Peasant men and women, archers, people of all classes, gaolers, monks, etc.
The action takes place in Toledo in 1507.
THE SORCERESS
was presented
for the first time in the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, in Paris,
on December 15, 1903
THE SORCERESS
ACT ONE
Scene.—On the heights overlooking the left bank of the River Tagus. In the foreground is a road. Flinty rocks, plants and shrubs rise from right to left towards higher rocks above which they disappear in a gap. From the gap to the foreground a stony pathway descends in a curve. At the foot of the scene, below, is the Tagus lying deep between its banks, and the Bridge of San Martino. On the heights beyond are the city, the Mirador and the cathedral of San Juan del Rey in construction. The night is clear and starry. A crescent-shaped moon gradually disappears to the right behind the rocks near the end of the act.
Scene One
Ramiro, Arias, Farez, peasant men and women, three archers
Arias and the Archers are clutching and dragging towards the right peasant men and women, whom they have come to arrest. All of the prisoners are loudly protesting, except Farez, who is silent all the time.
Ramiro. Go, march on, there! (To the archers) Arrest those laggards and keep them for me! (The peasants protest) Silence, there! You will explain to the governor in Toledo.