The Duchess of Padua E-Book

Oscar Wilde

• Herausgeber: Oscar Wilde
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Guido[Taking a letter from his pocket and reading it.] ‘The hour noon; the city, Padua; the place, the market; and the day, Saint Philip’s Day.’AscanioAnd what of the man, how shall we know him?Guido [reading still]‘I will wear a violet cloak with a silver falcon broidered on the shoulder.’ A brave attire, Ascanio.AscanioI’d sooner have my leathern jerkin. And you think he will tell you of your father?GuidoWhy, yes! It is a month ago now, you remember; I was in the vineyard, just at the corner nearest the road, where the goats used to get in, a man rode up and asked me was my name Guido, and gave me this letter, signed ‘Your Father’s Friend,’ bidding me be here today if I would know the secret of my birth, and telling me how to recognise the writer! I had always thought old Pedro was my uncle, but he told me that he was not, but that I had been left a child in his charge by some one he had never since seen.

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Oscar Wilde

The Duchess of Padua

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Table of contents

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

ACT V

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

Simone Gesso, Duke of PaduaBeatrice, his WifeAndreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of PaduaMaffio Petrucci, Jeppo Vitellozzo, Taddeo Bardi } Gentlemen of the Duke’s HouseholdGuido Ferranti, a Young ManAscanio Cristofano, his FriendCount Moranzone, an Old ManBernardo Cavalcanti, Lord Justice of PaduaHugo, the HeadsmanLucy, a Tire womanServants, Citizens, Soldiers, Monks, Falconers with their hawks and dogs, etc.Place: PaduaTime: The latter half of the Sixteenth CenturyTHE SCENES OF THE PLAYAct I.The Market Place of Padua (25 minutes).Act II.Room in the Duke’s Palace (36 minutes).Act III.Corridor in the Duke’s Palace (29 minutes).Act IV.The Hall of Justice (31 minutes).Act V.The Dungeon (25 minutes).Style of Architecture: Italian, Gothic and Romanesque.

ACT I

SCENEThe Market Place of Padua at noon; in the background is the great Cathedral of Padua; the architecture is Romanesque, and wrought in black and white marbles; a flight of marble steps leads up to the Cathedral door; at the foot of the steps are two large stone lions; the houses on each aide of the stage have coloured awnings from their windows, and are flanked by stone arcades; on the right of the stage is the public fountain, with a triton in green bronze blowing from a conch; around the fountain is a stone seat; the bell of the Cathedral is ringing, and the citizens, ‘