Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve
Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve
By Alfred Noyes
4 Mar, 2020
Rada : A Belgian Christmas Eve
The action takes place in a Belgian village, during the War of 1914. The scene is a room in the doctor’s house. On the right there is a door opening to the street, a window with red curtains, and a desk under the win
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Rada : A Belgian Christmas Eve
The action takes place in a Belgian village, during the War of 1914. The scene is a room in the doctor’s house. On the right there is a door opening to the street, a window with red curtains, and a desk under the window. On the left there is a large cupboard with a door on either side of it, one leading to a bedroom and the other to the kitchen. At the back an open fire is burning brightly. Over the fireplace there is a reproduction in colours of the Dresden[Pg 10] Madonna. The room is lit only by the firelight and two candles in brass candlesticks, on a black oak table, at which the two soldiers are seated, playing cards and drinking beer.
Rada, a dark handsome woman, sits on a couch to the left of the fire, with her head bowed in her hands, weeping. Less