Rada: A Drama of War in One Act

By Alfred Noyes

"Rada: A Drama of War in One Act" by Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes CBE was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright. In this play, Noyes follows a family on Christmas eve as they deal with the trails and tribulations of war, even when far from the frontlines. Rada is the wife of the town doctor who is forced to host injured soldiers who don't have her and her family's best interests at heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 17, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066180720

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Alfred Noyes

Rada

A Drama of War in One Act

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4064066180720

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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

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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