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THE AWAKENING

A FIVE ACT DRAMA

By Francis Adolf Subert

Translated from the Bohemian by Beatrice M. Mekota

Cast

Karel, a Count from Silesia

Jan Arnošt, Count Beauvalle-Lichtenbert

Countess Marie Ludmila

Filip, Count Millesimo

Tomeš Vitek

Vrána, a small farmer

Lída Vránova

Václav, a count from Bubna

František, Baron Schirnding, commander of the troops at Pilsen

Kořinek, a bagpiper

Havelka, a gamekeeper

Marie, daughter of Havelka

Jan Krištof, counsellor at the emperor’s court

Vojtěch Prokop, assistant counsellor

Jírak, a small farmer

Urban, a magistrate

Jan, the castle game keeper

Peasants, Officials, Game Warden, Soldiers, Servants and Attendants at the castle, Private Servant of Karel, Count Dejma, Chamber Maid.

Scene, Castle of Beauvalle Lichtenberg at Pilsen

Time, The year 1742.

ACT I

To the left the game-keeper’s house. The open door opens into a spacious living room..A meadow spreads out at the rear of the house, a forest looms up at the right.

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