Sycorax (2021) - full transcript

You know this damned

witch Sycorax,

was banished from Argier

for her terrible sorceries

too mischievous

to enter human hearing.

For one thing

they would not take her life.

This blue-eyed hag

was left here by the sailors.

Because she was

brought with a child:

Caliban.

Ariel, my slave,

As you call yourself,

You were servant of Sycorax;

And you, a spirit too delicate

To act her abhorred commands,

by force of her more

potent powers,

she painfully trapped you

in her most unmitigable rage,

Into a cloven tree;

And within its hollow

for twelve years

you remained prisoner.

Location:

an uninhabited island.

[Fire]

[Night]

[Snow]

Characters for a Tempest

by William Shakespeare.

Prospero,

the right Duke of Milan.

Antonio, his brother,

the usurping Duke of Milan.

Ferdinand,

son to the King of Naples.

Mariners.

Gonzalo,

an honest old Counsellor.

Trinculo, a Jester.

Master of a Ship.

Boatswain.

Miranda,

daughter to Prospero.

Caliban, a slave.

And Sycorax,

Caliban's mother?

Where is Sycorax?

The first of these characters

to step on this island.

Her?

Maybe her?

Where is Sycorax?

Why would she trapped

Ariel in a tree?

[Swamp]

[Wind]

[Night]

[Bees]

- That's for Sycorax?

- Yes, let's try it.

You know that these capes

were made with whale bones.

There are many whales

on this island.

I didn't know.

But what I like the most

of these capes

is that women could walk

out there without being recognized.

Thanks to that, they could do

whatever they wanted.

Sometimes they could only be

recognized for the shoes,

but not always, because the shoes

were also very similar.

You lie, malignant thing!

Have you forgotten

the foul witch Sycorax,

who with age and envy

was grown into a crooked hoop?

Have you forgotten her?

How do you imagine her?

Sycorax?

Neither old,

nor wicked,

or ugly, or crooked.

I wouldn't believe

Prospero so much.

The problem in the play

is that Sycorax is voiceless.

So what are these

women going to say?

No word that does not

appear in the play.

Sycorax I.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax II.

Wind, rain, fire and fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax III.

Rain, wind, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax IV.

Wind, rain, fire and fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax V.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax VI.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax VII.

Wind, rain, fire and fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax VIII.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariela,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax IX.

Wind...

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax X.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island...

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax XI.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax XII.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel..

this tree will take care of you.

Thank you.

Sycorax XIII.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this water will take care of you.

Thank you

Sycorax XIV.

Wind, rain, fire, fog.

This island they want to steal.

Ariel...

this tree will take care of you.

In which tree did you trap Ariel?

In the most beautiful.

Ariel...

You well know

in which torments I found you;

Your groans made wolves howl,

and penetrated the breasts of angry bears:

it was a torment

which Sycorax could not undo:

It was my art,

when I arrived and heard you,

that opened that tree,

and set you free

When you first arrived, Prospero

You caressed me,

and cared much for me;

You would give me

water with berries

and teach me how to name

the bigger light,

and the smaller one,

That burn by day and night:

I loved you then,

And showed you all

the qualities of the isle,

The fresh springs,

brine-pits,

barren lands

and fertile ones.

In which tree did you trap Ariel?

This island they want to steal.

Ariel,

this tree will take care of you.

Are you sure

Ariel is in the tree?

Is this the tree?

Yes.

I don't hear anything.

I think you're asleep.

How long will I sleep for?

It could be years.

Who will wake me up?

Come in.

In here?

And close your eyes.

How am I going to wake up?

How would you like to?

With some of my songs.

I will sing until you wake up.

While you sleep here peacefully.

conspiracies happen

in full view of all

If you care for the life you keep

Shake yourself off and beware.

Awake,

awake!

While you sleep here peacefully,

conspiracies happen

in full view of all

If you care for the life you keep

Shake yourself off and beware.

Awake,

awake!

While you sleep here peacefully,

conspiracies happen

in full view of all

If you care for the life you keep

Shake yourself off and beware.

Awake,

awake!

While you sleep here peacefully,

conspiracies happen

in full view of all

If you care for the life you keep

Shake yourself off and beware.

Awake.