A BOOK OF TRAGEDIES
BY
WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL,
(Author of “The Dread Voyage,” “Lake Lyrics.”)
OTTAWA:
J. DURIE & SON
1895.
TO MY FRIENDS.
THE HONOURABLE J. C. PATTERSON,
— AND —
THE HONOURABLE A. R. DICKEY,
THIS BOOK OF TRAGEDIES
IS DEDICATED.
Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year onethousand eight hundred and ninety-five, by William Wilfred Campbell, Ottawa,in the office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa.
PRINTED BY
Paynter & Abbott,
48 Rideau St.
A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.
FOUNDED ON THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND
OF
SIR THOMAS MALORY.
(This Drama was written in July and August, 1893.)
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
| Arthur, King of Britain. |
| Mordred, Illegitimate Son of Arthur. |
| Sir Launcelot. |
| Merlin. |
| Sir Gwaine. |
| King Leodegrance, Father to Guinevere. |
| Sir Agravaine. |
| Sir Mador. |
| Sir Bedivere. |
| Dagonet, the king’s jester. |
| A Hermit. |
| Guinevere, Queen of Britain. |
| Vivien. |
| Elaine, a maiden who loves Launcelot. |
| Unid, a lady in waiting on the Queen. |
| Knights, gentlemen, ladies, soldiers, herdsmen, messengers and pages. |
MORDRED.
Enter Arthur, Launcelot and other Knights.
Launcelot. Here is a place of prayer, we will alight,
And rest a space and think us of our sins.
Arthur. Launcelot, and were I shrived and clean
Half hell itself were loosened of its pains.
Launcelot. Arthur, friend and lover of my youth,
Could’st thou but throw this black mood from thee now,
And get a sweeter hope into thy soul,
Drive out the horrid phantoms of the past,
And it were hope for Britain. Well thou knowest
Men look to thee to succor