Abandoned TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text She had taken her old friend's arm, and was looking straight in front of her, with a fixed and haunted gaze, and at last she said:<br><br>"And so you have not seen him again, either?"<br><br>"No, never."<br><br>"Is it possible?"<br><br>"My dear friend, do not let us begin that discussion again. I have a wife and children and you have a husband, so we both of us have much to fear from other people's opinion."<br><br>She did not reply; she was thinking of her long past youth and of many sad things that had occurred. How well she recalled all the details of their early friendship, his smiles, the way he used to linger, in order to watch her until she was indoors. What happy days they were, the only really delicious days she had ever enjoyed, and how quickly they were over!<br><br>And then--her discovery--of the penalty she paid! What anguish!<br> COMMENTS: Visual Text 40 years after having abandoned a son, a woman goes to visit him. Her husband doesn't know what she's up to, and the woman is torn about whether to acknowledge her relationship to her son. The boy's biological father accompanies the woman to visit the son. If you tell the events of the back story as well as the present tense events, there might be enough action and emotion to fill out a full length one act. 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: Abandoned.pdf
