{"1": {"fulltext": "PS 1842\\n.H8\\nCopy 1\\nTh.\\nPunishment of Dir ce.\\nDRAMA IN SIX ACTS.\\nBY\\nMAGDALENA HAUSER", "height": "3818", "width": "2417", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3772", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "The\\nPunishment of Dirce\\nDRAMA IN SIX ACTS.\\nBY\\nMAGDALENA HAUSER", "height": "3813", "width": "2447", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "21755\\nLibrary of Congres,\\nTwo Copies Receivec\\nJUL 18 1900\\nCopyright entry\\nSECOND COPY.\\nOeliverod to\\nORDER DIVISION\\nJUL 19 1900\\n65326\\nEntered according: to Act of Congrress in the year 1900,\\nBy MAGDALENA HAUSER,\\nIn the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.", "height": "3747", "width": "2401", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Cast of Characters.\\nKydeiis King of Thebes.\\nEpopetts King of Sicyon.\\nLycus Brother of King Nycteus.\\nAmpMom and Zethus The Twin Sons.\\nDaniel The Shepherd.\\nj-^g^ One of Nycteus Guards.\\nJq}^^i One of Epopeus Guards.\\njr^c^ One of Lycus Guards.\\nAntiope Daughter of King Nycteus.\\nMary The Maid.\\nMartha The Sliepherd s Wife.\\n])irce Wife of Lycus.\\nSoldiers and Guards.\\nScenes Laid in Grecian Origin.\\nTHE PUNISHMENT OF DIRGE.\\nDRAMA IN SIX ACTS.\\nACT 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Palace of King Nycteus.\\nSCENE 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary, the Maid, is cleaning up the room\\nAND LOOKING VERY UNEASY.\\nMary. I wonder what s keeping Miss Antiope so late this\\nmorning. I ve been looking all over for her and can t find her.\\nI ve something terrible to tell her. (Going over to the side\\ndoor she opens it and calls aloud)", "height": "3778", "width": "2432", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "4 A Drama.\\nMary. Oh, Miss Antiope, Miss Autiope. (She gets no\\nanswer.)\\nMary. I wish she d come before that old witch of an aunt\\nof hers comes. (G-^ing to the door again and calling.)\\nMari/. Oh Miss Antiope.\\nAntiope. (Enters) Well Mary what in the world is the\\nmatter?\\nMary. {Quite excited) Oh Miss Antiope, I ve something\\nterrible to tell yon, but you must first promise me not to tell\\nany one who told you.\\nAntiope. All right, Mary, I ll promise you never to tell.\\nNow come on, Mary, sit right down here by me and tell me all\\nyou know.\\nMary. Well, you know. Miss Antiope, this morning when\\nI was in the back room cleaning up, I heard your name men-\\ntioned; I looked out of the window, I saw your father speak-\\ning with a man.\\nAntiope. (Quite surprised said) And what did you hear\\nthem say?\\nMary. I listened and heard your father say that he was\\ngoing to make you marry him, and that he was going to speak\\nto you himself to-day and fix everything all right.\\nAntiope. (Greatly surprised). I can t believe it.\\nMary. (Rising from her seat she exclaimed) Well, that s\\nwhat I heard him say; you ll believe me when he speaks to\\nyou himself to-day. Well, I must be going before any one\\ncomes and sees meJiere (she then goes off).\\nAntiope. (All alone weeping and speaking to herself.) Is\\nit possible that my father will be so mean to me? I can t,\\nand will not believe it.\\nEnters Mary.\\nMary. Miss Antiope, here s a note for you.\\n(Antiope open it and reads. A bright look comes to her\\nface.)\\nAntiope. Mary, ask him in, and be careful no one sees\\nhim.\\nMary. Yes, ma m. (She then goes off and comes back\\nbringing with her Epopeus showing him the way into the\\nroom, she then goes off.)\\nAntiope. Oh, Epopeus, I m so glad you come.", "height": "3752", "width": "2310", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 5\\nEpopeiis. (Puttins: his arins around her exclaims:) Why,\\nAntiope, my darling, you have been weeping 5 what has hap-\\npened to you!\\nAntiope. Oh, Epopeus, Pm so glad you ve come. I know\\nnot what to do some one told me that my father has arranged\\nevery thing for me to be married tomorrow; if it be so, I d\\nrather die than marry a man I do not love.\\nEpopeu!?. Antiope, my darling, I can t believe it.\\nAntiope. But if it be so what shall I do?\\nEpopeus. Antiope, my darling, if anything like that should\\nhappen, write to me and let me know at once, and PU come\\nthat very night and take you away with uie to Sicyon and\\nmarry you and make you happy. Antiope, my darling, I\\nmust be going before anyone comes and sees me; but Anti-\\nope, my darling, before I go you nmst promise me that you ll\\nsend me word at once.\\nAntiope. Yes, I will, bat you must promise me that you ll\\nnot fail.\\nEpopeus. Fear not, my darling; be ready when the bell\\nin the courtyard strikes the midnight hour, PU be there.\\nAntiope, my darling, good-by.\\n(He then kisses her good-by and goes off.)\\nAntiope (all alone and weeping). I can t believe that\\nmy father would be so cruel as to make me marry a man I do\\nnot know.\\n(Enters Dirce. IShe is surprised to see Antiope weeping;\\nshe walks over to where Antiope is seated. Placing her\\nhand on her shoulders, she exclaims:) Antiope, my child,\\nwhy do you weep!\\nAntiope. (Rising from her seat exclaims:) Aunty\\nAunty, what shall 1 do what shall I do (She starts to\\nweep.)\\nDirce. Well, tell me what the trouble is, and then perhaps\\nI can tell you what to do.\\nAntiope. Oh, aunty, some one told me this morning that\\nmy father has chosen for me a husband, a man I do not know.\\nPray, aunty, tell me what shall I do, what shall I dof\\nDirce (In a scornful way) Well, I don t see the use of\\nyour crying and making a fool of yourself at all. He s your\\nfather s choice, and I think its your duty as a daughter to\\nobey him.\\nAntiope. Well, aunty, that I ll never do.", "height": "3778", "width": "2432", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "6 A Drama.\\nBirce. Well, if I was your father I d make you marry\\nhim.\\nAntiope (In a very harsh manner) Well, aunty, let me\\ntell you one thing. I don t care what you or my father says^\\nI m determined, come what may, I will and shall not marry\\nthat man; if I can t have my choice in selecting a husband\\nI ll remain an old maid, I ll marry nobody.\\nDirce. (Utters a scornful laugh) Ha\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ha You remain\\nan old maid Well, if I was your father I d make you marry\\nhim I d lock you up on dry bread and water, and punish\\nyou until you would consent. (She then leaves the room.)\\nAntiope (alone). I know not what to do. I loveEpopeus,\\nyet I dare not tell my father. Well, if he comes to speak to\\nme to-day, I ll just tell him that if I can t have my choice in\\nselecting a husband I ll marry nobody. (She then leaves the\\nroom.)\\nNycteus. (Her father is then heard speaking on the out-\\nside). Very well, I ll see my daughter to-day and tell her\\nall about it, I suppose everything will be all right good-by\\n(he then enters through the door, he sits down on the chair\\nby the table, tapping the bell for the servant to come).\\n(Enters Mary.)\\nNycteus. Mary, where is Antiope!\\nMary. I don t know, but I ll go see if I can find her.\\n(She then goes off.)\\n(Enters Dirce.)\\nWell, Nycteus, have you spoken to Antiope yet? What does\\nshe say?\\nNycteus. No, I ve not spoken to her yet, but I m most\\ncertain she will consent.\\nDirce. Well, I m not. (She then goes off.)\\n(Enters Antiope.)\\nPapa, have you sent for me? (Smoothing her hand over\\nhis head.)\\nJVycteiis. Yes, my child, I ve sent for you to ask you a\\nvery important question.\\nAntiope. (Kneeling down beside her father, looking very\\nanxious, exclaimed) What is it, father?", "height": "3752", "width": "2310", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 7\\nNydeus. Antiope, my child, I ve selected for you a\\nhusband.\\nAntiope. (Quite surprised.) A husband?\\nN l/cteiis. Yes one of the greatest of kin^s he asked me\\nfor your hand, and I told him yes; now, Antiope, my child,\\nyour answer, and you shall be the happiest woman in the\\nworld.\\nAntiope. (Rising to her feet.)\\nNay nay, father; I will not marry him. I do not know\\nhim, and will never marry him.\\nNydeus. Antiope, my child, you speak too fast, for as far\\nas your marrying him, I m determined to make you.\\nAntiope. (Becomes very angry.) Make me you never will.\\nWhen I get ready to marry I intend marrying a man of my\\nchoice or I ll marry nobody.\\nKycteiis. (Becomes very angry.) Very well, Antiope, my\\nchild, I ll leave you a chance until to-morrow to make up\\nyour mind. If it be still no I ll lock you up on bread and\\nwater until you do make up your mind to obey me. (He then\\ngoes off.)\\nAntiope. (Alone.) Oh, how could my father be so mean to\\nme? What shall I do! What shall I do! Ah! I have an\\nidea. I ll go to my room and write to Epopeus and tell him\\nall about it, aud tell him to come to-night to my window and\\ntake me away.\\n(She then goes to her room.)\\n(Enter Nycteus, Dirce and Two Guards.)\\nDirce. Well, if I were you I d make* her marry him.\\nNydeus. Oh, I ll make her marry him if it costs my life.\\n(He then knocks on her door and calls her.) Antiope,\\nAntiope where are you?\\nAntiope. All right, papa, I m coming. (She opens the\\ndoor and comes out.) What is it, papa?\\nNyctexis. Antiope, I come for your answer.\\nAntiope. Father, my answer is no.\\nNydeus (Pointing to his men, he exclaims Seize her,\\nbind her hands and lock her up.\\nAntiope. (Then exclaims\\nFather, you can lock me up, do with me what you please,\\nmarry that man I never will (she is then seized and locked\\nup).\\nEnd of Act 1.", "height": "3778", "width": "2432", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "8 A Drama.\\nACT 2.\\nSCENE 1. The Elopement.\\nSCENE 2. Antiope s Gone.\\nSCENE 3. Lycus Takes His Oath.\\nScene First\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tableau.\\nSnow Scene. The Elopement.\\nCurtain rises, showing where Epopeus comes in the night\\nand takes her away. The turret clock in the court yard is\\nstriking the midnight hour. Autiope goes to her window\\nand looks out. (jEJ^)o^;eHS sees her and calls softly Antiope,\\nAntiope).\\nAntiope. (Looks down and, in a broken-hearted voice, ex-\\nclaims) Epopeus, my darling, I cannot come; my hands are\\ntied.\\nEpopeus. (Is shocked). What, was it not enough for him\\nto lock you up without tying your hands? (He secures a\\nladder, hastens up, unties her hands and helps her out of the\\nwindow; she gets safely down the ladder to the ground.\\nEpopeus. (Putting his arms around her, exclaims:) In\\nspite of Nycteus and Dirce, Antiope will be mine yes, mine\\nforever.\\n(Curtain drops for 5 minutes).\\nScene Second Antiope Gone.\\nMryj enters through a side door with Joe, one of the king s\\nguards. In her hand she carries a tray with Antiope s\\nbreakfast, bread and water.\\nMary. Well, I never knew of kings being so mean.\\nJoe. Youdidn tf well, I saw worse than that.\\nMary. Well, all I ve got to say is that he s nobody. I\\ndon t respect him at all, even if he is a king. I only wish I\\nwas in Miss Antiope s place; I d show him what I d do; he\\nwould not have the honor of having me locked up very long.\\nJoe. Well, what would you do!\\nMary. What would I do? I d run away, that s what I d\\ndo.\\nJot. Now, how could you run away if you were locked up\\nin that room (pointing to the room) and you couldn t open\\nthe door?\\n3Iary. (Gets angry.) Just like you, you always think you", "height": "3752", "width": "2310", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 9\\nso smart and you don t know nothing now you want to know\\nhow I d ^et out!\\nJoe. Yes.\\nMary. I d get out through the window.\\nJoe. (Surprised.) Through the window?\\nMary. Yes.\\nJoe. Well, I don t see how you could ever manage to get\\nout of that window (pointing up to the window),\\nMary. Well, I ll tell you you know what I d do! I d take\\nmy sheet, tie it to the shutter, and then I d get on the win-\\ndow-sill, grab hold of the sheet and let myself down.\\nJoe. (Shaking his head). A very good idea, indeed,\\n(aside) I ll have to tell the king to keep his eye on her.\\nMary. (Picking up the tray from the table.) Come on.\\nJoe, open the door.\\nJoe. (Opens the door.)\\nMary. (Hesitates. She then exclaims:) Joe, I d rather\\ntake a hundred lashes than to offer Antiope this (pointiog\\nto the tray\\nJoe. It is the punishment given to her by her father, the\\nking, for her disobedience to him, and I m sent here with\\nyou hj him to see that you do as you were told to (pointing\\nto the door, he exclaims:) Go\\nMary. (Enters the room, she looks around quite surprised\\nshe then exclaims\\nJoe\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joe Antiope s gone\\nJoe. What! Antiope s gone!\\nMary. Yes, gone; go hasten to the king and tell him\\nAntiope is gone.\\n(Joe goes off.\\nMary. (Looks around the room on the table she finds a\\nnote, and reads aloud:) Dear Father I ve eloped with\\nEpopeus, the king of Sicyon. I would not have done this\\nhad you acted to me as a father should have acted to his only\\nchild.\\nMary. (Aside.) Well, I don t blame her.\\n(Enters Nycteus, horrified.)\\nWhat! my daughter gone!\\nMary. Yes, gone. Here s a note I found on the table.\\nN yctetis. (Takes the note and reads. Trembling with hor-\\nror, he exclaims What! my daughter eloped gone! (jrone", "height": "3778", "width": "2432", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "10 A Drama.\\nwith Bpopeus, the kin^ of Sicyon one whom I have despised\\nfrom the first time I saw him. Oh, my daughter gone Re-\\nvenge Revenge May all the curses of hell fall on him\\nAntiope, my only child, whom I had always thought would\\nbe one of the greatest of queens. Oh, curses, curses be on\\nyou both\\n(He then falls in convulsions on the floor. Mary and Joe\\npick him up and put him in the chair, his head bent on his\\nbreast.)\\nMary. (Takes a glass of water from the tray. She gives\\nhim a drink.)\\n(Nycteus raises his head, his eyes turned upward.)\\nMary. Joe, go for the doctor; 1 believe the king is ill.\\n(Joe goes off.)\\nNycteus. (Raising his head exclaims) Antiope, my child,\\ngone gone. (He then falls in convulsions.)\\nEnters Joe and the doctor.\\nMary. Doctor, the king has taken suddenly ill.\\nDoctor. Yes, the old man looks very ill (he feels his pulse\\nshaking his head he says Old man ,your end is near I can\\ndo nothing for you, you are going to die. If you have any-\\nthing on your mind that you would like to do or say, do it in\\ntime. (He then goes off.)\\nKycteus. Yes, 1 know I m going to die. Joe, come here.\\nGo to Lycus, my brother, and tell him to come and lose no\\ntime, and tell him that I sent you to tell him that I m going\\nto die and my only desire is to see him. (Joe goes off.)\\nNycteus. Oh, my time is near, I can feel it coming. If I\\nonly live till Lycus comes.\\nEnter Joe and Lycus.\\n(Lycus rushes over to where Nycteus is seated he ex-\\nclaims:) Nycteus, my dear brother, have you sent for me.\\nNycteus. (Raising his head, exclaims:) Yes, Lycus, I\\nsent for you to tell you that I m going to die. Antiope, my\\nonly child, has left me and I care to live no longer.\\nLycus. What? Antiope gone? What has she done?\\nNycteus. (Trembling with horror) W^hat has she done?\\nEloped with Epopeus, the king of Sicyon, and I must be\\navenged.\\nLycus, Yes, you must be avenged.", "height": "3737", "width": "2265", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 11\\nNycteus. Lycus, I ll offer to ^ive you my crown and throne\\nif you promise me that you ll punish Antiope and Epopeus.\\nLycus. Yes, 1 promise you by all the the gods above, if\\nyou promise to give me your crown and throne I ll punish\\nAntiope and Epopeus.\\nScene Third. Lycus takes the Oath.\\nNycteus. Joe, call in my guards. (Joe goes off and re-\\nturns shortly bringing with him the guards).\\nNycteus. (Is very weaii rising from his seat, he ex-\\nclaims\\nLycus, come here, kneel down (Nycteus taking his crown\\nfrom his head exclaims:) Lycus, I now crown you king of\\nThebes. Now, Lycus, take my sword in your hand and swear\\naloud before all your men.\\nLycus. (Taking the sword in his hand, holding it up he\\nexclaimed\\nBy all the gods above I swear.\\nNycetus. (Then falls back in his chair dead.)\\nCurtain falls one Minute. Tableau Lycus and his\\nMen Off to Sicyon.\\nACT 3.\\nSCENE 1. The Palace of Epopeus.\\nSCENE 2 The Arrival at Sicyon.\\nSCENE 3. The Fight.\\nSCENE 4. The Mountains.\\nSCENE 5. The Shepherd s Home.\\nScene 1. Curtain Rises.\\nEpopeus is seated in his chair, Antiope at his feet playing\\nwith her twin l)abies.\\nEnters John. (One of the guards quite excited)\\nOh heavens heavens, bless you both.\\nEpopeus. What dost thou want?\\nJohn. What dost I want? Come, come look through yonder\\nhills.\\n(Epopeus walks over to the door and looks.)\\nJohn. Look, see st thou not? hearestthou not the sound of\\nthe cannon? (sounds of warlike instruments are heard).", "height": "3763", "width": "2366", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "12 A Drama.\\nJohn. Look, tis Lyeus and his men coming to storm the\\npalace and punish you both: tis the oath he took when\\nAntiope s father made him king.\\n(Sounds of warlike instruments are heard).\\nEpopeiis. Ah the villian robs me of my breath, but I ll\\nfight him to the end go call together our men quick, lose\\nnot a moment (Joe goes off).\\nAntiope. My dear husband, is it possible?\\nUpopeus. (Putting his arms around her) Antiope, my wife,\\nit is, and now I will fight him to the end.\\nAntiope. All my hopes are lost.\\nEpopeus. But not mine. Ah, Antiope, my wife, to look\\ninto your eyes and gaze at my little babes gives me new\\nstrength and courage to conquer all for thee. (He then kisses\\nher and the babes good-bye.)\\nEnters John.\\n(Followed by armed men sounds of warlike instruments\\nare heard on the outside.)\\n{Epopeus rushes to the front, he exclaims) To arms, let s\\nhaste, forward men, victory or death (he then rushes out\\namid the clashing of arms and warlike instruments).\\nSCENE 2.\\nThe arrival of Sicyon. yelling and shouting of soldiers are\\nheard on the outside.\\nSCENE 3.\\nThe fight.\\nYelling of soldiers and warlike instruments are heard on\\nthe outside; Epopeus gets killed, Lycus wins the victory.\\nAntiope clings to her babes.\\nEnters Lycus and his men.\\nHe exclaims, I will separate them forever, tis vengeance\\nvengeance alone I seek (pointing to his men), seize her.\\nAntiope (falls at his feet and implores) Pity pity! have\\nmercy on me, see there in the cradle lie my innocent babes\\npity me.", "height": "3737", "width": "2265", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 13\\nLycus. Enough (Point Id g over to the little cradle where\\nthe little ones sleep, he exclaims:)\\nTake those brats and throw them out on the mountains for\\nthe crows to eat. (Two of the men go over and take the\\nbabes.)\\nAntiope. (Rushes over to where her babes are. She ex-\\nclaim :s)\\nNo, no you shall not take my children from me.\\n(They pull her away, snatch the little ones up and carry\\nthem off to the mountains.)\\nAntiope. (Tries to hold them back. She then falls on her\\nknees before Lycus and his men.)\\nMercy Mercy Have pity on me and my children.\\nLycus. Enough. (Pointing to his men, he exclaims:)\\nSeize her\\nAntiope. (On her knees implores:) Again I implore you\\nall, husbands and fathers of children, have mercy! Mercy\\non me and my children. Is there not one of you here man\\nenough to step forth and help me and my children?\\nLycus. (Pointing to his men.)\\nSeize her. Fve enough of her nonsense. Bind her hands\\nand feet and drag her along with us to Thebes, a prisoner.\\nAntiope. (Walks over to where Lycus stands. She ex-\\nclaims Lycus, this punishment PU bear like a lion, but woe\\nto you all if my time ever comes; and when it does, Lycus,\\nyou shall repay it with your own blood, drop for drop.\\nLycus. What! Seize her; bind her firmly, and drag her\\noff. (She is then seized by armed men and dragged off.)\\nCurtain Falls.\\nFew Minutes Change of Scenery.\\nTableau.\\nSCENE FOURTH. The Mountains.\\nDaniel, the shepherd, is seeking his flock; he hears a voice\\nof a baby crying; he looks and to his surprise, finds two\\nlittle babies.\\nDaniel. Hello! what do I hear, a baby crying; (he walks\\nover and looks). What do I see before me, is it a dream? I\\ncan scarce believe my eyes. Ah, my heart throbs with joy.\\n(He stoops down and picks them up.) Ah, don t cry, my", "height": "3758", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "14 A Drama.\\nsweet little angels. I wonder who could have put them here, or\\nwhere they came from? Well, this reminds me of the old\\nsong of a shepherd who went out one summer day and found\\ntwo little babies on his way. I wonder if any one left them\\nhere? (He looks all around.) Ah, well, 1 don t see any one\\naround here. I believe I will take them home to my wife,\\nshe ll be so happy to have two fine little babies like this.\\nAh, soon there will be two more shepherds in the mountains.\\n(He then goes oif.)\\nSCENE FIFTH. Interior of the Shepherd s Home.\\nDaniel, the shepherd, is heard on the outside singing his\\nfavorite song (the song:)\\nA shepherd on a summer day,\\nFound two little babies on his way.\\nMartha. Dear me, there he goes, singing that old song\\nagain, and he knows I don t like it. Oh, give me a rest, won t\\nyou?\\nDaniel. (Knocks at the door.) Come on, Martha, open the\\ndoor?\\nMartha. Yes, I ll open it, but you must promise me you\\nwon t sing that song any more.\\nDaniel. (Utters a loud, laugh; he then exclaims:) Ah,\\nMartha, if you only knew what I found you wouldn t say that\\nany more\\nMartha. Well, if I open the door will you give it to me^\\nDanial. Yes, yes, I ll give them to you.\\nMartha. (Opens the door and is quite surprised when he\\nenters she exclaims:) Why, Daniel, whose babies are those?\\nDaniel. (Taking a seat) I don t know; they re mine,\\nnow.\\nMartha. Where did you get them?\\nDaniel. I found them in the mountains.\\nMartha. And all by themselves?\\nDaniel. Yes, all alone; I was walking along singing my\\nold song, you know, Martha, that one you don t like.\\nMartha. Yes.\\nDaniel. I heard them crying and went over to where they\\nwere I picked them up and looked all around there was no\\none to be seen or heard it then reminded me of my old\\nsong.", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 15\\nMartha. Yes, Daniel, you re right; I ve always hated that\\nsong, but from to-day on I shall always love it, and sing it,\\ntoo.\\nDaniel. But what are we going to do with them!\\nMartha. (Taking one of them in her arms exclaimed\\nWe re going to keep them and raise them and care for\\nthem as if they were our own.\\nDaniel. Yes, one must be a shepherd.\\nMartha. And one a soldier.\\nEnd of Act 3.\\nACT 4.\\nSCENE 1. The Arrival at Thebeh.\\n(Yelling and shouting of soldiers are heard.)\\n(Curtain rises.)\\nSCENE 2. Palace of Lycus.\\nDirce is standing at the door waiting the arrival of her\\nhusband, Lycus, the king.\\n(Lycus enters with his guards.)\\nDirce. (Throws her arms around his neck and kisses him;\\nshe then exclaims:) Ah, my dear husband, have you con-\\nquered Epopeus?\\nLycus. Yes, and brought him to death, as Nycteus told\\nme. My oath is now fulfilled and Nycteus is avenged.\\nDirce. But where is Antiope and her twins!\\nLycus. The twins I ordered them to be thrown out on the\\nmountains for the crows to eat. I reckon, by this time, the\\nbuzzards have picked their bones.\\nDirce. Well, I hope so. I only wish I could have thrown\\nthem out myself. I would have choked them to death first.\\nLycus. Don t worry about them; I suppose they re dead\\nenough by this time.\\nDirce. But where is Antiope what punishment have you\\ngiven her?\\nLycus. Oh, she s out there we haven t punished her yet.\\nWe dragged her along with us so that she might witness all\\nbefore she dies.\\nDirce. Yes; death would be too good for her.\\nLycus. Yes, but die she must.", "height": "3773", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "16 A Drama.\\nDirce. No, no do not kill her yet, you must first leave\\nher to me, to have the pleasure of punishing her as I please.\\nLycus. All right (pointing to his men, he exclaimed:)\\nbring her in.\\n(They go out and come back shortly, bringing with them\\nAntiope bound in chains.)\\nAntiope. Help, help; release me, men of blood, what have\\nI ever done you.\\nDirce. Ask me, I will answer.\\nAntiope. Well, then, answer; what have I ever done to\\nyou or your men\\nDirce. What have you done? You have disgraced your\\nfather s name and caused his death, and he must be avenged.\\nAntiope. What, I caused my father s death!\\nDirce. Yes.\\nAntiope. Woman, you lie.\\nDirce. Seize her, bind her more firmly and take her off,\\nand cast her in the dungeon and leave her there so that I\\nmay have the pleasure of punishing her myself. (Antiope is\\nseized by armed men and dragged off.)\\nSCENE THIRD. The Dungeon.\\n(An Elapse of Twenty Years.)\\nThe dungeon, on one side is a barred window, in the\\ncentre a door; a dim light is burning on the table. Antiope\\nis lying on the floor bound in chains.\\nAntiope. I ve tried to sleep but I can not breathe here in\\nthis living tomb for twenty years I ve suffered nothing but\\ntorture. Oh, would to heaven I were dead. If I could only\\nescape from this dungeon, I would soon get on the outside of\\nThebes and then to the mountains where no one would ever\\nfind me. (She starts to weep and speaks of her children.)\\nOh, to think of those cold-hearted, bloodless villains, who\\nsnatched my innocent babes from my arms, and cast them in\\nthe wilderness; at times in the night, when I m alone, I can\\nimagine I hear them crying, or torn up by some wild animals.\\n(She starts to weep bitterly.) Oh no, no, no I must not think\\nI must only believe and trust in my God above to care for\\nthem, and that some day I will meet them in heaven.\\nDirce Enters. (She opens the door and goes in she gives\\nAntiope a kick; she then exclaims) Yes, some day, you will", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Djrce. 17\\nmeet them. Yes, who do you expect to meet, and where do\\nyou expect to meet them, you wretch you?\\nAntiope. Yes, some day I expect to meet my children, if\\nnot on earth, in heaven.\\nDirce. (Gives her a kick.) Curses be on you thou art hate-\\nful to my sight if I could only heap more punishment upon\\nyou, I would do it tis vengeance alone I seek yes, vengeance,\\nvengeance. (She then goes off).\\nAntiope. (Tries to get up, she manages to get on her\\nknees). Oh! God, have pity on my soul; release me from\\nthis living tomb and send me somewhere far off, where no\\none will ever find me.\\nEnters Dirce. (She opens the door and goes in and kicks her.)\\nAntiope. (On her knees). Oh! thou art cruel and unjust\\nto me what have I ever done you! have pity on me.\\nDirce. Away with you, thou art hateful to my sight. I\\ncurse you. (She then goes oft and forgets to lock the door.)\\nAntiope. (Falls on her knees and begs of her God for\\nmercy). Oh God, father of heaven and earth, thy grace and\\npardon I implore; oh! pity me, my Lord most high thy\\nname I love forever more; have mercy on me, oh, Lord; thy\\npity grant, oh, heavenly God, have mercy on me forever.\\nAmen. (Just as she says Amen, the chains fall from her\\nhands and feet, she rises upon her feet. She then exclaims)\\nAt last my prayers are heard my God above has heard my\\nprayers and helped me. Now, if I could only escape. (She\\nwalks over and feels the door and finds it open; she opens\\nit and looks around; she sees no one; she exclaims:) I be-\\nlieve my end is gained; joy now comes to my heart; seems as\\nthough heaven has opened its gates; I must now make my\\nescape before anyone comes. (She picks up a few old rags\\nand throws them around her. She then sneaks off and gets\\non the outside of Thebes. She then exclaims) Free free\\nI now go to the mountains for safety, and trust in my Al-\\nmiajhty God to help me.\\nEnd of Act 4.\\nACT 5.\\nSCENE 1. The Mountains Showing Where Antiope\\nWanders About for Three Days, When She Meets\\nTwo Fine Young Men.\\nAntiope. (x\\\\lone.) If this lasts any longer I ll die of", "height": "3773", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "RAMA.\\nstarvation, but rather than stay in that prison and be punished\\nlike that I would rather die.\\nAmphiom and Zethus were listening when they had heard\\nall what she had said, Zethus, the shepherd, blows his horn j\\nthey then walk over to where Antiope sat Antiope becomes\\nfrightened when she sees them, and falls on her knees before\\nthem and begs for them to pity her. Oh, pity me, I m so\\nhungry; I ve been wandering in the mountains for three long\\ndays without anything to eat or drink.\\nZethus. Why, where did you come from, my good lady?\\n(stretching out his hands to help her up).\\nAntiope. Oh, believe me, my good sir, I m a poor escaped\\nprisoner, I ve been torn away from my home and family.\\nAmphiom. What, you torn away from your home and\\nfamily!\\nAntiope. Yes; come, let s sit down here on this rock and\\nI ll tell you all. (They sit down Antiope relates her sad\\nstory.)\\nAntiope. Twenty years ago I lived in the little city of\\nThebes my father was king, his name was Nycteus he had\\ngreat ideas of what he was going to do with me one day he\\nsent for me and told me that he had selected for me a hus-\\nband a man that I neither knew or loved. I told him I\\nwould not marry him he became very angry he then locked\\nme up and punished me I then wrote to my sweetheart, the\\nking of Sicyon, and told him all about it; he became very\\nangry, and came that very night and took me away with him\\nto Sicyon and married me we lived very happy together\\nour union was blessed with two little twins both boys.\\nWhen my father found out that I had eloped with Epopeus,\\nthe king of Sicyon, he became so angry that it made him sick.\\nThe doctors told him he was going to die, so he sent for his\\nbrother Lycus, and told him he was going to die, because 1\\nhad been so mean to him, and that if he would give him a\\nsolemn promise to punish us he would give him his crown\\nand throne. Lycus was glad to become king and took the\\noffer. My father died shortly and Lycus became king he\\nimmediately started to make preparations and got together a\\nlarge army and came to Sicyon. There was a big fight;\\nLycus won the victory. Tney killed my husband, tore my\\ntwo little innocent babes from my arms and threw them out\\nin the mountains for the crows to eat. They then bound me", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 19\\nin chains and dragged me off with them to Thebes, a prisoner\\nwhen they arrived at Thebes, Lycus gave me to his wife,\\nDirce, to have the pleasure of punishing me as she pleased,\\nand for twenty years, my good men, she has kept me a pris-\\noner locked up in chains. I ve prayed to my God to help me\\nto escape he has heard my prayer and helped me.\\nZethus. Well, my good lady, if you have no home, come\\nhome with us we will protect you.\\nAmpJiiom. Yes, come home with us. I m captain of the\\narmy. I have the power to protect you. (They get up and\\nstart off to their home.)\\nCurtain falls, 40 seconds.\\nInterior of the Shepherd s Home.\\nSCENE SECOND. Amphiom and Zethus Enter With\\nAntiope.\\nAynpliiom. Now, my good lady, take a seat by the fire, and\\ndon t be frightened; no one will ever dare to harm you in\\nhere. Zethus, you stay here with the poor lady while I go\\nout and get something for her to eat. (Aside.) Oh, if I\\nonly knew who those cruel tyrants were I d have them\\ncrushed to pieces. (He then goes off.)\\nEnter Daniel (The Old Shepherd.)\\nDaniel, Hello! What s this?\\nZethus. Father, this is a poor unhappy woman Amphiom\\nand I found her w^andering in the mountains. We asked her\\nwhere she came from. She told us that she had no home,\\nand that she had been wandering in the mountains for three\\ndays.\\nDaniel. What That poor lady wandered in the moun-\\ntains for three days?\\nEnter A3iphiom and Martha.\\n(Martha has a cup of tea. She gives it to Antiope, say-\\ning) Here, my good lady, is a cup of tea drink it.\\nAntiope. (Takes the cup of tea and drinks. She then\\nexclaims) Madame, words could not express my heartfelt\\nthanks to you all.", "height": "3773", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "20 A Drama.\\nMartha. Oh, that s all right, my good lady; don t let\\nthat worry you all I now w^ant is for you to tell us where\\nyou came from, and how jom got lost in the mountains.\\nAntiope. Ah, my good people, perhaps if I were to tell\\nyou where I came from you d throw me out of your house.\\nOh, how I long to be dead and by my children. (She then\\nstarts to weep).\\nMartha. Nay nay, my dear lady, fear not tell me all.\\nAntiope. Madam, I m a poor escaped prisoner.\\nMartha. (Quite surprised.) A prisoner?\\nAntiope. (Relates her sad story to the shepherd and his\\nwife. Amphiom and Zethus are sitting down on a bench\\nlistening.)\\nAntiope. My good people, I m a poor escaped prisoner.\\nTwenty years ago I lived in the city of Thebes. My father\\nwas king. His name was Nycteus. He was very fond of\\nme, and had great ideas of what he was going to do with me.\\nHe used to say that he meant to marry me to one of the\\ngreatest of kings. One day he called me and told me that he\\nhad selected for me a husband, and wanted me to marry him.\\nHe w^as a man I neither knew or loved. I told him no; he\\nbecame very angry and threatened to punish me. I told him\\nthat before I d marry that man I d rather die. He then\\nlocked me up on bread and water. I then wrote to my sweet-\\nheart, the king of Sicyon. He became very angry and came\\nthat very night and stole me away. When my father found\\nontthat I had eloped with the king of Sicyon he became so\\nangry that it made him sick. The doctors told him he was\\ngoing to die. He then sent for his brother, Lycus, and\\npromised him his crown and throne if he would give him a\\nsolemn promise to punish me and my husband. Lycus was\\nglad to become king and took the offer. My father died\\nshortly and Lycus became king. He immediately made\\npreparations and got together a large army and came to\\nSicyon. There was a big fight. Lycus won the victory.\\nThey killed my husband. They then entered the palace. I\\nbegged of them for mercy. They would not listen. They\\nsnatched my two little innocent babes from my arms and\\nthrew them out in the mountains for the crows to eat. They\\nthen bound me in chains and dragged me off with them, a\\nprisoner. When they arrived at Thebes Lycus took me and\\ngave me to his wife, Dirce, to have the pleasure of punishing", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Dirce. 21\\nTiie as she pleased. She then had me bound in chains and\\ncast in a dungeon. (She then starts to weep).\\nDaniel. Were your babies boys?\\nAntiope. Yes t :rins.\\nDaniel. And you say the cruel tyrants threw them in the\\nmountains?\\nAntiope. Yes. I heard Lycus when he told his men to\\ntake the brats aud throw them out on the mountains for the\\ncrows to eat. (She starts to weep.)\\nDaniel. Weep not, my good lady, the crows have not\\neaten them yet they still live to avenge you.\\nMartha. (Tapping her on the shoulder). Yes; they still\\nlive to avenge you.\\nAntiope. What! My children still live? Where are\\nthey?\\nDaniel. Yes. They still live and you now look upon\\nthem. (Pointing to where Amphiomand Zethus are seated.)\\nAntiope. No No I can t believe it. Where did you\\nfind them?\\nDaniel. I found them, one bright summer day; I went\\nout to gather my flock I was walking along, I heard a baby\\ncrying; I looked, and to my surprise, I saw two little babes\\nlying down on the cold rocks I looked all around, there was\\nno one to be seen or heard, so I picked them up and brought\\nthem home with me, and there they are.\\nAmphioni. Ah! Heavens, can that be possible? If it be\\nso, I ll crush Lycus and Dirce to pieces; our father s blood\\nshall be avenged\\nAntiope. (Embracing her sons, exclaimed:) Ah, my dear\\nsons, whom I ve oft believed dead, still live to avenge me\\nZethus. Yes Mother, you may be assured we will avenge\\nyou tis vengeance alone we now seek\\nAmphioni (becomes very angry). Mother, now tis our\\nturn. We must and shall be avenged. Come, let s go call\\ntogether our friends and soldiers and march to Thebes.\\nMother, thou shall be avenged.\\n(Curtain falls.)\\nFnd of Act 5.", "height": "3773", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "22 A Drama.\\nACT 6.\\nSCENE 1. Tableau Off to Thebes.\\nSCENE 2. The Arrival at Thebes.\\nSCENE 3. The Palace.\\nSCENE 4. The Fight.\\nSCENE 5. Tableau.\\nScene First (Tableau) Amphiom and Zethus, with their\\nMen, Off to Thebes.\\n(Curtain falls 2 minutes.)\\nSce7ie Second Exterior. (The Arrival at Thebes. Sounds\\nOF Warlike Instruments Are Heard on the Outside.)\\n(Curtain rises.)\\nScene Third The Palace of Lycus.\\nLycus is seated in bis cbair.\\nEnters JacTi {one of the guards) quite excited. Heavens bless\\nyou, my lord. Come, see.\\nLycus. What s the trouble? (He gets up and looks.)\\nJacl What s the trouble? Come see, look yonder.\\nHearest thou not the sound of the cannon (sounds of warlike\\ninstruments are heard)? See, they are soldiers coming to\\nstorm the palace.\\nEnters Dirce. Oh, my dear husband, what are we going to\\ndo? Quick quick. Jack, go call together our men at once.\\nAntiope, our escaped prisoner, has found her sons, and they\\nnow come to avenge their mother and claim the crown and\\nthrone as theirs, and we must fight. (Jack goes off.)\\nLycus. What! Aniiope found her children?\\nDirce. Yes.\\nEnters Jack,\\nFollowed by armed men.\\nLycus. Come, my brave men, let s go and surround the\\npalace, and when they come we ll fight them to the end.\\n(They then go off.)\\nSCENE 4.\\nThe tight.\\n(Fighting is then heard on the outside, yelling of soldiers\\nand sounds of warlike instruments are heard.)\\nV;OfC.", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "The Punishment of Djrce 23\\nTnff^^- ^y^^^^ wins the victory a^ain,\\nI ll have them killed at once.\\n(Amphiom and Zethus enter the palace followed by armed\\nmen bringing with them Lycus a prisoner.)\\nJDzrce. (Falls at the feet of Amphiom and Zethus and\\nbegs for mercy.) Mercy Mercy\\nAmphiom. Now, we have you; are you that cruel, cold-\\nhearted woman who locked our mother up in a dungeon for\\ntwenty years, and heat her and fed her on all sorts of vile\\nthings?\\nDirce. (On her knees). Mercy Mercy have pity on me.\\nAmphiom. Yes, you now beg for mercy and pity from us\\nbut what mercy or pity have you shown to our dear mother\\nand what wrong has she ever done you?\\nDirce. Mercy, Mercy, have pity on me, do not kill me\\nZethus. No, we will not kill you, but as much mercy as you\\nhave shown to our mother will now be shown to you and your\\nhusband, (pointing to his men he exclaimed:) I order Lj^cus\\nto be taken off and beheaded at once, and as for the punish-\\nment of Dirce, Amphiom, I leave that to you. (Lycus is\\nseized by armed men and taken off.)\\nDirce. Mercy mercy, have pity on me.\\nAmphiom. (Pointing to his men he exclaims:) Seize her,\\ntake her off yonder to the wild bull pen, tie her by the hair\\nto the tail of the wild bull and let him go, and let that be the\\npunishment of Dirce.\\nDirce. (Screams) Help help. But she is seized by armed\\nmen and dragged off. (Amphiom and Zethus hasten up the\\nstairs to the balcony and view the punishment.)\\nAmphiom. See, they have her tied to the bull; they now\\nlet her go he runs, kicks and drags her through the streets.\\nZethus. (Looks.) Yes, Amphiom, look; he now has her\\nagainst the tree, he gores and tramples her; see the bull runs\\noff; look, she is dead, (yelling of the people are heard all the\\nwhile.)\\nEnters Antiope. (She rushes to her sons, arms they then\\nexclaim Mother thou art avenged.\\n(Curtain falls.)\\nScene Fifth. Tableau.\\n(Showing where Amphiom and Zethus reign as kings,\\nAntiope, their mother, is seated at their feet).\\nTHE END.", "height": "3773", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "9G0", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3743", "width": "2224", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "OF\\ncoJIgSss\\n0A6\\n112\\n53A", "height": "3752", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "punishmentofdirc00haus_0028.jp2"}}