EBOOK LUCKY PEHR ***
Produced by Nicole Apostola
LUCKY PEHR
[A Drama in Five Acts]
FROM THE SWEDISH OF
AUGUST STRINDBERG
AUTHOR OF "EASTER," ETC.
TRANSLATED BY
VELMA SWANSTON HOWARD
AUTHORIZED EDITION
CHARACTERS
OLD MAN IN THE TOWER.
PEHR.
LISA.
FAIRY.
ELF.
RATS [NILLA AND NISSE].
BUTLER.
ASSESSOR.
PETITIONER.
FIRST FRIEND.
SECOND FRIEND.
A WOMAN.
PILLORY.
STATUE.
WAGONMAKER.
SHOEMAKER.
CHIROPODIST.
STREET-PAVER.
RELATIVE.
BURGOMASTER.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CALIPH.
AMEER.
COURT HISTORIAN.
COURT MULLAH.
GRAND VIZIER.
POET LAUREATE.
BRIDE.
SINGER.
DEATH.
WISE MAN.
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW.
SAINT LAURENCE.
BROOM.
PALL.
A VOICE.
Townspeople, Dancers, Viziers, Courtiers, Court Attendants, etc.
LUCKY PEHR
[Allegorical play in Five Acts]
From the Swedish of AUGUST STRINDBERG
Translated by Velma Swanston Howard
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
ACT I.--Room in a Church Tower.
ACT II.--[a] Forest--[b] Rich Man's Banquet Hall.
ACT III.-Public Square and Town Hall.
ACT IV.--[a] Caliph's Palace--[b] Seashore.
ACT V.--Country Church [Interior].
TIME: Middle Ages.
ACT ONE
SCENE: A Room in the Church Tower.
Window shutters at back wide open, starlit sky is seen through
windows. Background: Snow covered house-roofs; gable windows in the
distance brilliantly illuminated. In room an old chair, a fire-pan
and a picture of the Virgin, with a lighted candle before it. Room
is divided by posts--two in centre thick enough to conceal an
adult.
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