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      PERSONS.
    • The Dramatic Poet .
    • An Old Critic .
    • His Niece .
    • The Leading Lady (retired).
    • The Ex-Manager of the Her Son .
    • Court Theater .
    • A Maid-servant .
A domestic interior in the environs of one of the Northern capitals. A bookcase full of pompous old volumes. A desk crammed with dusty and disordered papers. A floor-rug littered with journals from which excerpts have been made by hasty tearing or clipping. Present: the Maid-servant , who has an idle duster in one hand and a packet of manuscript in the other.
The Maid-servant
( considering the packet of manuscript ).

Note: Contains 93 words in 5 sentences using 452 chars.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 110 chars.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 115 chars.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars.

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

[The street-door opens suddenly. Enter, briskly, the Poet's Niece , returned from a walk. She advances directly toward the Maid-servant
The Niece .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 114 chars.

The Maid-servant .

Note: Contains 41 words in 4 sentences using 223 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars.

The Maid-servant
( snatching a letter from the corner of the Poet's desk ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 187 chars.

The Maid-servant .

Note: Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 242 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 114 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

The Niece
( taking the manuscript ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 162 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 160 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 157 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

The Niece
( reading the letter ).

Note: Contains 90 words in 14 sentences using 530 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 115 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 41 words in 4 sentences using 191 chars.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 100 chars.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars.

The Niece .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

The Maid .

Note: Contains 46 words in 5 sentences using 256 chars.

[Enter the Dramatic Poet — a small, thin, sour and discontented man. He falls straightway upon the morning's mail, regardless of his Niece , who hovers in the background with her attention divided between her own letter and Lisbeth's manuscript.]
The Poet .

Note: Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 303 chars.

Note: Contains 68 words in 4 sentences using 365 chars.

Note: Contains 69 words in 4 sentences using 394 chars.

Note: Contains 45 words in 8 sentences using 223 chars.

Note: Contains 118 words in 20 sentences using 716 chars.

Note: Contains 34 words in 6 sentences using 182 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 198 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 72 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 69 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 118 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 166 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 102 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 140 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 255 words in 39 sentences using 1534 chars.

Note: Contains 51 words in 4 sentences using 288 chars.

Note: Contains 101 words in 14 sentences using 596 chars.

Elsa
( whose attention is drawn by his signs of surprise and dismay ).

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 215 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 69 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 102 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 38 words in 1 sentence using 194 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 194 chars.

Note: Contains 24 words in 6 sentences using 148 chars.

Note: Contains 62 words in 7 sentences using 327 chars.

Elsa
( to Lisbeth ).

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars.

Lisbeth quickly brings the disordered room to rights, — desk, bookcase, rug. A knock at the street-door. Enter the Leading Lady and her Son — both dressed in black.]
Lisbeth
( with a deference that approaches solemnity ).

Note: Contains 50 words in 7 sentences using 255 chars.

Lisbeth passes out. The new-comers take chairs and look about the room with a mournful interest.]
The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 138 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 132 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars.

[Another knock at the street-door. Two elderly men, also in black, are admitted by Lisbeth . Inasmuch as they advance direct toward the Leading Lady, Lisbeth yields them to her and withdraws. But they speak no word; they shake her hand and then dejectedly seat themselves close to each other on the opposite side of the room. — A long pause.]
The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 125 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 102 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 202 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 114 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 157 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

[The door opens. They lapse into a decorous silence. Elsa enters. Waldemar hastens across to her and takes her hand.]
Waldemar .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 153 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 44 words in 4 sentences using 245 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 153 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 102 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

Waldemar .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 110 chars.

Elsa .

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 143 chars.

[They seat themselves side by side; all five preserve the deepest silence. The Poet enters, deep in Lisbeth's manuscript.]
The Poet
( unconscious of any presence ).

Note: Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 262 chars.

[He starts suddenly at sight of a roomful of strangers. The three elder ones rise and advance toward him with faces full of deep commiseration.]
The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

[The Poet , coming to himself and to the situation, bows with an air of shocked solemnity.]
The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

[The Poet looks from one to another out of the midst of a maze of conflicting emotions.]
The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

[The Poet bows gravely and turns away his face.]
The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 121 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 160 chars.

The Ex-Manager
( taking up the part of the Roman father ).

Note: Contains 26 words in 7 sentences using 128 chars.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

The Poet
( breaking in ).

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 128 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

The Poet
( proceeding in the person of the Roman lover, while Waldemar and Elsa look on and listen with a fascinated interest ).

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 163 chars.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

[He opens the book with quick decision and places it in the Ex-Manager's hand; the three parts are then carried on to the satisfaction of the Critic , the eager interest of Waldemar and Elsa , and the intense delight of Lisbeth, who (poised in the doorway) finds herself fully in her element at last.]
The Poet
( after many cues have been taken and many sounding lines recited ).

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 148 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 44 words in 5 sentences using 233 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 51 words in 3 sentences using 234 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars.

Waldemar
( as the Poet hesitates ).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

The Leading Lady .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 202 chars.

Elsa .
( pointing to Lisbeth in the doorway ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

The Poet .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars.

Lisbeth
( advancing ).

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 127 chars.

The Critic .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

Waldemar
( holding Elsa's hand ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

The Ex-Manager .

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 129 chars.

The Poet
( holding Gertrude Kronborg's hand ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars.

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TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. Afterglow. Afterglow. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A118-9