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The Beaux' Stratagem
Thornton Wilder
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
by Thornton Wilder
Synopsis
“Near the scene of battle...
The sun has set over the great marsh, leaving a yellow-brown Flemish light upon the scene.”
Badly wounded in battle and knowing himself to be at the point of death, Childe Roland pounds on the door of an ancient tower surrounded by a lonely marsh, believing it the portal to death and the final resting place for dead heroes and royalty.
He is determined to join them.
But a girl with red hair and a dark girl dressed in a gray robe bar the way.
This short play is included in the collection Thornton Wilder's Playlets: Short, Short Plays for 3-5 Persons .
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came is a play written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French .
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