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THE HOUSE OF RIMMON


A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS




BY


HENRY VAN DYKE






NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1908





COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY
HENRY VAN DYKE


All rights reserved
Published in October





THE HOUSE OF RIMMON





DRAMATIS PERSONAE


BENHADAD: King of Damascus.
REZON: High Priest of the House of Rimmon.
SABALLIDIN: A Noble of Damascus.
HAZAEL
IZDUBHAR
RAKHAZ
} Courtiers of Damascus.
SHUMAKIM: The King's Fool.
ELISHA: Prophet of Israel.
NAAMAN: Captain of the Armies of Damascus.
RUAHMAH: A Captive Maid of Israel.
TSARPI: Wife to Naaman.
KHAMMA
NUBTA
} Attendants of Tsarpi.
Soldiers, Servants, Citizens, etc., etc.



SCENE: Damascus and the Mountains of Samaria.
 
TIME: 850 B. C.








ACT I


SCENE I


Night, in the garden of NAAMAN at Damascus. At theleft, on aslightly raised terrace, the palace, with softly gleaming lightsandmusic coming from the open latticed windows. The garden is fullofoleanders, roses, pomegranates, abundance of crimson flowers; theairis heavy with their fragrance: a fountain at the right is plashinggently: behind it is an arbour

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