What We Know of Radishes©
a play in 2 Acts
by Edward C. Patterson
Ed Patterson
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The Players
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The Emperor Kao |
Sung Emperor |
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Yueh Fei |
General of the Western Armies |
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Ch’in Kwei |
First Privy Councillor |
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Li K’ai-men |
Imperial Private Secretary |
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K’u Ko-ling (the Elder) |
The Narrator |
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K’u Ko-ling (the younger) |
Li’s servant |
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Fu Lin-t’o |
Li K’ai-men’s scholar-lover |
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Ho Xiang-chu |
Leader of the Peace Party |
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Chao Chu-kua |
Leader of the War Party |
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Adjutant |
To Yueh Fei |
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Man-servant |
To Yueh Fei |
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Physician |
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Soldiers, courtiers, guards |
Time: 1138 - Southern Sung China
Act One:
"The Patriot"
Scene 1: Yueh Fei’s campScene 2: The Council Chamber
Act Two:
"Venom"
Scene 1: Li K’ai-men’s QuartersScene 2: Yueh Fei’s prison cellScene 3: The Imperial ChambersScene 4: Yueh Fei’s Prison cellScene 5: Li K’ai-men’s QuartersScene 6: At Yueh Fei’s Shrine in 1164