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  Price 25 Cents


  The Vampire Cat

  By

  GERARD VAN ETTEN


  SERGEL'S
  ACTING
  DRAMA

  No. 641


  ART WORKERS LEAGUE


  PUBLISHED BY
  THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
  CHARLES H SERGEL, PRESIDENT




  Practical Instructions for
  Private Theatricals

  By W. D. EMERSON

  Author of "A Country Romance," "The Unknown Rival,"
  "Humble Pie," etc.

  Price, 25 cents

    Here is a practical hand-book, describing in detail all the
    accessories, properties, scenes and apparatus necessary for an
    amateur production. In addition to the descriptions in words,
    everything is clearly shown in the numerous pictures, more
    than one hundred being inserted in the book. No such useful
    book has ever been offered to the amateur players of any
    country.

  CONTENTS

    Chapter I. =Introductory Remarks.=

    Chapter II. =Stage, How to Make, etc.= In drawing-rooms or
    parlors, with sliding or hinged doors. In a single large room.
    The Curtain; how to attach it, and raise it, etc.

    Chapter III. =Arrangement of Scenery.= How to hang it. Drapery,
    tormentors, wings, borders, drops.

    Chapter IV. =Box Scenes.= Center door pieces, plain wings, door
    wings, return pieces, etc.

    Chapter V. =How to Light the Stage.= Oil, gas and electric
    light. Footlights, Sidelights, Reflectors. How to darken the
    stage, etc.

    Chapter VI. =Stage Effects.= Wind, Rain, Thunder, Breaking
    Glass, Falling Buildings, Snow, Water, Waves, Cascades,
    Passing Trains, Lightning, Chimes, Sound of Horses' Hoofs,
    Shots.

    Chapter VII. =Scene Painting.=

    Chapter VIII. =A Word to the Property Man.=

    Chapter IX. =To the Stage Manager.=

    Chapter X. =The Business Manager.=

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  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS




  THE VAMPIRE CAT

  A PLAY IN ONE ACT FROM
  THE JAPANESE LEGEND
  OF
  THE NABESHIMA CAT

  BY
  GERARD VAN ETTEN

  COPYRIGHT, 1918
  BY
  THE DRAMATIC
  PUBLISHING COMPANY

  CHICAGO
  THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY




CAST OF CHARACTERS


  PRINCE HIZEN, LORD OF NABESHIMA....
  BUZEN, HIS CHIEF COUNCILLOR........
  RUITEN, A PRIEST...................
  ITO SODA, A COMMON SOLDIER.........
  KASHIKU, A MAID....................
  O TOYO, WIFE OF THE PRINCE.........

TIME: Medieval Japan.

SCENE: The room of O Toyo in the palace.

TIME OF ACTION: Between 10 and 12 p.m.

NOTE.--According to the old Japanese legend, the soul of a cat can enter
a human being.




THE VAMPIRE CAT


SCENE. _At R. is a dressing table, upon it a steel mirror, toilet
articles, and two lighted candles with ornate shades. R. U. a section of
shoji leads to another room, this section is now closed. At R. C. a
large section of shoji is open, giving a view of the garden. To the R.
of this entrance is a small shrine and Buddha. At L. of the room is a
sleeping mat and head rest. By the head rest a lantern, now unlighted.
Down L. is an open section of shoji leading to the_ PRINCE'S
_apartments. Just above it stands a screen. As the curtain rises the_
PRINCE _is standing R. C. looking out into the garden._ RUITEN _is down
R. and_ BUZEN _slightly above him._ BUZEN _crosses L._


  PRINCE. [_Comes down between_ RUITEN _and_ BUZEN.]
  Settle for me tonight
  My sicknesses and my fears--
  [_To_ BUZEN.] Settle them for me,
  Sir Buzen, councillor crafty.
  [_To_ RUITEN.] Settle them for me,
  Priest Ruiten, the prayerful.

  RUITEN. So are we trying in all ways
  Thy pain to relieve
  Yet nought seems availing.

  PRINCE. Wracked