The Golden Doom TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text [The Prophets draw knives and sharpen them.<br><br>KING<br><br>Is it fitting that the sacrifice take place by the iron door where the god from the stars has trod, or must it be in the temple?<br><br>CHIEF PROPHET<br><br>Let it be offered by the iron door. (To the other Prophets) Fetch hither the altar stone.<br><br>[The owl-like whistle is heard off right. The Third Spy runs crouching toward it. Exit.<br><br>KING<br><br>Will this sacrifice avail to avert the doom?<br><br>CHIEF PROPHET<br><br>Who knows?<br><br>KING<br><br>I fear that even yet the doom will fall.<br><br>CHIEF PROPHET<br><br>It were wise to sacrifice some greater thing.<br><br>KING<br><br>What more can a man offer?<br><br>CHIEF PROPHET<br><br>His pride.<br><br>KING<br><br>What pride?<br><br>CHIEF PROPHET<br><br>Your pride that went up against the sky and troubled the stars.<br><br>KING<br><br>How shall I sacrifice my pride to the stars?<br><br>CHIEF PROPHET<br><br>It is upon your pride that the doom will fall, and will take away your crown and will take away your kingdom. 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: TheGoldenDoom.pdf
