Library of Formatting Examples:Metrical Drama/02A

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THE SAXONS[*** Play title. Major division.]
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ACT ONE.[*** Act = chapter. Major division.]
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<i>SCENE ONE--A road through a forest. On either side
trees stand thick and dark. Immediately in front the light
sifts down upon a rude bridge spanning a narrow stream.
At the roadside, to the right, a large crucifix, apparently
new, stands upon a post some ten feet in height. It is
elaborately carved and is set in a deep frame to protect it
from the weather. At the foot of the post, cut into the
mossy bank which slopes toward the road, is a kneeling
place with a white sheep's pelt lying upon it.</i>

<i>A sound of voices is heard. Fritz and Rudolph enter
from the left and pause where a path leads off through
the wood. The latter has an ax upon his shoulder. Far in
the forest a faint sound of chopping is heard.</i>

<i>TIME--Mid-day in summer, in the early part of the thirteenth
century.</i>
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<sc>Rudolph</sc>--He's worth six.

<sc>Fritz</sc>--                  I'll give you five, you pick them.

<sc>Rudolph</sc>--I'll pick six.

<sc>Fritz</sc>--                 I'll keep my ewes, then.

<sc>Rudolph</sc>--                                        And walk
To the mountains?

<sc>Fritz</sc>--    We have not gone yet.

<sc>Rudolph</sc>--                        But--

<sc>Fritz</sc>--And if I had my way we would not go.

<sc>Rudolph</sc>--Nor would we go had I mine, Fritz. But we
Have not our way. The dragon has his way.
As far as Niflheim the North is red.

<sc>Fritz</sc>--Are we their sheep that we must follow them
Or be hung up on trees?
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