The Crowning (Classic Reprint): A Play in Four Acts - Couverture souple

William Wiley Scott

 
9781330706626: The Crowning (Classic Reprint): A Play in Four Acts

Synopsis

A sharp, allegorical drama about war, power, and peace that invites you to judge who truly rules the heart.

This four‑act play uses a courtroom of public opinion and vivid personifications to explore how war is chosen or stopped. With a blend of prophecy, argument, and dramatic imagery, it follows the tug of competing forces—Peace, Greed, Love, Mercy, and more—as they contend over whether the world should spark or end a conflict.


  • Powerful, easily grasped ideas told through symbolic characters and a courtroom setting

  • Stark contrasts between ambition, mercy, and the human cost of war

  • Dynamic scenes that shift from debate to battlefield and back to judgment

  • A timely meditation on responsibility, unity, and the price of peace



Ideal for readers who enjoy provocative moral drama, political parables, and stagecraft that foreground theme over action.

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