The Sorceress Author:Victorien Sardou Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE SORCERESS ACT ONE Scene. — On the heights overlooking the left bank of the River Tagus. In the foreground is a road. Flinty rocks, plants and shrubs ri... more »se from right to left towards higher rocks above which they disappear in a gap. From the gap to the foreground a stony pathway descends in a curve. At the foot of the scene, below, is the Tagus lying deep between its banks, and the Bridge of San Martina. On the heights beyond are the city, the Mirador and the cathedral of San Juan del Rey in construction. The night is clear and starry. A crescent-shaped moon gradually disappears to the right behind the rocks near the end of the act. RAMIRO, ARIAS, FARZPEASANT MEN AND WOMEN, THREE ARCHERS Arias and the Archers are clutching and dragging towards the right peasant men and women, whom they have come to arrest. All of the prisoners are loudly protesting, except Farez, who is silent all the time, Ramiro. Go, march on, there! (To the archers) Arrest those laggards and keep them for me! (The peasants protest) Silence, there! You will explain to the governor in Toledo. The archers again begin to drive before them the prisoners, who renew their protests and lamentations. Enrique. (In a loud voice at the right behind the scene) Hold on! Wait! What is that noise? All stop and listen. Arias goes to the right of the declivity and looks down. Ramiro. (To Arias) Those shouts! Go and see who is uttering them. Arias. Some cavaliers passing along the road. Enrique. (Behind the scene) Do you hear me? Who is there? Arias. (To Ramiro) It is our commander, Don Enrique Palacios, who is returning home from the chase. Ramiro. (Running to the right) He arrives opportunely. (Addressing respectfully, hat in hand, Enrique behind the scene.) My lord, it is I, your esquire, ...« less