Zina: the Slave Girl
by A. Thompson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thompson, A. (Augustin), 1835-1903
- Title
- Zina: the Slave Girl; or, Which the Traitor? A Drama in Four Acts
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing, hekula03, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 60425
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60425
- Release Date
- October 5, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ZINA: THE SLAVE GIRL OR WHICH THE TRAITOR? — CAST OF CHARACTERS. — ACT I. — Scene 1. — Streets of Mobile. D’Arneaux discovered looking over some papers R. Enter Zina L, carrying a heavy carpet-bag . D’A. recognizes her . — Scene 2. Cafe in Hotel Leon, Mobile. Myers and Brightly are discovered seated at a card table L. Bar rear centre.
- 2.ACT II. — Scene 1. Landscape. Whole stage. Gen. Halcom discovered, R, looking away with field-glass. Soldiers “en picket,” rear. — Scene 2. Landscape and Wood. Centre. — Scene 3. Night. Ordinary room, back. Window L, rear. Keele Brightly disc. chained rear centre, covered with a large blanket that reaches to the floor . Barney R, on guard. Stage dark.
- 3.ACT III. — Scene 1. Landscape or wood back. ( Enter Barney, L. U. E., peering cautiously. ) — Scene 2. Night. Thunder storm rising. Flashes of lightning in the distance. Heavy forest back. A river running through at rear, half hidden among the trees. A flat-roofed log hut in rear centre. A hole cut in the roof 2½ feet square, near front, and covered with short boards nailed at one end, and so weakened by hewing that a woman’s strength might be able to break them. A rope fastened overhead, where it would dangle over rear of hut, then guyed to hang over the hole, and drawn up out of sight. A door at R. end of hut, and bar behind it. ( Gen. Halcom disc. asleep on the floor of the hut, wounded in the head. A rebel sentry pacing outside the door. )
- 4.ACT IV. — Scene 1. Night. Heavy forest. Gen. Sherman disc. looking away to R. Occasional flashes of lightning, and thunder in the distance. Occasional picket firing, R. Staff, L. — Scene 2. Gen. Hood’s headquarters. Gen. seated at table, rear centre. D’Arneaux and two guards, L., facing R. — Scene 3. Landscape and wood front. Enter Sally with pail, L., female attire. — Scene 4. Room covering whole stage. Door at R. centre. Large box, R. U. E. Hezekiah and Barney disc. rear centre, chained to a ring in the floor.
- 5.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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