Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Genre: Tragedy/ Love story

Duration: 10 minutes
Logline: Amidst the ancient walls of Babylon, the love between Pyramus and Thisbe blooms like
the white mulberries of their homeland, but their clandestine romance leads them down a path of
forbidden passion and heartbreaking consequences, transforming their world in ways they could
never have imagined.

INTRODUCTION---
Narrator: Once in a distant time, the mulberry tree bore berries as white as freshly fallen snow
until an eerie and sorrowful event led to a peculiar transformation in their hue. The tragic demise
of two young souls became the catalyst for this haunting alteration.

[Presenting the old Mulberry Tree]

Scene: In the present time---

Narrator: Long ago, in the city of Babylon, there were two neighboring houses. In one of the
houses lived a young boy, Pyramus. (Slashing his sword) and in the other, a young girl, Thisbe.
(While Pyramus is slashing his sword in the wind, he took a glimpse of Thisbe, and Thisbe
giggled) And although they lived next door to each other, their families were sworn rivals.
[Thisbe’s mother intervene her while she is watching Pyramus playing with his sword].
Thisbe’s mother: Thisbe, time to come inside!(She bade goodbye at Pyramus by waving her
hand)
Narrator: But despite their parent’s wishes, Thisbe and Pyramus eventually became friends.
And, as the years passed, their friendship deepened and they took every opportunity to spend
time with one another. (While Thisbe is buying
some fruits at the market, a young boy with cloak appeared to approach her and told her to come
with him and it was Pyramus)
Scene: In the forest ---

Pyramus: Hey, slow down. (chasing Thisbe)

Thisbe: (Continues to run) What’s the matter? Getting too old to catch me…( She stopped for a
moment when she notices that Pyramus is not behind her) Pyramus? (She took few steps
backwards while calling Pyramus) Pyramus?
Narrator: She bumped her head on the tree at her back, then she turned around. (Sighs)
Pyramus: Gotcha!(He jumped from the tree)
Thisbe: Ahhh!!!( She was surprised)
Pyramus: I…I’m sorry. I just…
Thisbe: No, really…it was me.
Pyramus: What? No, no! It was…
(They both laugh)
Narrator: They stared at each other for a bit.
Thisbe: I should get back home.
Pyramus: Yeah…me, too. I can walk part of the way with you if you like.
Thisbe: Somebody might see us together.
Pyramus: No, you’re right. I’ll go this way. See you tomorrow at the river?
Thisbe: Yeah!
Narrator: They began to walk to different ways but then–
Pyramus: Thisbe!
(Thisbe turned her face as she hears Pyramus)
Pyramus: Uhhh…goodbye! (Waving his right hand)

Scene: Pyramus’ room and Thisbe’s room---

Pyramus: What a coward I am. How could I let such a moment pass without telling her? I’m
such a fool. (Scratching his head)
Thisbe: You’re such a fool, thisbe! He stood there with his arms around me, so warm, and I just
looked at him and said…
Pyramus: Nothing! Nothing except “goodbye”.
Thisbe: “Goodbye”, how I wish we would never have to utter that dark and lonely word again to
each other. Oh Pyramus…
Pyramus: Oh, thisbe, would that I could take that moment back and follow my heart’s urgings!
(Both got up from their bed)
Pyramus & Thisbe: How I should have run to you!
Thisbe: To let you hold me in your arms once more.
Pyramus: And nevermore have to be apart.
Thisbe: Tomorrow, I will tell him how I feel!
Pyramus: Tomorrow, I will look upon her and pour out the content of my heart once and for all!
Thisbe: Tomorrow!
Pyramus: Tomorrow!

Scene: By the river---

Narrator: The next day, Thisbe sat by the river waiting for Pyramus to arrive as it was their
daily routine, practicing what she wanted to say.
Thisbe: You see, Pyramus, there is something that I need to…No, no, no.
There is something that I’ve wanted to tell you for a very long time, Pyramus.
Pyramus: And what’s that?
(Thisbe was frightened and fell into the river)
Thisbe: Ahhh! Pyramus!
Pyramus: Thisbe! (Chasing thisbe as she is being pulled by the river)
Thisbe: Pyramus, help me!
Narrator: Thisbe begun to disappear in the water
Pyramus: THISBE!!! Oh, no!
Narrator: Pyramus dived into the river and saved Thisbe.
Thisbe: Pyramus! (Coughing and leaned her face in pyramus’ bossom)
Narrator: She was gasping for air.
Thisbe: I…I
Pyramus: Thisbe, I’m so…so…thankful that you are…
Thisbe: I love you, Pyramus!
Pyramus : And I you, Thisbe!
(The two of them shared kisses)

Scene: In the marketplace---

Narrator: emboldened by their professions of love for one another, Pyramus and Thisbe
marched through the marketplace. For today, at least, Pyramud and Thisbe were free to finally
show their feelings for one another publicly. Not caring who saw them, whether they approved or
not.
Scene: In the riverside---
Narrator: That day, the world was full of wonder and discovery. As if all things had become
new again. And the simple pleasure of loving company had replaced years of forbidden glances.

Scene: Way back home---

As the day gave way to dusk, Pyramus and Thisbe returned home determined to prove their love
for one another to their families.
Thisbe’s father: And what do you think you are doing with that man, young lady?
Pyramus: Sir, please do not be angry with your daughter…
Thisbe’s father: Don’t tell me who to be angry you little…
Narrator: Pyramus’ father interrrupted.
Pyramus’ father: You little what?
Thisbe’s father: You keep that degenerate son of yours away from my daughter! Thisbe, inside!
Thisbe: But, father…
Pyramus: Sir, we are inlove!
Pyramus’ father: No! I will not allow it.
Thisbe’s father: Nor will I!
Pyramus: Father, please…
Pyramus’ father: No, Pyramus, it’s out of the question. Inside!
Thisbe’s father: You too, young lady! And there will be no more talk of love or anything else
for that matter!
Pyramus’ father: Precisely, I will not allow our family name to be sullied by conjoining it with
theirs.
Thisbe’s father: How dare you!
Narrator: The next morning, Pyramus waited outside to talk to thisbe but it was clear that her
parents would not reconsider. He tried the marketplace and even their secret spot in the forest but
she was nowhere to be found. Days passed, and Pyramus grew more and more desperate to see
her, all to no avail. Eventually, he just gave up. ( Threw a stone to the birds sitting on the
fountain)
Pyramus: Even the birds protest my appearance. Here they will lay me to rest. A poor soul with
a broken heart.
Thisbe: A little melodramatic, don’t you think?
(Pyramus got up)
Pyramus: (gasps) Thisbe?
Thisbe: Over here!
Pyramus: Where?
Thisbe: The walls separating our gardens. Come!
(Pyramus hastily ran to the wall)
Narrator: Pyramus wondered where could Thisbe be.
Thisbe: Not up there, right in front of you. Follow the crack!
Narrator: Finally, Pyramus noticed the cracks, and navigated them to find thisbe.
Pyramus: Thisbe!
Thisbe: Shhh! We can’t let our parents know about this.
Pyramus: I’ve missed you so–
Thisbe: And I, you. My parents have kept me here, hoping that you might forget about me.
Pyramus: What? Why would they do that?
Thisbe: They are afraid that we might run away together.
Pyramus: But why would they think…
Thisbe: Pyramus?
Pyramus: That’s it!
Thisbe: What’s it?
Pyramus: We could run away together. Once we are married, our parents would have no choice
but to accept us!
Thisbe: You’re serious?!
Pyramus: Think about it for a minute. If we are married, I become your father’s son-in-law and
you become my father’s daughter-in-law.
Thisbe: They could not stop us then from seeing each other…
Pyramus and Thisbe: Because we’re family!
Pyramus: Exactly! Thisbe, my love…
Thisbe: Yes, Pyramus?
Pyramus: I would be honored to share this life, and any that may follow, with you and only you.
Thisbe…Will you marry me?
Thisbe: YES!!!
Pyramus:(chuckles)
Thisbe: hahaha sshhh!
Thisbe’s father: Thisbe!
Thisbe: I need to go now.
Pyramus: Meet me here tomorrow night when your parents are already asleep.
Thisbe: I will! It wil be a thousand years until then!
Pyramus: And a thousand more I would wait for you.
Thisbe’s father: THISBE?!!
Thisbe: Coming, father! Adieu, my husband!
Pyramus: Adieu, my wife.

Narrator: Pyramus went about his day with a bounce in his step and a smile on his face. For he
knew what others did not. That he and his love would be forever together starting that night.

Scene: In evening---

Narrator: Pyramus snuck out to the garden wall and waitedfor Thisbe to arrive.
Pyramus: Thisbe, are you there? Thisbe?!
Thisbe: Sorry, I’m late.
Pyramus: Are you ready to go?
Thisbe: Yes! I can’t believe we are doing this, it’s like a dream!
Pyramus: One that you will never have to wake up from! Okay, we will meet at the old
Mulberry Tree by the river.
Thisbe: “Meet” Are we not going together?
Pyramus: It will be safer this way. You go first, and I will meet you there a few minutes later.
Thisbe: Okay, if you are sure.
Pyramus: I’m sure.
Thisbe: I trust you!
Thisbe’s father: Trust who?
Thisbe: Nobody, father.
Thisbe’s father: You expect me to believe that you are out here talking to yourself in the middle
of the night?
Thisbe: It was my evening prayer, father. If they disturbed you, then I can stop.
Thisbe’s father: No, no, that’s alright. I would not want to incur the wrath of the Divine.
Thisbe: Goodnight, father.
Pyramus: That was too close. You should leave now. Here take this. It will keep you from veing
recognized if someone sees you.
Thisbe: Good idea! Okay, I’m ready.
Pyramus: I’ll meet you at the mulberry tree.
Thisbe: Don’t be too long.
Pyramus: I won’t. Uh…Thisbe?(Thisbe paused) I love you!
Thisbe: I love you, too.

Scene: In the City---

Narrator: Thisbe hurried along the streets of the city, doing her best to avoid being recognized.
Scene: In the forest---

Narrator: A short time later, Thisbe arrived at the meeting spot. ( While on the swing, swinging
herself)
Thisbe: Oh, Pyramud, my love, please hurry.
Narrator: steps from behind was heard by Thisbe.
Thisbe: Pyramus?
Narrator: Suddenly, a large lioness emerged from the shadows, a dead rabbit hanging from its
mouth. It fixed its eyes on Thisbe… Thisbe is terrified and ran as fast as she could from the
lioness. until she came across a cave. Having nowhere left to go, she entered and hid herself
among some large rocks. However, her cloak fell on the ground and the lioness draw nearer to it
and the lioness scratched and ruined it using its sharp teeth leaving it on the ground.
Thisbe: Oh Pyramus, where are you?(Crying)
Narrator: At least until Pyramus arrived, late for his meeting with Thisbe.
Pyramus: I’m sorry, I’m late, my love but I ran across…Thisbe?
Narrator: Wonder has come upon Pyramus.
Pyramus: I could not have made it here before her.
Where could she have gone? Thisbe?! Where are you?
Narrator: But then, when Pyramus laid his eyes on the ground he noticed some foot prints.
Pyramus: (Checking the marks) A lioness?
Narrator: He then followed the foot prints of the lioness and saw to his self the cloak she gave to
thisbe on the ground, with the scracthed and marks from the teeth of the lioness.
Pyramus: Thisbe!
Narrator: Pyramus began to putting together the pieces of the puzzle, one that looked
increasingly more and more horrifying.
Pyramus: Oh no, my late arrival has cost my Thisbe her life. (Kissing the cloak) It is my fault
that you met your end, my love. What kind of fool am I? (Kneeled down) Then, Pyramus, looked
at his sword.
Pyramus: Oh, how I wish it could have done much more than this. For at least I death’s
embrace I could see my Thisbe once more…(Crying and sobbing)
Narrator: Pyramus pulled his sword
Pyramus: What good have you done this night but lay in slumber while love was rent apart. I
will come for you yet, my love. My Thisbe. It is I, who killed you, Now, you shall drink my
blood, to.( Struck his sword in himself, the blood spurted up over the berries dyed them a dark
red.
Thisbe: It’s finally gone! Now to my love.
Narrator: Thisbe ran through the forest using the lioness tracks to guide her back to the
Mulberry Tree. As she neared, her pace quickened and her steps were sure and light.
Thisbe: Pyramus! Where are you, my love?
Narrator: But her eyes grew bigger as she saw–
Thisbe: Pyramus!!! Cold, you’re so cold… Oh, what happened here? Why would you do this?
Narrator: Then, Thisbe saw in Pyramus’ tight grip– her cloak.
Thisbe: You thought… You thought, I had been killed by that lioness? And rather than face life
without me, you sought to join me! But I am here, Pyramus, right here, come back to me! Please
come back to me…Please...If you cannot come to me, then I will come to you.
Narrator: Thisbe then grab the sword of Pyramus which has his fresh blood on it.
Thisbe: I come, my love. By and by, I come. Your own hand killed you, and your love for me. I,
too, can be brave. I, too, can love. Only death would have had the power to separate us. It shall
not have the power now.
Narrator: And there, thisbe ended her life too, to be together with her beloved Pyramus. And
side by side, the ill-fated lovers crossed the final frontier of life together. As they lay there, their
blood intermingled into the ground, nourishing the roots of the Mulberry tree. Whose fruit once
white as snow, now changed to deep crimson, juicy-sweet, sustained the nectar of true love
whom even death could not apart.

Moral Values: Even in tragedy, love leaves an enduring mark on the world. Through the
poignant tale of Pyramus and Thisbe, we learn that love transcends time and space, leaving a
lasting impact on those who experience it and the world around them. Despite the sorrowful end,
their love leaves behind a legacy that forever alters the landscape of their lives and the city of
Babylon.