Rada: A Drama of War in One Act

By Alfred Noyes

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547371052

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Alfred Noyes

Rada

A Drama of War in One Act

EAN 8596547371052

DigiCat, 2022

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PERSONS OF THE PLAY

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RADA, wife of the village doctor.

SUBKA, her daughter, aged twelve.

ARRAM } two hostile soldiers quartered

MICHAEL } in her house, in time of war.

NANKO, a half-witted schoolmaster.

Several soldiers.

THE SCENE is in the Balkans, in a village which has just been taken by the enemy, on Christmas Eve.

RADA

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SCENE—_A guest-chamber, the typical living-room of a prosperous village doctor in the Balkans. On the left, a small window and an entrance door. On the right, a door leading into a bedroom. At the back, an open fire of logs is burning brightly. Over the fireplace is the eikonostasis, with three richly coloured and gilded eikons, the central one of the Madonna. The light, which