From the Swedish of AUGUST STRINDBERG
Translated by Velma Swanston Howard


SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

ACT I.--Room in a Church Tower.

ACT II.--[a] Forest--[b] Rich Man's Banquet Hall.

ACT III.-Public Square and Town Hall.

ACT IV.--[a] Caliph's Palace--[b] Seashore.

ACT V.--Country Church [Interior].

TIME: Middle Ages.



ACT ONE

SCENE: A Room in the Church Tower.

Window shutters at back wide open, starlit sky is seen through
windows. Background: Snow covered house-roofs; gable windows in the
distance brilliantly illuminated. In room an old chair, a fire-pan
and a picture of the Virgin, with a lighted candle before it. Room
is divided by posts--two in centre thick enough to conceal an