The House of Green Waters©

a play in 2 Acts

by Edward C. Patterson

Ed Patterson

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edwpat@worldnet.att.net

732.390.0119

The Players

Li K’ai-men

Exiled Scholar Official (age 57)

Li Ch’e-k’ai

His 37 year old son

K’u Ko-ling

Narrator and Li’s man-servant

Fu Lin-t’o

Li’s aging scholar-lover and companion

Mung-k’u

Native of Hai-nan island age 35

Li P’ao-t’ien

Li’s elder son, governor of Kuang-nan

Jing Jing

The Miao village elder

Guards and porters

Time: 1164 - Southern Sung China

Act One:

"Autumn Reeds"

Hai-nan Island - The compound of the Exiled Scolar Li K’ai-men

Act Two:

"Swan Cloud"

Hai-nan Island: The Same
Epilog: Chilken Cage Hill near Gui-lin - 1166

 

 
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