Darwin, Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady, 1864-1920 / 2008-09-30 00:00:00

EBOOK, SIX PLAYS ***


Transcribed from the 1921 W. Heffer & Sons edition by David Price,
email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk


SIX PLAYS BY FLORENCE HENRIETTA DARWIN


Contents:
The Lovers' Tasks
Bushes and Briars
My man John
Princess Royal
The Seeds of Love
The New Year


THE LOVERS' TASKS


CHARACTERS
FARMER DANIEL,
ELIZABETH, his wife.
MILLIE, her daughter.
ANNET, his niece.
MAY, Annet's sister, aged ten.
GILES, their brother.
ANDREW, a rich young farmer.
GEORGE, JOHN servants to Giles.
AN OLD MAN.

ACT I.--Scene 1.

The parlour at Camel Farm.
Time: An afternoon in May.
ELIZABETH is sewing by the table with ANNET. At the open doorway MAY
is polishing a bright mug.
ELIZABETH. [Looking up.] There's Uncle, back from the Fair.
MAY. [Looking out of the door.] O Uncle's got some rare big packets
in his arms, he has.
ELIZABETH. Put down that mug afore you damage it, May; and, Annet,
do you go and help your uncle in.
MAY. [Setting down the mug.] O let me go along of her too--[ANNET
rises and goes to the door followed by MAY, who has dropped her
polishing leather upon the ground.
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