0:00:15 > 0:00:17The Medici Sapphire.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Worn by Medici brides on their wedding day.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Worth more than all the gold in the vault put together.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Take it off now.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Lorenzo.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Ooh! Sorry, a bit of skin.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Darlings, what a vista. Magnifico!
0:01:57 > 0:02:02The countryside lives, it breathes through your art.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Isn't that so, Donnola?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06It's all right.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07High praise indeed.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Your backdrop is the perfect setting for our play -
0:02:11 > 0:02:16a tale of love found, love lost, love found again.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Well, love is pretty hard to keep hold of.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Indeed.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25But happily, true love conquers all...
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Yes, it does.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Ah!
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Divine amore, a fitting subject in honour of Lorenzo de' Medici
0:02:36 > 0:02:41and his most beloved fiancee, Angelica.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43A play about what?
0:02:43 > 0:02:49Amore. A young couple in love.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Boring. I was hoping it would be a pantomime.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It's a celebration to honour your engagement.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Isn't that romantico, Angelica?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Who cares about romance? At the panto we can shout,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02"He's behind you" and "Oh, no, he isn't".
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Papa's bank is paying for the play to be performed right outside
0:03:06 > 0:03:07the bank itself.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It would be beneath its dignity to sponsor a pantomima.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Be more fun.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's the theatre - you're not supposed to enjoy it.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20What about Angelica?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I bet she doesn't want to watch a silly play about love?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Lorenzo, a word.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Yes, Mama?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Your wooing needs work.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I play the King, naturally.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46You've done an excellent job on my crown -
0:03:46 > 0:03:48the jewel looks like the real thing.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Donnola plays Harlequin, my servant.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- I like bowing. - Because he likes bowing.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58And we'll be holding special auditions for the parts
0:03:58 > 0:04:00of the two young lovers.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06We really must rehearse your bow, Donnola.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10More elaborate. I am the King, after all, you must worship me.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- I'm going to audition. - Do you think that's a good idea?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Boys get it all.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Not only can girls not paint, we're not allowed to act either.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Well, now I'm a boy, I'm having a go.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30OK, but don't try out for the girl's part.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33You can't be a girl, playing a boy, playing a girl -
0:04:33 > 0:04:34it's too confusing.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37I'll be so nervous.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Will you come to the audition with me?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yeah, OK. If you like.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Too late, it's been cast.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Lorenzo. You need lessons in romance.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Lessons? - Si.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Imagine I were Angelica.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- I enter the room... - I really don't want...
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I espy you, my beloved.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32I am coy, yet pleased to see my heart's desire.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36I turn to the man of my dreams and he says...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I feel like a total gonzo.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Lorenzo! I see we need to go back to basics.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Must we?
0:05:43 > 0:05:48To the woman you love you should display a manly visage -
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- straight-backed and muscular... - Muscular?
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Present her with gifts, compliment her, listen to her views.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I don't think she's got any.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03You'd better practise. Go on, jump to it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I need to rehearse. Can you read the other part?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Where from? - Erm...this bit.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22"How true - that a true kiss can show true love to be so true."
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Snappy dialogue. - Down to where they actually kiss.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Would that be a true love's kiss by any chance?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Probably.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Nobody else turned up?
0:06:32 > 0:06:38Va bene, congratulazioni, you two play the young lovers.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I'm not auditioning.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42But you must, sweetie, you're a natural.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45And you get the best costume.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Worn by the boy playing the girl so the audience knows who's who.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Bellissima. Velvet hangs beautifully.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54There's a fabulous wig as well.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Hold on, I'm not playing a girl.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Play the boy then, let him play the girl.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05Not ideal casting, you don't really look girly enough.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Scusi? I don't look girly enough?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Not as girly as him, with his big, girly smile.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Girly smile? Me?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16An actor's greatest quality, a big smile...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21..especially when the audience start throwing things.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I could play a girl.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I'm sure you could if you tried. Either way,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30you make a scrumptious couple.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32We rehearse in 10.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Give me that!
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Apologies, it's terribly bad luck to touch another actor's props.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Is this a girly smile?
0:07:51 > 0:07:57No... Yeah, yeah, it is a bit...but gorgeous.
0:08:02 > 0:08:08Angelica, may I say, you walk like a happy...peacock.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Is that a good thing, who knows?
0:08:13 > 0:08:19And your hair goes really well with your...
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Your...nose. Hmm.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27No, that's better, complimenting appearance.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Yeah, yeah. OK. Now listen to her views.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Really, well that's fascinating.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Sorry, what was that? Have I a gift for you?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39As a matter of fact... Yes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Some conkers and my sleeping hat. Oh, yeah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Not bad, Lorenzo, not bad.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02My love, if you should go, the stars would never shine again.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04That seems highly unlikely.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Stick to the script - let's just get to the kiss.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I mean, my line about "Handsome Virile,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- "mine lips are thine lips", and then the kiss.- We can't.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16This is where the King is supposed to come in. He sees us,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20beats me in a sword fight and then chains me up in prison.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Where is Nazario?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34The bank vault's just the other side of this wall.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36And in it...the Medici Sapphire.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41This stone's huge. We'll have to blow it up.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Oh, that'll work(!)
0:09:42 > 0:09:46You don't think an audience might just hear an explosion and see
0:09:46 > 0:09:48the stage blown to pieces, you imbecile?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Well, what then? - We can't blow it up,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55but we do need something that has that kind of power.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Ah, there you are.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01It's your line - what did you say about needing power?
0:10:01 > 0:10:06I...err...want power to raise the King through the trap door
0:10:06 > 0:10:09to show his kingliness.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Donnola is but a small man, doesn't have the power to lift me.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13That's easy.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16You just attach a platform to some gears and a crank handle.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18That would work because...?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20You're magnifying a force by proportionally diminishing
0:10:20 > 0:10:23the distance through which the magnified force can act.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Didn't understand a word of that. Did you?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29It would be a platform that could lift the weight of five of you.
0:10:29 > 0:10:3325, if you like - it could move anything. I could make it easily.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Could you?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38In that case, my young inventor, fly.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Go this very instant and build it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45What about the rehearsal?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49What about the kiss?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Manly visage, manly, manly, man...
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Here...a gift for you.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- I can't accept this. - Why?
0:11:17 > 0:11:22I didn't come second in the Florence Under 18 Open Fencing Tournament.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26No. That was me - although I still say his winning lunge missed.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32But I wanted you to have something that was precious to me,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and that trophy is...precious.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Ooh, Patience...
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Red seven on the black eight, surely.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Good. Smart play.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55So...would you like to say something?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Yes. Leave me to my game.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04As you wish. We must do this again sometime.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42METAL TAPS AGAINST ROCK
0:13:00 > 0:13:01It's a simple gear ratio.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Both gears have teeth, but one is twice the size of the other.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Do you know what that means? - It means we can go up and down.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Si, because one gear revolves twice as much as the other,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12and that movement goes to the vertical axis.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's fascinating, you're brilliant. Can we rehearse now?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19We were up to "the stars would never shine again".
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Is that just before the kiss? - I dunno. Is it?
0:13:27 > 0:13:33Princess Bella, thou art my first waking thought.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Thou art mine too.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Thy lips...are as red as rubies.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Rubies I desire to press to mine own.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Handsome Virile, mine lips...are thine lips.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Leonardo, my boy, is my all-powerful king-lifting device ready?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- There we go. - Tah-dah!
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Magnifico, you're a genius. Let's get it to the theatre.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10What about our rehearsal?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Cosi. Stand in for me. - Si.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Leo...
0:14:21 > 0:14:22No, Cosi.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- I'm so nervous. - That's odd.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Not really - have you seen how many people are out there?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44No, there's a real sword on the prop rack.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Oh, look, here comes Lorenzo.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Lorenzo! Lorenzo!
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- What's going on? - We're in the play.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- Are you? - See you in a bit.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11He's here.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Mi scusi.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20I was so looking forward to the play, but duty calls.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I will, of course, hurry back.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Everybody from the Medici bank should be in the audience.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35If there is anybody in the vault...
0:15:36 > 0:15:38DRUMROLL
0:15:46 > 0:15:52Signore e Signori, welcome to our sparkling new show -
0:15:52 > 0:15:55a tale of romantic love and of weeping woe.
0:15:55 > 0:16:01In honour of fair Angelica and Lord Loren-zo.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03APPLAUSE
0:16:06 > 0:16:14I am Principessa Bella, a beautiful but lonely Princess.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16AUDIENCE: Awww!
0:16:18 > 0:16:23I am handsome Virile, a humble shepherd.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26I spend my time humbly herding sheep.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29APPLAUSE
0:16:31 > 0:16:34DRUMROLL
0:16:36 > 0:16:40And I am the King.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43APPLAUSE
0:16:52 > 0:16:59The Duke left for Milan this morning. This canyon is perfect.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03He won't even see the arrow being fired.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Payment up front. - Upon completion.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10If I pay you now, what's to stop you running off with the money?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11My honour.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15You're an assassin, honour doesn't come into it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Brief and to the point, sir.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35You could even catch the rest of the play.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I could, yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Again.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52DRUMROLL
0:18:15 > 0:18:18What beauteous beauty.
0:18:18 > 0:18:26Good sir, though we have just met, I love thee.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28And I, thee.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30AUDIENCE: Ahhh!
0:18:30 > 0:18:33You have my heart, now take my hand.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Never!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39AUDIENCE BOOS
0:18:39 > 0:18:43I forbid this. Be gone, shepherd boy.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45AUDIENCE BOOS
0:18:45 > 0:18:49And daughter...
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I'm locking you in the tower.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59HE HISSES
0:19:07 > 0:19:14Alone. Without my love.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Ahhh!
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Magnifico.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Get it open.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43If only my true love were here.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44I am.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47APPLAUSE
0:19:47 > 0:19:49But I must away.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51AUDIENCE: Ahhh!
0:19:51 > 0:19:56My love, if you should go, the stars would never shine again.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01I will find your father and beg him for your hand.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Too late, here he comes now.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Where is he?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- Too late. - Shh!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Here he comes now.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24We should be on stage.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31Methinks he spies on us from below. I'll fetch him.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37HE LAUGHS
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Keep going.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48What am I to do?
0:20:48 > 0:20:53Imbecile, you're supposed to listen for our cue lines.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Not to worry, daughter...
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I come.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11You, boy, what are you doing here?
0:21:19 > 0:21:26So...where is your shepherd boy, my dear?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28He went below to find you.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35You're sure he's not hiding over here?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Yes, father, I'm sure.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39(He's under the stage.)
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Harlequin, deal with him.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Yes, Nazario... I mean, your Majesty.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Listen, everyone, these men are... - Not so fast, shepherd boy.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03I'd rather my daughter died than married you, capisci?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- This isn't in the script. - I'm improvising.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12So, shepherd, what's it to be?
0:22:14 > 0:22:18I will...do your bidding.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I thought you'd see it my way.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Harlequin, take him to the dungeons.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30Now, daughter, how can I punish you for disobeying me?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32AUDIENCE BOOS
0:23:02 > 0:23:04What do we do about him?
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Finish the play, then we kill them both.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- Is that really necessary? - FROM ABOVE: On my own. Again.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Virile, where are you?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Get on stage - you'll have to do his part.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25If only my love, Virile were here...
0:23:26 > 0:23:28But I am here, my sweetness.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29AUDIENCE BOOS
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Where's Leo?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Stage fright - I'm taking over.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39Princess Bella, your lips are as red as rubies.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Get off.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41AUDIENCE OOHS
0:23:42 > 0:23:47I say again, your lips are as red as rubies.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Get off!
0:23:49 > 0:23:52We're supposed to kiss - it says so in the script.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Harlequin - it appears that our lovers have eloped.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08APPLAUSE
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Leo!
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Nazario and Donnola aren't actors, they're thieves.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23They've stolen the Medici Sapphire, it's in his crown.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- What? But that's... - Incredible, yes.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32You're very good at that, how do you do it?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Not sure now is a good time for a lock-picking lesson.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Probably right.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40What are we going to do?
0:24:40 > 0:24:48And so, Signore e Signori, in conclusion, I, the King...
0:24:48 > 0:24:49APPLAUSE
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Listen, everyone, this man is a thief.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Oh, no, he isn't. - Oh, yes, he is.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58AUDIENCE: Oh, no, he isn't.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- Grab a sword. - They're props - they're all blunt.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Get one and stab harder then.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Lorenzo, listen to me...
0:25:07 > 0:25:09He's behind you!
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Great acting - they look like they're really fighting.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I think they are.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27You want this?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Lorenzo, look at the crown,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58they're trying to steal the real Medici Sapphire.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Yes, it is - I'd know it anywhere.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Guards, arrest this man. He's robbing our bank.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Arrest him now.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08APPLAUSE
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Leo, are you OK?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Boy, you're too clever for your own good.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Take them away, guards. Lock them up and throw away the key.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42That was one of the best plays I have ever seen.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Hey guys - sorry I couldn't see the performance. Bit of business.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- So, did I miss anything? - No...
0:26:51 > 0:26:56What are you laughing at? I've not been paid for the set build...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Apologies, Master Lorenzo,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- you of course can laugh at whatever you want.- Thank you.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05You two need to clear up, rescue anything of value,
0:27:05 > 0:27:10since our actor/robber friends clearly won't be paying their bills.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27It's such a shame we never got to play that last scene together.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Would have been fun.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34We could do it now...just for us.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39We could, but the play's over... What's the point?
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Yeah.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Yeah. What's the point?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50# I have done it again
0:27:53 > 0:28:01# I have been here many times before
0:28:01 > 0:28:05# Hurt myself again... #