The Knave Of Hearts TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text POMPDEBILE. Eating a tart! Eating a tart, did you say? The scoundrel! Bring him here immediately.<br><br>(The HERALD rushes out and returns with the KNAVE, followed by the six little PAGES. The KNAVE carries a tray of tarts in his hand.)<br><br>POMPDEBILE (almost speechless with rage). How dare you--you--you--<br><br>KNAVE (bowing). Knave, Your Majesty.<br><br>POMPDEBILE. You Knave, you shall be punished for this.<br><br>CHANCELLOR. Behead him, Your Majesty.<br><br>POMPDEBILE. Yes, behead him at once.<br><br>VIOLETTA. Oh, no, Pompy, not that! It is not severe enough.<br><br>POMPDEBILE. Not severe enough, to cut off a man's head! Really, Violetta--<br><br>VIOLETTA. No, because, you see, when one has been beheaded, one's consciousness that one has been beheaded comes off too. It is inevitable. And then, what does it matter, when one doesn't know? Let us think of something really cruel--really fiendish. I have it--deprive him of social position for the rest of his life--force him to remain a mere knave, forever.<br><br>POMPDEBILE. You are right.<br><br>KNAVE. Terrible as this punishment is, I admit that I deserve it, Your Majesty.<br><br>POMPDEBILE. What prompted you to commit this dastardly crime?<br><br>KNAVE. All my life I have had a craving for tarts of any kind. 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: TheKnaveOfHearts.pdf
