In Siena, on a rainy Day, by Idalberto Fei

(In Siena, an einem Regentag)

Translated from the Italian by Renate Lampen
Produced by DeutschlandRadio Berlin, 2003
Director: Götz Naleppa
Speakers: Cornelius Obonya, Michael Maertens, Franziska Troegner, et al.
Music composed by Andreas Bick
Bandoneon: Peter Reil
First broadcast: 25 July 2003

Duccio is a businessman, married, with five children. He longs for nothing more than a day of undisturbed peace and quiet. Duccio needs sleep – because his guardian angel only speaks to him in his dreams. At the weekend, the prospects are good: it is the day of the Palio, a notorious wild horse race through the narrow streets of Sienna that is always held on the last Sunday in July. The family will drive to the seaside, the rest of the world will gather, screaming, at Piazza di Campo – and Duccio will have a lie in at last. The plan is good, but the day turns out rainy, and this radio play sets a new record for the amount of glass broken for a production.