Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 / 2008-08-01 00:00:00
EBOOK ARIA DA CAPO ***
This etext produced by David Starner.
ARIA DA CAPO
A PLAY IN ONE ACT
Copyright, 1920
By Edna St. Vincent Millay
Printed in the U. S. A.
PERSONS
Pierrot
Columbine
Cothurnus, Masque of Tragedy
Thyrsis -\
Shepherds
Corydon -/
[Scene: A stage]
[The curtain rises on a stage set for a Harlequinade, a merry
black and white interior. Directly behind the footlights, and
running parallel with them, is a long table, covered with a gay
black and white cloth, on which is spread a banquet. At the
opposite ends of this table, seated on delicate thin???legged
chairs with high backs, are Pierrot and Columbine, dressed
according to the tradition, excepting that Pierrot is in lilac,
and Columbine in pink. They are dining.]
COLUMBINE: Pierrot, a macaroon! I cannot _live_ without a macaroon!
PIERROT: My only love,
You are _so_ intense! . . . Is it Tuesday, Columbine???”
I??™ll kiss you if it??™s Tuesday.
COLUMBINE: It is Wednesday,
If you must know . . . . Is this my artichoke,
Or yours?
PIERROT: Ah, Columbine,??”as if it mattered!
Wednesday . . . . Will it be Tuesday, then, to???morrow,
By any chance?
COLUMBINE: To???morrow will be??”Pierrot,
That isn??™t funny!
PIERROT: I thought it rather nice.
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