A Death In Fever Flat TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text [The Figure sits down nonchalantly in a chair a little to one side of Lon's. He is dressed in the western style, that is, without style, corduroys, heavy boots, flannel shirt. In fact, he looks almost natural. But there is a curious dark mark in the center of his forehead--or is it a round, dark hole?]<br><br>LON [petulantly]. Cain't you stay where you was put--with a heap o' rocks on top o' ye?<br><br>THE FIGURE [thinly ironical]. Can't seem to give up the old habits, y' know.<br><br>LON [thickly, tossing the pack down]. What's the hell's a corpse got to do with habits?<br><br>GHOST [unmoved]. You pore fool, you'll learn when you come over.<br><br>LON [huskily]. Come over--wh'ar?<br><br>GHOST [significantly]. Where I am. [Sings in a quavering voice.]<br><br>There's many a girl can go all round about And hear the small birds sing--<br><br>LON [snarling]. Dry up on them corpse tunes o' yourn, Harvey Mace.<br><br>GHOST [leering]. Oh, you recognize me, eh? You recognize your old friend and pardner, do you, Lon Purdy?<br><br>LON [sullenly]. I knowed you'd come.<br><br>GHOST [triumphantly]. And you believe in me, eh? Well, that's good, too.<br><br> COMMENTS: Visual Text CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: ADeathInFeverFlat.pdf
