The
petals fall in sheets past the window. The girls sing on and_ ANTONINUS
_sits listening._
ANTONINUS (_hand to forehead_): My head aches. I think it is that
song.... Perhaps, perhaps it is the halo. Too heavy, too heavy for _us_.
[SATAN _walks gently up and removes it and walks away with the gold
disc._ ANTONINUS _sits silent._
SATAN: When the moon is waning.
[_Exit. More petals fall past the window. The song rings on._ ANTONINUS
_sits quite still, on his face a new ecstacy._
CURTAIN.
IF SHAKESPEARE LIVED TO-DAY
_DRAMATIS PERSONAE_
SIR WEBLEY WOOTHERY-JURNIP} _Members of the_
MR. NEEKS } _Olympus_.
JERGINS, _an old waiter_.
MR. TRUNDLEBEN, _Secretary of the Club_.
MR. GLEEK, _Editor of the "Banner and Evening
Gazette" and member of the Olympus_.
SCENE
_A room in the Olympus Club._
_Time: After luncheon._
SIR WEBLEY WOOTHERY-JURNIP _and_ MR. NEEKS _sit by a small table.
Further away sits_ MR. GLEEK, _the Editor of the "Banner and Evening
Gazette."_ SIR WEBLEY JURNIP _rises and rings the bell by the
fire-place. He returns to his seat._
MR. NEEKS: I see there's a man called Mr. William Shakespeare putting up
for the Club.
SIR WEBLEY: Shakespeare? Shakespeare? Shakespeare? I once knew a man
called Shaker.
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