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Mordred and Hildebrand

Mordred and Hildebrand

by Wilfred Campbell

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Author
Campbell, Wilfred, 1858?-1918
Title
Mordred and Hildebrand: A Book of Tragedies
Credits
Produced by Ian Crann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Gregory VII, Pope, approximately 1015-1085 -- Drama
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62173
Release Date
May 18, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.MORDRED . . and . . HILDEBRAND. — MORDRED.
  3. 3.ACT. I. — SCENE I.— A Hermitage in the Woods.
  4. 4.SCENE II.— Camelot. ( Arthur crowned king. )
  5. 5.SCENE III.
  6. 6.SCENE IV.— Leodegrance’s Castle at Camelard.
  7. 7.SCENE V.— The apartment of Guinevere — Guinevere and a lady attendant .
  8. 8.SCENE VI.— A rose garden adjoining the Castle.
  9. 9.ACT II. — SCENE I.— The forest of Bracliande.
  10. 10.SCENE II.— Castle at Camelot.
  11. 11.SCENE III.— Another part of the Castle.
  12. 12.SCENE IV.— Enter Elaine and her retinue .
  13. 13.SCENE V.— The Court.
  14. 14.SCENE VI.— An outer room in the Castle — Guinevere walking back and forth. Enter Launcelot , kneels, would take her hand .
  15. 15.SCENE VII.— Enter Vivien and Mordred .
  16. 16.SCENE VIII.— Enter Dagonet .
  17. 17.ACT III. — SCENE I.— Arthur , Mordred , Dagonet , and Nobles .
  18. 18.SCENE II.— Launcelot discovered seated almost naked amid swineherds .
  19. 19.SCENE III.— Another part of the forest. — Launcelot and Gwaine .
  20. 20.SCENE IV.—( Enter Court-ushers with trumpets , Soldiers and Knights. Enter the King : takes his State. Enter the Queen in a black robe surrounded by her Women, comes to the foot of the Throne, falls on her face .)
  21. 21.SCENE V.— Enter Mordred .
  22. 22.SCENE VI.— An audience room in the Castle. Enter Mordred , Sir Agravaine and other Knights.
  23. 23.SCENE VII.— A passage near the Queen’s apartments.
  24. 24.ACT IV. — SCENE I.—( Rise outer curtain. ) Passage near the Queen’s apartments. Enter Dagonet .
  25. 25.SCENE II.— Sir Launcelot’s apartment, midnight. Enter several Knights with torches and swords .
  26. 26.SCENE III.— The King’s lodge in the forest . Arthur walking back and forth .
  27. 27.SCENE IV.—( Rise outer curtain. ) Court at Camelot.
  28. 28.SCENE V.— A Corridor in the Palace. Enter two Gentlemen.
  29. 29.SCENE VI.—France— A Tent on the Field near Launcelot’s Castle . Arthur paces to and fro .
  30. 30.ACT V. — SCENE I.—( Rise outer Curtain. ) Enter two Soldiers.
  31. 31.SCENE II.— The Kentish Coast. Landing of Arthur’s troops opposed by Mordred . Battle going on in the distance. Enter Gwaine borne ashore on a litter. Battle comes near.
  32. 32.SCENE III.— Night on the battle field. The royal tent , Arthur’s Camp .
  33. 33.SCENE IV.— Near the battlefield. Enter two Knights.
  34. 34.HILDEBRAND
  35. 35.ACT I. — SCENE I.—( Rise outer Curtain. ) An Inn-yard in Milan. Two Burghers discovered seated at a table, drinking .
  36. 36.SCENE II.— Place, Home of Pastor Gerbhert. Enter Catherine , Mother to Margaret .
  37. 37.ACT II. — SCENE I.— A room in the Papal Palace at Rome. Enter Hildebrand as Pope and Peter Damiani , a fanatic.
  38. 38.SCENE II.— The German Court, a Room in the Castle.
  39. 39.SCENE III.— An Audience Room in the Castle. Enter Attendant. Enter Henry in haste, with Gilbert a Lord.
  40. 40.SCENE IV.— A monastery near Milan. Night. Enter two monks , Brun , a fat little monk, and Wast , a tall, lean one, with an extremely ugly face .
  41. 41.SCENE V.—( Audience room in the Papal palace. Enter Hildebrand wearing his purple robe of state and with him Peter Damiani . Enter a page. )
  42. 42.ACT III. — SCENE I.—( A deserted camp. ) Enter Henry alone .
  43. 43.SCENE II.—( Rise outer Curtain. A yard outside the castle at Canossa. Enter two Monks telling their beads .)
  44. 44.SCENE III.—( A poorly furnished room. Margaret seated by a meagre fire nursing her sick child .)
  45. 45.SCENE IV.— A battle-field. Enter troops marching. Fighting begins in the distance. Enter two officers.
  46. 46.ACT IV. — SCENE I.—( A fortress near Milan, where Gregory is in exile. Enter Margaret , crazed, with her dead babe in her arms .)
  47. 47.SCENE II.—( A chapel close near the castle. The grave of Margaret and her child marked by a cross. ) Enter Hildebrand leaning on the arm of Peter . — Transcriber’s Notes

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