American drama -- 20th century

Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in

_At the right is a large window facing on the street, and at the right rear an outside entrance. At the left a door leads to an inner hall and the stairway to the upper floors. Along about half of the rear wall at the right runs a counter with a coffee urn and the usual displa...

Chapters

1. ACT I

_At the right is a large window facing on the street, and at the right rear an outside entrance. At the left a door leads to an inner hall and the stairway to the upper floors....

2. SCENE I

_There is a window, partly ivy-covered, at the right, and a door at the rear communicating with the Judge’s chambers. A door at the left opens on a hallway. The rear and lefthan...

3. SCENE II

_Scene: The court room with the court in session. Judge Vail is on the bench; the jury sits back opaque and weary; Gluckstein waits nervously; Salter is examining Mrs. Lubin, wh...

4. SCENE III

_There is no jury present; the Judge is on the bench, the Attendants in place, and Macready and Capraro face the judge. Aside from the lawyers Rosalie is the sole spectator._

5. ACT III

BAUER. I’ll bet money they get themselves raided over at the Zeitung. They’ve got a sheet up to flash bulletins of the executions. They kept it dark till the last minute.

6. ACT I

_Scene: A Hobo camp near a railroad bridge in North Dakota. A glimpse of the trestle at right; a few low willows hiding the coulee at the rear. At the left a few small trees. Th...

7. ACT II

_Scene: The interior of a moving box-car. A low monotonous clanking of iron on iron is heard as the long train pulls heavily up a grade west of Williston. In the distance an ung...

8. ACT III

_Scene: A deserted claim shack on the edge of Montana. There are two windows in the rear, a door at the left. No furniture has been left in the place save a stove which stands i...