Project Gutenberg 2011-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 86 Walker, Stuart 1888 1941 Bierstadt, Edward Hale 1891 1970 19015613 More Portmanteau Plays Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Introduction -- A lady of the weeping willow tree -- The very naked boy -- Jonathan makes a wish. Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library.) "More Portmanteau Plays" by Stuart Walker is a collection of theatrical plays likely written in the early 20th century. This volume includes various original works, showcasing Walker's innovative contributions to the American theater scene during a time when the theatrical landscape was evolving. The plays explore themes of love, loneliness, and the human condition, often featuring characters who face profound emotional struggles. The opening of the collection presents an introspective prologue that introduces a figure named Memory, who invites the audience to delve into the world of imagination and forgotten dreams. Following this, the play "The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree" unfolds a poignant narrative centered around Obaa-San, an old woman with a deep connection to a weeping willow tree, representing both her longing for love and her solitude. The initial acts depict Obaa-San’s complex emotions, the arrival of characters like O-Sode-San and O-Katsu-San, and the chilling figure of the Gaki, who feeds on human unrest. As the story progresses, themes of maternal love and personal sacrifice come into focus, highlighting the bittersweet nature of longing and the connections between love and loss. Ultimately, the opening portrays a rich tapestry of human experience, poetically intertwining hope, reminiscence, and destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American drama -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Literature 379416 379412 2024-10-16T06:09:28.154944 2023-09-16T12:15:23.198122 text/html text/html 386920 2021-01-08T06:42:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 635963 2021-01-08T06:42:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 729983 2024-10-16T06:09:41.907945 application/epub+zip 731826 2024-10-16T06:09:32.765944 application/epub+zip 187457 2024-10-16T06:09:30.596011 application/epub+zip 947593 2024-10-16T06:09:47.295817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 920741 2024-10-16T06:09:40.414866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349369 2022-09-17T11:01:22.044254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278619 278416 2024-10-16T06:09:24.168002 2023-09-16T12:15:19.871080 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 278464 2021-01-08T06:42:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97440 2021-01-08T06:42:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278457 2021-01-08T06:42:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97378 2021-01-08T06:42:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21766 2024-10-16T06:09:47.448837 application/rdf+xml 13546 2024-10-16T06:09:31.403899 image/jpeg 3602 2024-10-16T06:09:30.900890 image/jpeg 716939 2024-10-16T06:09:28.200949 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