# The play's the thing

Author: Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-1952; Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75451

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+play%27s+the+thing+Moln%C3%A1r&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_As the curtain rises a distant orchestra is heard playing Leoncavallo’s “Mattinata.” The stage is almost dark. The only light comes through two large French windows at the back. Through them we see the moonlit Mediterranean far below, the vague outlines of the precipitous coast, twinkling lights along quays and esplanades, and here and there the faint glow from some lighted window. A lighthouse blinks intermittently in the far distance. Within the dark room three darker shadows loom against the moonlit windows; the lighted ends of three cigarettes prick the blackness. There is a long pause. It is almost embarrassingly long. Just before one wonders if anything is ever going to happen a ma...

## Chapters

- [ACT TWO](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-play-s-the-thing-75451/chapters/2/index.md)
- [ACT ONE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-play-s-the-thing-75451/chapters/1/index.md)
- [ACT THREE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-play-s-the-thing-75451/chapters/3/index.md)