IN THE VANGUARD - 1913 - ACT I SCENE I IN THE VANGUARD ACT I SCENE I - The Village Green JIany large trees stand upon the Common. Flowering shrubs grow in profusion upon the turf. To the East, picturesque houses are seen through the trees to the West, the distant hills. Here, the Common is more open there are no trees. I n the open space, sev ral girls are gaily dancing their light draperies are blown by the wind. Dancing, they wind in and out of a long garland woven of flowers, and as they dance, they sing. TKE GIRLS ...
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IN THE VANGUARD - 1913 - ACT I SCENE I IN THE VANGUARD ACT I SCENE I - The Village Green JIany large trees stand upon the Common. Flowering shrubs grow in profusion upon the turf. To the East, picturesque houses are seen through the trees to the West, the distant hills. Here, the Common is more open there are no trees. I n the open space, sev ral girls are gaily dancing their light draperies are blown by the wind. Dancing, they wind in and out of a long garland woven of flowers, and as they dance, they sing. TKE GIRLS Singing. Merrily dawns the month of May Primroses pink and white, The golden sun is glad to-day The stars will laugh to-night. Weave, weave the garland gay, To greet the month of May 3 0 happy are the song-birds now, Mays plumage on their breasts Secure within the blossoming bough They build their hidden nests. Weave, weave the garland gay, To greet the month of May FIRSTG IRL Eagerly, stopping the dance. There comes Elsa SECOND G IRL DisdainfulZy. Bah I hate her proud ways. FIRST GIRL Indignantly. Proud - Elsa - How absurd Elsa is adorable SECOND GIRL Not proud Look at the way she carries her head She looks as though she thought we were the dust under her feet. FIRST GIRL She cant help the way her head is set on her shoulders She walks like that in her bath-room. The Girls laugh. She does I was there the other day - She was washing her hands - and she looked like one of the statues in the new Museum that Mr. Greart gave to the town that one where the goddess is standing before the altar Elsa looked as though she were performing a religious rite. THIRDG IRL What a goose you are, Molly Elsa is awfully nice, but she isnt much like a goddess she wears too good clothes.SECONDG IRL She is too top-lofty for me I dont like her MINNIE Sarcastically. Poor Elsa How can she possibly bear it Impetuously. I love her What do you think, Minnie Do you think she looks like a goddess MINNIE I think she is herself - that makes her a goddess Here comes Elsa Between the trees, at the East end of the Common, a young girl enters h 7 swift step gives the suggestion of winged feet. She bears herself proudly, and yet with a gracious directness and simplicity she is tall, Lithe, beautiful she is dressed in unrelieved white she carries an open book this is Elsa. THE GIRLS Come, Elsa Come, join our May-dance The Girls hold out the garland to Elsa and begin to sing again. TRE GIRLS Singing. Weave, weave the garland gay - ELSA 0 stop dancing - Girls. Sit down - listen - I have something to read to you I have found the most delicious thing It is a picture of what we all feel these days - these stirring days, when war is in the air. Elsa sits upon the turf. The girls throw down the garland and seat themselves around her. THE RECTORSD AUGHTER Elsa, did you know Jack is going to the war With a nod of approbation. Certainly - he is a soldier. SECOND G IRL Looking at E2sa keenly. How about Philip ELSA Evasively. Philip is not a soldier. Philip is a lawyer. Father told me yesterday that Philip has been offered a partnership with Stickley and Stowett. Father says thats wonderful for so young a man. Did you know it, Elsa ELSA Philip told me. Drawing herself up, the colour rising in her cheeks. I wish I were a man - nothing should keep me from this glorious war - this fight for the right. SECOND G IRL Aside. Affectation...
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