Chatterton Lacy, Ernest Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag Ernest Lacy, 1863 – 1916 Chatterton [in, Plays and Sonnets by Ernest Lacy: Etchings of Julia Marlowe as Chatterton and Joseph Haworth as Rinaldo by Stephen J. Ferris] Philadelphia Printed by Sherman and Company vii, 237 p. Burgum . Both Voices . Mrs. Angell . Bertha . Chatterton . Voices . Female Voice . Verse Drama History Verse data extraction from source 1900

TO

JOHN L. KINSEY, ESQ.,

AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. THOMAS CHATTERTON, " the marvelous boy ." HENRY BURGUM, a rich Bristol pewterer . BERTHA BURGUM, his daughter . MRS. ANGELL, keeper of the lodging house . Two Ribalds, man and woman .
SCENE — London. TIME — August 24th, 1770.
SCENE. — A Garret in Brooke Street, London. Casement at back C. opening on the street; door , L. 3. E.; rough bedstead R. of window; rude chairs and table, with candle, manuscripts, and writing materials on it , L. C.; old washstand, on which are a glass, a basin, and a broken jug of water , R. 2. E. The Garret is in the house of Mrs. Angell, and is the lodging of the Poet Chatterton. It is the night of August 24th, 1770. Music on rise of curtain. A distant bell is heard tolling the hour . Mrs. Angell . Knocking from without

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Chatterton . Coming forward

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Burgum . Aside

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Chatterton . Sinking upon a chair

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Chatterton . Impatiently

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Burgum . Taking coin from purse

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Chatterton . In anger

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Mrs. Angell . To Burgum

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Exit Burgum . Chatterton . Going to table

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Bertha . Going to him and raising his head

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Chatterton . Recovering

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Chatterton . After drinking

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An increasing noise outside is heard Enter MRS. ANGELL in great excitement . Mrs. Angell .

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Chatterton . To Bertha

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Burgum . Despairingly

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Chatterton . To Burgum, after a thoughtful pause

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Chatterton sinks upon chair, his elbows resting on table, his face upon his hands. Bertha pauses at doorway, looks back pityingly, and then goes out . Chatterton . Raising his head

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Gives purse to her . Mrs. Angell . Aside

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Lights candle and hands lamp to her . Mrs. Angell .

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Goes to door and locks it. The click of the lock is heard .

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Draws out box from under table, and takes out manuscripts .

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Weeping, he lets his head fall upon his arm .

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Takes a vial from his pocket .

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The ribalds come nearer and nearer, singing the following song, with occasional bursts of mirth. Chatterton goes to window, throws open casement. The moonlight streams in . Voices . From street

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Laughter . Laughter and singing die away in the distance. Chatterton comes from window, laughs wildly, and then suddenly checks his mirth Chatterton .

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A distant clock again strikes the hour .

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A look of agony passes over his face; he staggers to the bed and sinks upon his knees; then he rises and speaks deliriously

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Falls in the moonlight upon the pieces of his manuscripts, and dies. Slow curtain. Curtain rises. Lights up. It is morning. Chatterton is discovered lying on floor as before. A discussion among voices is heard without. Loud knocking . Mrs. Angell . From without

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