The script for the italian local histortical event for the international play

PRESENTATION: Ladies and gentlemen the international play is about the scientific method introduced by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei in the 17th century. 1 NARRATOR Galileo was born in Pisa in 1561. His Father was a musician and his Mother had noble... More

PRESENTATION: Ladies and gentlemen the international play is about the scientific method introduced by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei in the 17th century. 1 NARRATOR Galileo was born in Pisa in 1561. His Father was a musician and his Mother had noble origins. He was a good student and studied both in Pisa and in Florence. The teachers were monks and taught following the Ptolemaic theories that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe. SCENE 1 THE UNIVERSITY (The professor analyses a dead body) PROFESSOR: The brain contains the nervous central system! Look 1st STUDENT: In the Bible it is written it is the heart! GALILEO: The professor is right. 2nd STUDENT: No he is an heretic, a misbeliever. 3rd STUDENT: Blasphemy! We should call the Inquisition SCENE 2 PISA – MIRACLE SQUARE (Galileo makes some experiments) NARRATOR 2: Galileo studied motion; he threw balls made of different materials and discovered that they reached the soil all together. He made many experiments with a pend Less