SEMIRAMIS AND OTHER PLAYS
BY
OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN
BRENTANO’S
New York
1904
Copyright 1904
By Olive Tilford Dargan
[Stage rights reserved]
THE LITERARY COLLECTOR PRESS
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT
CONTENTS
| SEMIRAMIS | 5 |
| CARLOTTA | 75 |
| THE POET | 175 |
SEMIRAMIS
| ACT I. | |
|---|---|
| Scene 1. | The tent of Menones |
| ACT II. | |
| Scene 1. | Hall in the palace of Ninus |
| ACT III. | |
| Scene 1. | The gardens over the lake |
| ACT IV. | |
| Scene 1. | The tent of Husak |
CHARACTERS
Ninus, king of Assyria
Husak, king of Armenia
Khosrove, son of Husak
Menones, governor of Nineveh
Artavan, son of Menones
Sumbat, friend of Artavan
Vassin, officer of the king
Haddo, a guard
Armin, a guard
Dokahra, woman to Semiramis
Sola, wife of Artavan
Semiramis, daughter of Menones
Officers, heralds, messengers, guards, soldiers, dancers, &c.
ACT I.
Scene: Within the tent of Menones, on the plainbefore Nineveh. Left, centre, entrance to tent from theplain. Curtains rear, forming partition with exits rightand left of centre. The same at right, with one exit,centre. Couch rear, between exits. From a tent-polenear exit, right centre, hang helmet and a suit of chainarmor.
Sola parts curtains rear, left, and looks out, showingeffort to keep awake. She steps forward.
Sol. Hist! Armin! Haddo!
(Enter two guards, left centre)