The Land of Many Names

by Josef Čapek

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THE LAND OF
MANY NAMES

 

THE LAND OF MANY NAMES

A PLAY IN THREE ACTS AND A TRANSFORMATION

 

BY
JOSEF ČAPEK

Authorised Translation from the Czech by
PAUL SELVER

 

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.1

Printed in Great Britain by
UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, LONDON AND WOKING

First published in 1926
(All rights reserved)

CHARACTERS
ACT ONE
Elan Chol.	A Beloved.
First Street-Sweeper.	A Zealot.
Second Street-Sweeper.	Dollarson.
A Drunkard.	Vandergold.
First Gossip.	First and Second Man from the Crowd.
Second Gossip.
Third Gossip.	First and Second Woman from the Crowd.
Pieris, a Poet of the Older School.
	The Crowd.
A Lover.
TRANSFORMATION
First Workman.	A Mayor.
Second Workman.	Pieris.
First Constable.	Elan Chol.
Second Constable.	A Lover.
A Stripling.	A Beloved.
First Man	School-children and Teachers.
Second Man.
Dollarson	The Crowd.
Vandergold.
ACT TWO
A Man with the Spade.	A Man in a Hurry.
A Father.	His Wife.
A Mother.	First Sandwichman.
A Stripling.	Second Sandwichman.
First Man.	Chorus of Paupers.
Pieris.	The Crowd.
A Lover.	Vandergold.
A Beloved.	A Woman in a Black Veil.
ACT THREE
Elan Chol.	A Herald.
First and Second Disabled Soldiers.	First Man from the Crowd.
Third Soldier.	Dollarson.
A Blind Man.	Pieris.
A Citizen.	A Woman in a Black Veil.
A Lover.	An Army of Engineers, Soldiers and Officials.
An Old Mother.
A Widow.	The Crowd.
A Beloved.