Lucy Brocadelli, Father, Mother, children (3) Aslan, Mr. Tumnus, the white witch, uncle, suitor, Pietro, Catherine of Sienna, Prior
(Enter Lucy, Father, Mother)
Lucy Brocadelli was born on the feast of St Lucy (Dec 13, 1476) in a place called Narnia, Italy. Her mother and father doted on her, pinching her cheeks and commenting on how cute she was. Eventually they had 10 more children!
(Enter children)
(Exit children, mother, father)
Lucy had visions as a young girl. She saw a man who was half goat and half man. (Enter Mr. Tumnus)
Mr. Tumnus said "How would it be if you would have tea with me?"
Then the witch came (Enter white witch.) She said "I'll get you my pretty, and your little fawn too!" Then she turned Mr. Tumnus into a statue.
Then Aslan came (Enter Aslan) He roared so loud the audience shook! Then he bit the witches face off.
Lucy said "Wait! This was not the vision I had! My vision was of Mary and Jesus and Catherine of Sienna!"
The narrator apologized profusely, and ushered the characters from the CS Lewis books off the stage. (Exit Tumnus, Aslan, Witch)
Lucy said "After that amazing vision, which was so unlike the one portrayed here..." and awkwardly looked at the narrator before continuing... "I will be celibate!" meaning she made a vow to never get married.
(Enter Father)
Unfortunately her father did not know that, and he suddenly grew ill.
(Enter Uncle)
Lucy's uncle ran to the side of his dying brother and said "What can I do?"
Her father said "Take care of Lucy. Get her married- quick! She's twelve years old! It's time she had children of her own!" Then he died.
(exit Father)
(enter children, mother, suitor)
Some time later, the uncle arranged for a gathering of the whole family, including a wealthy suitor. He said "Good news Lucy! I found someone to marry you!"
Lucy said "What? No! I made a promise to God!"
But the suitor got down on one knee, and tried to put a ring on her finger. So she slapped him. He tried again. She slapped him again. He tried a third time. She slapped him a third time.
So the suitor fell at the knees of the narrator and said "Please! Make it stop!"
Then he left. (Exit suitor).
(Enter Pietro) But in came Count Pietro Di Allesio of Milan. He pointed at Lucy and said in an Transylvania accent "One! One single girl! Ah ah ah."
The girls in the audience all said "He's so dreamy!" and began fanning themselves with their hands.
Lucy also looked at the count and felt that she loved him. But she said "Oh, if only I could marry you! But alas I made a vow of celibacy!"
(Enter Catherine) Suddenly St Catherine of Sienna appeared to her and said "Seriously? You gonna turn down a guy like that? Look, just marry the guy, but get him to agree to honour your vow of celibacy!" Then she disappeared. (Exit Catherine).
So Lucy and Pietro were married!
At first they had a happy marriage, even though Lucy kept giving his food and wealth away to the poor. But it was her reapeated visions which bothered the Count.
One day Lucy said "Some nice saints appeared to me today and walked me home!"
Count Pietro said "Again? Lucy this is getting embarrassing!" And so he locked her up so she would stop having visions in public.
(Exit Pietro)
But eventually Lucy managed to escape, and ran to a monastery. There the prior (meaning the guy in charge) allowed Lucy to become a third order Dominican, something like a nun!
(Enter Pietro)
When Pietro heard about it, he was furious! He was so mad, he burned down the monastery!
(Exit Prior)
Pietro fell on his knees and begged Lucy to come back and be his wife. But she said no, so he left sad.
Eventually Lucy would go on to start two convents. She continued to have visions, and would be seen in a state of ecstasy, smiling and staring off like a statue. She even got the stigmata- the wounds of Christ on her hands!
Lucy of Narnia is thought to be the inspiration behind Lucy Pevensie who visits Narnia in CS Lewis' works.
St Lucy- Pray for us!
