Masque of the Red Death.pdf - Alex Broun

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ACTOR 3:
PROSPERO:
ACTOR 4:
ACTOR 2:
ACTOR 3:
ACTOR 4:
PROSPERO:
ACTOR 2:
ACTOR 3:
ACTOR 4:
ACTOR 2:
ACTOR 3:
ACTOR 4:
ACTOR 2:
ACTOR 3:
PROSPERO:
ACTOR 4:
ACTOR 2:
ACTOR 3:
ACTOR 4:
ACTOR 2:
ACTOR 3:
in the vestages
The mask
of the grave.
which concealed the face
was made so nearly to resemble the
countenance of
a stiffened corpse
that the closest scrutiny
must have had difficulty
in detecting the cheat.
And yet all this
might have been endured,
but the mummer
had gone so far
as to assume
the symptomatic horror of the Red Death. His vesture
was dabbled in blood -- and his broad brow, with all the
features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet
horror.
The masked figure,
with a slow and solemn movement,
stalked to and fro
among the waltzers.
As the figure passed
Each waltzer
ACTOR 4:
Fell silent