The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson E-Book

William Ernest Henley & Robert Louis Stevenson

• Herausgeber: Caiman
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

ACT I.

TABLEAU I.
The Double Life.

The Stage represents a room in the Deacon’s house, furnished partly as a sitting-, partly as a bed-room, in the style of an easy burgess of about 1780.  C., a door; L. C., a second and smaller door; R. C., practicable window; L., alcove, supposed to contain bed; at the back, a clothes-press and a corner cupboard containing bottles, etc.  Mary Brodie at needlework; Old Brodie, a paralytic, in wheeled chair, at the fireside, L.

SCENE I

To these Leslie, C.

Leslie.  May I come in, Mary?

Mary.  Why not?

Leslie.  I scarce knew where to find you.

Mary.  The dad and I must have a corner, must we not?  So when my brother’s friends are in the parlour he allows us to sit in his room.  ’Tis a great favour, I can tell you; the place is sacred.

Leslie.  Are you sure that ‘sacred’ is strong enough?

Mary.  You are satirical!