Project Gutenberg 1998-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 75 Dunsany, Lord 1878 1957 Plunkett, Edward John Moreton Drax, Baron Dunsany Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron If: A Play in Four Acts Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger "If: A Play in Four Acts" by Lord Dunsany is a dramatic play written in the early 20th century. The play delves into themes of choice, consequence, and the nature of reality through its exploration of time and fate. The primary character, John Beal, is presented with a crystal that possesses the power to let him revisit his past and potentially alter decisions, leading to introspective conflicts about his life and relationships. At the start of the play, we are introduced to John Beal and his wife, Mary, who reside in a modest suburban home. The narrative opens at a small railway station where John is prevented from boarding a train due to a railway worker named Bill, leading to John's frustration and unresolved feelings about an important missed opportunity. The scene shifts to John’s home, where he reflects on this event and interacts with Mary, discussing mundane matters that reveal their domestic life. A significant twist occurs when John encounters Ali, who gifts him the mystical crystal, presenting the possibility of altering his past—specifically, his decision to catch a train a decade earlier. This sets the stage for John's inner turmoil and the consequences of his choices, as Mary warns him against tampering with the past, highlighting the play's central theme of wrestling with the allure of making different choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama PR Text Fantasy Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 202291 202300 2024-09-01T09:15:47.504270 2023-10-01T08:30:22.762595 text/html text/html 211061 2013-01-31T16:14:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii 51352 2013-01-31T16:14:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 104533 2024-09-01T09:15:54.539225 application/epub+zip 105862 2024-09-01T09:15:49.166265 application/epub+zip 105861 2024-09-01T09:15:48.179268 application/epub+zip 239996 2024-09-01T09:15:57.765239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226184 2024-09-01T09:15:53.805244 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190726 2022-09-01T10:25:59.813639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137694 137659 2024-09-01T09:15:45.531269 2023-10-01T08:30:21.051582 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 137619 2008-08-21T15:39:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47493 2008-08-21T15:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18526 2024-09-01T09:15:57.934208 application/rdf+xml 13780 2024-09-01T09:15:48.562255 image/jpeg 3941 2024-09-01T09:15:48.368286 image/jpeg 103518 2024-09-01T09:15:47.518277 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia