Then do thy office----
[THE THREE HERON'S FEATHERS.]
BY HERMANN SUDERMANN.
Characters.
| The Queen of Samland. | Sköll, | } | The Duke's men. |
| The young Prince, her son. | Ottar, | ||
| Anna Goldhair, her attendant. | Gylf, | ||
| Cölestin, her Major-domo. | The Burial-wife. | ||
| The Chancellor. | Miklas, a peasant. | ||
| Widwolf, Duke of Gotland. | An old fisherman, a page,councillors, men and women of theQueen, the Duke's men, the people. | ||
| Prince Witte. | |||
| Hans Lorbass, his servant. | |||
The scene of the first and fifth acts is laid on the coast of Samland;that of the second, third, and fourth acts in the capital city. Between the fourth and fifth acts a period of fifteen years elapses. | |||
ACT I.
The coast of Samland. The background slopes upward at right and left to wooded hills. Between them is a gorge, behind which the sea glitters. In the right foreground are graves with wooden head-boards and crosses, overgrown with shrubbery. At the left is a stout watch-tower with a door in it. Common household furniture stands about the threshold.
Scene 1.
Hans Lorbass seated on a grave with spade and shovel, a freshly dug mound behind him.