Alice in Wonderland

BY LEWIS CARROLL

REDUCTION AND ADAPTATION BY: ENZO RIZZA AND THE KIDS

Class 2A of the S.M.S. Giovanni XXIII of Modica

CHARACTERS

ALICE, RABBIT, MOUSE, GOOSE, TURKEY, FROG, PARROT, BIRD

LIZARD, TEDDY BEAR, HARE, TREE, TREE2, MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM
2, CESPUGLIO, CESPUGLIO 2, BRUCO, GATTO, PESCE, DUCHESSA, CUOCA, CARTE
N° 6,REGINA, RE, GRIFONE, TARTARUGA 1, TARTARUGA 2, CAPPELLAIO, LEPRE
OF MARCH, GARDENER 2, GARDENER 5, GARDENER 7, PAGE

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First Part

NARRATOR

Alice was sitting

on the bank of a river and was just starting to get tired. Sitting.
next to her was her sister reading a fairy tale book; one or
twice, Alice had peered into the book, but there were neither
What do you want with a book, - thought Alice, -
without figures and dialogues?>> when suddenly he saw a
White rabbit, with pink eyes, dressed to the nines, runs
very agitated

(the rabbit enters all out of breath)

"Poor me," exclaimed the rabbit, "poor me, I'm late!"

Alice jumped up and started to run after the rabbit that she
led behind some brambles that housed the rabbit hutch. A moment
after, always running after the Rabbit, he slipped into one of the
rabbit hutch holes. The burrow continued straight for a while
so he suddenly sank, so suddenly
that Alice did not have time to think about stopping before
to fall into what seemed like a very deep well.

As Alice fell down, into the darkness, she strangely managed to

to see clearly the walls of the well, which were all
shelves covered with many colorful books, beautiful paintings and
maps of fantastic treasures. Arrived at the end of that journey, which
it lasted a very long time, Alice said:

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ALICE Good! After a fall like this, if it ever happens to me
rolling down the stairs at home will seem like nothing to me; even at
Falling out of bed wouldn't affect me at all! But where am I?… and
That is the rabbit I was chasing.

RABBIT Forgive me! I really am late. Poor my ears and mustache!

How late it is

(Alice tries to stop him. The rabbit, after quickly

one or two turns around Alice, slips into one of the doors of which the
the scene is full

ALICE But where has he gone? What a strange place! How many doors!… (try to

open the doors) All closed? Here is a table, let's see. And this
What will the tiny key open? (looks around) But it is
too small to open these doors! Let's take a better look.
If there is a key, there must also be a lock to open. But
Look at this little door here, I hadn’t noticed it.
not even seen. Without a doubt, the key opens this door.
key in the lock and opens the tiny door) It is
so small that I can't pass, let's see if I can
discover what is on the other side! (she is forced to lie on the ground)
to look at what’s inside the little door) Ohhhh. Beautiful! What a nice
flowering garden, and how many birds, but I can't go over there.
Let's try to open one of these big doors; nothing, there isn’t any.
nothing to do. But what is still here on the table, a
small bottle and there is something written on it:

Drink me and you will see!

(Alice drinks) And now what happens? Who are all these people?
by magic all the doors in that place swing open and
animals are starting to enter

TOPO I am the mouse, who are you?

ALICE Alice!
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OCA I am a goose, what are you doing here?

ALICE I don't know!

TURKEY Look at what a strange animal we encountered!

ALICE I am not an animal, I am a little girl!

FROG Caw, caw, caw, guess who I am?

ALICE A frog!

PARROT Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?

ALICE I am Alice, I already told the other gentleman!

BIRD Chirp chirp chirp…here's the little bird…chirp chirp chirp!

Lizard I may look like a lizard, but instead.

Do you know who I am? Ah..ah..aah..

ALICE I would say... a lizard!

Teddy bear Welldone,don'tgetconfused!Iamthebear.

LEPROTTO So you would be a little girl? What a beautiful little girl!

(everyone forms a circle, almost threatening towards Alice, the

The white rabbit runs from one animal to another.
confabulating

CHOIR OF ANIMALS

(while one part sings others can dance, or they dance, in a musical refrain)

Little Alice has fallen down here

He doesn't know what to do to get back up.

If they want, they can stay with the animals.

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 wandering and wandering for a long time along the avenues

to search and find can the right way

but only if you study a little geography

Little Alice has fallen down here

He/She does not know what to do to go back up.

RABBIT (quickly addressing the animals) Go to the Duchess!

You too, you too! (Addressed to Alice) and bring this fan.

ALICE Did you talk to me?

RABBIT Sure. Here, everyone has to do something. Poor me, I am

overwhelmed, they load me with duties. Come on, little girl, take the
fan!

ALICE Did you take me for your maid?

ANIMALS Ohhh!!! (everyone together amazed and disappointed by Alice's response)

(they escape from the scene)

LIZARD (she is astonished and while the other animals leave she says) You know
that your response made me very sad? (goes out)

ALICE (left alone again, she sits on the ground) But what does everyone want from me?

I don't even know where I am, and everyone is telling me things.

strange!(While saying these things to himself, here comes from one of the doors

A mole enters) And what if I tried to talk to this mole? I don't...

I would be surprised if he replied to me, everything is strange down here!... Listen mouse, you know

the way to get out of here? (the mouse looks at her with its little eyes)
clever, but doesn't respond) Maybe it speaks another language! Who knows!

Let's try another way: There is a cat!

TOP Help! Help!

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ALICE I'm sorry, but I didn't know how to get a response.
I thought you didn't like cats!

TOP How could I like them? Would you like cats if you were me?

ALICE Maybe not! But don't get angry, you know! Yet, if I showed you Dina.
my cat, you would fall in love with her. She is such a calm beast and
Beautiful. And then she purrs so well when she sits next to me and me.
Look, and I caress it, it's so soft and gentle and then it's very quick.
to catch the mice. (The Mouse shivers) Oh sorry! I don't
we will talk more if it bothers you.

TOPO Yeah, it's better if you don't talk. As if I were the one talking about cats.
my family has always hated cats; filthy, vulgar, and low beasts!
Don't mention them to me anymore.

ALICE No, no! Say, do you like... do you like... dogs? You know, near
In my house there is a beautiful dog, when he sees me he wags his tail, he

he always accompanies me when I go to school and then also him, even

being a dog he is very good at catching mice…(pause) alas

I think I offended you again.

TOPO (trembling with rage) But don't you know animals that do not eat
the mice? (Exit)

ALICE I apologize again. But where are you going, wait.

Parrot Let that mouse go, it's also grumpy!

The doors reopen again and let in a series of characters that go to

to form a small grove. Two plants, some mushrooms, a few bushes, and a caterpillar with a
huge pipe.)

CHOIR OF PLANTS Furietta said to the mouse

What had surprised in the house:

Let's go to court;

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 To have you processed.

I don't want your excuses,

The scoundrel top.

Today I have nothing

In my little house to do.

He said to Furietta the Mouse:

But how to go to Court?

Without jurors and judges

It would be a revenge!

I will be sworn in as a juror and judge,

then Furietta responded,

I will pass by blowing, alas

your death sentence.

WORM (once the chorus song is finished, the song of the caterpillar begins, singing about the notes)
on the vowels and looking at Alice
O-e-i-o-u
E-i-o-u
E-i-o-u
O-u-e-i-o-a
U-e-i-a
O-e-i-o-u

And you ... Who are you?

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ALICE I am Alice!

CATERPILLAR Alice…Alice who? I don't know any Alice. Why are you
you came this far and.... What are you doing?

ALICE I am here and I don’t know what I am doing!

Caterpillar You should know that in this country everyone has a task to
to carry out: I, for example, look at the mushrooms that are found in this
forest. You will also have to do something.

ALICE Look, I don't know this place, nor the habits of its
inhabitants... and I have been experiencing very strange things all day long.

strange things I can't get used to.

Caterpillar You'll see that you will very soon get used to this strange place and

you will learn to respect our habits. I will be able to help you with my
Wise advice. If you listen to my advice, you won't regret it.

ALICE But I will listen carefully!

Caterpillar Expect very strange things from this place and its inhabitants. Among
you will get to know the Duchess a bit. You will see that she will invite you to take the

tea, that the White Rabbit will want to dress you in leaves and that the Hatter
Matto will pretend that you cook the stones for him.

ALICE But... I don't understand what you're saying! I feel confused!

WORM Well! Since you are new around here, it's normal to feel confused.
You listen to everyone, let them talk and get agitated, but always listen to what

the queen will order you and tell you, never disobey her even if in reality
she is a queen of paper.

ALICE But... what are you saying!

Caterpillar I put you face to face with reality. I tell the truth. We ask the
plants of the forest. What is the queen like?

PLANTS IN CHORUS The green caterpillar is right.

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 The Queen is just paper

The green caterpillar is right

She does not need the seamstress.

Caterpillar Have you heard our plant friends? She is just an insignificant.
queen of paper. It's really paper! Everyone shows her respect and she,
Who knows, who does he think he is...

ALICE It's fine, it's paper, but it's still the queen, so it deserves respect.

The Caterpillar, very calmly, looks at Alice, takes up his pipe again and in
silence leans against a mushroom and resumes smoking and singing the
a little tune about vowels. In the meantime, a cat crosses,
jumping and laughing. Alice watches them in amazement.

CAT What do you find strange? Have you never seen cats laugh?

ALICE Nothing... I was watching you because I liked you. And then, why are you laughing?

CAT I laugh because I am happy, that's all.

ALICE Well, I'm glad you're happy.

CHOIR PLANTS We are also happy.

Even if we are not cats

And we show all the teeth

And we laugh like crazy.

ALICE Look, Mr. Cat, we are all happy.

CAT I am happy because the Mad Hatter will never be able to make himself.
invited by the Duchess, who in turn cannot get herself invited
from the queen. That's all.

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Alice Mr. Cat! You who know so many things, would you kindly tell me which
Which way to go to get out of here?

Cat it mainly depends on where you want to go.

Alice I don't care much....

Cat So it doesn't matter which road you take?

Alice As long as it arrives somewhere.

Cat Ah, for this you can be calm, just make sure not to stop before.

Alice What kind of people live around here?

Cat In that direction (waving the right paw) lives a Mad Hatter,
in that (waving the left paw) lives a Hare
Marzolina. You can go visit either one, they are both crazy anyway.
both.

ALICE Mr. Cat, ... have you by any chance seen a White Rabbit? After
Everything seemed to me the most sensible of the company.

CAT You will find it at the Mad Hatter's house.

ALICE The Hatter? But where is he?

CAT I've already told you: Over this way, (waving the right paw) lives the
The Hatter and on the other side, (waving his left paw) lives.
the March Hare. Visit one or the other, they are both mad.

ALICE But I don't want to go among the mad.

CAT Oh, you can't do without it, we're all mad here. I'm mad, you are
you are crazy.

ALICE How do you know I am crazy if we have just met now.

CAT You are crazy, otherwise you wouldn't have come here.

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ALICE Maybe you are right, also because I can't understand yours and yours
talks….And how do you know that you are crazy?

Cat First of all... dogs are not crazy.

Are you in agreement so far?

Alice I think so!

Cat So you know that dogs growl when they are angry, and
When they are happy, do they wag their tail? Instead, I growl when
I am happy, and I wag my tail when I am angry. Therefore I am
matto.

Alice I call it purring, not growling.

Cat call it what you want.

CAT Shall we meet at the Queen's to play croquet?

ALICE But, I don't know!

CAT Yes! Yes!…We will see you there. Goodbye for now. (The Cat leaves)

ALICE (addressed to the plants) And what do you say, are we all crazy for
Really?

CHORUS PLANTS Don't listen to the animals

We have few plants to be honest

We see without glasses

We know every mystery

ALICE So tell me where I am and how I can get out of here?

(a fish enters through one of the doors)

FISH Alice, Alice!

ALICE Who is it that is calling me now?

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FISH It's me, I'm here, hello Alice!

ALICE Hi, but do you know me, how come?

FISH It's a very long story... but to make it short, I'll tell you that it has me.

I talked about you with a friend of mine who was at your house inside a

little bowl, and then you threw it in the river.

ALICE Yes, yes! I remember, it was Pasqualino the red little fish, but it wasn't
a small tank, it was a beautiful aquarium, large, bright. But it
I saw that it wasn't doing well, so I put it back in the river. But
Tell me, where is he now? I would gladly see him again.

FISH I don't think you will be able to see him, he got married and went elsewhere.
I know he is very happy there, he has rented a pond and
he lives there with his whole family.

ALICE I am happy! If you see him again, say hello to him for me.

FISH Certainly. But the reason for my departure is to tell you that the
The Duchess wants to see you, I will tell her you are here and she will come to you.

Get ready… (the fish comes back inside the door)

ALICE Who knows how I should prepare, you friend plants know how I
Should I put it?

Coro plants Try to sit down, no no no!

Maybe it's better to stand, no no no!

Now fall back, no no no!

No, it's better if you sit down. Yes yes yes!

No, it's better if you sit down. Yes, yes, yes.

Maybe it's better to weigh while standing. Yes, yes, yes

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ALICE Now enough, if I listen to you, I will become a spinning top. I will wait for her.

I saw it done in the movies, hoping it comes quickly.

(While Alice is being very scrupulous about finding a position
respectful to the duchess, she barges in shouting at one of her
cook

DUCHESS It's incredible!!! A cook!... to address the Duchess like that...

COOK You were the ones who started, you told me that the leaf salad
it was dry, not salty, and you understand if a salad is not salty that
What is salad?

Duchess Enough with these tricks. It's true, you're no good at anything.

COOK So prepare your foods, your diet dishes,

your salads ...silly! I'm leaving. Goodbye.
(He hands the little belly to the Duchess and exits)

DUCHESS You heard, you heard it! (as if nothing happened,

with incredible calm, handing the cloth to Alice) You
You are A...a... what's your name?

ALICE Alice.

DUCHESS Alice. That's right! Get ready, my girl, the Queen is about to
arrive, he comes to visit me and so he will get to know you too.

FISH The Queen is coming to see you?… The Queen does not come to visit you, she is from

You learned about the transition and immediately you would like to take advantage of it.

DUCHESS Gossiping fish...

FISH When the Queen arrives and finds you here, she will make you take from her
guards.

DUCHESS If the cook hadn't left, I would have put you in the pot.

ALICE Poor little fish!...

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DUCHESS Don't believe that fishy guy. The Queen will pass through here soon.
because she knows that I am here: the Duchess, I am a character
important, you know!

FISH But how important, if the Queen has forbidden you to even look at the
your flowers!

DUCHESS (shouting) Be quiet, mischievous fish! (To Alice) Hurry, hurry

Let's get ready, the Queen will be here shortly.

CHORUS OF THE PLANTS The poor Duchess

Are you waiting for the Queen

But she doesn't know what awaits her

When the right time strikes.

SOLDIERS The soldiers dressed as playing cards enter marching and singing.
game)

We are the soldiers of hearts

We are the soldiers of the squares

We are the soldiers of pikes

We are the flower soldiers

We are here with the sovereign

We are here with the Queen

We march and we will go far

Both in the evening and in the morning

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The soldiers line up in a semicircle as they make their entrance, the King, the Queen and the
Fante. As the Queen sees the Duchess, turned to the guards:

QUEEN Guards, throw her in prison.

DUCHESS Majesty, I have brought you a rare animal. A little girl. She is yours!

REGINA Oh! (slightly tamed) It's really a nice little animal!

ALICE Please, I am not an animal, but a little girl; my name is Alice.

I go to school, I can read and write, and I recite poetry.

RE Ah! So you recite poetry, let’s hear one.

QUEEN Yes, let's feel it.

ALICE I could recite to you... the Energetic Teresa.

REGINA Could you, or can you?

ALICE Okay, okay. No arguments!

The carefree Teresa flew.

She saw the frog

That she often spied on her.

But what a beautiful suitor!

Quick Teresa thought.

He already wants to marry me.

And I sighed in the air.

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 Then the wasp buzzed while roaming.

flying lively hoped for the wedding.

It was like this that green Frog

There in the grass he waited for her

But instead of marrying her,

playful, she swallowed it.

And in the bush that happy Frog

Swift Teresa disappeared in an instant.

Poor lively one who never married again

Lively Teresa who never returned more lively.

These words came to me, but they are not the right ones, not
So what is happening to me. Sorry, I don't know!

REGINA Let's go my faithful ones, let's proceed on our journey, we cannot

wasting time on these trivial matters. Then, there is no need here.
of so much science. Since you forget the words, you could
guard the "Don't forget me" that always gets forgotten
to bloom. Soldiers, assign her to this work!

DUCHESS Don't worry, your highness, I'll take care of it.

ALICE (as the royal procession moves away) In short, (angry) no

I want to stay in this country of madmen, I want to leave.

DUCHESS On your way, my dear, it is not wise to be angry with the Queen. Come with
me. (I exit.)

CHOIR OF THE PLANTS

They all went out.

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 The whole scene is empty.

We remain here in front

It is time to close the curtain.

We will see each other very soon

To see the other side

Attention now we go

let's withdraw separately.

We will make you have fun,

wait everyone here

Curtain (End of the first part).

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Second part

The scene has changed slightly, some side doors remain.

In the center of a loggia, the throne for two. Alice, on stage, sits and sings. On the other side
2 Turtles and a Griffin:

ALICE Being down here is so sad

Without friends, nor games to play

I find myself in this narrowness

To not cry, I want to sing.

Not being able to understand what is happening

To be here in a very strange world

I move an arm, my head, or a foot.

In silence, or very quietly.

I find myself with strange presences

All around, talking to me about things

Everyone issues their judgments

They sting me like rose thorns.

Alice, after her little song, is watching a Turtle and the Griffin that in a
a kind of dance is making strange bows. Another turtle is crying from
another part.

GRIFFON Mrs. Turtle, would you like to dance this minuet?

TORTOISE 1 Of course, Mr. Grifone, I was only waiting for you to ask me that.
At least you will stop making all these bows.

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 They dance a minuet

Turtle 2 Oh, poor me! Oh, poor Turtle without tomorrow and without
hope!

ALICE Why is she so desperate? (addressed to the Griffin)

GRIFFIN Because he would like to run and cannot.

ALICE Poor Turtle!

GRIFFIN Imagine that he bet with the Hare - known for its speed -
that would have beaten her in the 300 meter race.

ALICE Why? Has she gone crazy too! How can a turtle win
a rabbit in a race?

GRIFFON If the turtle loses, it must give its hat to the Hare.

ALICE Then the evil is little!

TURTLE 2 No! The evil is very much, because the Mad Hatter has declared that
he/she will not make me another one.

ALICE I repeat, it doesn't seem like such a serious problem to me?

TURTLE 2 Ah, doesn't it seem to you? How will I move without a hat? It is
the only garment I can wear...

ALICE You have a beautiful shell...

TORTOISE 2 Yes, but that was born with me, while the hat is the sign of my
distinction. But now I am tired of crying and I want to dance.
me too. Griffin, make me dance!

While the Turtle and the Griffin dance, they exit accompanied by the other Turtle.
The Mad Hatter appears from one door and the March Hare from the other. Both have a
a cup of tea and a slice of bread and they sing Happy Non Birthday, in the end they look with
curiosity Alice

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 A Good Non-Birthday
We all have a birthday
Every year
And only one a year, alas, there is.
But there are 364 non-birthdays
That we prefer to celebrate!
A good non-birthday to you
To you, to me?
A good non-birthday to you
To you, to me?
Let's all toast together with another bit of tea.
A good un-birthday to you!

HATTER Your hair should be cut.

ALICE You should not make personal comments, it is inappropriate.

HARE It will be inconvenient, but they are long.

ALICE But who are you to make all these observations?

Hatter I am Bill, the Mad Hatter...

HARE And I am the March Hare.

ALICE So much pleasure and goodbye. (they all stay there)

Hatter (opening his eyes wide and surprised by the answer.) Why a raven
Does it resemble a desk?

ALICE Now we start with the riddles!... I think I can guess the
answer ….. I don’t know!

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HARE I imagined you didn't know, considering those hair!

ALICE But what do hair have to do with it?

HARE They matter, they matter! Think a little before answering!

Hatter He takes a watch out of his pocket, looks at it carefully, and puts it on.
into the ear, then looks at him and asks) What day is today?

ALICE Today we have four.

HATTER (looking at the watch again) It's wrong by two days!

disgust towards the March Hare) I told you that the butter
would have damaged the device.

HARE The butter was excellent.

Hatter If there must be crumbs of bread too.

ALICE (looking at the clock) What a strange clock! It marks the days and not
tell the hours.

Hatter Why? Maybe your watch shows what year we are in?

ALICE No, but the clock shows the same year for a long time.

Hatter What my!(Alice remains very confused) So you don't have

Still unresolved the riddle!?

ALICE No! I give up….. What is the answer?

Hatter I don't know!

ALICE (Resentful) I believe you could do something better than losing.

TIME, proposing nonsense riddles that have no
response.

Hatter If you knew TIME as I know it, you wouldn’t say that it
We are losing. Ask him/her.

ALICE Ask whom? .....I don't understand what you mean.

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Hatmaker Of course you don't understand it! I bet you've never spoken
colTEMP?

ALICE Maybe not, but when I study music I have to keep the beat.

HATTER Now it is explained, the TIME does not want to be beaten. If you were in

good relationships with TIME, he would fulfill almost all your

wishes with the clock. For example, suppose it is nine o'clock.
morning, just the time for school: you would only need to whisper a
time flies, and away we go, the hours pass in a
Battibaleno!.....It's one thirty! Lunchtime! You could do with the...
do whatever you want....

ALICE Is this how you do it?

Hatter I don't

HARE Shall we change the subject? I'm getting bored.

Hatter It would be better if we go back to our homes. I am also...

boring.

ALICE Goodbye…..(The two return singing and voices are heard;

three characters dressed as playing cards enter with brushes,
red paint and white roses in hand)..... And what are they doing?

GARDENER 2 Bada, five! Don’t splatter your paint all over me!

GARDENER 5 What do you want from me? Be careful seven, you bumped my arm.

GARDENER 7 Alright! You always blame others!

GARDENER 5 You would do well to be silent, just yesterday the queen said that you deserve it.

to be torn!

GARDENER 2 Why?

GARDENER 7 This does not concern you, two!

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GARDENER 5 Yes, it concerns him... and I'll tell him... because you brought it to the cook.

tulip bulbs instead of onions.

GARDENER 7 (He slings the brush away with a gesture of anger) Of all the
the most unjust things... (Alice interrupts)

ALICE Excuse me! (The three see her and make a huge bow) Do you want
Could you kindly tell me why you are painting those roses?

GARDENER 2 Sure Miss! Because these were supposed to be red roses,

instead by mistake we planted a rose bush of white roses and the
regina does not love white roses.

GARDENER 5 If the Queen finds out, she will have our heads chopped off.

GARDENER 7 So, miss, we do our best to fix it before it's too late.
too late and that the Queen.......

(You can hear the military march accompanying the arrival of the queen)

GARDENER 5 Help. The Queen! I see the Queen's procession approaching,

quick, let's hide.

ALICE ..... The Queen!..... Goodbye, friends. Best wishes!

(Alice also steps aside. The parade of soldiers arrives with a sound
in military march; as all the animals enter, in front of everyone
the White Rabbit with a trumpet in one hand and in the other a
scroll, the Rabbit after giving a trumpet blast
announces

RABBIT Hear, hear Your Royal Highness... Your Majesty...

the most imperial Queen of Hearts and…… Her….. The King

Regina (Entering, sees the roses dripping) Oh... Who has given the
Paint here!?........ Who put the paint here!?........ Who dared
to desecrate the Queen's roses? Someone will pay for it, their head
will lose.

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Gardener 2 Oh no your majesty please it's his fault (points to 5)

Gardener 5 No, Your Majesty, the idea was from the 7 of flowers, he planted the roses.

white...

Gardener 7 I have executed the orders of the 2nd and the 5th.

Regina Enough! Skin them all three and cut off their heads. (addressed to Alice)
Oh beautiful girl, we observed everything in secret.
we meet again. Where are you headed?

Alice Madam, I have lost my way and was trying to find my path again...

Queen Which road is yours! Here all the roads are mine...

Alice Yes, certainly, Your Majesty!

Regina And bow when you address me.

Alice Yes, Your Majesty! I wanted to ask...

Regina I will ask the questions..... Can you play Croquet?

Alice Yes, Your Majesty.

Regina So let the game begin (everyone lines up, two are brought in.
croquet mallets and two fabric balls, while the queen loses
time to find the right position to hit the ball

Cat Hello Alice, how's life?

Alice It's not good at all!

Regina Who are you talking to Carina...?

Alice With Mr. Cat.

Regina With Mr. Gatto? And where is he?

Alice It is behind you, Your Majesty.

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Regina (looking around but doesn't see him) Are you teasing me, kid?

Alice No majesty! Here it is... There it is... (the cat reappears and disappears again)

when the queen turns to look for him)

Regina Careful little one... Do you want to make me lose my temper? You should know that if I

I lose the reins, you lose your mind.

Cat Alice let's have some fun, we can make the Queen angry
really. (With a leap, he throws himself at the queen's feet and does it.
falling with one's legs in the air. General laughter.)

Alice Oh God! No! It's the end!

Re Guards save the queen! Defend the Queen!(the guards)

they gather around the fallen queen

Regina (from the ground with their legs in the air) Silence! Someone will lose the
test…. Your… (addressed to Alice)

Re (The Queen rises) My dear queen, reflect.... it cannot be done

process.

Regina A Trial!

Re A small trial!......Just a little trial.

Regina It's fine!..... Let the Court assemble!

(the court is set up, Alice on the defendant's bench, the animals
they form the jury, the cards arranged around the stage with the King in the center and

the Queen

Rabbit Majesty....Members of the Jury loyal subjects ..... as well as King.

Before the Majesties

A trial will be held. The defendant Alice is accused of
not allowing the game of a croquet match to our

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 queen and after teasing her... Tormented... and ... of
bored of it and finally....

Regina Enough with these tall tales! Get to the point! At the moment when
I lost my cool.

Rabbit …and having caused our Queen to lose her stirrups.

Regina (addressed to Alice) So. Are you ready, sweetheart, for the execution?

Alice Execution! First, there must be the sentence.

Regina Execution first - Verdict later!..... Cut off their heads (applause and
terror among those present)

Alice But this in my opinion....

Regina All opinions ..... here are...

Alice Yes, certainly Your Majesty...

Regina If girl... Cut it...

Re My dear, we did not hear any witness. We could not

to listen to someone?…. just one ... or two at most.

Queen That's fine! Let's make it quick! Call the first one.

witness.....let's hurry.

(everyone shouts First witness... First witness)

Rabbit I call to testify the first witness: the March Hare.

Re (The hare enters between two soldiers with a cup of tea and a slice of bread) What

Do you know about this unfortunate matter?

Hare Nothing!

King and Queen Nothing of Nothing?

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Queen Nothing of Nothing... It's really relevant (angry)

Alice Irrelevant! Does it mean your majesty?

Regina Of course! That's what I meant. Silence... Call the next one.
witness

Rabbit The Mad Hatter (enters with a cup of tea and a slice of bread)

Regina Cut off his hat!

RE Take off that strange hat of yours

Hatter It's not mine.

REGINA So it is stolen? The jurors should note the witness's statements.

Hatter I don't have any of my own, I'm a hat maker. I keep them to sell.

REGINA (the queen puts on her glasses and with a grim expression and tone says) Go

Good! Tell us what you know!

Hatter To tell the truth, I don't know anything.

RE Like nothing, and we who called you to do.

Hatter I was home having my tea, but I hadn't finished yet, when
I was called. Basically today, you know, it's my no
birthday

Regina Really!

Re …But….My dear, today is also your non-birthday

Regina Really!?

Hare and Mad Hatter Really... Really. (They start to sing 'Good not')
"birthday" while two soldiers carry a cake with a candle
firecracker, lit and they offer it to the queen)

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 Alice Oh! Majesty, look.

Regina Oh,... how cute, ..what?

Alice There he is... The Cat! (he points behind the queen)

Regina Cat... Cat...

Top (sitting among the jurors, he starts to yell and run)

Help.... Help.... a cat.... The cat is back again.

Regina Catch that Mouse! Out with that Mouse! Pinch it, cut it off
Mustache! Cut off his head...

Re (Everyone is running after the mouse with a sheet, the king has in hand the
Judge's hammer) Oh God, what a terrible thing! Bring the
jam…. In the name of the king…. Let's stop that mouse.

(the sheet is thrown that instead of covering the mouse covers the queen and immediately the king gives

a hammer blow to the queen's head then the hammer passes from hand to hand and stops
in Alice's hands

Regina Some heads will roll for this. Ah... Ah... (addressed to Alice)
Cut off the head....

Alice (The card soldiers charge towards Alice) Don't scare me! No
you are nothing but a deck of cards. And.... as for you Mae...stay...
...you are not a queen. You are just an old tyrant..... A
pompous, fat, and old tyrant.

REGINA Guards, take her. Quick!

Queen and King Decapitate her... Cut off her head (general commotion, Alice
runs away chased by the soldiers and they go off stage while the lights

Alice The lights slowly come up Alice is like at the beginning under the tree she
waking up daydreaming) Help..... the soldiers.... The papers..... don't me

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 you scared me! (completely awake) Oh, I had such a dream
Curious! So strange... I wonder if such a country really exists.

Everyone comes on stage to sing the final song, the same as the beginning.

The Land of Wonders

Alice storytelling

The trip was incredible

In the improbable world
Who knows where it is
Where is that magic
Country that you know how to find

Beyond the waves at the bottom of the sea

The inside of you

Who knows where it is

Perhaps down here

They go to take refuge

The moon and the others
They look at the sun in the sky

Guide us
Show us the wonders
In those magical countries
What you know how to find

FINE

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