Library of Formatting Examples:Drama/11A

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the jade cup of nothingness. I am a lover bereft
of my mate.

<sc>Fate</sc>--You must live! (<i>Touches Chang's arm
with staff. The knife falls to the ground. Property
Man picks it up, and puts it back in the property
box.</i>)

<sc>Chang-sut-yen</sc>--Kwen-lin, I leap across the
river of Heaven to your arms!

<sc>Fate</sc>--She is not dead. She dreams, and smiles
upon the bosom of the water.

(<i>To Kwen-lin.</i>) Awake! Awake!

(<i>Kwen-lin enters, and goes to Chang.</i>)

<sc>Fate</sc>--Your sublime father, Chang-won-yin, has
gone to his ancestors. You are Chang-sut-yen, the
Great, ruler of this province.

(<i>Gong-bearer strikes gong.</i>)

<sc>Chang-sut-yen</sc>--I renounce my rule. I am a
lover, not a ruler.
                                 [*** Ambiguous alignment.]
<sc>Fate</sc>--You are a turtle dove. (<i>To Mandarin.</i>)
To your home, and set forth majestic feasting.
Chang-sut-yen will honor your house. He rules.

<sc>Chang-sut-yen</sc>--I rule not. I am a lover.

<sc>Kwen-lin</sc>--Exalted one, a lover is a turtle dove.

<sc>Fate</sc>--It is sometimes given to women to know
the truth. Thus Fate is fulfilled, and Chang-sut-yen,
the turtle dove, will live upon a Willow plate.

(<i>Gong-bearer strikes the gong twice.</i>)

(<i>CURTAIN</i>)[** extra white space after this]
[blank line]
[blank line]
<sc>Chorus</sc>--For your eager ears, for your shining
eyes, for your smiling faces, I bow, I bow, I bow.

(<i>Chorus followed by the Gong-bearer goes behind
the curtains.</i>)

Ambiguous stage directions

Are stage directions at the end of a line of dialogue right-justified or not? If they are right-justified, precede them with six spaces. If you can't tell, leave a [**note]. In non-metrical drama, directions usually are not right-justified. This play uses parentheses, not brackets, for stage directions. Parentheses are containers and go outside the markup.

Extra white space

After "CURTAIN" there is extra white space. There is no change of scene shown, so leave a [**note] so the post-processor can decide whether to use one or two blank lines here.

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