The Angel Intrudes TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text JIMMY. You are an unscrupulous wretch. If these are the manners of Heaven, I am glad it is so far away, and means of communication so difficult. A few more of you would corrupt the morals of five continents. You are utterly depraved--Here! what are you doing?<br><br>THE ANGEL. I am taking off my robes, so as to put on my new clothes.<br><br>JIMMY. Spare the common decencies at least. Go in the other room.<br><br>THE ANGEL. Certainly, if that is the custom here. With the clothes over his arm, he goes into the bedroom.<br><br>JIMMY. (sternly, to Annabelle) And now tell me, what do you mean by this?<br><br>ANNABELLE. (simply)--We are in love.<br><br>JIMMY. Do you mean to say you would throw me over for that fellow?<br><br>ANNABELLE. Why not?<br><br>JIMMY. What good is he? All he can do is sing hymns. In three months he'll be a tramp.<br><br>ANNABELLE. I don't care. And he won't be a tramp. I'll look after him.<br><br>JIMMY. (sneeringly) The maternal instinct! Well, take care of him if you like. But of course you know that in six weeks he'll fall in love with somebody else?<br><br>ANNABELLE. No he won't. I'm sure that I am the only girl in the world to him.<br><br>JIMMY. Of course you're the only girl in the world to him--now. You're the only one he's ever seen. But wait till he sees the others! Six weeks? On second thought I make it three days. Immortal love! (He laughs.)<br><br>ANNABELLE. What difference does it make? You don't understand. Whether it lasts a day or a year, while it lasts it will be immortal. The Angel enters, dressed in Jimmy's old clothes, and carrying his wings in his hands. He seems exhilarated.<br><br>THE ANGEL. How do I look?<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: TheAngelIntrudes.pdf
