Once upon a time ... Chapter 1: The beginning
??: Haha! (cries of pain) ?: My dear Hanzel, my dear Hanzel (said in a weary tone and took it by the hair). Do
???: You know what happens to a man who does not pay his debts? Do you?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?!
Hanzel: No, please (in a weakened tone).
???: We are getting off on it. We put him in fire boots. Moreover, if this punk does not get it, what is next?
Hanzel: Mr. Morisot, no! No, sir, no!!!!!! Mr. Morisot: We cut off his nose, furthermore, if the nose is not enough for this charlatan! His ears are the next!
A little further on, a man wrote (The unfortunate tragedy of wandering souls).
We go back to the scene of the dialogue.
M. Morisot: Why on earth are you shouting like a victim? When the latter happens to be the one whose debt has not honored. Who am I, Mr. Cleff?
Mr. Cleff: The victim, Mr. Morisot. The poor victim.
Mr. Morisot: And what was the insult to my tremendous and unparalleled generosity, Mr. Smith?
Mr. Smith: 20 ... 20 pounds, 2 shillings and 4 pence interest included, sir.
Mr. Hanzel: I will pay! Mr. Morisot: Oh, you will pay for me?! (He did not take his right ear) Mr. Hanzel: Hahahaha!!!! (screams in pain again)
Mr. Morisot: Stop screaming like a victim!!! May I, therefore, ask how the great Mr. Hanzel de Belvicomte will honor his debt, ... Yes, Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith: And you have to double the interest in waiting for a possible long wait. Since he has got a theater closing down because of the plague, moreover, a tribute of actors playing only in taverns to make ends meet.
Mr. Morisot: You are right, Mr. Smith. Then how?!???! Huh?!??!?!?
Mr. Hanzel: 3 weeks at the most. Please stop this torture!
Mr. Morisot: Mr. Cleff, take off his fire boots so that our dear friend here can present his project to us. (Mr.Hanzel let a breath of relief) Where on earth would you find so many books to honor your debts?
Mr. Hanzel: I have an outstanding playwright. A goose with a golden egg, if I may say so. He makes words into the beauty of a play.
Mr. Morisot: Put them, Mr. Cleff.
M:Hanzel: (in a trembling voice) No! HAHAHA! A comedy!!! AHAHAHAHAHAH!!! It is a comedy like you and !!! Ahahahah!!! Everybody loves it !!! Ahahahahah!!!!
M.Morisot: Start with the nose, dear Mr.Cleff.
Mr. Cleff: As you wish, sir.
Mr. Hanzel: Not before you cut off my nose
(Mr. Morisot motioned to Mr. Cleff to wait and take two steps back).
This is not just another comedy by anyone, and it is by Edouard Berthe.
M.Morisot: The ears
Mr. Hanzel: WE WILL BEGGING ASSOCIATED MR MORISOT.
M.Morisot: Associate? Do you say you know him?
M.Hanzel: Yes, it is even me who took the risk when he was a nobody. Moreover, look at him now, he is eating at the queen's table, after having played his pieces for her.
M.Morisot: HUM Interesting ...
M:Hanzel: Yes, and it will be a crowd-pleaser, a comedy like everyone loves, with a little revival, imaginary creatures, one beast, and the other bloodsucker. Conflict. And love triumphs.
Mr. Cleff: Looking like other people in context, and I would say I do not like this.
Hanzel: Because it has not forged by intelligence, the talented Berthe ... It is Berthe this time.
Mr. Morisot: And it is called?
Mr. Hanzel: Since we are partners, I said to myself that you would have wanted to find a name for your unequaled genius.
Mr. Morisot: If I do not put your feet in the fire. Alternatively, cut off your nose or your ears. That only means you have to flatter my ego, Mr. Hanzel.
Mr. Hanzel: Far be it from me to offend you, sir. Mr. Morisot: Yes, yes, I will think about it... We will start with the idea of "Beasts and their beauty."
Mr. Hanzel: Beasts?
Mr. Morisot: Yes, is there a problem with that?
(Mr. Cleff with his blade)
Mr. Hanzel: No, sir, away from me.
Mr. Smith: It's a good title, sir. We need now to find the rehearsal actors. The costumes and their costs. The place where the play will have performed. Let's say that the premiere will take place in three weeks, with 500 seats at the front, 2 pennies the pillow on the floor. And 400 seats at the back on the railing, always two pennies for the pad. The total is 1,800 pounds.
Let us say that it is necessary to count at least two representations for maximum profitability.
It is also necessary to count the troop, which would be at most 300 people. Plus, the writer of the play, I will add one hundred pounds per head. Mr. Morisot. The real total is 31,900 pounds.
Mr. Hanzel: And me in all that?
Mr. Morisot: In the profit shares, or you will have to sacrifice yourself to pay your debt.
Mr. Hanzel: (He nodded his head positively, even if it turns out that there is no profit because he is frightened of what might happen to him afterward)
Mr. Morisot: We have an agreement. Good thing I'm not a man who likes to torture, it's not my thing. Right, Mr. Cleff.
Mr. Cleff: Yes, sir.
Mr. Hanzel signed without reading, knowing that his life was in danger.
Mr. Morisot: The beasts and they are beautiful... Almost done? Tell me?
Mr. Hanzel: On the right end, sir... On the correct term... at this very moment of our discussion.
Mr. Morisot: Then see my play.
Mr. Hanzel: Yes, sir, I'll get right to it.
M.Morisot: Yes, if I were you, I'd be quick. I've never seen a piece cost so much.