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Search - Joy - A Play On The Letter "J" In Three Acts

Joy - A Play On The Letter J In Three Acts
Author: John Galsworthy

JOY: A PLAY ON THE LETTERI IN THREE ACTS BY JOHN GALSWORTIIY -- 1913 -- PERSONS OF THE PLAY - COLONEL HOPE, R.A., retired Mas. HOPE, hia wve MISS BEEOH, their old governcsr LETTY, their daughter ERNEST BLUNT, her hushad Mns. GWYN, their nieca JOY, her daughter DICK MEBTON, their young fmend HON. MAUBIOE LEVER. their guest ROSE, their varlozlrmai... more »d TIME present. The action passes throughout mid. ntmrnar dny on ths lam of CoZml Hoper house, near tha 2haaes ahore Oxfwd. CAST OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION AT THE SAVOY THEATRE, LONDON, ON SEPTEMBER 24, l907 COLONEL HOPE . . . . Mss. HOPE . . Mrss BEECH . . . . LETTY . . . . . . ERNEST BLUNT . . . . Mas. CfWyN. . . . . J O Y . . . . . . DICK MEBTON . . . HON. AuIICE LZTCR ROSB . e Yr. A. E. George Jliss Henrietta Watson illha Florence Haydon iiss iwury Barton Mr. Frederick Lloyd His I,trynne Matthiuon Xiss Dorothy JZilzto dlr. Alan W Mr. ZaZ6ergcbr6st Xas Amy h tburn ACT I The time is mornzng, and the scene a level lawn, beyond which the river is running amongstelds. A huge oZd beech tree overshadorus eve ything, in the darknkss of whose hoZZow many things are hidden. A rustic seat encircles it. A low wall clothed in creepers, with two openings, divides this lawn from theJEowey approaches to the home. Close to the wall there is a swing. The sky is clear and sunny. COLONEL HOPE 2s seated in a garden-chair, reading a nenqaper through pince-nez. He is Py-ve, and bald, with drooping grey moustaches and a weather-darkened face. He wears a jlannel suit, and a had from Panama a tennis racquet leans against his chair. MRS. HOPE comes quickly through the opening of the wall, with roses in her hands. She is going grey she wears tan gauntlets, and no hat. Her manner is decided, her voice emphatic, ar though aware that there is no nonsense in its onmda composition. Screened by the hollow tree, MISS BEECH is seated and JOY is percited on a her branch, concealed by foliage. MRS. HOPE. I told Molly in my letter that shed have to walk up, Ton 6 6 JOY ACT I COLONEL. Walk up in this heat l My dear, why didnt you order Bensons ff y MRS. HOPE. Expense for nothing Bob can bring up her things in the barrow. Ive told Joy I wont have her going down to meet the train. Shes so excited about her mothers coming theres no doing anything with her. COLONEL. NO wonder, after two months. MRS. HOPE. Well, shes going home to-morrow she must just keep herself fresli for the dancing to night. Im not going to get people in to dance, and have Joy worn out before they begin. COLONEL. Dropping his paper. I dont like Mollys walking up. MRS. HOPE. A great strong woman like Molly , Gwyn It isnt half a mile. COLONEL. I dont like it, Nell its not hospitable. MRS. HOPE. Rubbish I If you want to throw away money, you must just find some better investment than those wretched three per cents of yours. The green-fly are in my roses already Did you ever see anything so dwgusting Thg bend over the roses thy have grown, and lose all sense eveything. Wheres the syringe I saw you mooning about with it last night, Tom. COLNEL. UneariZy.1 Mooning He retires behind his paper. MRS. HOPE enters the hollow of the tree...

ISBN-13: 9781408607381
ISBN-10: 1408607387
Publication Date: 10/26/2007
Pages: 100
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Publisher: Morse Press
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