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Act One - overture
03:56
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A BOY walks on stage, a court page. In his hand is a wooden model of the solar system which he raises high and begins to sing.
BOY: Stand forth, Lightseyes.
Bruno of Nola.
Giordano BRUNO in the court of Henry III. The KING of France sits on a throne with two COURTIERS.
BRUNO: To one who is about to behold the Daughter of the Sun,
she who is learned in magical lore,
and who comes from the hidden places:
you shall go as a free man into the House of Circe,
not bound by the fetters of Night.
Whose center is the earth and the eye.
COURTIER 1:What is this strange monk saying?
COURTIER 2: It is sorcery and magic!
KING: Is the memory you possess natural or acquired by art?
BRUNO: It is the Art of Memory, sire.
This art aids all other arts.
It shows the way and the entrance
which lies open to many other inventions.
KING: Is it a magic art?
BRUNO: It is a work of nature and reason.
A composition of images, signs and ideas
Which is not to be read by the eyes of the body
But by the eyes of the mind.
Only those men who are disciplined
with keenness of mind
will be able to understand All.
COURTIER 1&2: He is the King of France!
COURTIER 1&2: The King understands all!
KING: Teach me this sublime method.
COURTIER 1&2: Do not trust this Giordano Bruno, sire!
He speaks heresy!
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SceneLink 1
01:47
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There Are Countless Suns
06:17
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There are countless suns and countless earths all rotating round their suns in exactly the same way as the planets of our system.
We see only the suns because they are the largest bodies and are luminous.
The countless worlds in the universe are no worse and no less inhabited than our earth. For it is utterly unreasonable to suppose that those teeming worlds which are as magnificent as our own, perhaps more so, and which enjoy the fructifying rays of a sun just as we do, should be uninhabited and should not bear similar or even more perfect inhabitants than our earth.
Destroy the theories that the earth is the centre of the universe! Open the door through which we can look out into the limitless, unified firmament... show us that the other worlds float in an ethereal ocean like our own!
Take comfort, the time will come when all men will see as I do.
When all men will see as I do.
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SceneLink 2
02:12
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The Divine Sophia
09:03
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BRUNO (Seated at a writing desk – writing and deep in thought).
The Divine Sophia have I loved and sought from my youth; Ever have I desired you to be my wife. Ever have I loved your beauteous, radiant form, Ever have I prayed that you be sent to abide with me, that you work with me to the end that I might know what I lacked and what in me God would find acceptable
SOPHIA (Appears)
I have ever known and understood you Giordano. Ever have I desired to be your wife and prayed that I may guide you in all your life’s activity unto the end
BRUNO
And guide me in all my life’s activity, unto the end
CIRCE
In the atrium of Study a young man with wings on his right hand strives for the heights
You shall go as a free man into the House of Circe, not bound by the fetters of the Night, not bound by the prison of the Night.
We have ever known and understood you and guided you in all our life's actitivitiy.
BRUNO (To both Circe and Sophia)
I am persuaded that even after death you will ever keep me safe, wrapped in your constant love.
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SceneLink 3
02:32
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WALSINGHAM
The Nolan is a man of universal intelligence and well versed in all sciences. He has no religion.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Bring him to me.
BRUNO
Your Majesty. There is a soul flame kindled at the sun of thought which lends us wings, lends us wings.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
We do not trust the King Of France nor Monsieur Mauvissiere
WALSINGHAM
The Duke Of Guise, the Catholic League they're serpents in our lair.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
We do not trust the King Of Spain and fear the Holy See
WALSINGHAM
And Mary Stuart Queen Of Scots will never let us be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
We do not trust the King Of Spain nor Monsieur Mauvissiere.
QUEEN ELIZABETH & WALSINGHAM
The Duke Of Guise, the Catholic League they're serpents in our lair.
We do not trust the King Of Spain and fear the Holy See
And Mary Stuart Queen Of Scots will never let us be.
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WALSINGHAM
We need a friend at the French Embassy. Mauvissiere and the Spanish Ambassador abuse our hospitality and plot against us. You're well placed Bruno. Will you be our spy?
QUEEN ELIZABETH
I may not be a lion but I am a lion's cub. And I have a lion's heart. Men fight wars, women win them. I have need of your talents Bruno.
BRUNO
I am your servant Your Highness.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Will you be our eyes and ears against the French Ambassador who plots against us night and day?
BRUNO
Let me but write and publish my books and I will do as you command.
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SceneLink 4
02:37
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Entr'acte - Magic Memory
12:44
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Roger Doyle Ireland
Roger Doyle – composer, keyboardist and producer of own music, in concert and in the studio. Likes to work on large projects and to collaborate with others. Works with a multiplicity of musical languages and evolving technologies.
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