THE
SCRIPT OF THE FOLKLORE OF CINDELARAS
(Once
upon a time in East Java there was a kingdom which was ruled by a
king named Raden Putra. Raden Putra was very wealthy and powerful.
His hobby was cock fighting. Raden Putra has a queen and some
mistresses. One of the mistresses has the nature of jealousy in her
and she wants to seize the queen place. To realize her intention she
defamed the queen.
So,
how
is the rest of the story developing...?? Let’s enjoy the
performance of the following drama...)
ACT
1
SCENE
1
(In
one of the palaces room, the MISTRESS sit on the luxurious old
chair...)
PHYSICIAN
Pardon
me, Your highness. Why did Your Highness summon me?
MISTRESS PHYSICIAN, I would like to be the KING’s queen. I am bored being
the
KING’s mistress. Therefore, I want to get rid of the QUEEN from the
palace! I will pretend to be sick which is caused by the QUEEN who
deliberately poisoned me because of her jealousy of me. And you
PHYSICIAN must help me to carry out my wishes.
Do
you understand, PHYSICIAN?
PHYSICIAN
I undesrtand Your Highness.
MISTRESS Well! Well! If you have already known. Let the KING know
that
I am sick right now.
PHYSICIAN With pleasure, Your Highness. I’ll carry out Your Highness order
immediately.
(Shortly
after, the royal PHYSICIAN immediately delivered to the KING that the
MISTRESS is sick. While, the MISTRESS pretended moaning in pain)
ACT
2
SCENE
2
(The
PHYSICIAN do his task and go to meet the KING in the palace
verandah...)
PHYSICIAN (Running)
Pardon
me, Your Majesty. There was one of the mistresses
who
was sick. And the sickness was the result of the drink which was
given by the QUEEN.
KING
(Surprise)
What
do you mean? So, my MISTRESS’ sickness was caused by the drink
which was given by my QUEEN?!
PHYSICIAN :
It’s true, Your Majesty.
KING :
What? Is it really true, what must you say, PHYSICIAN? Didn’t you make
it
up?
PHYSICIAN :
What I have to say is correct, Your Majesty.
KING :(Walk
into the room and surprised) Dinda,
is it right what the
PHYSICIAN
has said? Is it true that the QUEEN has poisoned you?
MISTRESS :(Moaning
with pain). It’s
true, Your Majesty. I am ill after I drank the drink which was given
by the QUEEN. The royal PHYSICIAN said, the drink that I drank
contained poison.
KING :
(angry)
The
QUEEN is really too much! How can she tries to kill
you.
Guards! Call the QUEEN to come before me right now!
GUARDS :
Alright, Your Majesty. I will carry out Your Majesty’s order
immediately.
(After
sometimes, the GUARDS have already arrived with the QUEEN in the
palace verandah to meet the KING)
GUARD :
Pardon me, Your Majesty. The QUEEN has already presented in
front
of Your Majesty.
QUEEN :
(Innocently)
What’s
wrong with you, Your Majesty, why did you
summon
me?
KING :
(Angry)
You
are really too much, Dinda! You purposely put poison in the MISTRESS’
drink because you are jealous of her. Is that right? You want to kill
her, right? You are murderer!
QUEEN :
What? Pardon me, Your Majesty. This, this is slander, Your Majesty.
I
have never given drink to Your Majesty’s MISTRESSES.
KING :
(Angry)
I
don’t believe with all of your excuses! I don’t ever want to
see
you in front of me again!
GUARDS!
GUARD :
I am, Your Majesty.
KING :
Bring the QUEEN immediately to the forest and kill her!
QUEEN :
What? (crying)
Please,
forgive me, Your Majesty. I really have never done everything
that
have been alleged to me. That’s a slander! That’s a lie!
KING :
(Angry)
GUARDS!
Pull the QUEEN out of the palace right away! I don’t ever want to
see her again!
GUARD :
Alright, Your Majesty.
(Pull
the QUEEN) Let’s
go, QUEEN. Pardon me, Your Highness. I
only
carry out the KING’s order.
(In
the end, the GUARDS took the QUEEN out of the palace and took her to
the forest. But the GUARDS didn’t have the heart to kill the QUEEN
who was pregnant)
ACT
3
SCENE
3
(In
the forest...)
GUARD :
Calm down, Your Highnes. I know the MISTRESS’ foul intention
and
I won’t kill the QUEEN. I only bring the QUEEN to this forest. I’ll
report
to the KING that I had killed the QUEEN. And I’ll smear my
sword
with the rabbit’s blood so that the KING believe that Your
Highness
have already dead.
QUEEN :
Thank you, GUARD. You are very kind.
I
really won’t forget your kindness.
GUARD :
I naturally should do this, Your Highness. I don’t want the
QUEEN
who has kind hearted to be slandered by the KING’s mistress.
So,
I have finished smearing my sword with the rabbit’s blood. Now,
I
will return to the palace. (holding
the sword)
QUEEN :
Alright, GUARD. Thank you, for your help.
(When
he got to the palace, the GUARD face the KING straight away)
ACT
4
SCENE
4
(In
the palace...)
GUARD :
Pardon me, Your Majesty. I have done your order, Your Majesty.
KING :
Where is the proof, GUARD?
GUARD :
(showing
his sword to the KING) Here
it is, KING. My sword has
already
covered with the QUEEN’s blood.
KING :
Well! Well! You have done my order correctly.
(After
hearing the bodyguard reports, the KING and the MISTRESS felt
satisfied and happy because they thought that the QUEEN had already
passed away.
A
few months later the QUEEN gave birth to a healthy and handsome baby
boy. His name was CINDELARAS. CINDELARAS has grew to be a strong and
clever child. He likes to play in the forest. One day, he found a
chicken egg)
ACT
5
SCENE
5
(In
an old hut in the forest...)
CINDELARAS :
(Holding
the chicken egg) Mother....!
Look! I found a chicken egg.
QUEEN
: Oh, that’s right my child. Take care of the chicken egg until it
hatches. Later, it will be helpful for you.
CINDELARAS :
Yes, Mother. I will take care of it such as mother’s advice.
(After
a few days, CINDELARAS’ egg hatches and became a male chick. The
chicken grows bigger and bigger. Just like his father, CINDELARAS is
like cock fighting.
He
went to one village to another to do cock fighting. His cock was very
strong and always win to againts other cocks. CINDELARAS became
famous. Everyone heards the story about a young boy and his cock)
ACT
6
SCENE
6
(In
the palace verandah...)
GUARD :
(Running)
Pardon
me, Your Majesty. I heard from the residents that
there
is a child who has a very remarkable cock. That child’s cock is
always win whenever fight againts the cocks’ of other resident.
KING :
(Underestimate)
Heemm.
What did you say? Is the owner still a
child?
Which village does the child come from?
GUARD :
Pardon me, Your Majesty. According to the news that I heard, that
child
lives in the forest.
KING :
Heemm. I am so curious. GUARD! Bring that child to the palace to
meet
me right now!
GUARD :
Alright, Your Majesty. I will carry out your order right away, Your
Majesty.
(After
sometimes, the GUARD has already successfully brought CINDELARAS
toward the KING)
KING :(Heemm.
Hi Child! Where is your cock? They said that your cock is
very
famous and the greatest cock and also unbeatable by anybody’s cock.
Come on, now fight my cock!
CINDELARAS :
Pardon me, Your Majesty. I want to comply with Your
Majesty’s
challenge. But, I have a requirement.
KING :
What is your requirement?
CINDELARAS :
The requirement is if I win the competition, the KING must
give
half of your kingdom for me.
KING :
(mumbled)
(This
young child is very smart in giving a requirement. My cocks are
selected
cock and treated very well. It is impossible that this child’s cock
will win)
Alright
young man. I agree with your requirement!
And
how if your cock is the one who is loss?
CINDELARAS :
If my cock get loss, I am ready to be beheaded.
KING :
Alright young man, we will start the fight.
CINDELARAS :
Alright, Your Majesty.
(Then,
the very fierce fight between the KING’s cock and CINDELARAS’
cock began. The KING had tried to choose his best cock to
CINDELARAS’ cock, however...)
KING :
(mumbled)
(Wuaaahhh!
That child’s cock is very great, it beats my
cock
very easily and until battered. What the resident said was right.
That
child’s cock is really unbeatable!)
(Everyone
was shocked looking at the race. They were even more shocked when
CINDELARAS’ cock crowed and said...)
CHICKEN :
Cock-a-doodle-doo...!
I am CINDELARAS’ cock, who lives in the
forest,
but he is Raden Putra’s child!
(The
cock crowed loudly many times. Everyone who watched the cock fight
were very surprised.
Even
the KING was very surprised. Then, the KING called CINDELARAS)
ACT
7
SCENE
7
(In
the palace verandah...)
KING :
Hi child! Come closer here!
CINDELARAS :
Alright, Your Majesty.
KING :
What is your name? And where is your home?
CINDELARAS :
My name is CINDELARAS, Your Majesty. I live with my mother in
the
forest.
KING :
What is your mother’s name?
CINDELARAS :
My mother is the QUEEN in this kingdom, Your Majesty.
KING :
(surprised)What
did you say?
Is what you said correct?
CINDELARAS :
It’s correct, Your Majesty.
(CINDELARAS
mentioned his mother’s name and the KING be taken by surprised)
KING :
(mumbled)
Is
it right that he is my child?
He
said that this child lives in the forest, however I paid attention
from
a
moment he arrived in the palace and he behaved like a nobleman’s
child.
GUARD :
Pardon me, Your Majesty. In the past when Your Majesty ordered me
to
kill the pregant QUEEN, I can’t stand to kill the QUEEN because I
know that the QUEEN only got slandered by the MISTRESS who wants to
be the QUEEN.
KING :
What? GUARD! Is that true?
GUARD :
Correct, Your Majesty.
(Hearing
all of those, Raden Putra was very angry)
KING :
GUARD! Show me right now where does the QUEEN lives?
GUARD :
Alright, Your Majesty. I will carry out Your Majesty’s order
immediately.
KING :
Come on CINDELARAS, you also follow me and show us where do you live.
(And
after sometimes, the KING, GUARD and CINDELARAS arrived in the
forest. When they arrived in front of the QUEEN’s hut, the QUEEN
was sweeping the yard, the KING recognized her right away and called
her)
ACT
8
SCENE
8
(In
an old hut in the forest...)
KING :
Dinda, please forgive me, Dinda!
QUEEN :
(suprised)
Haah??
Kanda?! How did you know I was here?
KING :
I came here with your son and the GUARD.
Dinda,
please forgive me, Dinda. I have heard about the truth from the
GUARD.
I felt sorry for being mad so hastily and never listened to
your
explanation.
Dinda,
let’s go back to the palace. Together with our son,
CINDELARAS.
(The
QUEEN was speechless and can only be silent on what happened. And the
GUARD nor CINDELARAS felt move on the KING and QUEEN meeting)
QUEEN :
Alright, Kanda. Dinda had already forgiven Kanda for a long time
ago.
Let’s start a new life again.
KING :
Thank you, Dinda. You are a very kind-hearted woman. I felt sorry
for
neglecting you.
(Finally,
the KING and the QUEEN together with their son, CINDELARAS along with
the the GUARD went back to the palace. The KING reaffirmed the
QUEEN’s place and punished the wicked MISTRESS. From then on, RADEN
PUTRA, the QUEEN and CINDELARAS live happily ever again in the
palace. After the KING passed away, CINDELARAS replace him to be the
king. He ruled fairly and wisely)
The Indonesian version text retrieved from http://aliyakeisha.blogspot.co.id/2014/01/naskah-drama-cindelaras.html
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