The Message (Davis)
Drew Davis
The Message and the Jehanne
by Thornton Wilder
Synopsis
“A goldsmith’s shop in Renaissance Paris...
The tops of the shop windows are just above the level of the street, and through them we see the procession of shoes, any one of them a novel or a play or a poem...”
Charles of Benicet, the goldsmith, is also a composer.
Whether he is a better composer than goldsmith is not clear.
It is to be hoped, however, that Tullio, his apprentice, will prove to be a better apprentice than messenger.
Tullio mixes up deliveries of engagement rings, and changes lives in the process.
Of Note: The script for Wilder’s The Christmas Interludes II calls for a performance of the “sweet musick” Benicet composed for “those who play the viol by the Church of Notre Dame de Ytelle.”
Jehanne is pronounced “Jean”.
This short play is included in the collection Thornton Wilder's Playlets: Short, Short Plays for 3-5 Persons .
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
The Message and the Jehanne is a play written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French .
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