Wanted Chaperon by Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero - 5032 Words

Drama : WANTED: A CHAPERON Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero To the memory of Amalia B. Reyes First Performance: The Filipino Players, under the author’s direction, at St. Cecilia’s Hall, November 21, 1940 CHARACTERS: DON FRANCISCO (the father) DOÑA PETRA (the mother) NENA (their daughter) ROBERTING (their son) DOÑA DOLORES FRED (her son) FRANCISCO (the servant) PABLO (the mayordomo) TIME : One Sunday morning, at about eleven. SCENE: The living-room. Simply furnished. A window on the right. At the rear, a corridor. A door on the left Sofa, chairs, etc. at the discretion of the director. When the curtain rises, DON FRANCISCO, about sixty, is seen sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigar He wears a nice-looking lounging robe. Presently†¦show more content†¦No, he breaks only my plates? (FRANCISCO, the servant, enters. He is a dark, tall, thin boy. He looks foolish and is. He has his mouth open all the time.) SERVANT. Opo, senora. PETRA. Did you make that sign I told you? SERVANT. The one you told me to make? PETRA. (Emphatically). Of course! SERVANT. The one you told me to write: Wanted: a Muchacho? PETRA. (irritated). Yes, Don Francisco! FRANCISCO. Ha? PETRA. Im talking to the servant. Well, did you do it? SERVANT. No, senora. I didnt make it yet. PETRA. And why not? SERVANT. I forgot how it should be worded. I suddenly remember now., PETRA. Que estupido! Hala, go out and make it immediately! (SERVANT goes out.) FRANCISCO. Wheres Nena? PETRA. Asleep in her room. FRANCISCO. At this time? Its eleven oclock. PETRA Anyhow its Sunday. FRANCISCO. Has she heard Mass? PETRA. I suppose she did at four FRANCISCO, And so Nena went to the party last night without a chaperon? PETRA. It was the first time. FRANCISCO. I hope nothing happened. PETRA. What could have happened? We discussed this already yesterday. FRANCISCO. Yes, I know, but imagine a Filipino girl going to a party without a chaperon. PETRA. After all, she didnt go out with Fred alone. She went with her friends, Lolita and Luding. FRANCISCO. Yes, those two girls, since they arrived from abroad, theyve been trying to teach our daughter all the wrong things they learned from those places. PETRA. Wrong things? Ay,