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A VISION'S QUEST
  • ACT I. — In Lisbon. Columbus' life and pleadings with Dom Juan II of Portugal.
  • ACT II. — Discouragement. Dom Juan's treachery. Columbus leaves Portugal for Spain.
  • ACT III. — Christobal Colon argues before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, and before the learned Juntas and Councils.
  • ACT IV. — Spanish sovereigns, Ferdinand and Isabella, conquer Moors in Spain. They grant Columbus aid for his quest.
  • ACT V. — Admiral Christobal Colon sails from Palos. Discovers New World.
      DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
    • Christopher Columbus (Christobal Colon, in Spain), the mariner and discoverer.
    • Doña Philipa Münoz , Columbus' wife.
    • Diego Columbus , his son.
    • Bartolomeo Columbus , his brother.
    • Dom Juan II , King of Portugal.
    • Maestros, Joseph, and Roderiguez , learned doctors of university.
    • Bishops of Ceuta and of Viseau .
    • Fra Juan Perez de Marchena , prior of La Rabida Monastery. Friend of Columbus.
    • Fra Talavera , confessor to Queen Isabella of Castile.
    • Cardinal Mendoza , Primate of Spain.
    • King Ferdinand , King of Aragon and Spain.
    • Queen Isabella , Queen of Castile and Spain.
    • Boabdil , Moorish King, defeated by Ferdinand and Isabella.
    • Quintanilli , state treasurer of Spain.
    • Luis de Santangel , treasurer of church of Aragon.
    • Juan de Cabrera , court chamberlain of Spain.
    • Beatrice Enriquez D' Aran , Columbus second love.
    • Captain Martin Alonzo Pinzon , mariner of Spain, accompanying Columbus.
    • Captain Diego Pinzon , also accompanying Columbus to New World.
    • Perez Vazquez , mariner of Portugal.
    • Arabian Sorcerer , who foretold Columbus' discovery of New World. Soldiers, mariners, nobles, priests, knights, caballeros, and señoras.

ACT I.

SCENE I.

(Room in Columbus' house, opening upon Patio beyond. Christopher Columbus, Pilot and Mariner; Bartolomeo Columbus, his brother. Both seated.)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

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BARTO.

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COLUMBUS.

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BARTO.

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COLUMBUS.

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BARTO.

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(Knocking at door.)
COLUMBUS.

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(Enter caballéros with mandolins, guitars and olive wreaths.)
ALL.

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(Columbus brings glasses and bottles and places them with fruit upon table — all drink to Columbus and bride.)

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CHORUS (with glasses).

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COLUMBUS.

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CABALLEROS.

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BARTO.

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COLUMBUS.

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BARTO
(departing).

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(Columbus takes the candle to retire. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE II.

(Chancel of All Saint's with cloister to left. Chanting of priests and nuns antiphonally ( — Latin chants with Gregorian music.) Columbus bowed in prayer, with rosary. Doña Philipa kneeling in chancel — Other worshippers in chancel. — Worshippers slowly rise and pass out cloister to left, passing to foreground, and exit. Columbus and Philipa rise and pass same way. Columbus takes Philipa's hand in cloisters and they pause in foreground. [Scene shifts to street outside of cottage.])
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christopher Columbus — Argonaut .
  • Doña Philipa Muñoz — and other worshippers .
COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

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COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

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(She disappears in doorway of cottage. He walks slowly away, stopping to hear her Ave Maria. [From upper window.])
PHILIPA
(softly).

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(Curtain falls.)

SCENE III.

(Sorcerer's Cave. — Dark grove of Cedars — deep shade — vines around door of cavern. — Columbus knocks three times — door opens wide. [Scene shifts back — shows interior.] Dark with circle of flame — apes, parrots, skulls and cross-bones — magic circle of stones within entrance.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christopher Columbus .
  • Arabian Magician .
COLUMBUS
(entering).

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SEER.

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COLUMBUS.

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SEER
(sneering).

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COLUMBUS
(abashed).

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(Turns angrily away and is grasped by Arabian.)
SEER.

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COLUMBUS
(excitedly).

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(Arabian forms a circle of stones, bones, etc., round him, making passes in the air — sulphur fumes and flames — red light glows — thunder rolls — lightning gleams and phosphorous letters form upon walls, which seer interprets.)
SEER.

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(Vision of ships on rolling seas appears back of Columbus.)

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(Another vision of mariners landing. Tableau in rear.)

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COLUMBUS
(excitedly).

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SEER.

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(Columbus falls upon his knees in ecstacy of prayer.)

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COLUMBUS
(prays).

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SEER.

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COLUMBUS.

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SEER.

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COLUMBUS.

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SEER.

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(Exeunt Columbus. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE IV.

(Wedding procession along the promenade of Lisbon to the Cathedral — Caballéros and Señoras bearing palm and olive branches — flowers strewn along path by Señoras and Caballéros.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Caballéros. Lisbon. Promenade to Cathedral .
  • Señoras .
  • Christopher Columbus. — Bridegroom .
  • Doña Philipa Muñoz. — Bride .
FIRST CABALLÉRO.

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SECOND CABALLÉRO.

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FIRST CABALLÉRO.

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SECOND CABALLÉRO.

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(Maidens twining garlands and throwing them around the necks of Caballéros.)
FIRST MAIDEN.

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SECOND MAIDEN.

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FIRST MAIDEN.

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SECOND MAIDEN.

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FIRST MAIDEN.

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FIRST CABALLÉRO
(close to her ear).

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(She pelts him with roses, while he twines a floral chain round her, dancing and kissing her. [Scene shifts to cathedral aisle and chancel.] Priests chanting — organ pealing softly — procession winds up aisle. — The pair kneel — chanting — benediction (organ). — Procession turns — the pair coming first to foreground.)
COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

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COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

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(Procession winds and turns — [Scene shifts to the Patio with galleries in rear] — Orange trees, vines, fountains, — lights, lanterns amid trees — fountains — small tables with vine trellises with fruits and wine. — [Procession separates] — Spanish dances (cachuca) the caballéros sing drinking chorus with clinking glasses to guitar and mandolin.)
CHORUS
(with mandolins).

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(Caballéros and doñas whisper and flirt amid the vines and fountains — The doñas circle round the bride, while the chosen cavalier takes off the bride's garter and wears it upon his arm. — Columbus and Philipa withdraw and are seen in the gallery above Patio, gazing down upon the lovely scene beneath.)
COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

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(Adieus from guests. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE V.

(In palace of Dom Juan II. [Golden throne. Pages, attendants, courtiers.])
Dramatis Personæ
  • The King .
  • Columbus, the Argonaut of Genoa .
(Enter Columbus bowing low.)
COLUMBUS.

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DOM JUAN.

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COLUMBUS.

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DOM JUAN.

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COLUMBUS.

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DOM JUAN.

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COLUMBUS.

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DOM JUAN.

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COLUMBUS.

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KING.

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COLUMBUS.

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KING.

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COLUMBUS.

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KING.

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COLUMBUS.

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KING
(To pages — after reading letter).

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(Exit Columbus, bowing low. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE VI

(Council Hall, Lisbon. The bells in minarets chime, great gong strikes twelve, and Columbus and brother Bartolomeo, are ushered in by pages, bearing globe, astrolabe, compass — Columbus and Barto, bow low to King, Bishops and Doctors.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Dom Juan of Portugal and his Court and lackeys, etc.
  • Bishops of Ceuta and Viseau .
  • Maestro Joseph — Maestro Rodriguez — Doctors of the University .
  • Christopher Columbus, with maps, globe, astrolabe, compass, etc.
KING.

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars.

(Pointing to astrolabe, compass and quadrant)

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(Showing globe.)

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KING.

Note: Contains 58 words in 6 sentences using 313 chars.

BISHOPS.

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 58 words in 4 sentences using 285 chars.

MAESTRO JOSEPH.

Note: Contains 83 words in 6 sentences using 478 chars.

RODERIGUEZ.

Note: Contains 66 words in 6 sentences using 376 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 113 words in 11 sentences using 620 chars.

DOM JUAN.

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COLUMBUS
(bowing).

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DOM JUAN.

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(Columbus departs.)

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PRELATES.

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KING.

Note: Contains 39 words in 3 sentences using 246 chars.

BISHOP OF CEUTA.

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DOM JUAN.

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RODERIGUEZ.

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KING.

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(Junta is dismissed. The king and council marching from the hall — Curtain falls.)

SCENE VII.

(Patio of Columbus' house [vines, flowers around the square court] where sits Columbus drawing charts and maps at table. Philipa sitting by his feet upon divan. Columbus leaning head upon crossed arms.)
COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 210 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 70 words in 7 sentences using 385 chars.

(Enter king's messenger with sealed letter.)
MESSENGER.

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COLUMBUS.

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(She gives fruits and wine. — Reads)

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COLUMBUS
(to page).

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(To Philipa.)

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PHILIPA.

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COLUMBUS.

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(She shakes her head weeping.)

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(She places ink and quills ready and sits with head upon his knee — he writes — she clings to his knees until the evening falls — he turns. Sunlight falls upon their faces.)
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 170 chars.

PHILIPA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 86 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 126 words in 5 sentences using 636 chars.

PHILIPA.

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COLUMBUS.

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PHILIPA.

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(They bow their heads together in prayer. — Curtain falls.)
END OF ACT I.

ACT II.

SCENE I.

(Lisbon. House of Christopher Columbus — Ten years later. — Room opening upon Patio — Columbus [older and more worn], Bartolomeo and Philipa and son — a lad of ten years.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christopher Columbus, mariner and maker of maps and charts .
  • Philipa Columbus, his wife .
  • Diego Columbus, his son, lad of ten years .
  • Bartolomeo Columbus, his brother .
BARTOLOMEO.

Note: Contains 73 words in 3 sentences using 395 chars.

PHILIPA.

Note: Contains 147 words in 10 sentences using 848 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 238 chars.

PHILIPA.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 153 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 80 words in 6 sentences using 408 chars.

PHILIPA.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 164 chars.

PHILIPA
(rising and blessing).

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DIEGO.

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(They embrace him.)
COLUMBUS.

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(Rising and pointing — vision on wall.)

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(Tableau — Curtain falls.)

SCENE II.

(Dom Juan alone in anteroom of palace. Enter Perez Vazquez, a Portuguese pilot.)
KING
(after looking behind portière).

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VAZQUEZ.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 85 chars.

KING.

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VAZQUEZ.

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

DOM JUAN.

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VAZQUEZ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

KING.

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VAZQUEZ.

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KING.

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VAZQUEZ.

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KING.

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VAZQUEZ.

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KING.

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VAZQUEZ
(aside).

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KING.

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

VAZQUEZ.

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 45 chars.

(Exit Vazquez.)
KING
(meditating).

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(Curtain falls.)

SCENE III.

(Inn at Porto Santo — Enter Columbus and Pedro Correa — his wife's brother, who lived upon the family inheritance — the Isle of Porto Santo. — Small inn with seaman's surroundings, nets, etc.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Columbus, just returned from cruise .
  • Pedro Correa, brother of Columbus' wife, Philipa .
  • Diègo Columbus; his son .
  • Seamen — Bandits .
PEDRO.

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COLUMBUS
(excitedly).

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PEDRO
(hesitating).

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 71 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 19 words in 6 sentences using 99 chars.

PEDRO.

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

PEDRO.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 141 chars.

COLUMBUS
(wringing his hands and weeping).

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PEDRO.

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 90 chars.

PEDRO.

Note: Contains 27 words in 6 sentences using 145 chars.

(Enter Diego — flinging himself into his father's arms, sobbing.)
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 31 words in 5 sentences using 160 chars.

DIEGO.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 21 words in 5 sentences using 97 chars.

DIEGO.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 138 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 141 chars.

DIEGO
(caressing him).

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars.

(Enter some seamen, who call for wine and sit gossiping and drinking at table.)
FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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SEAMAN.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars.

FIRST SEAMAN.

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SEAMAN.

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FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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COLUMBUS
(rising and facing them).

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THIRD MARINER.

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COLUMBUS.

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MARINER.

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COLUMBUS.

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(Pacing up and down excitedly.)

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PEDRO.

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SEAMEN ALL.

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COLUMBUS
(to Pedro).

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DIEGO
(clinging).

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COLUMBUS.

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(Exeunt Columbus and Diego.)
PEDRO.

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SEAMAN.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

PEDRO.

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FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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FIRST SEAMAN.

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SECOND SEAMAN.

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(All drink and clink glasses and depart. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE IV.

(Lisbon. Throne Room of Palace — King Dom Juan in gorgeous robes, with pages, soldiers, courtiers. — Enter Columbus ushered in by pages — plain attire [Spanish, mourning for his wife]).
Dramatis Personæ
  • Dom Juan, with courtiers, soldiers, pages, etc.
  • Christopher Columbus .
KING.

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars.

KING.

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COLUMBUS.

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KING.

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars.

COLUMBUS.

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KING.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 35 words in 4 sentences using 186 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars.

KING
(to guards).

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COLUMBUS.

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KING.

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COLUMBUS
(wringing hands).

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KING.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 108 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 93 chars.

(Bowing and retiring.)

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PAGE.

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

(Reaches street [with trees. Scene slides before throne room].)

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(Seaman springing out of bushes, with cutlass. Grasping Columbus.)
SEAMAN.

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars.

COLUMBUS
(struggling).

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

SEAMAN.

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 41 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

(Pours gold on ground from purse.)

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 135 chars.

(Exit Columbus.)
SEAMAN.

Note: Contains 44 words in 3 sentences using 230 chars.

(Exit seaman. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE V.

(Wooded road to convent of La Rabida. Gate of convent to right. — Columbus and Diego, in friar's gowns and cowls wandering with traveler's staffs. — Wooded country, with monastery in distance.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christopher Columbus, now called Christobal Colon .
  • Diego Columbus .
  • Fra Perez de Marchena, Dominican prior of monastery .
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 86 words in 7 sentences using 490 chars.

DIEGO.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars.

(Reaching gate and knocking.)

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MONK
(at lattice).

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 138 chars.

MONK
(eyeing Columbus and Diego).

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

MONK.

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

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 49 words in 3 sentences using 248 chars.

MONK
(holding gate open).

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

(Seating them at table with bread and wine.)

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COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 106 words in 5 sentences using 562 chars.

MONK.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

COLUMBUS.

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MONK.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

COLUMBUS.

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MONK.

Note: Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 224 chars.

(Angelus rings. — Both bow in prayer. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE VI.

(Columbus departing from monastery of La Rabida — Fra Juan Perez, Christopher Columbus, Diego.)
DIEGO.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 36 words in 2 sentences using 188 chars.

DIEGO.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars.

(Enter Fra Perez with letter.)
FRA PEREZ.

Note: Contains 43 words in 7 sentences using 247 chars.

DIEGO
(weeping).

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

(Reading letter).

Note: Contains 161 words in 11 sentences using 914 chars.

END OF ACT II.

ACT III.

SCENE I.

(Salamanca — St. Stephen's church [fine Moorish building — delicate arches and pillars, stucco walls and ceiling — open-work, like lace. — Ferdinand and Isabella on throne — Cardinal Mendoza — Diego de Deza — De Cardena [learned doctors of the University] — Jean Cabrera [court chamberlain] in robes of office. Other learned doctors of the University. Enter Columbus in court dress, led by Talavera.)
TALAVERA.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 149 chars.

(King reads letter.)

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

COLUMBUS
(on one knee kisses hands of Ferdinand and Isabella).

Note: Contains 107 words in 5 sentences using 639 chars.

CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 185 words in 14 sentences using 1003 chars.

KING FERDINAND.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 172 chars.

KING FERDINAND.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 127 chars.

(Deza and Cardena consult and whisper).
DE DEZA.

Note: Contains 45 words in 2 sentences using 250 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

CARDINAL.

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

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 190 chars.

QUEEN ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

CABRERA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars.

KING FERDINAND.

Note: Contains 51 words in 4 sentences using 265 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 259 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 33 words in 5 sentences using 183 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 175 chars.

KING

Note: Contains 25 words in 5 sentences using 130 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 48 words in 5 sentences using 252 chars.

CARDINALS.

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

CARDENA.

Note: Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 182 chars.

COLUMBUS
(pleadingly).

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 163 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

COLUMBUS
(kneeling).

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 143 chars.

(Cardinals give him blessing, and he and Talavera retire.)
CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 169 chars.

CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 174 chars.

CARDENA.

Note: Contains 49 words in 3 sentences using 268 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 199 chars.

(Junta is dismissed. Rising and bowing. Procession rises, passing down aisles of St. Stephen's. First, king and queen with pages and train-bearers; second, prelates, with their attendants and emblems; third, learned doctors of University of Salamanca. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE II.

(Cordova. Columbus and Beatrice Enriquez D'Arana meeting in exquisite Moorish cathedral with low open arches and forest of pillars. [Description for scenery in De Amici's "Spain."])
COLUMBUS
(Pacing aisle with Beatrice).

Note: Contains 289 words in 11 sentences using 1631 chars.

(As they reach door, scene shifts across cathedral front to exterior and street.)
BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 75 words in 3 sentences using 375 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 273 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 52 words in 4 sentences using 254 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 69 words in 4 sentences using 422 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 132 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 85 chars.

(Columbus looks at messenger and then at Beatrice, who clasps her hands.)
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

BEATRICE
(pouting).

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

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 168 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 90 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

(Laughing.)
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 135 chars.

BEATRICE
(pouting).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 132 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 139 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 149 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 45 words in 5 sentences using 250 chars.

(Columbus turns to page.)
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 116 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 90 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 170 chars.

BEATRICE
(mocking).

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 130 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 65 words in 9 sentences using 340 chars.

BEATRICE.

Note: Contains 82 words in 6 sentences using 429 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

(Curtain falls.)

SCENE III.

(The Alcazar at Seville. — Queen's boudoir, exquisite Moorish room carved with arabesques and mosaics. [see De Amici's "Spain," pages 312 and 314 for painting scenery.] Fretted arches, galleries open to Patio.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Talavera — Confessor of Queen Isabella .
  • Quintanilli — State Treasurer .
  • Santangel — Treasurer of Church of Aragon .
  • Queen Isabella and Attendants .
(Columbus enters from patio attended by page, bowing low to the Queen.
COLUMBUS
(upon one knee).

Note: Contains 89 words in 3 sentences using 495 chars.

ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 84 words in 5 sentences using 470 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 172 chars.

ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 58 words in 4 sentences using 308 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 59 words in 4 sentences using 337 chars.

ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 59 words in 4 sentences using 319 chars.

QUINTANILLI.

Note: Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 218 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 187 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 57 words in 3 sentences using 304 chars.

SANTANGEL.

Note: Contains 70 words in 4 sentences using 380 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 205 chars.

ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 48 words in 4 sentences using 275 chars.

(Music of procession. Exit Columbus.)
COLUMBUS
(aside).

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars.

QUEEN
(to nobles).

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars.

CABRERA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

(Queen and nobles promenade to patio and join the grand procession passing in foreground with banners, music. — King and suite with insignia of Aragon. — Prince Juan and suite accompanying Infanta Isabella, in gorgeous apparel in golden chariots. — Winding back and forth upon stage. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE IV.

(Country road with La Rabida in distance.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christobal Colon, dejectedly walking alone .
  • Fra Perez de Marchena, Prior of Monastery .
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 222 words in 11 sentences using 1138 chars.

(Arising and walking to convent gate.)

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 276 chars.

PEREZ.

Note: Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 45 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 120 words in 7 sentences using 655 chars.

PEREZ.

Note: Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 172 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 60 words in 4 sentences using 301 chars.

PEREZ.

Note: Contains 53 words in 5 sentences using 290 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 226 chars.

(Angelus rings. — Fra Perez counts rosary and Columbus bows in prayer [Distant chanting]. — Curtain falls.)
END OF ACT III.

ACT IV.

SCENE I.

(Road leading to the camp at Santa Fé, opposite Granada. View of Santa Fé [painted on background], earth and stone buildings in form of triangle with cross streets and alleys. Cloth of gold tent of Queen Isabella [to right of foreground], surrounded by other tents of Castilian nobles. Columbus enters [L] with Friar Juan Perez.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Columbus .
  • Friar Juan Perez .
  • Queen Isabella .
  • Officers, soldiers, and attendants .
COLUMBUS
(outside of camp at Santa Fé).

Note: Contains 79 words in 7 sentences using 429 chars.

(They clasp hands.)
PEREZ.

Note: Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 248 chars.

COLUMBUS.

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

PEREZ.

Note: Contains 61 words in 5 sentences using 353 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 142 chars.

(They enter the royal camp and Columbus bows before the queen in royal tent.)
QUEEN.

Note: Contains 71 words in 7 sentences using 391 chars.

COLUMBUS
(drawing sword).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

(Grand procession of soldiers, Knights Templars of St. James and Alcantara; nobles, and Columbus, with banners, music, lances, and clumsy cannon to attack Alhambra.)

SCENE II.

(Historic account of dress. — Ferdinand, in steel armor and crimson velvet mantle lined with ermine; almost covering splendid white horse, with gold trappings. — Pages in gold embroidered hose and doublets. — Nobles in armor and velvet mantles, shields, swords, lances, etc., helmets and plumes. — Boabdil in steel armor and black velvet mantle, steel and gold helmet and amulets, on black steed. — Officers and nobles in armor, black velvet robes. — Lines of priests in white robes and cowls. — (Scene: Road to Granada, [with Granada and Alhambra upon the heights on background walls], turrets and tower. — For Audience L. R. — Ferdinand and suite [to left], Boabdil and suite [to right], descending from Granada, Boabdil approaches and attempts to dismount, while bowing low).
Dramatis Personæ
  • Ferdinand of Aragon, and Army .
  • Boabdil King of Moors, and Army and Priests .
BOABDIL.

Note: Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 132 chars.

(About to dismount).
FERDINAND.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars.

(Boabdil reins his horse close and kisses Ferdinand on the cheek.)
BOABDIL.

Note: Contains 64 words in 8 sentences using 325 chars.

(Taking off armor and insignia of power.)

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

(Priests in white robes, cover their faces moaning.)
PRIESTS.

Note: Contains 14 words in 5 sentences using 92 chars.

(Ferdinand and followers also uncover heads and bow. Ferdinand and Boabdil both descend from their horses — Boabdil bends and breaks his sword and reverses his scimiter.)
BOABDIL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars.

(Turning to Don Inigo Lopez Mendoza, hands signet ring sparkling with diamonds and topaz.)

Note: Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 152 chars.

(He advances to Cardinal Mendoza [scarlet robe], who bears large silver cross, jewelled, accompanied by priests with covered faces and heads bare.)

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

CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 49 words in 6 sentences using 260 chars.

(Procession passes. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE III.

(Full view of Alhambra on scene. — Isabella's gorgeous tents of cloth of gold and silk damask. Her ladies and daughters in gorgeous robes and jewels, tissues of gold and silver. — Boabdil and nobles and priests advance in procession upon stage marching and countermarching, as if climbing steep [cedars and palms and cacti in foreground — side.] Isabella's soldiers in rear, in glittering armor with lances and banners of Castile. Isabella rises as Boabdil approaches and extends hand to prevent his kneeling.
Dramatis Personæ
  • Queen Isabella, royal family, and officers .
  • Boabdil, Moorish king, priests, officers and soldiers .
ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 61 words in 5 sentences using 314 chars.

BOABDIL.

Note: Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 277 chars.

ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 131 chars.

BOABDIL.

Note: Contains 35 words in 4 sentences using 189 chars.

PRIESTS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

ISABELLA.

Note: Contains 69 words in 5 sentences using 381 chars.

(Presenting son from tent.)
BOABDIL.

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 160 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 171 chars.

(Prince Juan and Prince Hacem part like friends, and Boabdil and retinue depart.)
QUEEN
(looking anxiously toward Alhambra's towers).

Note: Contains 78 words in 5 sentences using 430 chars.

DUKE OF MEDINA SIDONIA.

Note: Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 181 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars.

(All the host kneel chanting the "Te Deum" to Gregorian music. Talavera in bishop's robes and mitre, leading. Curtain falls.)

SCENE IV.

(Lion's Court of Alhambra [forest of small, varied pillars, forming small temples of nine arches each, with colored cupolas; centre pillars with fine stucco arches like lace; great fountain; basin resting on twelve lions.] Temple canopy [to right] with gold throne and rose draperies, and Ferdinand and Isabella, seated.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Cardinal Mendoza ( scarlet robes ).
  • Bishop of Salamanca ( purple robes and mitre ).
  • Luis de Santangel, treasurer Church of Aragon .
  • Alonzo de Quintanilli, state treasurer .
  • Geraldini, court astronomer .
  • Cabrera, court chamberlain .
  • Friar Diego de Talavera .
(Enter Columbus and Juan Perez bowing to sovereigns, prelates and learned men.)
KING.

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 167 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 73 words in 6 sentences using 374 chars.

ASTRONOMERS.

Note: Contains 54 words in 4 sentences using 309 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 68 words in 7 sentences using 355 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars.

CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 178 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 77 words in 4 sentences using 459 chars.

QUINTANILLI
(with fervor).

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 179 chars.

QUEEN
(rising).

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

(Taking off crown.)

Note: Contains 55 words in 3 sentences using 315 chars.

CARDINAL.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

(To Columbus.)

Note: Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 221 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 90 words in 8 sentences using 489 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 167 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 44 words in 5 sentences using 229 chars.

KING
(rising).

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars.

QUINTANILLI.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

SANTANGEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 21 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 159 chars.

COLUMBUS
(rising and bowing low).

Note: Contains 47 words in 5 sentences using 240 chars.

QUINTANILLI
(Comptroller of treasury, also great banker).

Note: Contains 42 words in 3 sentences using 209 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 167 chars.

SANTANGEL.

Note: Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 225 chars.

CABRERA
(Chamberlain of household).

Note: Contains 43 words in 6 sentences using 219 chars.

CARDINAL MENDOZA.

Note: Contains 66 words in 6 sentences using 378 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 216 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 207 chars.

(Counsel dismissed, all bow and retire. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE V.

(Road from Granada — palms, cacti, cedars, olive trees — stone bridge. Columbus on mule, riding wearily towards bridge of Pinos. Messenger.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Columbus and messenger .
COLUMBUS
(descends at bridge, leans wearily over side).

Note: Contains 138 words in 8 sentences using 701 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 131 chars.

COLUMBUS.

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

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 175 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 60 words in 4 sentences using 318 chars.

MESSENGER.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 134 chars.

(Curtain falls.)

SCENE VI.

(King Ferdinand's tent at Santa Fé. Enter Christobal Colon bowing to sovereigns and prelates.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Queen Isabella, King Ferdinand .
  • Talavera, now Archbishop of Granada .
  • Cardinal Mendoza .
  • Juan Perez and Cabrera, high chamberlain .
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

QUEEN.

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 147 chars.

KING.

Note: Contains 43 words in 5 sentences using 238 chars.

(Columbus bows low and receives sword.)

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 159 chars.

COLUMBUS
(kneeling to receive commission).

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars.

CHAMBERLAIN
(reading commission).

Note: Contains 85 words in 12 sentences using 518 chars.

COLUMBUS
(signs).

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

(Kneels again.)

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 151 chars.

(Kisses their hands. They hand sword and ring as mark of office. Rises.)
KING.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 131 chars.

CARDINAL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 174 chars.

(Friar Perez embraces him. — Curtain falls.)
END OF ACT IV.

ACT V.

SCENE I.

(Wharf at Palos with sails and masts and lateen sails, Pinta and Nina — painted on background, [to right]. — Santa Maria [in foreground]. Columbus [in admiral's dress with armor and crimson velvet cloak], Pinzon brothers, commanders of Pinta and Nina [in captains' dress]. — Sailors and soldiers, on deck of the Santa Maria. — Fra Perez [in monk's dress]. — On shore [to left] crowd of people bidding farewell, cheering, weeping, praying, etc.).
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christobal Colon .
  • Captains Martin and Diego Pinzon, Sailors, Soldiers, People .
  • Fra Perez, Diego, and Beatrice Enriquez d'Arena .
PEREZ
(on deck).

Note: Contains 72 words in 6 sentences using 390 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 42 words in 2 sentences using 214 chars.

FRA PEREZ
(with raised hands, all kneeling).

Note: Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 223 chars.

(Sprinkling water upon deck and crew.)

Note: Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 307 chars.

(All sing Te Deum , antiphonally with those on shore.)
COLUMBUS
(to son, Diego, who clings to him).

Note: Contains 122 words in 14 sentences using 644 chars.

(Friar Juan Perez — Beatrice and Diego descend from deck to shore. — Cheers — farewell — prayers from shore and from crew. — Curtain falls.)

SCENE II.

(Stage fitted as vessel's deck, with rigging. Santa Maria at sea [other two vessels painted on background in distance] storm raging, wind blowing, lightning.)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Captain Santon .
  • Steersman Stephano .
  • Christobal Colon, Admiral of Spain .
SECOND OFFICER, SANTON.

Note: Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 219 chars.

STEPHANO
(steersman).

Note: Contains 73 words in 5 sentences using 362 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 74 words in 3 sentences using 370 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 278 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 166 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 61 words in 7 sentences using 313 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 125 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 122 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 236 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 14 words in 5 sentences using 91 chars.

COLUMBUS
(advancing from helm, shouting).

Note: Contains 17 words in 5 sentences using 88 chars.

SANTON
(advances pushing Stephano ahead).

Note: Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 211 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars.

SANTON.

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

STEPHANO.

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

SANTON.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

STEPHANO.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 120 chars.

STEPHANO.

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

SANTON.

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 49 words in 12 sentences using 277 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 77 words in 7 sentences using 407 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 154 words in 14 sentences using 799 chars.

(Captain and Stephano retire sullenly.)
STEPHANO
(aside).

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

SANTON.

Note: Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 213 chars.

COLUMBUS
(calling from distance).

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 135 chars.

SANTON
(angrily.)

Note: Contains 3 words in 4 sentences using 17 chars.

(Curtain falls.)

SCENE III.

(Sunrise, blue skies and sea — Santa Maria deck, Columbus at wheel — [Nina and Pinta in distance]).
Dramatis Personæ
  • Christobal Colon .
  • Alonzo Pinzon .
  • Diego Pinzon, other officers .
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 152 chars.

(Sounds trumpet signals — replies from other ships — Captains Alonzo Pinzon and Diego Pinzon and other officers climb to Santa Maria's decks from rear [as if from boats]).
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 116 words in 6 sentences using 633 chars.

PINZON.

Note: Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 179 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 107 words in 10 sentences using 557 chars.

PINZON.

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

ALL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 22 chars.

DIEGO PINZON.

Note: Contains 51 words in 4 sentences using 261 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 105 words in 5 sentences using 534 chars.

DIEGO PINZON.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 125 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 171 chars.

(Officers salute and retire down vessel's side to boats in rear. Columbus raises arms and clasps hands above his head.)

Note: Contains 55 words in 3 sentences using 278 chars.

(Curtain falls.)
(Curtain rises, same scenery. — Early dawn, Columbus pacing deck.)
COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 107 words in 14 sentences using 541 chars.

(Looks to West, leans over vessel's side and scans.)

Note: Contains 38 words in 11 sentences using 232 chars.

SANCHEZ
(sullenly).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

COLUMBUS
(aside).

Note: Contains 17 words in 5 sentences using 76 chars.

RODERIGUEZ.

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 170 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 313 words in 30 sentences using 1590 chars.

SEAMEN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 4 sentences using 42 chars.

OFFICERS.

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

(Trumpet signals from Pinta and Nina. — Trumpet replies — [cannon fire from both vessels]. — Diego Pinzon comes to Santa Maria, and ascends vessel's side, and embraces Columbus — [great excitement among sailors].)
DIEGO PINZON
(kneeling to Columbus).

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

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 70 words in 3 sentences using 367 chars.

(Kneels — all kneel in silent prayer, then rise and sing Gloria in Excelsis .
Curtain falls.)

SCENE IV

(Painted on back-ground [to right] — Tropical land with palms, orange-trees, bananas and cocoanut-trees, golden, shining beach reaching to stage. Santa Maria [to left], with sails furled — [Pinta and Nina painted on left background, behind the Santa Maria.] — Columbus and officers and crew descend vessel's rear side and land upon coast where painted and feather-decked Indians make signs of fear and then of friendliness and welcome. — Columbus first ascends shore — [crimson velvet cloak over his armor — with flag of Castile and Aragon in left hand, and the great silver cross in right.] — All follow him in order — all singing Salve Regina . — Indians prostrate themselves — then advance timidly. — Columbus raises cross aloft, as he walks along the shore [towards background].)
Dramatis Personæ
  • Admiral Christobal Colon .
  • Captains Alonzo and Diego Pinzon .
  • Indians, Seaman .
COLUMBUS
(with great silver cross and banners of Spain, ascending shore).

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

(Planting cross in soil.)

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

(Planting flag.)

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 128 chars.

(Stooping and sprinkling.)

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

(All kneeling — Columbus prays.)

Note: Contains 75 words in 3 sentences using 395 chars.

(They rise. Sing Laus Deo . Columbus and men turn to examine Indians, who flee back in fear. — Columbus extends hands and smiles upon Indians, who gradually come forward, timidly.)
COLUMBUS
(smiling).

Note: Contains 62 words in 5 sentences using 345 chars.

(Indians make signs of welcome by holding out both hands and uttering "How — how — how!")
ALONZO PINZON
(aside).

Note: Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 211 chars.

DIEGO PINZON.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 146 chars.

COLUMBUS
(coming towards them).

Note: Contains 66 words in 7 sentences using 345 chars.

ALONZO PINZON.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

COLUMBUS.

Note: Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 279 chars.

(Curtain falls.)
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