The Gazing Globe TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text NIJO. At last my lips will press yours, as the sun flames to an immortal moment when it meets the sky.<br><br>[Kneeling opposite each other, their lips meet. OHANO instantly gives a piercing scream and recoils from him. NIJO sinks into a heap.<br><br>OHANO. [Rising and turning toward the sea, weeping.] Oh, oh, oh!<br><br>ZAMA. [Rushing in from right.] What is it? What is it, Ohano?<br><br>OHANO. [Still weeping.] Oh--ooh.<br><br>ZAMA. What do it be, my little Ohano?<br><br>OHANO. [Turning.] His kiss--Nijo's kiss!<br><br>ZAMA. Yes?<br><br>OHANO. Cold as white marble--cold!<br><br>ZAMA. Cold as white marble?<br><br>OHANO. Oh, Nijo, why do you kiss me like a thing of stone?<br><br>NIJO. [As he looks up, pitifully.] Into that kiss I tried to put all the love I've thought these many years.<br><br>OHANO. The love you've thought?<br><br>NIJO. [Despondently.] Yes, I've only thought it--thought it! 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: TheGazingGlobe.pdf
