Whose closing was involved in rigid Lethe,
And in such words as by false breath of life
Were made to sound so strong, e'en while they faded,
Just as the wind, ere he lies down to sleep,
Deceitful swells the sails as ne'er before.

[He rises.]

Aye, lift her up. So bitter is this life:
A wish was granted her, and that one door
At which she lay with longing and desire
Was oped--and back she came in such distress,
Death-stricken, that but issued forth the evening prior--
As fishers, cheeks with sun and moon afire,
Prepare their nets--in hopes of great success.

[They lift up the body to carry it in.]

ARTHUR SCHNITZLER

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THE GREEN COCKATOO

A Grotesque in One Act

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

EMILE, Duc de Cadignan

FRANCOIS, Vicomte de Nogeant

ALBIN, Chevalier de la Tremouille

MARQUIS DE LANSAC

SEVERINE, his wife

ROLLIN, Poet

PROSPER (formerly Theatre Manager), HOST

HENRI |
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BALTHASAR |
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GUILLAUME |
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SCAEVOLA |
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JULES |
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ETIENNE > His troupe
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MAURICE |
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GEORGETTE |
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MICHETTE |
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FLIPOTTE |

LEOCADIE, Actress, wife of Henri

GRASSET, Philosopher

LEBRET, Tailor

GRAIN, a vagabond

THE COMMISSAIRE OF POLICE

Nobles, Actors, Actresses, Citizens, and Citizens? Wives

The Action takes place in Paris in the evening of the 14th July,
1789, in the underground tavern of PROSPER.

THE GREEN COCKATOO (1899)

TRANSLATED BY HORACE SAMUEL

SCENE.--THE TAVERN OF THE GREEN COCKATOO

A medium-sized underground room. Seven steps lead down to it on the
Right (rather far back). The stairs are shut off by a door on top.
A second door which is barely visible is in the background on the Left.
A number of simple wooden tables with chairs around them fill nearly
the whole room. On the Left in the Centre is a bar; behin