THE CHINESE LANTERN
THE CHINESE LANTERN
A PLAY BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN
LONDON: F. SIDGWICK
47 GREAT RUSSELL STREET
1908
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NOTE
This play has been publicly performed inEngland, and entered at the Library ofCongress, Washington, U.S.A. All rights[Pg viii]reserved.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
| Olangtsi | A Master of Arts. |
| Mrs. Olangtsi (called Mrs. Back-of-the-House) | His Wife. |
| Yunglangtsi | His Son. |
| 1. Pee-ah-Bee. | Students, Apprentices, and Craftsmen. |
| 2. Han-Kin. | |
| 3. Tee-Pee. | |
| 4. Hiti-Titi. | |
| 5. New-Lyn. | |
| 6. Nau-Tee. | |
| 7. Li-Long. | |
| Josi-Mosi | A Chinese Jew Rag-and-Bone Merchant. |
| Cosi-Mosi | His Brother: a Money-lender. |
| Tikipu | Bottle-washer and General Drudge. |
| Mee-Mee | A Korean Slave-girl. |
| Wiowani | An Old Master. |
| Street-criers, Bailiffs, Bearers, Townsfolk, etc. | |
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ACT I
A Chinese Studio with windowed walls of woodworkand oil-paper. At back of centre a dais, andbehind that a picture showing an interior openinginto a garden. In the foreground of the pictureappears a hanging lantern, and below it amandoline and a jar holding a spray of plum-blossom.To the right of the stage a sliding dooropens into street: to the left stairs lead upwardto interior, forward of that a door also tointerior. It is morning: six or seven studentssquat painting. Between every two of them is asmall stand for paint-pots, brushes, etc. All arevery lazy and desultory at their work: the onlyindustrious one is Tikipu, who, in shabby menialattire, grinds colours with weary persistence.The students yawn, stretch, and whine; andresume work in a perfunctory way at intervalsupon shop-signs, lanterns, etc. On the dais sitsYunglangtsi, a mountain of indolent fat: sunk[Pg 2]in profound slumber he squats before his easel.Street-criers ar BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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