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    Ora Canonica: A Two-Act Play
    Ora Canonica: A Two-Act Play
    Ora Canonica: A Two-Act Play
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    Ora Canonica: A Two-Act Play

    By Laurel Marena

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    ora canonica - the hour of prayers, the hour of meeting, the hour leading to a rite of passage.

    Laurel Marenas latest literary work, a two-act psychological play, begins as seven characters, one by one, enter into a dark place, each one receiving a lit candle. The scene is set for them to challenge issues of morality in light of their own life experiences. Each must follow his own quest for truth; one may find emerging belief reflected in the aspect of a fellow traveller, while another may find revelation deep within himself. There exists a belief amongst some of the most elevated that they need occupy no time, nor manifest any concern with the pedestrian doubts of lesser mortals. Only six of these people, one by one, will exit by a passage to the unknown. One will stand alone, in darkness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 29, 2011
    ISBN9781456761776
    Ora Canonica: A Two-Act Play
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    Laurel Marena

    Laurel Marena was born in England, and has lived in the United States, Italy, Ireland and Australia. She has a Bachelor of Science (US), and a Bachelor of Arts (Australia) and now lives in Tasmania, Australia. Laurel has published three other books: Last Winter in Carnabbey (1998), Rift Within the Lute (1999) and Ambrose Stories (2002). In addition to being an acclaimed author, Laurel is an accomplished artist and many of her paintings can be found decorating walls on several continents. ora canonica is her first play and she is currently working on her next novel.

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      Ora Canonica - Laurel Marena

      AuthorHouse™

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      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2011 Laurel Marena. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 04/28/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-6177-6 (e)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-6176-9 (sc)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011906620

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Contents

      Dedication

      ora canonica

      ACT TWO

      NEXUS

      Dedication

      For my grand-daughter, Morgan L. Gullett

      ora canonica

      SCENARIO: A sparsely furnished room. The back wall is dark. Two doors are vaguely evident. One door gives entrance to the stage whereby the actors make their entrance. The second door is that by which six of the actors (one by one) will make their departure. In the room are perhaps three tables side-by-side to give the appearance of a table with off-set side wings (centre stage) about 3’ wide x 8 feet long. The length of these abutting tables should be sufficiently long as to accommodate 7 persons - the seven actors in the play. (See stage plan). Seven normal armless chairs, and a somewhat ‘grander’ leather upholstered chair are untidily clustered around behind the table. The actors are known only by their role. (The sequence given here is as they enter into the action.)

      Mechanic (already on stage)

      Scribe

      Musician (blind)

      Magistrate

      Bishop

      Warrior

      Courtesan

      As the scene opens, Mechanic stands at the long table (see Stage Plan). He stands throughout the play, unless otherwise directed. Finally, when his work is finished, he will depart the scene, as directed. He is working on several broken candlestick pieces that lie on the table in front of him. Also in front of him are six candle stubs, of disparate lengths. Curiously, an un-lit hurricane-type lantern sits at the front of his part of the table. A candleholder with a small lighted stub of candle sits in front of him. The room is not brightly lit; there are no windows. As the play proceeds Mechanic repairs, lights, and distributes the candlesticks, and a measured illumination gradually spreads.

      Scribe enters before long with a large canvas bag on a strap over his shoulder. He pauses briefly beside Mechanic to see what he is doing, and proceeds towards his own place at the table (See Stage Plan). His bag is obviously moderately weighty, and he exhales loudly as he dusts off part of the long table, and lays the bag down in front of him. We become privy to the fact that it contains his writing impedimenta, and he removes a large writing pad from the bag, and several pencils. He pulls up a chair closer to the table and sits down.

      Mechanic looks up and, noticing how dark it is at Scribe’s end of the table, he carries across a candlestick with a piece of lighted candle, and places it in front of Scribe. No words have passed between them, and Scribe ignores the gesture. Mechanic returns to his place and continues his work.

      Presently, a young blind woman with a cane enters. She is wearing a shapeless calf-length white peasant-type dress. She carries only a syrinx with a

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