Vera (Act 1) Oscar Wilde
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SCENE.—99 Rue Tchernavaya, Moscow. A large garret lit by oil lamps hung from ceiling. Some masked men standing silent and apart from one another. A man in a scarlet mask is writing at a table. Door at back. Man in yellow with drawn sword at it. Knocks heard. Figures in cloaks and masks enter.
Password. Per crucem ad lucem.
Answer. Per sanguinem ad libertatem.
(Clock strikes. CONSPIRATORS form a semicircle in the middle of the stage.)
PRESIDENT.
What is the word?
FIRST CONSPIRATOR.
Nabat.
PRESIDENT.
The answer?
SECOND CONSPIRATOR.
Kalit.
PRESIDENT.
What hour is it?
THIRD CONSPIRATOR.
The hour to suffer.
PRESIDENT.
What day?
Password. Per crucem ad lucem.
Answer. Per sanguinem ad libertatem.
(Clock strikes. CONSPIRATORS form a semicircle in the middle of the stage.)
PRESIDENT.
What is the word?
FIRST CONSPIRATOR.
Nabat.
PRESIDENT.
The answer?
SECOND CONSPIRATOR.
Kalit.
PRESIDENT.
What hour is it?
THIRD CONSPIRATOR.
The hour to suffer.
PRESIDENT.
What day?
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