or Love in a Dutch Garden
By Laurence Housman and H. Granville-Barker
The Music by Joseph S. Moorat
Abridged and Arranged for Broadcasting
Produced by Howard Rose
Dramatis Personae:-
Act I
Love, in the person of Pierrot, comes to the maiden, Prunella, in the garden of the prim old house in which she lives with her aunts. Leading from the house is a porch, and in this hangs a caged canary, while standing over a fountain is a statue of love with viol and bow. The garden is enclosed by high hedges cut-square.
Act II
Night has descended on the garden. The light of the Moon falls across the top of the hedge and strikes the head of the fountain statue. When all is quiet, Pierrot and his companions steal in.
Act III
Three years have gone by, and now the garden is overgrown, weedy, and neglected. The fountain is moss-grown and thick with creepers. The house is 'To Let' and all is fading in the light of Sunset.
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