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قراءة كتاب Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
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Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
CLAIR DE LUNE
A PLAY IN TWO ACTS
AND SIX SCENES
BY
MICHAEL STRANGE
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1921
Copyright, 1921
by
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Printed in the United States of America
All acting rights are reserved by the author. Application for the rights of performing this play should be made to Michael Strange, who may be addressed in care of the publishers.
CHARACTERS
THE COURT
| The Queen | Miss Ethel Barrymore |
| The Duchess of Beaumont | Miss Violet Kemble Cooper |
| Prince Charles | Mr. Henry Daniell |
| Phedro | Mr. Herbert Grimwood |
| A Chancellor, Courtiers, Ladies-in-Waiting, Lackeys, Maids |
THE MOUNTEBANKS
| Ursus—A Philosopher | Mr. E. Lyall Swete |
| Dea—A Blind Dancer | Miss Jane Cooper |
| Another Dancer | Miss Olga Barowski |
| Gwymplane—A Clown | Mr. John Barrymore |
| Drummer Boys, a Sailor |
CLAIR DE LUNE
Note—Suggestions for the play, also the names of mountebanks and villain, are taken from L'Homme qui Rit, by Victor Hugo.
ACT I
CLAIR DE LUNE
Act I
Scene 1
[An old park with avenues of trees leading away in all directions. Directly in background of stage there is a sheet of water fringed by willow and poplar trees. On the right and left is a high box hedge formed in curves with the top clipped in grotesque shapes mostly of birds. A statue is placed in the centre of each hedge, and beneath the statues are seats.
When the curtain rises several courtiers are discovered wandering or sitting about. There is much laughing and whispering behind fans.]
2d Courtier
What an extraordinary evening! How calm the water is! It makes the swans look exactly like topaz clouds reflecting in a titanic mirror.
A Lady
Yes. The sky is just as clear as the Queen's ear-rings of aquamarine. A storm could hardly blow up out of such blueness, so the masque is bound to be