Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 53 of 118
The Medea — page 53: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a page of running dramatic dialogue from what appears to be a theatrical adaptation of the classical tragedy *Medea*. The scene shows a conversation between the character Medea and Aegeus, king of Athens, who has just arrived from Delphi. Aegeus reveals he traveled to the oracle to pray for children, as he remains childless and desolate. Medea responds with surprise and asks what prophecy Phoebus (Apollo) delivered regarding his fate. The page number is 37, and the text uses stage directions in italics (e.g., "looking up, surprised").
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
MEDEA | 37 AEGEUS. Have joy, Medea! ’Tis the homeliest Word that old friends can greet with, and the best. MEDEA (looking up, surprised). Oh, joy on thee, too, Aegeus, gentle king Of Athens!—But whence com’st thou journeying ? AEGEUS. From Delphi now and the old encaverned stair. . . . MEDEA. Where Earth’s heart speaks in song? What mad’st thou there P AEGEUS. Prayed heaven for children—the same search alway. MEDEA. Children? Ah God! Art childless to this day? : | AEGEUS. So God hath willed. Childless and desolate. MEDEA. What word did Phoebus speak, to change thy fate? Eomichooks.com