The three little plays that follow I will leave to speak for themselves,
as ultimately all plays have to do.
DUNSANY
CONTENTS
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THE COMPROMISE OF THE KING OF THE GOLDEN ISLES 1
THE FLIGHT OF THE QUEEN 21
CHEEZO 65
A GOOD BARGAIN 103
IF SHAKESPEARE LIVED TO-DAY 117
FAME AND THE POET 135
THE COMPROMISE OF THE KING OF THE GOLDEN ISLES
_DRAMATIS PERSONAE_
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN ISLES: KING HAMARAN.
THE KING'S POLITICIAN.
THE AMBASSADOR OF THE EMPEROR.
THE EMPEROR'S SEEKER.
TWO PRIESTS OF THE ORDER OF THE SUN.
THE KING'S QUESTIONERS.
THE AMBASSADOR'S NUBIAN.
THE HERALD OF THE AMBASSADOR.
THE EMPEROR'S DWARF.
THE DEPUTY CUP-BEARER.
THE KING'S DOOM-BEARER.
THE KING'S POLITICIAN: A man has fled from the Emperor, and has taken
refuge in your Majesty's Court in that part of it called holy.
THE KING: We must give him up to the Emperor.
POLITICIAN: To-day a spearsman came running from Eng-Bathai seeking the
man who fled. He carries the barbed spear of one of the Emperor's
seekers.
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