Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
(_Steps from their midst_.) Fellow-citizens!--The byways of Perugia are strewn with the corpses of our children and our brothers. Many of you have a pious wish to give your beloved dead a fitting resting place.--Fellow-citizens! First we must fulfill a higher duty. Let us do o...
(_In the midst of the market place is a simple stage, from which a flight of steps leads to the spectators' seats, as shown in the above plan. A rope separates the auditorium fr...
1. Scene One--The Throne Room.(_Steps from their midst_.) Fellow-citizens!--The byways of Perugia are strewn with the corpses of our children and our brothers. Many of you have a pious wish to give your belo...
3. SCENE TWO.(_The presiding judge and two associates sit at the middle table; the attorney-general for the crown occupies a raised seat to the right; the counsel for the defense occupies a...
4. SCENE ONE.(_He leans the lute against the wall, sinks down upon a stool at the back of the cell and plaits a straw mat._)----I am thirsty.----Is it really so late in the day?----How time...
7. ACT V(_The King in court costume. His office of court fool is shown discreetly by a suitable head covering. In his languid hand he holds a short bauble. He appears strangely altered:...
5. SCENE THREE.(_Night. The gallows looms in the background. Forward, to the left, is a gigantic boulder, beneath a gnarled oak, which serves the performers as a stage. In front of it flickers...
2. SCENE ONE.Now shake me the other fellows awake. One can work better in company than alone, Gigi! (_Takes the dress out of his hands._) See here, Gigi! (_He tears the dress._) Rip! What's...