Fuente ovejuna

Autor: Manuel Martínez

Personajes:
 PROFESOR RUIZ: 55 year old man, a tyrant teacher and despot with his
students.
 RAÚL: Boy of 15 years, student of the last year of the institute.
 LUISA: Girl of 15 years, student of the last year of the institute. Victim of the
tyranny of Professor Ruiz.
 AMANDA: Girl of 15 years, student of the last year of the institute.
 CANDIDA: Girl of 15 years, student of the last year of the institute.
 MANOLO: 15 year old boy, student of the last year of the institute.
 CESAR: 15 year old boy, student of the last year of the institute..
 DIRECTOR: Man of 50 years, director of the institute, remains ignorant of
the abuses of Professor Ruiz.

ACTO I

The teachers' room of the Velázquez Institute is empty. Raúl a 15-year-old boy
from the last year has sneaked into the room to steal a Mathematics test.
(Characters that intervene in this act Raúl, Profesor Ruiz and Luisa)

Raul stealthily enters the room, begins to rummage through the filing cabinets.

RAÚL: It has to be here, I know. Ramírez, Renato, Ruiz! Here is the filing cabinet.
Let's see where he has the exam. Here it is.

Raúl takes some stapled sheets from the filing cabinet. He starts to review it.

RAÚL: That uncle, has included all the material of the next semester, but if we
have not seen it yet. Of course when he says he wants to suspend us all he does
not lack reason.

Raul leans on a table, takes out his cell phone and prepares to photograph the
pages, when a noise outside the room interrupts him. Raúl hides in a closet.

Enter the room Professor Ruiz y Luisa.

PROFESOR RUIZ: Adelante Alumna. And tell me what is so important that you
have to tell me.

LUISA: Well, look, Professor

PROFESOR RUIZ: Professor Ruiz, do not forget.

LUISA: Excuse Professor Ruiz. As I was saying, in the last test, I thought I would
get more grades, because I've been studying a lot and I think I answered their
questions quite well.

PROFESOR RUIZ: Oh, so he thinks he answered my questions quite well. So,

you're telling me that I made a mistake correcting your exam, right?

LUISA: I did not mean to, sir.

PROFESOR RUIZ: No, so if I'm not wrong, you want me to give you more notice
for your pretty face, from what I see

LUISA: No sir, I just wanted to know what I had failed to be more attentive in the
next exam and do better. So if you could show me the exam ...

PROFESOR RUIZ: (Professor Ruiz gives a loud bang on the table) Let him show
me my exam, but how can he come up with it? You are questioning my work as a
teacher. They never insulted me so much. Know that you are expelled two days of
the institute.

LUISA: But sir, let me explain..

PROFESOR RUIZ: Get out!

LUISA: Let me at least talk to the director

PROFESOR RUIZ: Do not force me to call your parents, go away and think about
your insolence.

Luisa leaves crying from the living room.

ACTO II

(Characters that intervene in this act Manolo, Candida, Cesar and Amanda)

Gathered standing around some desks, in a class without a professor, four

classmates from the last course talk.

CANDIDA: It's very unfair.

CESAR: And what you say.

CANDIDA: The poor one, as studious as she is.

MANOLO: Of course, that man has no heart, he's a tyrant.

AMANDA: If you had seen her, she left crying bitterly all the way.

CANDIDA: It's not for less. But I still do not understand, why to her?

CESAR: Well, because it was the one that went to the office. If you get to go your
Candida or you Cesar touches you. He is a man who hates teaching.

MANOLO: It's true, there's nothing more to do with how reluctantly he comes to
class every day. If you do not even bother to give the classes, the slightest noise
cuts everything and punish.

CANDIDA: Well, it's not fair, because today is Luisa, but tomorrow we can be
anyone.

CESAR: We have to do something.

AMANDA: Yes, but what can we do? Because talking to him we will not get
anything at all.

MANOLO: We have to teach the director, what he really is like. Only then can we
get rid of him.
CANDIDA: And that, how are we going to do it?

CESAR: In the next class, someone has to leave the classroom and call the
principal and bring him with an excuse. While we will get the worst out of him.

ACTO III

(Characters that intervene in this act Manolo, Cesar, Amanda, Candida, Professor
Ruiz, Raúl and the Director.)
In the classroom, Professor Ruiz teaches his math class.

CESAR: Amanda, you have to do it now. He will not tell you anything to go to the
bathroom.

PROFESOR RUIZ: By God, why do not you shut up, it's so hard to give an entire
class in silence. How can I hear a voice again, I will finish the class and all this will
go to the exam.

Amanda fearful, she raises her hand.

PROFESOR RUIZ: What's happening now Miss Amanda? What gut has been
broken?

AMANDA: Excuse Professor Ruiz, I have to go to the bathroom.

PROFESOR RUIZ: You're joking, are not you?

AMANDA: Sir, I would not ask for it if it were not necessary, but I have to go.

PROFESOR RUIZ: Women, always weak and with problems. Go ahead and go to
the bathroom and give us the gift of your absence.

Amanda leaves the class. The teacher continues to teach the class

MANOLO: Professor, I have a doubt.

PROFESOR RUIZ: A?, Seen your last exam you have to have more than one
MANOLO: Why did you order Luisa to be expelled?

PROFESOR RUIZ: Does that bother me? I expelled her out of insolence, insolence
that I see that they share more than one with her.

CESAR: But he has not answered the partner. What was the exact reason?

PROFESOR RUIZ: A riot, a riot in my own class. What insolence, you are all rude.
You will all be punished for your insolence, this will not be the same!

The director along with Amanda enters into alarmed class.

DIRECTOR: What's up, Mr. Ruiz? What are these cries coming from?

PROFESOR RUIZ: Thank God you're here, Mr. Director. All these young people
are insolent. Everyone deserves punishment..

DIRECTOR: Miss Amanda, you lied to me. He told me there was a young man in
poor condition who required my help.

AMANDA: But sir ..

DIRECTOR: Nothing, I begin to believe that Professor Ruiz is right.

Raúl gets up from the back of the class with his cell phone in his hand and
approaches the director.

PROFESOR RUIZ: Raúl, where do you think you're going? What insolence, what a
barbarity.

Raul approaches the director and gives him the phone to show him a video. The
shouts of Professor Ruiz to Luisa can be heard from the cell phone

PROFESOR RUIZ: Ignore Mr. Director. It is clear, that they have something
against me ...

DIRECTOR: Do not bother Professor, come with me. And say goodbye to the
class. And as for you, Raúl, we'll talk about how he recorded that video, but hey for
now you can rest assured.
Professor Ruiz leaves the class with the Director behind, the students applaud.

END