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Friends Forever/Ballad for Fannie and Montana [1996]
Création Calgary International Festival, mai 1996 Traducteur(s) Linda Gaboriau (Auteur féminin) Nombre de personnages 3 Personnage(s), 2 Femme(s), 1 Homme(s), 3 Acteur(s) |  |
Original - Original en français par Lise Vaillancourt sous le titre de La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne [1995] Partie du recueil: Une histoire pour Édouard suivi de Le petit dragon et précédé de Une histoire pour Édouard (Dramaturges Éditeurs, Montréal: 2009)
- Théâtre des Confettis, février 1995
Résumé Montana, a mouse approaching the end of her life, feels the urge to accomplish something extraordinary before dying. Her friend, Fanny Meadows, a young mouse who values friendship more than anything else, decides to accompany her. Together they strike out across the Western prairies
and head south. In the course of their adventures, they meet Harry, the Texas field mouse, and battle many foes. Their journey becomes a quest for the meaning of death, fear, friendship and separation.
Balade pour Fannie et Carcassonne was commissioned by Théâtre des Confettis who wished to
stage, in a Western setting, characters inspired by Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. In this, her first play for children, the author relates an initiatory journey in the form of a "road-play." The original
production toured Québec, France and Switzerland, while the English-language production
successfully toured Western Canada and was presented at international children's festivals held in St. Albert (Edmonton), Saskatoon and London (Ontario).
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- Décor: PLACE:
In the vast prairies of Western Canada, then in the state of Texas.
PLACE:
In the vast prairies of Western Canada, then in the state of Texas.
PLOT SYNOPSIS:
ACT 1: In the Canadian prairies.
Prologue, Scene 1
Montana and Fanny Meadows, two mice from a small, deserted village in Western Canada, decide to leave their community, but only after some spirited resistance on the part of Fanny. The two friends strike out in search of adventure.
Scenes 2, 3, 4
They leave at dawn, wearing cowboy hats and long raincoats the colour of dust and sand. They are on the road for days and days.
Scene 5
In a dream, Fanny Meadows sees her mother, Miranda who tells her the story of the world's first mouse.
Scene 6
In a big city, Montana learns some astonishing news - a rocket will be taking some small animals to a space station for a yearlong orbit. Montana is determined to be part of this expedition. Fanny is shocked by this news.
ACT 2: In the Texas desert
Scene 1
In a freight train bound for Houston, Montana and Fanny Meadows meet Harry, an old field mouse who bas been trying for years to rid the desert of a formidable lynx.
The three travellers talk about the space voyage. Harry leaves them to join his dog and track down the lynx.
Scene 2
The following morning, the train breaks down. Montana decides to travel on by foot. Fanny Meadows follows her, with considerable misgivings. They are in the middle of the desert.
Scene 3
Montana has a fight with a vulture, then a snake. She emerges from her battles much the worse for wear, hovering between life and death. Fanny watches over her all night.
Scene 4
In a dream, Fanny Meadows sees herself as a little girl: Little Fanny tells her about her big dream.
Fanny Meadows is awakened by a terrifying growl. It's the fierce lynx Harry told them about. To defend Montana, Fanny attacks the lynx. Harry arrives on the scene with his dog, just as the battle is over. Fanny is victorious.
Scene 5
In Houston at night. Fanny and Harry are waiting for Montana. She finally arrives dressed in a complete astronaut's uniform. She has come to say goodbye.
Scene 6
At dawn, the rocket is launched. Harry tells the story of Fanny Meadows on her way to Mexico, then wanders into the desert playing the ballad of the lonesome field mouse.
Story Line
A spiritual quest
Montana's story line:
The quest for a kingdom of mice among the stars, a kingdom where the world of dreams, the world of death and the world of the imagination are united.
Fanny's story line:
The quest for the courage to be what she is.
Characters:
Montana is mystical.
Fanny Meadows is comical.
- Caractéristiques des personnages: CHARACTERS:
MONTANA, a mouse approaching the end of her life. She is bursting with the desire to accomplish something extraordinary before dying.
FANNY MEADOWS, a young mouse, Montana's friend. She values friendship more than anything in this world.
HARRY, a old field mouse from Texas. He has been battling a formidable desert lynx all his life.
Extrait « MONTANA : No, I'm sure there's a kingdom of mice in the sky. Look! Do you see those three stars? They form a constellation that hasn't been named yet. Look carefully! The biggest star is home to the souls of all mice who have died. It's the planet of our ancestors. The second one is the planet of the characters we see in our dreams. And the other one, the smallest one, is home to all the characters we imagine. […] »
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