The Chimes The Chimes

The Chimes

Publisher Description

This is a play about personal and social responsibility. Set in Victorian London, it offers a hint of the supernatural. We open with the chiming of church bells and the voice of the Head Goblin of the Chimes. Describing the wind, the church, the winter street; he introduces the protagonist, Toby Veck. Toby is a messenger who waits for jobs at the foot of St. Malackey's bell tower. His daughter, Meg, enters with two surprises: a hot dinner for him and news that she plans to marry the following morning. ("On New Year's Day, the best and brightest day in the year!") Her fiance, Richard, enters to receive Toby's blessing.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1844
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
131
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SIZE
76.9
KB

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