The Executioner
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Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
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This is Olivia john. And you're listening to see J. R. U. 12 80 am in Toronto. You're about to hear the 2nd and 3rd Acts of snow and midsummer based on the 13th century chinese play by Guan han Qing in Acts two and three handsome chang has plans to marry doi but things go awry when doi is accused of a terrible crime. Act two enter Doctor and handsome. I am handsome chain. I saved the old woman's life yet though he still refuses to marry me. But now widow size ill and I intend to poison her. Once she is dead, we will have to be my wife. Here's the doctor who tried to kill the widow dr. I need a drug. What drug do you need? I want poison. No one would dare to sell you poison. How can you ask such a thing? You won't give it to me then. No, I won't. Fine. But you are the one who tried to murder with those. I do you think I don't recognize you? I would take you to court and you will be punished. Let me go. Let me go. Okay, I've got I've got the poison and I shall give it to you. And her widow sigh. And oh man chang. I came to the widow's house hoping to be her second husband who would have thought she would fall ill. Widows, I, if there's anything you wish to eat, just let me know I well like my martin soup son. Go and tell dolly that her mother wants button soup and to make it for her. Oh yay. Your mother wants mutton soup. Be quick about it. This misery. My mother. Where's the woman whose tears for her husband caused the great wall to crumble. Where is she? Who left her washing and drowned herself in the stream? Or changed into stone through longing for her husband. But now I am making the soup. But now I'm finishing making the soup. But now I have finished making the soup. I must take it to her. No, let me take it to her. Hansen grabs the bowl and taste the soup. This hasn't much flavor. Bring some salt and vinegar. Deutsch exits and handsome puts the poison in the soup returns. Here's the salt and vinegar, put some in the soup. I hope my mother will be better soon, and the soup will revive her. Here have some soup widows. I, I I'm sorry that I am so much trouble. Please. You have some first. Oh, won't you try it? No, you have some first. Oh man, Chain collapses. Why has the soup made me feel dizzy. Uh Why should you feel and well after soup? Why? What's the matter? No, he is dead. He's gone. I am not an unfilled real daughter. But I have a feeling of fear and dread what the neighbors will think. And what will now happen? You poisoned my father, child. Please confess arrow pant mary, handsome, and beg forgiveness. How can you say such a thing handsome poisoned his father. And he means to frighten me please. Oh, yay Horse cannot have two saddles. I was your son's wife when he was alive. Yet. Now you are urging me to marry again, Do we? You murdered my father. Do you want to settle this in private or make her shame known to everyone? What do you mean? We can settle this in public and now we'll have you deported and we will settle this in court. You will confess, or if you agree to be my wife, we will settle this privately and I shall forgive you. I am not guilty. I will profess my innocence and will take my chances in court handsome drugs die off. And widows I follows act three. He has been deported in the courthouse in china enter prefect. I am a hardworking official. I make money out of my lawsuits, but when my superiors come to investigate, I pretend to be ill and stay at home in bed. Here. Here I call this according to session. This morning, I am holding court officer someone everyone into session and her officer. Hanson. Widow's eye and joy. I want to lodge a charge. Come over this way! Rise the prefect kneels to Hanson your honor. This is the one who come to ask for justice of you. Why should you kneel to him? Why? Because such people are responsible for my food and clothing. Now tell me the complaint out with the truth. Now I accused this young woman does of poisoning my father with soup. Let justice be done your honor. Your honor must be as discerning as a mirror. There was nothing wrong with the soup. I know nothing about the poison. Hansen made a pretense of tasting the soup and then his father drank it and fell down dead. I cannot confess to a crime. I have not committed little characters, such as yourself are like that. He'll only confessed when tortured. Officer bring the bastion. Otto and peter. Oh no! Deutsche is beaten. She faints, but has revived. This beating is more than I can bear. Why are they shouting so fiercely? I groan with pain. My spirit takes flight in fear. Who knows the despair in my heart. It was not I who poisoned the old man. I beg your honor to find out the truth. Will you confess? Now, I swear I did not poison the old man. In that case. Beat the old woman. No, stop! Don't beat my mother. I will say that I poisoned the old man, fasten her and throw her in jail tomorrow. She shall be executed when I am a ghost. Unjustly killed. Heaven will see this injustice. I struggled as hard as I could. But now I am hopeless. I struggled as hard as I could. But now I am helpless. I was forced to confess. I poisoned the old man. How could I let them beat you, mother. How else could I save you but to die myself. Dois led away though he will be executed tomorrow. Today our work is done, enter executioner. I am the executioner and in charge of putting criminals to death. I must stand guard and ensure that no one comes through till the morning It is the next morning, drums beat and the gong rings three times. The executioner sharpens his sword. Dougie is let in get a move on. No one but the prisoner is to pass this way through. No fault of my own. I'm called the criminal, condemned to be beheaded. I cry out to heaven and earth against this injustice. Mountains and rivers. Watch over the world of men and yet heaven cannot tell the innocent from the guilty and confuses the wicked with the good. Get a move on. We are late. I stagger this way and that I'm jostled backward and forward. Will you do me a favor? What do you want? Do not make me suffer the shame of going before the public through the front path, allow me to go through the back way. But now that you were going to the execution ground. Aren't there any relatives you wish to see? I am going to die? No, There's no one I wish to see. Are you sure? Please don't make me go by the front street. Mother Cy might see me. You can't escape death. So why worry if she sees you, it would break her. Please grant me this comfort before I die! Widows! I enters heaven. That is my daughter. Stand back, old woman, please, since she has found me. Let me speak to her. Then come closer, old woman, my poor child, mother, when you were unwell and asked for mutton soup. I prepared some for you handsome. Make me fetch salt and vinegar. He poisoned the soup, and then he told me to give it to you. He didn't know his father would drink it. He meant to poison the soup to kill you, so I would become his wife. This is his revenge because I didn't want you to suffer. I had to confess to the murder when I am gone. Remember to hold my memory in your ceremonies and prayers. Take pity on one who's dying and unjust death. Take pity on one who has worked with you in your home, one who has neither mother nor father who has served you faithfully all these years at festivals for my spirit, a bowl of growth! I shall, I shall and burn some paper coins for the sake of your dead son wail and complain to heaven, Oh, he is wrongly slain! It is time! I pronounce these three things, have a clean mat, and place a white silken streamer on the flagpole. When I am beheaded, not a drop of my blood will stay in the ground. It will all fly up to the white silk streamer. Next three ft of snow will cover my body even though it is the hottest time of the summer. Then this district will suffer from drought for three years. All this shall prove my innocence. Quiet, Wait, Why is it suddenly so overcast? It is snowing. The executioner begins praying.