Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe / Three Plays By Brieux
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Chapters (193)
- WOMAN ON HER OWN, FALSE GODS AND THE RED ROBE:
- THREE PLAYS BY BRIEUX.
- THE ENGLISH VERSIONS BY MRS. BERNARD SHAW, J. F. FAGAN, AND A. BERNARD MIALL. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRIEUX
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- WOMAN ON HER OWN
- [La Femme Seule] Translated by Mrs. Bernard Shaw
- CHARACTERS
- WOMAN ON HER OWN
- ACT I
- ACT II
- ACT III
- CURTAIN.
- FALSE GODS
- CHARACTERS
- The Scene is laid in Upper Egypt during the Middle Empire.
- ACT I
- CURTAIN
- ACT II
- CURTAIN
- ACT III
- CURTAIN
- ACT IV
- CURTAIN
- ACT V
- CURTAIN
- THE RED ROBE
- CHARACTERS
- ACT I
- Scene I:—A small reception-room in an old house at Mauleon.
- Scene II:—Vagret, Madame Vagret.
- Scene III:—Vagret, Madame Vagret, Catialéna.
- Scene IV:—Vagret, Delorme.
- Scene V:—Vagret, Madame Vagret, then Bertha, Bunerat, La Bouzole, Mouzon.
- Scene VI:—The same, with Ardeuil.
- CURTAIN.
- ACT II
- Scene I:—The recorder, then the doorkeeper, then Mouzon. When the curtain rises the recorder, seated in the magistrate's armchair, is drinking his coffee. The doorkeeper enters.
- Scene II:—Enter Mondoubleau.
- Scene III:—The same and the officer.
- Scene IV:—Mouzon and Mondoubleau.
- Scene V:—Mouzon, the recorder, and then Bridet.
- Scene VI:—Mouzon, Maître Plaçat.
- Scene VII:—Mouzon, Etchepare, the recorder.
- Scene VIII:—Mouzon and the recorder.
- Scene IX:—Mouzon, recorder, Yanetta.
- Scene X:—The same, Etchepare.
- Scene XI:—Mouzon, Yanetta, the recorder.
- CURTAIN.
- ACT III
- Scene I:—Benoît, La Bouzole. As the curtain rises the recorder is removing various papers from the desk and placing them in a cardboard portfolio. Enter La Bouzole.
- Scene II:—La Bouzole, Old Madame Etchepare.
- Scene III:—La Bouzole, recorder.
- Scene IV:—The same and later Madame Vagret, Bunerat, the President of Assizes, and Mouzon, then the Attorney-General.
- Scene V:—Mouzon, Attorney-General. Mouzon rubs his hands together, bubbling with joy.
- Scene VI:—Mondoubleau, Attorney-General.
- Scene VII:—Recorder, then the doorkeeper, then Madame Vagret, the President of Assizes, Bunerat, Madame Bunerat, and Vagret.
- Scene VIII:—Vagret, the President of Assizes, then the Attorney-General.
- Scene IX:—Vagret, Madame Vagret.
- CURTAIN.
- ACT IV
- Scenes—Same as the Second Act.
- Scene II.
- Scene III:—The recorder goes out. Enter Etchepare's mother.
- Scene IV:—Yanetta is shown in.
- CURTAIN.
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