The Story-Spinner

The Story-Spinner Fuller, Henry Blake Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag Henry Blake Fuller, 1857 – 1929 The Story-Spinner [in, The Puppet-Booth: Twelve Plays by Henry B. Fuller ...] New York The Century Co. 212 p. Bride's Mother Bride's Grandmother Groom's Father Bride's Father Groom's Mother Bridegroom Wayfarer Bride Groom's Uncle Nurse One-act Prose data extraction from source 1896

PERSONS. The Wayfarer . The Bridegroom . The Bride . His Parents . Her Parents . His Uncle . Her Grandmother . Many guests, servitors, musicians, etc. An Old Nurse .

The pleasance in front of the manor-house of Belcaro. It is laid out upon a hillside and affords a view, over some miles of undulating olive groves, of the towers of a medieval Tuscan town and of the mountains beyond and round about it. Immediately adjoining this boxed and laureled pleasure-ground is the doorway of a Romanesque chapel. A bell is ringing. — Present: the Nurse and the Wayfarer .

The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer ( thoughtfully ).

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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[The Bridal Party appears, accompanied by guests, musicians and the retainers of the castle, and moves along slowly toward the door of the Chapel.] The Bride's Father ( to the Groom's Father ).

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The Groom's Father .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Wayfarer ( to the Nurse ).

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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[The Bridal Procession has reached the entrance of the Chapel. As it is about to pass through, the Bride's Grandmother appears from within.] The Bride's Grandmother .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Groom's Father .

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The Wayfarer ( aside to the Nurse ).

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The Bride's Grandmother .

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The Wayfarer ( stepping forward with an air of great dignity and authority ).

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The Bride's Father .

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The Groom's Father ( gulping down an instinctive word of negation ).

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The Bride's Father .

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[The Bride's Grandmother , still unreconciled, withdraws into the shadow of the doorway.] The Nurse ( aside to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer .

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[A hasty step, accompanied by the clicking of armor and the jangling of swords, is heard. Enter the Groom's Uncle , followed by several attendants.] The Groom's Uncle .

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The Bridegroom .

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The Groom's Father .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Bride's Mother ( gasping weakly, under the fixed gaze of the Wayfarer ).

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The Bride's Father .

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The Nurse ( aside to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Uncle ( to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer .

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The Bridegroom .

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[The Bride's Grandmother suddenly reappears in the doorway, and sees the Groom's Uncle The Bride's Grandmother .

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The Wayfarer ( to himself ).

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Wayfarer ( with a quick adaptation ).

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The Bride's Father .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Groom's Father ( to the Uncle ).

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The Wayfarer ( instantly seizing the advantage ).

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Nurse ( to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer .

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The Bride's Grandmother ( to her son ).

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The Wayfarer ( to the Groom's Uncle ).

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The Groom's Uncle ( reluctantly ).

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The Bride .

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The Wayfarer ( pointing to the Groom's Uncle ).

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Nurse ( to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Bride's Grandmother .

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The Groom's Father .

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The Bridegroom .

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The Bride .

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Bride's Mother ( feebly ).

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Groom's Mother .

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The Bride's Grandmother .

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The Groom's Father .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Groom's Father ( to the Bridegroom ).

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The Bridegroom .

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The Bride's Father ( to the Bride ).

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The Bride .

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The Nurse ( to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Uncle ( to the Bride's Father ).

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The Bride's Father .

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[The Chapel bell goes on ringing. Two acolytes, sent to learn the reason for delay, stand upon the threshold in an attitude of amazed protest. More of the men draw their swords, and a general combat seems imminent, when the Wayfarer , his eye rolling in a fine frenzy, and his carriage full of dignity and authority, advances into the midst of the group.] The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Bride's Father .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Groom's Father .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse ( pointedly, to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer ( sternly ).

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The Bridegroom .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse ( to the Wayfarer ).

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The Wayfarer ( menacingly ).

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The Bride .

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The Wayfarer ( in a fine glow of exaltation ).

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The Bride's Father .

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The Groom's Father .

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The Bride's Grandmother .

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The Groom's Uncle .

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The Bridegroom .

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The Bride .

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The Bride's Mother ( to the Wayfarer ).

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The Groom's Mother ( to her husband ).

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The Wayfarer .

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[The Bridal Procession enters the chapel. There remain outside only the Wayfarer and the Nurse The Nurse ( after a long pause ).

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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The Nurse .

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The Wayfarer .

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