The Elixir of Life TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text The dying man smiled.<br><br>"I thank you for having brought singers and music! A banquet, young and beautiful women, with dark locks, all the pleasures of life. Let them remain. I am about to be born again."<br><br>"The delirium is at its height," said Don Juan to himself.<br><br>"I have discovered a means of resuscitation. There, look in the drawer of the table--you open it by pressing a hidden spring near the griffin."<br><br>"I have it, father."<br><br>"Good! Now take out a little flask of rock crystal."<br><br>"Here it is."<br><br>"I have spent twenty years in----"<br><br>At this point the old man felt his end approaching, and collected all his energy to say:<br><br>"As soon as I have drawn my last breath rub me with this water and I shall come to life again."<br><br>"There is very little of it," replied the young man.<br> COMMENTS: Visual Text High drama, high emotions. On the supernatural side. 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: TheElixirofLife.pdf
