The Promise Of May TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text EVA (with a wild cry). Philip Edgar!<br><br>HAROLD. The phantom cry! You--did you hear a cry?<br><br>DORA. She must be crying out 'Edgar' in her sleep.<br><br>HAROLD. Who must be crying out 'Edgar' in her sleep?<br><br>DORA. Your pardon for a minute. She must be waked.<br><br>HAROLD Who must be waked?<br><br>DORA. I am not deaf: you fright me. What ails you?<br><br>HAROLD. Speak.<br><br>DORA. You know her, Eva.<br><br>HAROLD. Eva! [EVA opens the door and stands in the entry. She!<br><br>EVA. Make her happy, then, and I forgive you. [Falls dead.<br><br>DORA. Happy! What? Edgar? Is it so? Can it be? They told me so. Yes, yes! I see it all now. O she has fainted. Sister, Eva, sister! He is yours again--he will love you again; I give him back to you again. Look up! One word, or do but smile! Sweet, do you hear me? [Puts her hand on EVA'S heart. There, there--the heart, O God!--the poor young heart Broken at last--all still--and nothing left To live for. [Falls on body of her sister.<br><br>HAROLD. Living ... dead ... She said 'all still. Nothing to live for.' She--she knows me--now ... (A pause.) She knew me from the first, she juggled with me, She hid this sister, told me she was dead-- I have wasted pity on her--not dead now-- No! acting, playing on me, both of them. They drag the river for her! no, not they! Playing on me--not dead now--a swoon--a scene-- Yet--how she made her wail as for the dead! 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: ThePromiseOfMay.pdf
