<p>The Real Lady enters a shop to buy a foil that will accompany her in her social engagements. The Shopman first recommends her a “Real Horror”, whom she turns down. Then, he introduces the Real Artist, the Van Gogh model (only his legs and shoes are visible), but he growls whenever he hears about money and the Shopman advises her against buying it in the end. He suggests a Marionette instead – The Real Gentleman. The Real Lady inspects it closely, buys it and gets out of the shop with it, carrying it around on a leash. From behind a window, art historian John Ruskin and naturalist Charles Darwin followed and briefly commented on the scene. The interlude concludes with other remarks, from Buddha and Ahha, who appeared in a version of The First Prologue and who, accompanied by Parrot, were supposed to travel throughout centuries in the<em> Drama for Fools</em> initial project.</p>

String marionette

Shadow theatre

Silhouette

Giant marionette

Not specified

Craig Edward Gordon

Italy

Marina di Pisa

Printed

Trade

Shopping

Stooge

Society life

Goods

Monster

Money

People and history

Witness

Comical

Satirical

Absurd

English

Salesman

Lady

Gentleman

Artist

Vincent Van Gogh

John Ruskin

Charles Darwin

Buddha

Ahha

Parrot

Columbus

Situation comedy

Speechless character

Metadiscourse on puppet theatre

Spying scene

Commentary