BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
Publisher: THREE STAR PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY
Published: 1966
Place of publication: MONTREAL, PROVINCE QUEBEC
Language: eng
Format: Hardbound
Number of pages: 137
Copyright date: 1966
Subjects: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
Genres: LITERATURE
Work titles: A PLAY  IN THREE  ACTS
First sentence: PROLEGOMENON: The Scene. The Time is the present. The curtain rises to reveal a middle sized evergreen tree on centre stage. It has a greenish-brown bark and ovate pointed leaves. Many fruits are apparent on the tree - heavy juice laden yellow globes. Suspended from a branch on the right side of the tree is a human skeleton which by the character and mass of the bones, particularly the pelvis, indicates the individual in life to have been a female. This skeleton holds an hourglass in its hands. From a branch on the left side of the tree is hanging a second skeleton, bone characteristics of which identify it clearly to have been in life a male individual. It holds a staff with a serpent about the shaft.Somewhat between both skeletons Wainwright stands, the noose of a powerful rope about his neck, waiting to be suspended. The cord is thrown over a branch of the tree and is long enough to allow for slack that trails on the ground. He is hatless and wears a black shirt open at the neck and black tight fitting trousers. His feet are bare.
Description: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
Notes: CHARACTERS: WAINWRIGHT - A Student of Man; BURNA - A Student of Classics; PHYSICIAN - A Student of the Sick; SENATOR - A Student of the Public Conscience; The ASSESSOR - Or Anatomy Theatre Attendant, or Bookseller, or Chairman; EXTRAS - Waiters, Padre, Prostitute, State Policeman. Farm Hand, Straw Man
Table of contents: title: Prolegomenon - Captive In Exile And His Story; title: Part 1: Act Prelude Without The Walls; title: Part 11: Act Within The Walls; title: Part 111: The Judgement