The Boor TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text MRS. POPOV. It isn't as well to shoot inside, let's go into the garden.<br><br>SMIRNOV. Yes. I'll tell you now that I am going to shoot into the air.<br><br>MRS. POPOV. That is too much. Why?<br><br>SMIRNOV. Because--because--That's my business why.<br><br>MRS. POPOV. You are afraid. Yes. A-h-h-h. No, no, my dear sir, no welching. Please follow me. I won't rest myself, until I've made a hole in your head that I hate so much. Are you afraid?<br><br>SMIRNOV. Yes, I'm afraid.<br><br>MRS. POPOV. You are lying. Why won't you fight?<br><br>SMIRNOV. Because--because--I--like you.<br><br>MRS. POPOV [with an angry laugh]. You like me! He dares to say that he likes me. [She points to the door.] Go.<br><br>SMIRNOV [laying the revolver silently on the table, takes his hat and goes; at the door he stops a moment gazing at her silently, then he approaches her undecidedly]. Listen? Are you still angry? I was mad as the devil, but please understand me--how can I express myself?--The thing is like this--such things are--[He raises his voice.] How is it my fault that you owe me money? [Grasps the chair back which breaks.] The devil knows what breakable furniture you have! I like you! Do you understand?--I--I'm almost in love!<br><br>MRS. POPOV. Leave. I hate you.<br><br>SMIRNOV. Lord! What a woman! I never in my life met one like her. I'm lost, ruined! I've been caught like a mouse in a trap.<br><br>MRS. POPOV. Go, or I'll shoot.<br><br>SMIRNOV. Shoot! You have no idea what happiness it would be to die in sight of those beautiful eyes, to die from the revolver in this little velvet hand--I'm mad! 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: TheBoor.pdf
