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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Four Verse Dramas
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Notes

  • Editor's note: This is the first time Clive Sansom's verse plays have been re-presented in one volume. The texts have been photocopied from the original publications prepared by the Author himself.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,:Ruth Sansom , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Assisii"This is the city of St Francis:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. i-iv)
Mary of Nazareth - Ii"It was like music:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Witnesses, Clive Sansom , single work drama (p. 1-55)
The Cathedral, Clive Sansom , single work drama (p. 1-63)
Governante To Donna Picai"Dear Lord!", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Stablei"The Ass said, 'I remember:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Schoolmasteri"Indeed, a good, sound education", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Piazzai"It wakes to a chorus of bells, a birds' carillon;", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 6-8)
The World Turned Upside Down : A Modern Morality Play, Clive Sansom , single work drama
The play considers the impact of the birth and teachings of Christ on traditional government, educational, scientific and religious practices, and celebrates the power of goodness, beauty and truth. 'This play is quite unlike any other that has been based on the Christmas story. Through it the author suggests a remedy for our present inverted world - the marriage of Religion and Science, from which a new faith might be born or an old one revived. But though the theme is serious, the treatment of it is dramatic and often humorous'.
 (p. 7-62)
Packmani"Ay, a spare lad he were in them days,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
"Prince Bernadone"i"When, in the evening,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The Other Francisi"But sometimes - when the gold sun lifts", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Brothersi"Going from Nazareth? Where? - To the Jordan Valley?", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
The Battle of Collestradai""Arm!" - a trumpet shouted it across the rooftops", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
That Sun of Umbriai"That sun of Umbria,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
The Banquet in the Orchardi"Assisi's grey-pink walls are flushed", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 18-20)
Lute-Song to Lady Povertyi"My Lady Poverty!", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Leperi"In my opinion, nauseating and disgusting.", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
The Priest of San Damianoi"No, Signore, I was no-one of consequence:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Pietro Di Bernardonei"I am ready, Borodino . . . Tell me -", Clive Sansom , single work poetry
Pietro Di Bernardone, father of St Francis, imprisons his son to discourage him from being a 'scarecrow priest'.
 (p. 25-26)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Ruth Sansom , 1991 .
      Extent: 325 p. in various pagingsp.
      Limited edition info: Limited ed. of 100 copies.
      Note/s:
      • The text includes Sansom's four verse-plays, copied from the first editions of the works and retaining the page numbering from those editions. These works appear in this publication in the following order: Francis of Assisi (i-126); The Cathedral (1-63); The Witnesses (1-55); The World Turned Upside Down (7-62).
      ISBN: 0646088793 (not printed on item)
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