English drama
HAJJ Oscar Asche THE MUEZZIN Alfred Bristowe THE IMAM MAHMUD Charles A. Doran A MUFTI Arthur Trantom THE GUIDE NASIR R. Ian Penny THE SHEIKH JAWAN Caleb Porter THE BEGGAR KASIM Tripp Edgar AMRU Athol Forde ZAYD R. F. Anson THE CALIPH ABDALLAH Ben Webster THE WAZIR ABU BAKR Ewa...
HAJJ Oscar Asche THE MUEZZIN Alfred Bristowe THE IMAM MAHMUD Charles A. Doran A MUFTI Arthur Trantom THE GUIDE NASIR R. Ian Penny THE SHEIKH JAWAN Caleb Porter THE BEGGAR KASIM...
5. ACT ILo! Still the stars of latter night are spread! Yet hath sleep stolen from my lonely bed. So will I sit me on my rooftop’s height, To cool my sadness till the dawning red.
6. SCENE I. _A Street before the Mosque of the Carpenters._In the centre, steps lead up to the Mosque, which is on the right. Only the lower part of the minaret is visible. A large stone to the left of the steps forms a rough seat._
7. SCENE II. _The Suk (Bazaar Street) of the Tailors._In a shop left sits ZAYD, a thin, conceited man of forty; he has with him a tiny little apprentice, who is here, there and everywhere. In the shop right (AMRU’S shop), a somewh...
8. SCENE III. _The Courtyard of a poor House._In the right wall a large double door leads out to the street. An arch, which supports the upper part of the house, runs parallel to the wall at the right, thus screening the c...
9. SCENE IV. _A Hall in the Wazir Mansur’s Mansion._The room is a large oblong one, with a colonnade running along the back, looking out on a colonnaded courtyard beyond. A large double door to the left leads to the entrance hal...
10. ACT IILo! Now in the harim I seek in vain The shadowed cool of midnight to regain; Yet though I burn, ’tis not the heaven’s eye That dooms my senses to eternal pain!
11. SCENE I. _The Hall in the Wazir Mansur’s Mansion._The same scene as the last, but richly embroidered curtains have now been drawn between the columns to keep out the glare of the afternoon sun. This gives the room a more intim...
12. SCENE II13. Scene III.). The hot sun of the afternoon is kept off by someNARJIS. (_Coming out of the house with a large water-jar and going to the well._) Out upon thee, singing away thy day! An thou help me not in the house, I’ll take away thy trink...
14. SCENE III_The Caliph’s Diwan (Audience Hall). On the lower left side, raised by a few steps, stands the Caliph’s diwan or throne: below it, to its left, a single gold cushion, the seat o...
15. SCENE IV. _The Prison of the Palace._The place is dark except for a small barred window in the right wall, high up. Through this come the red rays of the setting sun, which fall on the wall, left—a brilliant patch...
16. ACT IIILo! Now the night lies on the city’s breast, And thousand thousand lovers rise from rest To seek in truth, what day unveiled in dream:— The one, the all, the maiden manifest.
17. SCENE I. _The Hammam in the Wazir Mansur’s Harim._The scene represents a colonnaded courtyard, the centre of which is occupied by a large, marble swimming pool. The front part of the scene is under the portico of the colonnade...
18. SCENE II._Down the alley from the left come cries of moaning “Wah! Wah! Wah!” and HAJJ appears, breathless, dishevelled and tottering. He hurries to the Mosque and knocks frantically at...