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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 12220 ***
+
+RADA
+
+_A DRAMA OF WAR IN ONE ACT_
+
+
+BY
+ALFRED NOYES
+
+Author of "The Wine Press," "Tales of the Mermaid Tavern," Etc.
+
+
+
+1913
+
+
+
+PERSONS OF THE PLAY
+
+RADA, _wife of the village doctor_.
+SUBKA, _her daughter, aged twelve_.
+ARRAM   } _two hostile soldiers quartered_
+MICHAEL } _in her house, in time of war_.
+NANKO, _a half-witted schoolmaster_.
+
+Several soldiers.
+
+THE SCENE is in the Balkans, in a village which has just been taken by the
+enemy, on Christmas Eve.
+
+
+
+
+RADA
+
+
+SCENE--_A guest-chamber, the typical living-room of a prosperous village
+doctor in the Balkans. On the left, a small window and an entrance door.
+On the right, a door leading into a bedroom. At the back, an open fire of
+logs is burning brightly. Over the fireplace is the eikonostasis, with
+three richly coloured and gilded eikons, the central one of the Madonna.
+The light, which is never allowed to go out, is burning before it. The
+room is lit at present only by this, the fire-light, and two candles in
+brass candlesticks on a black wooden table under the window. Rows of
+porcelain plates round the walls gleam fitfully. On either side of the
+eikonostasis is a large chibouk, with inlaid bowl and amber mouth-piece.
+There is a divan with scarlet rugs flung across it to the right of the
+fire; and there are several skins and rugs on the floor.
+
+Two Roumanian soldiers_, ARRAM_ and _MICHAEL, are seated at the table,
+drinking_.
+
+RADA, _a dark handsome woman, sits weeping with her head bowed in her
+hands, on the divan_.
+
+NANKO, _the idiot, sits on the floor, rubbing his hands, snapping his
+fingers, chuckling to himself, and staring into the fire_.
+
+
+
+
+ARRAM
+Look here, my girl, where's the use of snivelling? You ought to think
+yourself damned lucky to be alive.
+
+RADA
+O my God! My God!
+
+MICHAEL
+This is war, this is! And you can't expect war to be all cakes and cream.
+
+[_They laugh and drink_.]
+
+ARRAM
+You ought to think yourself damned lucky to be alive, and have two men
+quartered on you instead of one. If your husband and the rest of the
+villagers hadn't made such a disturbance, _they_ might have been alive,
+too.
+
+NANKO
+Exactly! Exactly! I used to be a schoolmaster, you know, in the old days;
+and, if you knew what I know, you'd understand, my dear, it's entirely a
+question of the survival of the fittest! The survival of the fittest!
+That's what it is.
+
+ARRAM
+Wouldn't they have done the same to us, if they'd had the chance? We've
+got women and children at home snivelling and saying, "O my God, O my
+God," just like you. Don't you trouble about God. What can _He_ do when
+both sides go down on their marrow-bones? He can't make both sides win,
+can He?
+
+RADA
+O God! God! God!
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Getting up and standing in front of her_.]
+Look here. We've had enough of this music. We've been cutting throats all
+day, and now we want to unbuckle a bit. There'll be hell to pay when the
+other boys come back. A pretty wild-goose chase you've sent them on, too,
+with your tale about the old Jew's money-bags. What was the game? You
+seemed mighty anxious to wheedle us all out of the house; and you'd never
+get out of the village alive to-night. Listen to that!
+
+[_There is an uproar outside, a shot, and a woman's scream, followed by
+the terrified cry of a child_: "Ah! Ah! Father!"]
+
+ARRAM
+The men are mad with zaki and blood and--other things. There's no holding
+them in, even from the children. What chance would there be for a
+fine-looking wench like yourself?
+
+MICHAEL
+Don't tell me you were going out into that?
+[_He points in the direction of the uproar_.]
+Something to hide on the spot, eh? Well, now you've got the others out of
+the way, we're going to have a look. What's in there?
+[_He points to the little door on the left_.]
+
+RADA
+[_Rising to her feet slowly, steadying herself with one hand against the
+wall, and fixing her eyes on his face_.]
+This is war, isn't it? If I choose to revenge myself on those I hate--
+listen to me. I suppose you--want money. And I can tell you where to find
+it.
+
+ARRAM
+Another wild-goose chase to the other end of the valley?
+
+RADA
+No. In the old mill-house. Not a hundred yards away. Money, money enough
+to make us all rich. But [_a cunning expression comes into her face_] if I
+tell you where to find it, you must come back and give me my share.
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Staring at her._]
+Another pack of lies! What are you up to, eh?
+
+ARRAM
+It's been too much for her nerves. Don't worry her, or she'll go out of
+her mind, and then there'll be nobody to get us our supper.
+
+NANKO
+That _would_ be selfish, Rada. You know it's Christmas Eve. Nobody ought
+to think of unpleasant things on Christmas Eve. I don't think it's right
+to spoil people's pleasure on Christmas Eve. What have you done with the
+Christmas tree, Rada?
+
+ARRAM
+And who's to blame? That's what I want to know. You don't blame _us_, do
+you? Why, as likely as not, we shall be fighting on _your_ side against
+somebody else before next Christmas.
+
+MICHAEL
+What have you got in there?
+[_He points to the door on the left again and advances toward it._]
+
+RADA
+[_Hurriedly and as if misunderstanding him, opens a cupboard between him
+and the door._]
+Food! Food! Food for hungry men! Food enough for a wolf-pack. Come on,
+help yourselves!
+
+MICHAEL
+Holy St. Peter, what a larder! Look at this, Arram. Here's a dinner for
+forty men.
+
+RADA
+[_Laughing wildly._]
+Better take your pick before the others come. It's our Christmas dinner.
+
+[_She thrusts dishes into _MICHAEL'S_ hands and begins loading the table
+with food._]
+
+NANKO
+If you happen to have any crystallized plums there, Rada, you might give
+me one.
+
+ARRAM
+Lord, what a sight for hungry soldiers! We're in luck's way. Here, fetch
+me a bowl of water! I'm hungry; but there are times when you can't enjoy
+food without washing your hands.
+
+[RADA _hesitates, then goes out of the room._ ARRAM _holds out a ring to_
+MICHAEL.]
+
+Her husband's ring. I got it off his finger
+When he went down. He lay there on his back
+Howling like a wolf, with his belly blown out.
+I put him out of his misery. Look at my hands.
+Ugh! I want to wash.
+
+[NANKO _rises and peers at them._]
+
+NANKO
+Ah, but they're red.
+Red, aren't they? And there's red on your coat, too.
+
+[_He fingers it curiously._]
+
+I suppose that's blood, eh? People are such cowards.
+Many of them never seem to understand
+That man's a fighting animal. They're afraid,
+Dreadfully afraid of the sight of blood.
+I think it's a beautiful colour, beautiful!
+You know, in the Old Testament, they used
+To splash it on the door-posts.
+
+ARRAM
+[_Pushing him off._]
+Go and sit down,
+You crazy old devil!
+
+[RADA _enters with a bowl of water, sets it on a bench and returns to her
+place_. ARRAM _washes his hands._]
+
+MICHAEL
+My hands want washing, too.
+O Lord, you've turned the water into wine!
+Fetch me some fresh.
+
+[RADA _approaches, stares at the bowl and moves back, swaying a little, as
+if faint._]
+
+ARRAM
+[Roughly]
+I'll empty it. Give it to me.
+[_He goes out_]
+
+NANKO
+The Old Testament, you know, is full of it.
+_Who is this_, it says, _that cometh from Edom
+In dyed garments from Bozrah_? It was blood
+That dyed their garments. And in _Revelations_
+Blood came out of the wine-press, till it splashed
+The bridles of the horses; and the seas
+Were all turned into blood. Doesn't that show
+That man's a fighting animal?
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Goes to the door on the right and tries to open it._]
+What's in here?
+
+RADA
+[_Thrusting herself between him and the door._]
+No! No! Don't go in there! Don't go in there!
+
+MICHAEL
+So that's the treasury, is it? Loot? More loot?
+What is it? The family stocking?
+
+[ARRAM _enters with the bowl and sets it down.
+Then goes to the table and begins eating._]
+
+NANKO
+O, no! no!
+The stocking is in the chimney-corner, see!
+[_He shakes the empty stocking that hangs in the fireplace._]
+All ready for Santa Claus. It's a new custom.
+They do it in Germany. The children, there,
+Believe that Santa Claus comes down the chimney.
+The doctor studied in Germany, you know.
+
+MICHAEL
+O, ho! So that's the trouble! A little girl,
+Rada, a little girl? Well, Santa Claus
+Must wash his hands. We mustn't frighten her.
+
+RADA
+It _is_ my little girl. She's twelve years old.
+Don't wake her. She has slept all through this night.
+Help me to save her. I'll do anything for you,
+Anything! Only help me to get her away
+Safely. I'll pray for you every night of my life.
+I'll-----
+
+[_The door opens behind her, and_ SUBKA, _in her night-dress, steals into
+the room._]
+
+SUBKA
+Ah, I knew it couldn't be Santa Claus.
+
+ARRAM
+What? Don't you know me? I came down the chimney.
+
+SUBKA
+I don't see any soot upon your face.
+[_She goes nearer._]
+Nor on your clothes. That's red paint, isn't it?
+
+ARRAM
+Can't help it. Santa Claus--that is my name.
+What's yours?
+
+SUBKA
+Mine? Subka!
+
+ARRAM
+  I've a little girl
+At home called Subka! Just about your age.
+
+SUBKA
+You didn't come down the chimney.
+[_To_ MICHAEL.]
+He didn't, did he?
+[_She runs to the stocking and examines it._]
+There's nothing in the stocking.
+
+ARRAM
+Ah, Subka,
+That remains to be seen; that remains to be seen.
+
+SUBKA
+[_Pointing to_ MICHAEL.]
+Well, who is that?
+
+ARRAM
+The man that carries my bag.
+
+SUBKA
+[_With a sudden note of fear in her voice._]
+Mother, where's Father?
+
+RADA
+[_Putting her arm round her._]
+He will soon be here.
+It's all right, darling.
+
+SUBKA
+Has the gramophone come?
+
+RADA
+Yes, darling, long ago.
+
+SUBKA
+You never told me.
+
+NANKO
+That was a secret, Subka, a great secret.
+
+SUBKA
+I thought, perhaps, you were getting the Christmas tree ready.
+Can't we? Father won't mind.
+
+NANKO
+[_Putting the Christmas tree out from the corner._]
+Ah, here it is.
+Now that's a good idea. It's Christmas Eve.
+We'll get it ready.
+
+ARRAM
+Here, put it on the table.
+
+NANKO
+What shall we hang on it?
+
+MICHAEL
+What do you think
+Of that, now?
+[_He hangs a revolver on the tree._]
+
+SUBKA
+[_Clapping her hands._]
+O! O! What a great big pistol!
+That'll be Father's present! And now what else?
+What else?
+
+ARRAM
+Well, Subka, what do you say to a ring?
+How prettily it hangs upon the bough!
+See, Subka!
+
+SUBKA
+Why, it's just like Father's ring!
+
+ARRAM
+[_Striking a light._]
+And now we'll light the candles.
+
+NANKO
+[_Clapping his hands and dancing._]
+Yes that's right!
+Light all the little candles on the tree!
+O, doesn't the pistol shine, doesn't the ring Glitter!
+
+SUBKA
+But O, it _is_ like Father's ring.
+He had a little piece of Mother's hair
+Plaited inside it, just like that. It _is_
+My father's ring!
+
+RADA
+No. There are many others
+Just like it, Subka,--hundreds, hundreds of others.
+
+MICHAEL
+And now, what's in that package over there?
+
+SUBKA
+The gramophone! O, that's the gramophone!
+That's Father's Christmas present to us all.
+
+NANKO
+O, what a wonderful man the doctor was.
+Nobody else, in these parts, would have thought
+Of buying a gramophone. Let's open it!
+
+SUBKA
+Yes! Yes! And we'll give Father a surprise.
+It shall be playing a tune when he comes in.
+
+[ARRAM _opens the package_. NANKO _capers round, rubbing his hands._]
+
+NANKO
+O, this will be a merry Christmas Eve.
+There now--just see how this kind gentleman
+Has opened the package for us. Doesn't it show
+The value of training, military training?
+That's what we want. It benefits the health.
+Sets a man up. Look at old Peter's legs,
+He's a disgrace to the nation, a disgrace!
+Nobody shoots him, either. So he spoils
+Everything; for you know, you must admit,
+Subka, that war means natural selection,
+Survival of the fittest, don't you see?
+For instance, _I_ survive, and _you_ survive;
+Don't we? So Peter shouldn't spoil it all.
+They say that all the tall young men in France
+Were killed in the Napoleonic wars,
+So that most Frenchmen at the present day
+Are short and fat. Isn't that funny, Subka?
+[_She laughs._]
+Which shows us that tall men are not required
+To-day. So nobody knows. Perhaps thin legs
+Like Peter's may be useful after all
+In aeroplanes or something. Every ounce
+Makes a great difference there. Nobody knows.
+It's natural selection, after all.
+Survival of the fittest! Don't you see?
+Ah, now the gramophone's ready. Make it play
+"Proud Nikephor Determined!"
+
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Taking out a record._]
+Why, look here!
+Here is the tune for Christmas Eve.
+
+ARRAM
+[_While he speaks he looks to outer door, and draws a curtain over the
+window._]
+Don't do it!
+Don't start it playing if you want to keep
+This Christmas party to ourselves, my boy.
+The men are mad with drink and--other things.
+Look here, Michael, what are we going to do
+About this youngster, eh?
+
+MICHAEL
+Better keep quiet
+Till morning. When the men have slept it off
+They'll stand a better chance of slipping away.
+
+NANKO
+O, what a pity, Subka! I did think
+That we should have some music. Well--I know!
+Tell us the Christmas piece you learned in school.
+That's right! Stand there! No! Stand up on the bench.
+Your mother tells me that you won the prize
+For learning it so beautifully, Subka.
+That's right. These good kind gentlemen shall hear
+Your Christmas piece.
+
+SUBKA
+It's about the first Christmas.
+[_Her hands behind her as if in school, she obeys him._]
+She laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
+And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping
+watch over their flock by night.
+
+And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord
+shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
+
+And the angel said unto them, "Fear not: for behold, I bring you good
+tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
+
+For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
+Christ the Lord.
+
+And this shall be a sign unto you: ye shall find the babe wrapped in
+swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
+
+And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
+praising God and saying,
+
+"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
+
+[_There is silence for a moment, then the sound of a pistol shot, a
+scream, and a roar of drunken laughter without, followed by a furious
+pounding on the outer door._]
+
+ARRAM
+Here, Michael, what the devil are we to do
+About this child?
+[_He calls through the door._]
+Clear out of this! The house
+Is full! We want to sleep.
+[_There is a louder shout outside, and the pounding is resumed._]
+Bundle the child
+Into that room, woman, at once!
+
+[RADA _snatches the revolver from the Christmas tree and hurries_ SUBKA
+_into the room on the right, just as the outer door bursts open and a
+troop of drunken soldiers appear on the threshold, shouting and furious
+with drink._]
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Come on!
+They're in that room. I saw them! The only skirts
+Left in the village. Come, it's Christmas Eve,
+Comrades. You've had your fun.
+
+ARRAM
+Clear out of this,
+We want to sleep.
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Well, hand the women over.
+
+MICHAEL
+There are no women here.
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+You bloody wolf,
+I saw them!
+
+NANKO
+Come! Come! Come! It's Christmas Eve.
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Well--if there are no women--where's the harm
+In letting us poor soldiers take a squint
+Thro' yonder door. My God, we'll do it, too.
+Come on, my boys!
+[_They make a rush towards the room._]
+
+NANKO
+Be careful! Or you'll smash
+The Christmas tree! You'll smash the gramophone!
+
+[_A soldier tries the door on the right. Suddenly it is opened from
+within_ and RADA _appears on the threshold with the revolver in her
+hand._]
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Liars! Liars!
+
+RADA
+There is one woman here,
+One woman and a child----
+And war they tell me is a noble thing;
+It is the mother of heroic deeds,
+The nurse of honour, manhood.
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Christ, a speech!
+
+RADA
+Yes, and your training benefits your health.
+
+NANKO
+[_Who is crouching over the fire again._]
+Certainly, Rada! Military training!
+Life is a battle.
+
+RADA
+You hear, drunk as you are,
+Up to your necks in blood, you hear this fool,
+This poor old fool, piping his dreary cry;
+And through his lips, and through his softening brain,
+You and the men that buy you, statesmen, kings,
+Teach the poor sheep of the world that war is good.
+Go! Take your manhood out of this. Or else----
+[_She threatens to shoot._]
+I have one bullet for the child, and five
+To share between you and myself!
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+O, Christ,
+A speech!
+[_They fall back before the revolver as she raises it._]
+
+RADA
+If you have children of your own,
+Listen to me ... The child is twelve years old.
+She has never had one hard word spoken to her
+In all her life.
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Nor shall she now, by God!
+Where is she? Bring her out!
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Twelve years of age!
+That's ripe enough for marriage to a soldier.
+[_They laugh._]
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+She can't shoot! Look at the way she's holding it!
+Duck down and make a rush for it! Come on!
+[_Several of them make a rush_, RADA _steps back and shuts the door in
+their faces._]
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Locked out, by God! We'll have to break it down.
+
+MICHAEL
+She'll keep her word. You'll never get 'em alive.
+
+ARRAM
+Never. I know that kind. You'd better clear out!
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Come on! We'll burst the door.
+[_They put their shoulders to the door and it begins to give_. ARRAM
+_makes a sign to_ MICHAEL, _urging him to interfere. A revolver shot is
+heard within. The men pause, and there is another shot._]
+
+ARRAM
+By God, she's done it!
+[_There is a booming of distant artillery._]
+
+MICHAEL
+Hear that! The enemy!
+Making a night attack!
+[_There is a loud bugle call without._]
+
+ARRAM
+There goes the bugle!
+[_They all rush out, except_ NANKO, _who looks out into the night after
+them, then closes the outer door, takes a crystallized plum from the
+table, crosses the room and stares at the floor, near the door on the
+right._]
+
+NANKO
+[_Calls aloud.]_
+Rada, these plums are excellent. Don't you see
+Life is a battle! Survival of the fittest!
+Something red again. Trickling under the door?
+Blood, I suppose. Well, I don't think it's right
+To spoil a person's pleasure on Christmas Eve.
+I wonder how the gramophone does work?
+He said the tune that he was putting in
+Was just the thing for Christmas Eve. I wonder,
+I wonder what it was.
+
+[_He picks up the box from which the record was taken and reads the
+title._]
+
+"_A Christmas Carol
+Sung by the monks of St. Peter's monastery
+At midnight mass, on Christmas Eve_--ADESTE, FIDELES!"
+
+Fancy that! How wonderful!
+A Christmas carol on the gramophone!
+So all the future ages will be sure
+To know exactly what religion was.
+To think we cannot hear it! Well, no matter,
+These plums _are_ excellent. Everybody's gone.
+To think _I_ was the fittest, after all!
+Come, Rada, you're pretending!
+[_He accidentally starts the gramophone working and jumps back, a little
+alarmed. He runs to the door and knocks._]
+Rada! Rada!
+I've started it! Subka! Subka! Do you hear?
+The gramophone's working!
+[_He stoops down and looks at the floor again. The artillery booms like a
+thunder peal in the distance. Then the gramophone drowns it with the deep
+voices of the monks, a great chorus, singing_ ADESTE, FIDELES! NANKO _dips
+his finger in something on the floor and stares at it. A look of horror
+comes into his face. He stands with his mouth open, listening._]
+It's true!
+
+
+
+
+CAST
+of the first performance at the Christmas (1913)
+Festival of THE MACDOWELL CLUB
+OF NEW YORK CITY
+
+RADA
+
+_A Drama in One Act by Alfred Noyes_
+
+(A Christmas Tragedy of the Balkans, being a
+plea for "Peace on earth, good will toward men.")
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PERSONS OF THE PLAY
+
+RADA, _wife of the vilage doctor_, Miss Mirzah Cheslir
+
+SUBKA, _her daughter, aged twelve_, Miss Lenore Phelps
+
+ARRAM,  }  _two hostile soldiers quartered_    Mr. Henry Hull
+MICHAEL,}  _on her house in time of war_       Mr. Wright Kramer
+
+NANKO, _a half-witted schoolmaster_, Mr. Charles White Whittlesey
+
+FIRST SOLDIER ....... Mr. Charles Douville Coburn
+
+SECOND SOLDIER ...... Mr. Harold Herts
+
+                {..... Mr. Charles F. Peters
+OTHER SOLDIERS  {..... Mr. Harold Butterfield
+                {..... Mr. W. G. Belew
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SCENE: The living-room of a country doctor in the Balkans, in a village
+which has just been taken by the enemy.
+
+TIME: Christmas Eve.
+
+Stage Director, Miss Mary Shaw
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Rada, by Alfred Noyes
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 12220 ***
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+Title: Rada
+       A Drama of War in One Act
+
+Author: Alfred Noyes
+
+Release Date: April 30, 2004 [EBook #12220]
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+RADA
+
+_A DRAMA OF WAR IN ONE ACT_
+
+
+BY
+ALFRED NOYES
+
+Author of "The Wine Press," "Tales of the Mermaid Tavern," Etc.
+
+
+
+1913
+
+
+
+PERSONS OF THE PLAY
+
+RADA, _wife of the village doctor_.
+SUBKA, _her daughter, aged twelve_.
+ARRAM   } _two hostile soldiers quartered_
+MICHAEL } _in her house, in time of war_.
+NANKO, _a half-witted schoolmaster_.
+
+Several soldiers.
+
+THE SCENE is in the Balkans, in a village which has just been taken by the
+enemy, on Christmas Eve.
+
+
+
+
+RADA
+
+
+SCENE--_A guest-chamber, the typical living-room of a prosperous village
+doctor in the Balkans. On the left, a small window and an entrance door.
+On the right, a door leading into a bedroom. At the back, an open fire of
+logs is burning brightly. Over the fireplace is the eikonostasis, with
+three richly coloured and gilded eikons, the central one of the Madonna.
+The light, which is never allowed to go out, is burning before it. The
+room is lit at present only by this, the fire-light, and two candles in
+brass candlesticks on a black wooden table under the window. Rows of
+porcelain plates round the walls gleam fitfully. On either side of the
+eikonostasis is a large chibouk, with inlaid bowl and amber mouth-piece.
+There is a divan with scarlet rugs flung across it to the right of the
+fire; and there are several skins and rugs on the floor.
+
+Two Roumanian soldiers_, ARRAM_ and _MICHAEL, are seated at the table,
+drinking_.
+
+RADA, _a dark handsome woman, sits weeping with her head bowed in her
+hands, on the divan_.
+
+NANKO, _the idiot, sits on the floor, rubbing his hands, snapping his
+fingers, chuckling to himself, and staring into the fire_.
+
+
+
+
+ARRAM
+Look here, my girl, where's the use of snivelling? You ought to think
+yourself damned lucky to be alive.
+
+RADA
+O my God! My God!
+
+MICHAEL
+This is war, this is! And you can't expect war to be all cakes and cream.
+
+[_They laugh and drink_.]
+
+ARRAM
+You ought to think yourself damned lucky to be alive, and have two men
+quartered on you instead of one. If your husband and the rest of the
+villagers hadn't made such a disturbance, _they_ might have been alive,
+too.
+
+NANKO
+Exactly! Exactly! I used to be a schoolmaster, you know, in the old days;
+and, if you knew what I know, you'd understand, my dear, it's entirely a
+question of the survival of the fittest! The survival of the fittest!
+That's what it is.
+
+ARRAM
+Wouldn't they have done the same to us, if they'd had the chance? We've
+got women and children at home snivelling and saying, "O my God, O my
+God," just like you. Don't you trouble about God. What can _He_ do when
+both sides go down on their marrow-bones? He can't make both sides win,
+can He?
+
+RADA
+O God! God! God!
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Getting up and standing in front of her_.]
+Look here. We've had enough of this music. We've been cutting throats all
+day, and now we want to unbuckle a bit. There'll be hell to pay when the
+other boys come back. A pretty wild-goose chase you've sent them on, too,
+with your tale about the old Jew's money-bags. What was the game? You
+seemed mighty anxious to wheedle us all out of the house; and you'd never
+get out of the village alive to-night. Listen to that!
+
+[_There is an uproar outside, a shot, and a woman's scream, followed by
+the terrified cry of a child_: "Ah! Ah! Father!"]
+
+ARRAM
+The men are mad with zaki and blood and--other things. There's no holding
+them in, even from the children. What chance would there be for a
+fine-looking wench like yourself?
+
+MICHAEL
+Don't tell me you were going out into that?
+[_He points in the direction of the uproar_.]
+Something to hide on the spot, eh? Well, now you've got the others out of
+the way, we're going to have a look. What's in there?
+[_He points to the little door on the left_.]
+
+RADA
+[_Rising to her feet slowly, steadying herself with one hand against the
+wall, and fixing her eyes on his face_.]
+This is war, isn't it? If I choose to revenge myself on those I hate--
+listen to me. I suppose you--want money. And I can tell you where to find
+it.
+
+ARRAM
+Another wild-goose chase to the other end of the valley?
+
+RADA
+No. In the old mill-house. Not a hundred yards away. Money, money enough
+to make us all rich. But [_a cunning expression comes into her face_] if I
+tell you where to find it, you must come back and give me my share.
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Staring at her._]
+Another pack of lies! What are you up to, eh?
+
+ARRAM
+It's been too much for her nerves. Don't worry her, or she'll go out of
+her mind, and then there'll be nobody to get us our supper.
+
+NANKO
+That _would_ be selfish, Rada. You know it's Christmas Eve. Nobody ought
+to think of unpleasant things on Christmas Eve. I don't think it's right
+to spoil people's pleasure on Christmas Eve. What have you done with the
+Christmas tree, Rada?
+
+ARRAM
+And who's to blame? That's what I want to know. You don't blame _us_, do
+you? Why, as likely as not, we shall be fighting on _your_ side against
+somebody else before next Christmas.
+
+MICHAEL
+What have you got in there?
+[_He points to the door on the left again and advances toward it._]
+
+RADA
+[_Hurriedly and as if misunderstanding him, opens a cupboard between him
+and the door._]
+Food! Food! Food for hungry men! Food enough for a wolf-pack. Come on,
+help yourselves!
+
+MICHAEL
+Holy St. Peter, what a larder! Look at this, Arram. Here's a dinner for
+forty men.
+
+RADA
+[_Laughing wildly._]
+Better take your pick before the others come. It's our Christmas dinner.
+
+[_She thrusts dishes into _MICHAEL'S_ hands and begins loading the table
+with food._]
+
+NANKO
+If you happen to have any crystallized plums there, Rada, you might give
+me one.
+
+ARRAM
+Lord, what a sight for hungry soldiers! We're in luck's way. Here, fetch
+me a bowl of water! I'm hungry; but there are times when you can't enjoy
+food without washing your hands.
+
+[RADA _hesitates, then goes out of the room._ ARRAM _holds out a ring to_
+MICHAEL.]
+
+Her husband's ring. I got it off his finger
+When he went down. He lay there on his back
+Howling like a wolf, with his belly blown out.
+I put him out of his misery. Look at my hands.
+Ugh! I want to wash.
+
+[NANKO _rises and peers at them._]
+
+NANKO
+Ah, but they're red.
+Red, aren't they? And there's red on your coat, too.
+
+[_He fingers it curiously._]
+
+I suppose that's blood, eh? People are such cowards.
+Many of them never seem to understand
+That man's a fighting animal. They're afraid,
+Dreadfully afraid of the sight of blood.
+I think it's a beautiful colour, beautiful!
+You know, in the Old Testament, they used
+To splash it on the door-posts.
+
+ARRAM
+[_Pushing him off._]
+Go and sit down,
+You crazy old devil!
+
+[RADA _enters with a bowl of water, sets it on a bench and returns to her
+place_. ARRAM _washes his hands._]
+
+MICHAEL
+My hands want washing, too.
+O Lord, you've turned the water into wine!
+Fetch me some fresh.
+
+[RADA _approaches, stares at the bowl and moves back, swaying a little, as
+if faint._]
+
+ARRAM
+[Roughly]
+I'll empty it. Give it to me.
+[_He goes out_]
+
+NANKO
+The Old Testament, you know, is full of it.
+_Who is this_, it says, _that cometh from Edom
+In dyed garments from Bozrah_? It was blood
+That dyed their garments. And in _Revelations_
+Blood came out of the wine-press, till it splashed
+The bridles of the horses; and the seas
+Were all turned into blood. Doesn't that show
+That man's a fighting animal?
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Goes to the door on the right and tries to open it._]
+What's in here?
+
+RADA
+[_Thrusting herself between him and the door._]
+No! No! Don't go in there! Don't go in there!
+
+MICHAEL
+So that's the treasury, is it? Loot? More loot?
+What is it? The family stocking?
+
+[ARRAM _enters with the bowl and sets it down.
+Then goes to the table and begins eating._]
+
+NANKO
+O, no! no!
+The stocking is in the chimney-corner, see!
+[_He shakes the empty stocking that hangs in the fireplace._]
+All ready for Santa Claus. It's a new custom.
+They do it in Germany. The children, there,
+Believe that Santa Claus comes down the chimney.
+The doctor studied in Germany, you know.
+
+MICHAEL
+O, ho! So that's the trouble! A little girl,
+Rada, a little girl? Well, Santa Claus
+Must wash his hands. We mustn't frighten her.
+
+RADA
+It _is_ my little girl. She's twelve years old.
+Don't wake her. She has slept all through this night.
+Help me to save her. I'll do anything for you,
+Anything! Only help me to get her away
+Safely. I'll pray for you every night of my life.
+I'll-----
+
+[_The door opens behind her, and_ SUBKA, _in her night-dress, steals into
+the room._]
+
+SUBKA
+Ah, I knew it couldn't be Santa Claus.
+
+ARRAM
+What? Don't you know me? I came down the chimney.
+
+SUBKA
+I don't see any soot upon your face.
+[_She goes nearer._]
+Nor on your clothes. That's red paint, isn't it?
+
+ARRAM
+Can't help it. Santa Claus--that is my name.
+What's yours?
+
+SUBKA
+Mine? Subka!
+
+ARRAM
+  I've a little girl
+At home called Subka! Just about your age.
+
+SUBKA
+You didn't come down the chimney.
+[_To_ MICHAEL.]
+He didn't, did he?
+[_She runs to the stocking and examines it._]
+There's nothing in the stocking.
+
+ARRAM
+Ah, Subka,
+That remains to be seen; that remains to be seen.
+
+SUBKA
+[_Pointing to_ MICHAEL.]
+Well, who is that?
+
+ARRAM
+The man that carries my bag.
+
+SUBKA
+[_With a sudden note of fear in her voice._]
+Mother, where's Father?
+
+RADA
+[_Putting her arm round her._]
+He will soon be here.
+It's all right, darling.
+
+SUBKA
+Has the gramophone come?
+
+RADA
+Yes, darling, long ago.
+
+SUBKA
+You never told me.
+
+NANKO
+That was a secret, Subka, a great secret.
+
+SUBKA
+I thought, perhaps, you were getting the Christmas tree ready.
+Can't we? Father won't mind.
+
+NANKO
+[_Putting the Christmas tree out from the corner._]
+Ah, here it is.
+Now that's a good idea. It's Christmas Eve.
+We'll get it ready.
+
+ARRAM
+Here, put it on the table.
+
+NANKO
+What shall we hang on it?
+
+MICHAEL
+What do you think
+Of that, now?
+[_He hangs a revolver on the tree._]
+
+SUBKA
+[_Clapping her hands._]
+O! O! What a great big pistol!
+That'll be Father's present! And now what else?
+What else?
+
+ARRAM
+Well, Subka, what do you say to a ring?
+How prettily it hangs upon the bough!
+See, Subka!
+
+SUBKA
+Why, it's just like Father's ring!
+
+ARRAM
+[_Striking a light._]
+And now we'll light the candles.
+
+NANKO
+[_Clapping his hands and dancing._]
+Yes that's right!
+Light all the little candles on the tree!
+O, doesn't the pistol shine, doesn't the ring Glitter!
+
+SUBKA
+But O, it _is_ like Father's ring.
+He had a little piece of Mother's hair
+Plaited inside it, just like that. It _is_
+My father's ring!
+
+RADA
+No. There are many others
+Just like it, Subka,--hundreds, hundreds of others.
+
+MICHAEL
+And now, what's in that package over there?
+
+SUBKA
+The gramophone! O, that's the gramophone!
+That's Father's Christmas present to us all.
+
+NANKO
+O, what a wonderful man the doctor was.
+Nobody else, in these parts, would have thought
+Of buying a gramophone. Let's open it!
+
+SUBKA
+Yes! Yes! And we'll give Father a surprise.
+It shall be playing a tune when he comes in.
+
+[ARRAM _opens the package_. NANKO _capers round, rubbing his hands._]
+
+NANKO
+O, this will be a merry Christmas Eve.
+There now--just see how this kind gentleman
+Has opened the package for us. Doesn't it show
+The value of training, military training?
+That's what we want. It benefits the health.
+Sets a man up. Look at old Peter's legs,
+He's a disgrace to the nation, a disgrace!
+Nobody shoots him, either. So he spoils
+Everything; for you know, you must admit,
+Subka, that war means natural selection,
+Survival of the fittest, don't you see?
+For instance, _I_ survive, and _you_ survive;
+Don't we? So Peter shouldn't spoil it all.
+They say that all the tall young men in France
+Were killed in the Napoleonic wars,
+So that most Frenchmen at the present day
+Are short and fat. Isn't that funny, Subka?
+[_She laughs._]
+Which shows us that tall men are not required
+To-day. So nobody knows. Perhaps thin legs
+Like Peter's may be useful after all
+In aeroplanes or something. Every ounce
+Makes a great difference there. Nobody knows.
+It's natural selection, after all.
+Survival of the fittest! Don't you see?
+Ah, now the gramophone's ready. Make it play
+"Proud Nikephor Determined!"
+
+
+MICHAEL
+[_Taking out a record._]
+Why, look here!
+Here is the tune for Christmas Eve.
+
+ARRAM
+[_While he speaks he looks to outer door, and draws a curtain over the
+window._]
+Don't do it!
+Don't start it playing if you want to keep
+This Christmas party to ourselves, my boy.
+The men are mad with drink and--other things.
+Look here, Michael, what are we going to do
+About this youngster, eh?
+
+MICHAEL
+Better keep quiet
+Till morning. When the men have slept it off
+They'll stand a better chance of slipping away.
+
+NANKO
+O, what a pity, Subka! I did think
+That we should have some music. Well--I know!
+Tell us the Christmas piece you learned in school.
+That's right! Stand there! No! Stand up on the bench.
+Your mother tells me that you won the prize
+For learning it so beautifully, Subka.
+That's right. These good kind gentlemen shall hear
+Your Christmas piece.
+
+SUBKA
+It's about the first Christmas.
+[_Her hands behind her as if in school, she obeys him._]
+She laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
+And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping
+watch over their flock by night.
+
+And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord
+shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
+
+And the angel said unto them, "Fear not: for behold, I bring you good
+tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
+
+For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
+Christ the Lord.
+
+And this shall be a sign unto you: ye shall find the babe wrapped in
+swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
+
+And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
+praising God and saying,
+
+"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
+
+[_There is silence for a moment, then the sound of a pistol shot, a
+scream, and a roar of drunken laughter without, followed by a furious
+pounding on the outer door._]
+
+ARRAM
+Here, Michael, what the devil are we to do
+About this child?
+[_He calls through the door._]
+Clear out of this! The house
+Is full! We want to sleep.
+[_There is a louder shout outside, and the pounding is resumed._]
+Bundle the child
+Into that room, woman, at once!
+
+[RADA _snatches the revolver from the Christmas tree and hurries_ SUBKA
+_into the room on the right, just as the outer door bursts open and a
+troop of drunken soldiers appear on the threshold, shouting and furious
+with drink._]
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Come on!
+They're in that room. I saw them! The only skirts
+Left in the village. Come, it's Christmas Eve,
+Comrades. You've had your fun.
+
+ARRAM
+Clear out of this,
+We want to sleep.
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Well, hand the women over.
+
+MICHAEL
+There are no women here.
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+You bloody wolf,
+I saw them!
+
+NANKO
+Come! Come! Come! It's Christmas Eve.
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Well--if there are no women--where's the harm
+In letting us poor soldiers take a squint
+Thro' yonder door. My God, we'll do it, too.
+Come on, my boys!
+[_They make a rush towards the room._]
+
+NANKO
+Be careful! Or you'll smash
+The Christmas tree! You'll smash the gramophone!
+
+[_A soldier tries the door on the right. Suddenly it is opened from
+within_ and RADA _appears on the threshold with the revolver in her
+hand._]
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Liars! Liars!
+
+RADA
+There is one woman here,
+One woman and a child----
+And war they tell me is a noble thing;
+It is the mother of heroic deeds,
+The nurse of honour, manhood.
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Christ, a speech!
+
+RADA
+Yes, and your training benefits your health.
+
+NANKO
+[_Who is crouching over the fire again._]
+Certainly, Rada! Military training!
+Life is a battle.
+
+RADA
+You hear, drunk as you are,
+Up to your necks in blood, you hear this fool,
+This poor old fool, piping his dreary cry;
+And through his lips, and through his softening brain,
+You and the men that buy you, statesmen, kings,
+Teach the poor sheep of the world that war is good.
+Go! Take your manhood out of this. Or else----
+[_She threatens to shoot._]
+I have one bullet for the child, and five
+To share between you and myself!
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+O, Christ,
+A speech!
+[_They fall back before the revolver as she raises it._]
+
+RADA
+If you have children of your own,
+Listen to me ... The child is twelve years old.
+She has never had one hard word spoken to her
+In all her life.
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Nor shall she now, by God!
+Where is she? Bring her out!
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Twelve years of age!
+That's ripe enough for marriage to a soldier.
+[_They laugh._]
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+She can't shoot! Look at the way she's holding it!
+Duck down and make a rush for it! Come on!
+[_Several of them make a rush_, RADA _steps back and shuts the door in
+their faces._]
+
+SECOND SOLDIER
+Locked out, by God! We'll have to break it down.
+
+MICHAEL
+She'll keep her word. You'll never get 'em alive.
+
+ARRAM
+Never. I know that kind. You'd better clear out!
+
+FIRST SOLDIER
+Come on! We'll burst the door.
+[_They put their shoulders to the door and it begins to give_. ARRAM
+_makes a sign to_ MICHAEL, _urging him to interfere. A revolver shot is
+heard within. The men pause, and there is another shot._]
+
+ARRAM
+By God, she's done it!
+[_There is a booming of distant artillery._]
+
+MICHAEL
+Hear that! The enemy!
+Making a night attack!
+[_There is a loud bugle call without._]
+
+ARRAM
+There goes the bugle!
+[_They all rush out, except_ NANKO, _who looks out into the night after
+them, then closes the outer door, takes a crystallized plum from the
+table, crosses the room and stares at the floor, near the door on the
+right._]
+
+NANKO
+[_Calls aloud.]_
+Rada, these plums are excellent. Don't you see
+Life is a battle! Survival of the fittest!
+Something red again. Trickling under the door?
+Blood, I suppose. Well, I don't think it's right
+To spoil a person's pleasure on Christmas Eve.
+I wonder how the gramophone does work?
+He said the tune that he was putting in
+Was just the thing for Christmas Eve. I wonder,
+I wonder what it was.
+
+[_He picks up the box from which the record was taken and reads the
+title._]
+
+"_A Christmas Carol
+Sung by the monks of St. Peter's monastery
+At midnight mass, on Christmas Eve_--ADESTE, FIDELES!"
+
+Fancy that! How wonderful!
+A Christmas carol on the gramophone!
+So all the future ages will be sure
+To know exactly what religion was.
+To think we cannot hear it! Well, no matter,
+These plums _are_ excellent. Everybody's gone.
+To think _I_ was the fittest, after all!
+Come, Rada, you're pretending!
+[_He accidentally starts the gramophone working and jumps back, a little
+alarmed. He runs to the door and knocks._]
+Rada! Rada!
+I've started it! Subka! Subka! Do you hear?
+The gramophone's working!
+[_He stoops down and looks at the floor again. The artillery booms like a
+thunder peal in the distance. Then the gramophone drowns it with the deep
+voices of the monks, a great chorus, singing_ ADESTE, FIDELES! NANKO _dips
+his finger in something on the floor and stares at it. A look of horror
+comes into his face. He stands with his mouth open, listening._]
+It's true!
+
+
+
+
+CAST
+of the first performance at the Christmas (1913)
+Festival of THE MACDOWELL CLUB
+OF NEW YORK CITY
+
+RADA
+
+_A Drama in One Act by Alfred Noyes_
+
+(A Christmas Tragedy of the Balkans, being a
+plea for "Peace on earth, good will toward men.")
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PERSONS OF THE PLAY
+
+RADA, _wife of the vilage doctor_, Miss Mirzah Cheslir
+
+SUBKA, _her daughter, aged twelve_, Miss Lenore Phelps
+
+ARRAM,  }  _two hostile soldiers quartered_    Mr. Henry Hull
+MICHAEL,}  _on her house in time of war_       Mr. Wright Kramer
+
+NANKO, _a half-witted schoolmaster_, Mr. Charles White Whittlesey
+
+FIRST SOLDIER ....... Mr. Charles Douville Coburn
+
+SECOND SOLDIER ...... Mr. Harold Herts
+
+                {..... Mr. Charles F. Peters
+OTHER SOLDIERS  {..... Mr. Harold Butterfield
+                {..... Mr. W. G. Belew
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SCENE: The living-room of a country doctor in the Balkans, in a village
+which has just been taken by the enemy.
+
+TIME: Christmas Eve.
+
+Stage Director, Miss Mary Shaw
+
+
+
+
+
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