Annajanska and the Bolshevik Empress TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text SCHNEIDEKIND. They have killed him? <br><br>STRAMMFEST. A dagger has been struck through his heart-- <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND. Good God! <br><br>STRAMMFEST. --and through mine, through mine. <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND [relieved]. Oh, a metaphorical dagger! I thought you meant a real one. What has happened? <br><br>STRAMMFEST. His daughter the Grand Duchess Annajanska, she whom the Panjandrina loved beyond all her other children, has--has-- [he cannot finish.] <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND. Committed suicide? <br><br>STRAMMFEST. No. Better if she had. Oh, far far better. <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND [in hushed tones]. Left the Church? <br><br>STRAMMFEST [shocked]. Certainly not. Do not blaspheme, young man. <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND. Asked for the vote? <br><br>STRAMMFEST. I would have given it to her with both hands to save her from this. <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND. Save her from what? Dash it, sir, out with it. <br><br>STRAMMFEST. She has joined the Revolution. <br><br>SCHNEIDEKIND. But so have you, sir. We've all joined the Revolution. She doesn't mean it any more than we do. <br><br>STRAMMFEST. Heaven grant you may be right! But that is not the worst. She had eloped with a young officer. Eloped, Schneidekind, eloped! <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: AnnajanskaandtheBolshevikEmpress.pdf
