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_This volume contains "Yolanda of Cyprus," a hitherto unpublished play; many new lyrics; some others that appeared in "Song-Surf," a volume whose publishers failed before it reached the public; and "David," which came out in America in 1904. The author's desire has been to include only his best work._
SPIRIT OF RAIN (MIANOSHITA, JAPAN, 1905) 226
RENIER LUSIGNAN _A descendant of the Lusignan kings of Cyprus._ BERENGERE _His wife._ AMAURY _His Son, Commander of Famagouste under the Venetians._ YOLANDA _The Ward of Berengere, betrothed to Amaury._ CAMARIN _A Baron of Paphos, guest in the Lusignan Castle._ VITTIA PISANI _A Venetian Lady, also a guest._ MORO _A Priest._ HASSAN _Warden of the Castle._ HALIL _His Son, a boy._ TREMITUS _A Physician._ OLYMPIO _A Greek boy, serving Amaury._ ALESSA } MAGA } _Berengere's Women._ CIVA } MAURIA } SMARDA _Slave to Vittia._ PIETRO _In Vittia's pay._
TIME--_The sixteenth century._ PLACE--_The island of Cyprus._
SCENE: _A dim Hall, of blended Gothic and Saracenic styles, in the Lusignan Castle, on the island of Cyprus near Famagouste. Around the walls, above faint frescoes portraying the deliverance of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, runs a frieze inlaid with the coats-of-arms of former Lusignan kings. On the left, and back, is a door hung with heavy damask, and in the wall opposite, another. Farther down on the right a few steps, whose railing supports a Greek vase with jasmine, lead through a chapel to the sleeping apartments. In the rear, on either side, are guled lattice windows, and in the centre an open grated door, looking upon a loggia, and, across the garden below, over the moonlit sea. Seats are placed about, and, forward, a divan with rich Turkish coverings. A table with a lighted cross-shaped candlestick is by the door, left; and a lectern with a book on it, to the front, right. As the curtain rises, the Women, except_ CIVA, _lean wearily on the divan, and_ HALIL _near is singing dreamily_,