“Love for Three Oranges” Gozzi in brief summary
Silvio, King of Clubs, is extremely agitated and extremely dejected by the illness of his only son, Prince Tartaglia. The best doctors determined the ailment of the Crown Prince as the result of the deepest hypochondria and amicably renounced the unfortunate one. There was only one last resort not to give Tartaglia the color of years to descend into a coffin – to make him laugh.
A faithful servant and friend of the king, Pantalone, offers Silvio a plan for rescuing the sick: first, it is necessary to arrange funny games at the court, masquerade and bacchanalia; secondly, to admit to the prince recently appeared in the city of Truffaldino, a man deserved in the art of laughter. Having heeded the advice of Pantalone, the king summons Jack Treff Leandro, his first minister, and entrusts him with the device of the festival. Leandro tried to object in the sense that the extra turmoil would only hurt Tartaglia, but the king insists on his own.
Leandro had an objection to
Truffaldino amusing – and he had been sent to the palace the magician Celio, who loved the king, and who could not bear Leandro for the same reason which determined the likes and dislikes of the Morgans, – no matter how trying, could not call on Tartaglia’s face, even a smile. The festivities begin, but here the prince cries and begs back to the warm bed.
True to her promise, among the masquerade crowd in the image of an ugly old woman appears Fairy Morgan. Truffaldino flies at her and, showering with a hail of insults, knocks down. Ta, hilariously up her legs, flies to the ground, and, oh miracle! – Tartaglia
Obsessed frantic mania Tartaglia requires Truffaldino immediately equip the road with him to look for three oranges, which are described in the children’s story, there are two thousand miles from their town, in the power of witch-giantess Creonte’s. There is nothing to be done, and Truffaldino follows the prince in armor, arms with a sword and puts on iron shoes. King Silvio makes every effort to keep his son from a mad venture, but seeing that everything is in vain, he faints. Tartaglia with Truffaldino leave the palace to the great joy of Clarice, Leandro and their assistant Brighella, who, revering the prince already dead, begin to wind up their palace in the palace.
Brave travelers make extraordinary rapid progress to the creations of Creon, for all two thousand miles they are accompanied by a devil with furs, incessantly puffing wind in the back. The devil with the furs disappears, the wind stops, and Tartaglia with Truffaldino realize that they are at the target.
But here on their way stands the magician Celio. He unsuccessfully tries to dissuade the prince and his squire from a daring design, but in the end explains how they avoid death at the hands of the magical servants of the giantess, and supplies everything necessary for this.
Tartaglia from Truffaldino at the gate of the Creon’s castle. They block the way with the Gate with an iron grate, but they lubricate them with a magical ointment, and the Gate is opened. A terrible dog rushes at them with barking, but they throw him a piece of bread, and he calms down. While Truffaldino, following the instructions of Celio magician pulls out from the well, and lays out in the sun rope, and then presents Pekarke heather broom, Tartaglia has time to go to the castle and back out with three huge oranges.
Suddenly, the light fades and the horrifying voice of the giantess Creon is heard: she orders her servants to kill the kidnappers of oranges. But they refuse to obey the brutal mistress, for whom for many years Pekarka tormented her white breasts, sweeping them with a stove, The rope rotted in the well, The dog feverishly starved, and the Gate mourned ruefully. With what, tell me, why should they now ruin their benefactors?
Tartaglia with Truffaldino safely flee, and the giantess Creon in desperation calls on his head thunder and lightning. Her entreaties are heard: lightning falls from the sky and incinerates the giantess.
Morgan le Fay learns that with the help of a magician Celio Tartaglia with Truffaldino stole oranges and, spurred on by the devil with furs, whole, unscathed close to the royal castle, but believes that all is not lost for Leandro and Clarice – after she left yet there are intrigues.
Truffaldino, slightly overtaking the prince, sits down to rest and wait for the master, when suddenly he is overcome by inhuman thirst. Not without difficulty, having overcome remorse, he cuts one of the oranges. About a miracle! From the orange a girl comes out, declares that she is dying of thirst, and really falls to the ground. To save the unfortunate, Truffaldino cuts the second orange, from which the second girl appears and does exactly the same as the first. Girls emit a spirit.
The third from the sad fate of the sisters relieves only the appearance of Tartaglia. He also cuts an orange, and from there a girl comes out and asks to give her water. Unlike Truffaldino, the prince notices that the whole thing is happening on the shore of the lake. Defying convention, he brings the girl to the water in your iron shoes, and one deadly thirst quenching, according to the prince, that her name was Ninetta and that evil will Creonte’s she was imprisoned in the orange peel, along with her two sisters, the daughters of the King of Antipodes.
Tartaglia immediately falls in love with Ninetta and wants to lead her to the palace as her bride, but she hesitates to appear at court not dressed, as befits a princess. Then Tartaglia leaves her on the shore of the lake with a promise to return soon with rich clothes and accompanied by a courtyard.
Here, to an unsuspecting Ninetta, Smeraldin’s aura approaches. From Morgan Smeraldina received two hairpins: one she had to stick into Ninetta’s hair and thereby turn her into a bird; then she had to pretend to be an orange girl, to marry Tartaglia, and on the very first night, having stuck a second hairpin in her head, turn him into a wild beast. So the throne would be free for Leandro and Clarice. The first part of Morgana’s plan was a success – Ninetta turned Dove and flew away, and Smeraldina settled herself in her place.
From the palace appears a procession led by Tartaglia and Silvio. The prince is somewhat discouraged by the change that has taken place with the bride, but there is nothing to be done, preparations for the wedding begin.
Truffaldino, who received the pardon of his sins from the prince and the title of the royal cook, is busy preparing a roast for the wedding feast. The roast burns, as Golubka flies into the kitchen and sends a dream to Truffaldino. This is repeated several times, until at last an angry Pantaloon appears. Together they catch Dove, take out the hairpin from her head, and Golubka again becomes Ninetta.
By this time, the cup of patience of the feasting, who had already eaten snacks and soup, is overflowing, and all of them led by the king break into the kitchen. Ninetta tells us that Smeraldina did with her, and the king, without wasting time, sentences the arable to the burning. But that is not all. Appeared from nowhere, the magician Celio unmasks the blame of Clarice, Leandro and Brighella, and the king immediately condemns all three to cruel exile.
And then, as expected, the wedding of Tartaglia and Ninetta is played. Guests entertained with might and main: they poured tobacco into each other’s drinks, shaved rats and let them on the table…
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