Swan Song
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About This Book
The Bear / A Reluctant Tragic Hero / Swan Song / The Proposal / The Dangers of Tobacco / The Festivities / The Wedding ReceptionSWAN SONG. An actor wakes up with a hangover, locked in the theater after the evening's performance. He is terrified when he thinks a ghost appears, but it is only the theater's prompter. The actor tells him stories of his life and also of his doubts about his career. Unburdened, he goes off cheered, reciting great speeches from Shakespeare. (2 men). In THE BEAR a landowner comes to claim a debt from a young woman whose husband has just died. Out of grief, she refuses...
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