The Vampire Cat: A Play in one act from the Japanese legend of the Nabeshima cat — John Shaqi
The Vampire Cat: A Play in one act from the Japanese legend of the Nabeshima catEtten, Gerard Van
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The Vampire Cat: A Play in one act from the Japanese legend of the Nabeshima cat
Etten, Gerard Van
Japan -- History -- 1185-1600 -- Drama; Vampires -- Drama
O TOYO. Be not frightened--you have no need.
Now I shall sleep.
He, too, is sleeping. Perhaps--perhaps he is suffering.
Shall I touch him with my hands?
Perhaps he is hungry for my kisses--
Shall I kiss him?
KASHIKU. It were a fitting thing to kiss thy lord.
O TOYO. You know not what you say, Kashiku.
KASHIKU. My lady--
O TOYO. You have not heard me say strange things, Kashiku.
KASHIKU. I have heard--
O TOYO. Nothing.
KASHIKU. Nothing, my lady.
O TOYO. Put out the lamps. [KASHIKU _blows out candles on
dressing table_.]
Go now, Kashiku, and do you sleep deeply,
Breathing poppies.
KASHIKU. My lady--
O TOYO. Go. [KASHIKU _opens shoji R. and goes out shutting it
after her_. O TOYO _crosses, too, and lies on the sleeping
mat. The room is almost in total darkness._]
O TOYO. I shall kiss him--I shall kiss him! [_The lantern at
the head of the sleeping mat glows more and more brightly
until a cat's head appears on it. At this moment a cat-call
comes from the garden._ (NOTE.--If these effects cannot be
gotten with no hint of the ludicrous, have the lantern glow
with increasing light but use no cat's head or cat call.)
_With the increase of light_, O TOYO _has begun to moan and
toss and at the moment of the cat-call she rises as in a
trance and goes towards the door L. As she passes the screen_
ITO SODA _steps out from behind it and plunges his dirk into
her back; she falls with a little, stifled cry. Instantly, in
utter darkness, the curtain falls._]
END OF THE PLAY.
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