Three Plays
章节目录
共 66 题- The Marrying of Ann Leete
- A COMEDY
- THE MARRYING OF ANN LEETE
- CARNABY. Ann incited me to it. [_He takes snuff._]
- LORD JOHN. My dear Miss Ann. . . [_He stops._]
- GEORGE _paces up the steps and away. There is a pause._
- THE SECOND ACT
- LORD JOHN. Here I am. I love you, Ann. [_He goes on his knees._]
- ANN. Papa--
- LORD JOHN. If I say now that I love you--
- LORD JOHN. Being made a fool of. I love--
- GEORGE. Yes, I will. [_And runs off as hard as he can._]
- THE THIRD ACT
- DR. REMNANT. But, sir, christening will demand--
- ANN _rejoins them now. The twilight is gathering._
- THE FOURTH ACT
- LORD ARTHUR. Is this a horse called "Ronald?"
- SARAH _comes out of the dining-room. He stands up; one boot, one shoe._
- MR. CROWE _comes out_. _A crop-headed beefy-looking farmer of sixty._
- The Voysey Inheritance
- THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE
- EDWARD. He stands to lose--
- EDWARD. Do you know how it was my grandfather began to--
- EDWARD. But surely it has not taken all these years to pay off--
- EDWARD. But, my dear father--
- MR. VOYSEY. I see no reason why--
- EDWARD. I!
- EDWARD. I!
- THE SECOND ACT
- MR. COLPUS. Eh? [TREGONING _knows he is a little hard of hearing_.]
- MR. COLPUS. Oh, that would be--
- ALICE. Edward, how rude you are. [_She eats her nut contentedly._]
- MR. GEORGE BOOTH. No, of course, if you seriously advise me--
- THE THIRD ACT
- TRENCHARD. Give my love to Ethel. Is she ill that--
- TRENCHARD. [_precisely._] I think you said . . 'will be.'
- EDWARD. [_with great indignation._] Trenchard, we owe reparation--
- EDWARD. [_grieved._] Trenchard, you argue as he did--
- BOOTH. [_not to be quite left out._] Yes, I must say--
- BOOTH. What is the ah--deficit? [_the word rolls from his tongue._]
- BOOTH. Of course, if you're going to argue round your own incompetence--
- EDWARD. My dear Booth, I'm sure you mean well--
- EDWARD. I!
- THE FOURTH ACT
- PEACEY. It isn't that, sir. But these personalities--
- HUGH. Now that we're separating--
- EDWARD. You must let me persuade you--
- MR. BOOTH. Then give me what's left and--
- THE FIFTH ACT
- BEATRICE. That's the principal thing, of course--
- Waste
- WASTE
- THE SECOND ACT
- WEDGECROFT. They must, I think. It's over a month since--
- WEDGECROFT. As to doctors--
- KENT. [_To_ TREBELL.] David Evans--
- TREBELL. It hasn't been so much the fear of scandal then--
- TREBELL. Amy . . if you were my wife--
- THE THIRD ACT
- FARRANT. My dear Trebell, if your name comes out at the inquest--
- FARRANT. "All right. He has promised."
- HORSHAM'S _smooth voice intervenes. He speaks with finesse._
- THE FOURTH ACT
- Transcriber's Notes:-
- P. 103 "In ten years years I may be"==>"In ten years I may be"
- P. 145 "one can trace the pyschology"==>"one can trace the psychology"