CHARACTERS
- Bengt Gauteson, Master of Solhoug.
- Margit, his wife.
- Signë, her sister.
- Gudmund Alfson, their kinsman.
- Knut Gesling, the King’s sheriff.
- Erik of Heggë, his friend.
- A House-carl.
- Another House-carl.
- The King’s Envoy.
- An Old Man.
- A Maiden.
- Guests, both Men and Ladies.
- Men of Knut Gesling’s Train.
- Serving-men and Maidens at Solhoug.
The action passes at Solhoug in the Fourteenth Century.
Pronunciation of Names: Gudmund = Goodmoond. The g in “Margit” and in “Gesling” is hard, as in “go,” or, in “Gesling,” it may be pronounced as y—“Yesling.” The first o in “Solhoug” ought to have the sound of a very long “oo.”
THE FEAST AT SOLHOUG
PLAY IN THREE ACTS
ACT FIRST
A stately room, with doors in the back and to both sides. In front, on the right, a bay window with small round panes, set in lead, and near the window a table, on which is a quantity of feminine ornaments. Along the left wall, a longer table with silver goblets, beakers and drinking-horns. The door in the back leads out to a passage-way,[[24]] through which can be seen a spacious fiord-landscape.
Bengt Gauteson, Margit, Knut Gesling and Erik of Heggë are seated around the table on the left. In the background are Knut’s followers, some seated, some standing; one or two flagons of ale are handed round among them. Far off are heard church bells, ringing to Mass.
Erik.