The Gaol Gate TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text Gatekeeper: Give me here the letter to read it. Sure it never was opened at all.<br><br>Mary Cahel: Myself and this woman have no learning. We were loth to trust any other one.<br><br>Gatekeeper: It was posted in Galway the twentieth, and this is the last of the month.<br><br>Mary Cahel: We never thought to call at the post office. It was chance brought it to us in the end.<br><br>Gatekeeper: (Having read letter.) You poor unfortunate women, don't you know Denis Cahel is dead? You'd a right to come this time yesterday if you wished any last word at all.<br><br>Mary Cahel: (Kneeling down.) God and His Mother protect us and have mercy on Denis's soul!<br><br>Mary Cushin: What is the man after saying? Sure it cannot be Denis is dead?<br><br>Gatekeeper: Dead since the dawn of yesterday, and another man now in his cell. I'll go see who has charge of his clothing if you're wanting to bring it away.<br><br>(He goes in. The dawn has begun to break.) 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: TheGaolGate.pdf
