《Sherwood Anderson：Winesburg》.doc

Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941, Winesburg, Ohio Electronic Edition by Alexander Street Press, L.L.C., 2011 . ? Sherwood Anderson, 1937. Also published in Plays: Winesburg and Others, Charles Scribners Sons, New York, NY, 1937. [Author Information] [Bibliographic Details] [Character Information] [1937] [PL033495] Characters Doctor Parcival Doctor Reefy Louise Trunion Tom Willard George Willard Seth Richmond Belle Carpenter Elizabeth Willard Fred Joe Welling Helen White Banker White Ed Hanby SCENES ACT ONE: Scene 1 -- The Winesburg Cemetery Scene 2 -- Doctor Reefys Office Scene 3 -- Banker Whites House Scene 4 -- A Village Street in front of Louise Trunions House Scene 5 -- George Willards Room Scene 6 -- Helen Whites House Scene 7 -- Louise Trunions House Scene 8 -- Mrs. Willards Room EPILOGUE In Ed Hanbys Saloon SCENE I TIME: Early afternoon, summer, 1900 There is an almost bare stage with a bluish-gray background to give the impression of space. There are a few gravestones, one of which is broad and square so that an actor standing on it will be head and shoulders above the crowd A great deal of the scene takes place offstage, left. The players on the stage are at a corner of the graveyard at the edge of the crowd attending a burial A town character, WINDPETER WINTERS, has been killed by a train and the town has turned out for the burial Before the curtain rises the song Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow is being played on a phonograph record. With the rise of curtain the music stops Offstage left a preacher is saying a prayer. Sometimes his words are heard, sometimes lost MINISTERS VOICE? Lamb of God, spread Thy wings over this departing spirit. Bathe him in Thy golden light. Voice trails off There are two young boys and two girls in the group upstage center, and one of the young men suddenly snatches the hat from the head of one of the girls and puts it on his own head. He runs away from her and she follows, giggling. The o