Constantia (1798) Stearns, Charles Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag Charles Stearns, 1753 – 1826 Constantia. A Dramatic Dialogue in a Suit of Scenes [in, Dramatic Dialogues for the Use of Schools] Leominster John Prentiss, & Co. 540 p. Thalia Arpasia Aphroditè unclear Lauteria Constantia Metrodora Eudocia All Dialogue Drama Prose data extraction from source 1798

HE that loveth his wife loveth himself.

No characters of men are inserted in this piece, because in the author's opinion they would not make it any better.

PERSONS. CONSTANTIA — Mother of Constantine the Great . EUDOCIA — her sister, who had suffered persecution . METRODORA — a fine lady of the Court, bigotted to Paganism, and favoring the rival of Constantine . APHRODITÈ — a fine lady of the Court, inclining to Paganisin, from the love of dissipation . THALIA — a very sensible young lady of the Court, inclined to Christianity . ARPASIA — sister to Constantine . LAUTERIA — hand-maid of the palace .
SCENE. — The ladies' apartment in the palace of the Czsars at Rome .
SCENE I. — — Eudocia and Constantia. Eudocia is represented sitting; Constantia enters, and Eudosia: rises to receive her. Constantia seats herself, and Eudosia looks at her some moments with concern, and then speaks Eud.

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(Eudocia withdraws.)
SCENE II. — — Constantia and Metrodora. Met.

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Con. (laying her hand with a forbidding air on Metrodora's arm.)

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Constantia withdraws Met. (alone)

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SCENE III. — — Thalia and Arpasia. In the beginning of this scene the young ladies enter and pay their respects to Metrodora, who pauses a moment, and then withdraws Arp.

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SCENE IV. — — Aphrodite ( enters to ) Thalia and Arpasia. Aph.

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SCENE V. — — Constantia enters with Eudosia. Eu.

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Lauteria enters suddenly, dictracted with fear Lau.

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She weeps Con.

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Constantia withdraws, supported by Arpasia and Aphrodite, who soon return Eu.

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weeps again Eu.

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SCENE VI. — — Constantia returns . Con.

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Con. (looking out at a window.)

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(The ladies all cover their faces and sit in deep silence of fear and expectation.) (At this moment Lauteria enters suddenly wild, and distracted with joy.) Lau.

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(Edosia rises suddenly and throws her arms about her sister; all the ladies inclose her round with congratulation.) All. At the same time or in quick succession.

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Con. (repelling the ladies, and bursting from her sister's embrace.)

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( Bursts from them and flies out in an extasy of joy. ) (Eudosia and the other ladies remain.) Eu.

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( All leave the stage .)