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1、Glaspell,SusanKeating,1876-1948, ChainsofDew ElectronicEditionbyAlexanderStreetPress,L.L.C.,2011.©SusanKeatingGlaspell,1922.Alsopublishedin ChainsofDew:AComedyinThreeActs,Privatelypublished,1920.[AuthorInformation][BibliographicDetails][ViewProductionDetails][CharacterInformation][1922][P
2、L007482]CharactersNoraPowers,whoworksforBirthControlLeonWhittaker,associateeditorofTheNewNationJamesO'Brien,ayoungIrishmanvisitingAmericaSeymoreStandish,PoetDotty,Seymore'swifeTheMother(Seymore's)Mrs.MacIntyreEdithDeanDavisMaid--2--Act1ACTISCENE:NoraPowers'sofficeinNewYork.Noraissecretary
3、oftheBirthControlLeague.Theofficetellsyouwhattheofficeisfor--posters,charts,exhibits.Ontherearwallarecompanionpieces--one,amotherwithninechildren;theother,amotherwithtwo.Theseposterssayinnouncertaintermsthatitismoredesirabletohavetwochildrenthannine.Alsothereisan"excessfamily"exhibit--(th
4、islikethemodelofastageset)--aforlornkitcheninwhichamotherstruggleswithsevenchildren."Literature"isstackedup.Noraisworkingamimeograph;sheisnotanadept,andhasamanneroftryingtoplacatethemachine.Norahasshorthair.Thisdoesnotmeanshe'seccentric--itisnotthatkindofshorthair.Itcurlsandisyoungandvita
5、landcharmingshorthair.Noraalsoisyoungandvitalandcharming--devotiontoacausereallydoesn'thurtherlooksintheleast.LeonWhittaker,oneoftheeditorsofTheNewNation,hasjustputdownhishat.LEON Seymorenothereyet?NORA Notyet.He'slate.He'svisitinghiswife'saunt.(afterinspectingandrejectingapage.)Onewoulds
6、upposethatwouldmakehimearly.LEON (Havingpolishedhistortoiseglassesandtakingsomeproofsfromhispocket,sitsdown.Withasigh)It'sagreatpityhe'sasheis.--3--NORA Yes.Ofcoursethatcanbesaidofmosteveryone.LEON Youhatetoseeaman--notthereinsomeways,whenhe'sso--thereinothers.NORA Um.I'vehateditmorethano
7、nce.LEON We'reusingapoemofSeymore'sinthisnumber.(Lookingamonghisproofs)Ihaveithere.Listen,Nora.It'stoShelley.(Asifshehadsmiled)Perhapsyouthinkthere'snothingnewtobesaidaboutShelley?NORA No;Isupposesomethingnewmightbesaid.LEON (Reading) "Weneedyou,Shelley:Youwhosevisi
