By LADY GREGORY
Drama
SEVEN SHORT PLAYS.
FOLK-HISTORY PLAYS. 2 VOLS.
NEW COMEDIES.
THE GOLDEN APPLE.
THE DRAGON.
OUR IRISH THEATRE. A CHAPTER OF
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
THE KILTARTAN MOLIERE.
THE IMAGE AND OTHER PLAYS.
THREE WONDER PLAYS.
Irish Folk-Lore and Legend
VISIONS AND BELIEFS. 2 VOLS.
CUCHULAIN OF MURITHEMNE.
GODS AND FIGHTING MEN.
SAINTS AND WONDERS.
POETS AND DREAMERS.
THE KILTARTAN POETRY BOOK.
THE KILTARTAN HISTORY BOOK.
HUGH LANE'S LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT,
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DUBLIN
GALLERIES.
Three Wonder Plays
By
Lady Gregory
G.P. Putnam's Sons London & New York
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CONTENTS
THE DRAGON
ACT I
PERSONS
The King
The Queen.
The Princess Nuala.
The Dall Glic (THE BLIND WISE MAN).
The Nurse.
The Prince of the Marshes.
Manus, King of Sorcha.
Fintan, The Astrologer.
Taig.
Sibby (TAIG'S MOTHER).
Gatekeeper.
Two Aunts of the Prince of the Marshes.
Foreign Men Bringing in Food.
The Dragon.
ACT I
Scene: A room in the King's house at Burren.
Large window at back with deep window seat.
Doors right and left. A small table and some
chairs.
Dall Glic: (Coming in with tray, which he puts
on table. Goes back to door.) You can come in,
King. There is no one here.
King: (Coming in.) That's very good. I was
in dread the Queen might be in it.
Dall Glic: It is a good thought I had bringing
it in here, and she gone t