The Duke
Alter-Sholem Kacyzne
1925
Act I
A porch stage left, a little window. A tree at right. Under the tree a table on a wooden beam. Two solid old benches. In the background, a fence with an entrance in the middle. Behind the fence, an uphill slope.
Scene 1
[moyshe the innkeeper sits at the table, partially dressed in his Sabbath clothes. He is reading a holy book. Pessie sits…
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