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The Lamp and the Bell By: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) |
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A Drama In Five Acts By Edna St. Vincent Millay Written on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding
of the Vassar College Alumnae Association Dedicated to '1917'
Lorenzo, King of Fiori Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti '11
Mario, King of Lagoverde Valerie Knapp '20
Guido, Duke of Versilia,
Illegitimate nephew to Lorenzo Louisa Brook Jones '07 Giovanni Katherine Jones '20
Luigi Muriel Izard '17
Anselmo Lucia Cole Waram '01
Raffaele Eleanor Kissan '20
Gentlemen at the court of Lorenzo Fidelio Geneva Harrison '20
Jester at the court of Lorenzo Giuseppe Eleanor Fatman Morgenthau '13
Agent for the Duke's estates Cesco Gertrude Taylow Watkins '07
Horatio Lucille Stimson Harbey '09
Townsmen of Fiori Beppo Marcell Furman Newburg '19
A little boy, son to Guiliana Rigo Ruth Delepenha '17
Louis Emily Gallagher '21
Little boys, sons to Leonora Clerk Lucy Madeira Wing '96 Messenger Esther Saville Davis '06 Octavia, Lorenzo's second wife Montgomery Cooper '09 Beatrice, "Rose Red," Clifford Sellers '21
Daughter to Lorenzo by a former marriage Bianca, "Snow White," Lois Duffie '20
Daughter to Octavia by a former marriage Laura Frances Stout Kellman '17
Carlotta Kathleen Millay Young ex '21
Francesca Dorothy Comstock '19
Viola Lillian White '18
Lilina Caroline Goodrich '16
Lela Sylvia Brockway '20
Arianna Margaret Hughes '18
Claudia Janet Lane '18
Clara Jeanette Baker '18
Lucia Ellen Hasbrouck '15
Ladies at the Court of Lorenzo Grazia Eleanor Ray Broeniman '99
Nurse to Beatrice and Bianca Giulietta, servant to Bianca Virginia Archibold '17
"Little Snow White" Gretchen Tonks
"Little Rose Red" Joy Macracken '36 Leonora Catherine Barr '20
Giuliana Mabel Hastings Humpstone '94
Clara Olive Remington '19
Giovanitta Caroline Curtis Johnson '83
Anna Frances Haldeman Sidwell '84
Eugenia Helen Hoy Greeley '99
Townsmen of Fiori Eleanora
A little girl, daughter to Leonora Gilda Ruth Benedict '20
A little girl, sister to Beppo Adelina, another little girl Maiserie MacCracken '31
Nurse Edith Ward Pierrot
Harlequin
Pant Aloon
Polichinello
Colombine
Strolling players Courtiers, Ladies in Waiting, Soldiers, Pages, Musicians,
Towns people, Children
PROLOGUE [Anselmo and Luigi] ANSELMO. What think you, lies there any truth in the tale
The King will wed again? LUIGI. Why not, Anselmo?
A king is no less lonely than a collier
When his wife dies, And his young daughter there,
For all her being a princess, is no less
A motherless child, and cries herself to sleep
Night after night, as noisily as any,
You may be sure. ANSELMO. A motherless child loves not,
They say, the second mother. Though the King
May find him comfort in another face,
As it is well he should the child, I fancy,
Is not so lonely as she is distraught
With grief for the dead Queen, and will not lightly
Be parted from her tears. LUIGI. If tales be true,
The woman hath a daughter, near the age
Of his, will be a playmate for the Princess... Continue reading book >>
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