Five Somewhat Historical Plays Author:Philip Moeller Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SISTERS OF SUSANNAH A Biblical Farce To Helen, The inimitable, if not the only Myrah.CHARACTERS Samson, Zillah's husband. Job, an old man of Baborah. ... more » Myrah, an elderly unlovely lady of Baborah. A Traveller, from the West. A Scholar, from the East. Chew, a young man, Samson's secretary. SISTERS OF SUSANNAH The Scene Is the beautiful garden of Myrah. Far to the South gleam the minarets of a biblical city. Myrah's pavilion is in the suburbs. Towards its back the around dips to a lower terrace. Left is the entrance to the pavilion, and to the right an ancient door to the garden is set in a wall of turquoise tiles which shuts the garden in from the intrusive high road. A turn in the road is visible to the right. Here stands a camphor tree bending its twisting branches over the wall into the garden. The trees and bushes are rich with the luxuriousness of the South. In the shade a fountain splashes. On a peg of emerald sits a parrot of blue and gold. Time — Shortly after the trial of SUSANNAH as recorded in the Books of the Apocrypha. In the renaissance of interest in biblical literature the story of Susannah seems to have been scathingly neglected. Therefore the following needs no apology. Note: — As recorded in the doubtful Books of the Bible, Susannah as she sat bathing in her garden became the object of the admiration of two old men, who being repulsed, assailed her virtue; and the matter coming into the courts of law, a famous trial ensued. When the curtain lifts Job is discovered peeping through the wall of Myrah's garden as Samson enters. Samson. Father! You are early up! Job. (Embarrassed) I am about to leave the city. Samson. May the Lord spill sunshine on your way. (He glances towards the wall of the garden) Job. You, too, m...« less