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ROSES

ROSES

FOUR ONE-ACT PLAYS

STREAKS OF LIGHT--THE LAST VISIT
--MARGOT--THE FAR-AWAY PRINCESS

BY

HERMANN SUDERMANN

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN

BY

GRACE FRANK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK:::::::::::::::::::::::: 1909

Copyright, 1909, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published September, 1909

CONTENTS

I

STREAKS OF LIGHT

A PLAY IN ONE ACT

CHARACTERS

The Present Day

The action takes place at a small pavilion situated in theparkbelonging to an old castle.

STREAKS OF LIGHT

An octagonal pavilion of the Rococo period, the three frontwalls ofwhich are cut off by the proscenium. Ceiling and walls are cracked andspotted by rain, and bear the marks of long disuse. At the back, in thecentre, a large doorway. The glass door is thrown wide open; theshutters behind are closed. On the right and left, in the oblique wallsof the room, are windows, the shutters of which are also closed.Through the blinds at the door and the right window, sunbeams instreaks of light penetrate the semi-darkness of the room.

On the left, in the foreground, a Louis Sixteenth sofa withtable andgilded chairs to match. On the wall above, an old mirror. Near thesofa, a tapestried doorway. A chandelier wrapped in a dusty gauzecovering is suspended from the ceiling. A four-post bed with han