banquet

[Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 plays]

Bluebeard: Madam. My wife and I have decided to spend our honeymoon at the estate I own.
on the other side of the forest. Meanwhile, you and your children can visit my Palace, feel free
at your own whim.

Adalaide: Thank you. Thank you very much, children. May you be very happy.

[Sale Adelaide from the scene] [Leaves and flowers appear on stage]

Narrator: In the most luxurious of carriages, they left the Palace and arrived at the estate of
recess. If the Palace was rich, the villa was a dream with adjoining gardens and meadows, Bluebeard
he laughed happily at the exclamations of admiration from his young wife. Amid continuous
Gifts passed the days and some months, after which.

For the music slowly

Bluebeard: Beatriz. I have to be absent for a few days. (Imperative)

Beatriz: Do you want me to accompany you? I will feel very lonely.

Bluebeard: I had already thought about it and I have called your sister to keep you company.

Beatriz:Qué bueno sois, estáis en todo.(Le agarra ambas manos en forma de agradecimiento)

Narrator: When Ana arrived and already had one foot in the stirrup, Bluebeard handed his wife a
bunch of keys.
[Lights fade] [Focus light only on Bluebeard and Beatrice]

Bluebeard: Beatriz. These are the keys that open all the doors of the estate, everything is up to you.
layout. Everything, except for the ground floor room, whose door is under the staircase.
Under no circumstances should you open that door. Because if you did, I would find out and there would be no...
compassion for you. You have everything, you lack nothing and you don’t have to look for anything there, remember it.

Well, don't open that bedroom. (Thunder sounds)

Beatriz: It will be as you wish, my husband. Come back soon, goodbye.

[Lights go out] [The curtain closes]

ACT III

[The curtain rises] [Sound of carriage and horses] [Lights illuminate the whole stage]

Narrator: Among a cloud of dust that faded into the distance. The carriage driven by its
spirited horses moved away. (Beatriz sees her husband distancing in the distance). He was no longer more than a
point on the horizon (Beatriz waves her handkerchief in farewell) and Beatriz still remained at the
door of her house with the handkerchief in her hand when her sister approached.

[Ana enters the scene]

Ana: Let's go Beatriz, let's go inside.

They pass through the door

Narrator: Now inside the house.

Ana: What are those keys that you have there? (points to the keychain)

Narrator: Beatriz explained to him the conversation she had with her husband before leaving.

Ana: Oh, well that's not the case, aren't you the owner of this house, and why don't you have to
knowing what is in it? (Complaining)

Beatriz: Because that's what my husband wants

Ana: Well, I tell you that if I were you, the first thing I would do is open the cabinet and find out about.
What is it that he hides? It must be very important if he doesn't want you to know.

Narrator: Thus, day after day, Beatriz's resistance became less and her...
curiosity, unable to resist any longer one day.
[Lights dim] [Sounds of 7 crows - Brain Basement]

Beatriz:Está bien, abriré tal misteriosa habitación.(Prende un candelabro junto a Ana)

[Thunder rumbles] [Lights flicker]

Narrator: They took the silver key that opened the secret room from the keychain. It was night and the
thunder rumbled, illuminating with a golden chandelier whose flames threatened to
to be extinguished due to the hurricane winds that, whistling, slipped through the cracks of doors and
windows. They arrived at the door. They inserted the key. And turning it halfway
they pushed the door that opened (Sounds like an old door) with a creak coming from the metal
greased.

Beatriz:Dios mío, ¡qué es esto!(grita)

[Thunder sounds] [Lights flicker] [First wife appears on stage] > [Static red lights]

First wife:

Narrator: with their eyes wide open in horror, they tried to close the door,
but in their haste the key fell to the ground in the candlelight. (Lights go out, only
the vision of the room was nightmarish, hanging from the wall with a deep gash in the
There were 7 dead women in the throat. (Volume of music increases) They picked up the key and closed it.
hurriedly the door.

[Curtain closes] [Lights go out]

ACT IV

All the wives enter the scene, they are on chairs covered with black fabric, they have
collars around their necks] [The curtain rises] [Lights flicker, aged effect] [Goëtia sounds. | Dark
Magic Music] [Focus of light on each wife when she speaks] [Thunder sounds]

Wife 1: I am Agathe, I was his first wife, we met while I was walking down the
town, somehow his blue beard caught my attention, I couldn't stop looking at him, after a while
A few minutes later, he approached me and said a few words, 'I see that my beard amuses you.'
"blue" I could only give a little laugh.(nervous)Because of your comment, that day we spent the afternoon.
together, I realized that behind that cold and malevolent appearance hid a sweet man and
affectionate, I remember that over time we fell in love, and after a few days
He came with an unexpected proposal: 'Do you want to become my wife?' Of course I accept.
I said excitedly, already in the mansion filled with beautiful dresses and jewels, even if he doesn'[Link]
all that fortune my feelings for him would not have changed. One day upon waking he told me that
she would have to go on a trip, we were both devastated as we didn't want to be separated from each other
Another. I was in charge of the mansion, it was very big and I didn't know what to do, I realized
that an old friend had returned to the town, so we decided to meet, the day darkens and I ask him
stay at home, as it can be dangerous at night, the next morning without warning
llegó mi amado, estaba muy emocionada, pero él por el contrario no se veía nada feliz “quien es
this man, why have you deceived me” my friend ran away from the mansion, leave me
Let me explain, dear, it's not what you [Link] wouldn't stop screaming, he started attacking me
I gave you my love, my trust and in return you deceive me, you must die.
I tried to hide, but he caught me and to my misfortune, the bathtub was full of water, he started to hit me.
and then I drown, if only he had listened to me.[He/She throws himself/herself on the ground]

[All the lights go out] [wife 2 gets off the chair]

[Yellow lights, aged yellow color effect]

Wife 2: My name is Amelia, I am 19 years old, I was his second wife but I felt like I
it would have been her first love (conceited). From the moment I fell in love with him, I knew that
it was going to be a magical life, full of luxuries and riches, that he was going to be the only one she could trust
but then I realized that what was painted as a sun began to turn dark and cold like
that night, (anguished) Bluebeard began to change suddenly, I started to feel each
I saw with more and more fear, I couldn't even go out to see the beautiful sunrise of each day or
listening to the little birds sing, because those thoughts of what we once were are gone
extinguishing, I felt like I was in a tunnel with no exit, I could no longer be close to him, I felt that I
had turned into a monster… Well, luckily it stung me with fine knives like me
(vanity gesture) [dies dismembered] [falls to the ground]

[All lights turn off] [wife gets off the chair 3]

Yellow lights, aged effect

Wife 3: My name is Eléonore, (She appears in love) Sometimes words are not
sufficient to describe my love for my dear... everything about him was impeccable (Sighs and
(change facial expression to disgust) except for that horrific tangle that was hanging from that

nauseating face. Day and night that Beard lurked at me from the other side of the bar until
One day in his absence I decided to enter that forbidden chamber. (Sadistic laugh. Quick narration) What
at that moment it was so ostentatious, incredible and splendid… Two bodies were resting
shining ones hung from the lavish ceiling. I was so absorbed in the scene that I didn't notice the
moment when My beloved husband was behind me and a river of emerged from my neck
shining blood [Dies with a slit throat] [Falls to the floor]

[All the lights go out] [wife gets off the chair 4]

[Yellow lights, aged effect]

Wife 4: My name is Elena, (showing off) I was the fourth, although I never thought of it that way.
She approached me so sweetly while I was thinking about why the cotton clouds remained.
So far away, I was starting to feel a little hungry (as a thought out loud).
Unlike the rest, I loved his bluish and soft beard; I spent my afternoons designing new ones.
hairstyles for my charming man, I was fascinated by silver combs and gold hair ties,
And of course the tweezers with diamonds, I was just thinking of accompanying him everywhere, I wasn't going to leave.

to be left sitting while she went to the bathroom to do who knows what, or when she ignored me
putting a bunch of papers in front of his face to avoid looking at me, if he offered me so many jewels and
I had to admire the dresses as she wore them. After several weeks, we were having dinner together and
Suddenly I felt dizzy after drinking from my glass. (She drinks from a glass next to her and falls.)
(to the ground). (lifts his head) Why didn't he wait until we had dessert? (Look of
displeasure) (lies down again) [Dies poisoned]

[Lights turn off and on] [wife gets down from chair 5]

Yellow lights, aged effect

Wife 5: Warm greetings, I am Florence Dubois. I regret to inform you that I fell for the tricks of this
miserable, sir. My intention was never to have a luxurious life, I just wanted to finish my
research and ultimately save so many shattered lives due to dissent, tragic disease
that took my mother away. He deceived me... as he said, my beauty captivated him, in exchange for
Accepting to marry him would help me fulfill my dream. How foolish (as a thought in
loud voice) When being taken to that gloomy room, I must have struggled until I managed to escape. The infamous
he had an empty head due to such immense wealth, he took a sword, aimed at me and said (imitating
a deep voice) "wait, wait, my Lord Jordans will get ruined" I looked at him stunned. "Really?
Did I get tangled up with this guy?! [Dies after being pierced by the sword] [Falls to the ground]

[All lights go out] [Wife 6 enters the scene]

[Yellow lights, aged effect]

Wife 6: My name is Eloisa, I am his sixth wife, I didn’t think carefully when I made the decision to
to marry, but just like you I let myself be convinced, I was dazzled, amazed, always in
All my life I had wished for someone with immense fortune to improve my life. After
After we got married, I moved to his mansion, and I was the happiest woman, I had dresses everywhere, I ate
whatever I desired, my life was settled, I never planned to love Bluebeard, he alone
it was a means to achieve what I had always wanted, Bluebeard has gone on a journey and has me
left all the keys to the mansion "you can open any doors you want, except the one that is
under the stairs" he immediately left, I started to open the doors and finished quickly,
only that door was missing, and my curiosity led me to open it, what I found were her
previous wives, I closed the door and cleaned the key, but when Blue Beard arrived he asked me for the
keys and put the gold one in a handkerchief, which is how he discovered that he had opened the door
prohibited, without being able to run away, grabs me by the hair, and starts hitting me when
I think less, grab a knife and cut my neck, with a rope tie my feet and hang me to
bleed me out.[He falls to the floor]
All the lights go out.

[The curtain closes] [Cuffs leave the scene]

ACT V

[The curtain opens] [Lights dim] [Thunderclap]

Narrator: Yes, once in the room

Ana: these must be the former wives we had heard about, what was said was true.
he was making noise, he killed them all.

Beatriz:Coloquemos la llave con las demás.(Sale sangre de la mano de donde tiene la llave)
Do you see this too? The key is stained with blood. He will discover it, this will be our dreadful
destination.

Ana: We will clean it well and it won't be noticeable. (They take out a handkerchief and start cleaning the keychain)

Static red lights

Narrator: But no matter how much they cleaned it and cleaned it, scrubbing it with everything they had and for

the blood stains did not come off. Everything turned blood red, the white roses
they impregnated with that chilling color. The next day, without warning, Bluebeard arrived.

[Suena Prokofiev - Ivan TheTerrible - Ivan's Sickness]

Bluebeard: Ah, home again. My wife, give me the keys... What did I just see? You have
disobeyed my orders. And you have entered the forbidden cabinet. And what have you seen? Some
Women beheaded for their curiosity, right? Well, the same will happen to you, you will be the eighth.

Beatriz: Forgive me, my husband, forgive me. I swear I won't do it again, but I beg you, don't leave me.
this is the end.

Bluebeard: There is no forgiveness that is worth it. I had already warned you. You will die.

Narrator: The two sisters, when they discovered the macabre room, sent a message to their
brothers of what was happening and they asked him to come to their aid. All their hope was
now when they will arrive on time. Seeing the women so angry, Bluebeard took refuge.
Everything is running in the tower of the fifth and they locked the door from the inside. Bluebeard with a
a huge saber in the right hand was banging on the door.

Bluebeard: Open up, I command you to open the door.

Beatriz: Ana. Look out the window and if you see our brothers coming, wave to them so they can come in.
hurry up... do you see nothing?
Ana: Nothing sister, just the sun and the grass that is greening.

Bluebeard: Come down, come down from there

Beatriz: Do you see something?

Ana: I see... a cloud of dust in the background, but unfortunately, it is not our brothers but a
flock of sheep.

Bluebeard: Won't you come down from there?

Beatriz: Dear Ana, do you see anything?

Ana: Now I see two horsemen coming here at full gallop.

Beatriz: Blessed be God, our brothers come to our aid

Bluebeard: You do not open. Now you will see

Narrator: With a great crash, the door came down due to Bluebeard's pushes.
Bathing in tears, Beatriz fell at her husband's feet pleading for mercy.

Bluebeard: It is of no use to you now. You must die.

The narrator: He grabbed the unfortunate woman by the hair, raised the weapon, and was about to strike.
deadly when the brothers, sword in hand, burst into the room.

Epic Sound - Pirates of the Caribbean

Brother 1: Stop, evil one!

Brother 2: you will die, fine carrion. Defend yourself. Take that!

Bluebeard: Ahghhgh. Stupid masons

[The sisters sneak across the floor] [They prepare some swords]

[After a while, pause the fight] [The music fades away]

Brother 2: Heartless murderer, how dare you insult my family in such a way

Brother 1: She is just a girl. Poor Ana, she sensed it. You deserve what falls upon you.
own evil.

Blue Beard: Enough already, silence. They are ambitious, their arrogant greed brought them all here,
give in to your destiny (wound brother 1)
[Beatriz stabs the sword into the side of her stomach] [Ana hits his head and he falls to the ground]
[Suena David Celeste - The Heart]

[As Bluebeard falls, brother 1 fades away]

Brother 2: No, my brother! You cannot leave us (he and his sisters cry)

Brother 1: Be calm, we have defeated the wicked killer (his eyes close)

[Lights go out] [Focus light narrator]

Narrator: The heartless Bluebeard fell at the feet of the brothers with a stabbed stomach.
The three brothers reported the discovery of the horrible chamber to the authorities. And in this way,
All the wealth passed into Beatriz's hands, for Bluebeard had no heirs.

[Enter Beatriz]

After two weeks, Beatriz celebrates by spending her fortune on hundreds of iPhones, tusi.
perfumes and gummy bears.