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    The Cause of it All
    The Cause of it All
    The Cause of it All
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    The Cause of it All

    By Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude and Leo Tolstoi

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateApr 1, 2009
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      An underwhelming morality play about the evils of alcohol in two acts. Act One: People talk about the evils of alcohol then get drunk. Act Two: Drunk people sober up and realize that alcohol is evil. The End. This is the dead Russian author version of an After School Special.

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    The Cause of it All - Aylmer Maude

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    Title: The Cause of it All

    Author: Leo Tolstoy

    Translator: Louise Maude

    Aylmer Maude

    Release Date: September 20, 2008 [EBook #26665]

    Language: English

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    THE CAUSE OF IT ALL

    A PLAY IN TWO ACTS

    CHARACTERS

    AKULÍNA. An old woman of seventy, brisk, dignified, old-fashioned.

    MICHAEL. Her son, thirty-five years old, passionate, self-satisfied, vain and strong.

    MARTHA. Her daughter-in-law, a grumbler, speaks much and rapidly.

    PARÁSHKA. Ten years old, daughter of Martha and Michael.

    TARÁS. The village elder's assistant, speaks slowly and gives himself airs.

    A TRAMP. Forty years old, restless, thin, speaks impressively; when drunk is particularly free and easy.

    IGNÁT. Forty years old, a buffoon, merry and stupid.

    THE CAUSE OF IT ALL

    ACT I

    Autumn. A peasant's hut, with a small room partitioned off. Akulína sits spinning; Martha the housewife is kneading bread; little Paráshka is rocking a cradle.

    MARTHA. Oh dear, my heart feels heavy! I know it means trouble; there's nothing to keep him there. It will again be like the other day, when he went to town to sell the firewood and drank nearly half of it. And he blames me for everything.

    AKULÍNA. Why look for trouble? It is still early, and the town is a long way off. For the present …

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