The Nursery Maid Of Heaven TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text ATALANTA. It was a great comfort to me to tell you, Sister--and to serve you. Why have you asked nothing more of me?<br><br>BENVENUTA. I have all the help I need, now.<br><br>[A pause. Atalanta looks at Benvenuta wonderingly.]<br><br>The vinedresser's baby--did you ever hold him in your arms?<br><br>ATALANTA. No.<br><br>BENVENUTA. Nor ever felt his lips soft and moist against your cheek, nor his fingers warm on your neck?<br><br>ATALANTA. No. I only saw the child, as I told you.<br><br>BENVENUTA. I remember now. You only saw him.<br><br>[Another pause. Benvenuta is looking toward the Sacristy closet.]<br><br>Atalanta, dear, do you know that we can only be happy by pleasing those we love most--that is what people live for, I think. And dear, remember this: the happiness you saw on the face of the vinedresser's wife was as torment beside the joy that is glowing in me.<br><br>[Her eyes meet Atalanta's for a moment.]<br><br>Don't, dear--don't think it too strange. Everything is strange, after all.<br><br>ATALANTA. Your face was like hers, then.<br><br>BENVENUTA. Please don't say that, dear. It's--it's foolish--isn't it? But I told you once I was waiting for something--all my life waiting. And now--and now! 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: TheNurseryMaidOfHeaven.pdf
