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Lazarus Laughed

LAZARUS LAUGHED

A Play for an Imaginative Theatre

by

Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

Text as published by Boni & Liveright, 1927

Characters

LAZARUS OF BETHANY
HIS FATHER
HIS MOTHER
MARTHA; MARY, his sisters
MIRIAM, his wife
SEVEN GUESTS, neighbors of Lazarus
CHORUS OF OLD MEN
AN ORTHODOX PRIEST
CHORUS OF LAZARUS' FOLLOWERS
A CENTURION
GAIUS CALIGULA
CRASSUS, a Roman General
CHORUS OF GREEKS
SEVEN CITIZENS OF ATHENS
CHORUS OF ROMAN SENATORS
SEVEN SENATORS
CHORUS OF LEGIONARIES
FLAVIUS, a centurion
MARCELLUS, a patrician
CHORUS OF THE GUARD
TIBERIUS CÆSAR
POMPEIA
CHORUS OF YOUTHS AND GIRLS
CHORUS OF THE ROMAN POPULACE
CROWDS