Woman of Flowers

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1 PROLOGUE
2 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON
3 A storm rages.
4 ~
5 Enter ARIANRHOD.
6 ~
7 In her mind's eye, Arianrhod sees
(Arianrhod) Once again there's a war to be fought.
 
(Arianrhod) To be played with, broken and discarded.
21 Arianrhod's thoughts turn to GWYDION.
(Arianrhod) My sibling Gwydion who creates life but serves death.
 
(Arianrhod) Go to him. He pines for you.
67 Exit Arianrhod.
(Llew) Rhagnell. Rhagnell!
 
(Arianrhod) Go to him. He pines for you.
(1, 1) 69 ACT ONE
(1, 1) 70 SCENE ONE
(1, 1) 71 THE GREAT HALL, MUR Y CASTELL, ARDUDWY
(1, 1) 72 In the far distance, the storm continues.
(1, 1) 73 ~
(1, 1) 74 Enter LLEW.
(1, 1) 75 ~
(1, 1) 76 Gwydion watches, unseen.
(Llew) Rhagnell. Rhagnell!
 
(Llew) Rhagnell!
(1, 1) 80 Enter RHAGNELL.
(Rhagnell) My Lord?
 
(Rhagnell) I'll tell her.
(1, 1) 91 Exit Rhagnell.
(Arianrhod) {Voice from off.}
 
(Llew) That excites desire like the first sun of summer.
(1, 1) 183 Enter Blodeuwedd.
(Blodeuwedd) I received your message.
 
(Blodeuwedd) My heart's heavy. Farewell.
(1, 1) 225 Exit Gwydion.
(Blodeuwedd) Llew
 
(Llew) Farewell, farewell.
(1, 1) 239 Exit Llew. Enter Rhagnell.
(Blodeuwedd) He didn't listen. He doesn't see.
 
(Rhagnell) Set sorrows aside.
(1, 1) 370 Exit Rhagnell.
(Blodeuwedd) My beating breast, has the hour come?
 
(Blodeuwedd) A much more fitting match for mine.
(1, 1) 383 Rhagnell returns.
(Rhagnell) Lady, Gronw Pebr, Lord of Penllyn
 
(Blodeuwedd) Let's go to welcome him.
(1, 1) 389 Exeunt.
(Hlin) INTERLUDE
 
(Hlin) INTERLUDE
(1, 1) 391 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON
(1, 1) 392 Enter Arianrhod.
(Arianrhod) Women take in strays and strangers.
 
(Arianrhod) She'll feast on new fruit and hunger for more.
(1, 1) 407 Exit Arianrhod.
(Blodeuwedd) Have you had enough?
 
(Arianrhod) She'll feast on new fruit and hunger for more.
(1, 2) 409 ACT ONE
(1, 2) 410 SCENE TWO
(1, 2) 411 ~
(1, 2) 412 THE WOODS, MUR Y CASTELL, ARDUDWY
(1, 2) 413 ~
(1, 2) 414 Enter Gronw and Blodeuwedd.
(Blodeuwedd) Have you had enough?
 
(Blodeuwedd) We lay claim to life – and to make love is to be free.
(1, 2) 482 They are overwhelmed by desire for each other.
(1, 2) 483 Blodeuwedd draws Gronw deeper into the woods. Exeunt.
(Hlin) INTERLUDE
 
(Hlin) INTERLUDE
(1, 2) 485 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON
(1, 2) 486 ~
(1, 2) 487 Enter Arianrhod.
(Arianrhod) Three days ago I woke and the cub was gone.
 
(Arianrhod) To spare my nights from being endless things.
(1, 2) 516 Exit Arianrhod.
(Gronw) My captain says the horses are ready
 
(Arianrhod) To spare my nights from being endless things.
(2, 1) 518 ACT TWO
(2, 1) 519 SCENE ONE
(2, 1) 520 ~
(2, 1) 521 BLODEUWEDD'S CHAMBER, MUR Y CASTELL, ARDUDWY
(2, 1) 522 ~
(2, 1) 523 Enter Blodeuwedd and Gronw.
(Gronw) My captain says the horses are ready
 
(Blodeuwedd) Before nightfall.
(2, 1) 658 Exeunt.
(Hlin) INTERLUDE
 
(Hlin) INTERLUDE
(2, 1) 660 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON
(2, 1) 661 ~
(2, 1) 662 Dusk, the same day.
(2, 1) 663 ~
(2, 1) 664 Enter Arianrhod.
(Arianrhod) Deep in my mind I see them ride
 
(Arianrhod) But over cold custom now feverish needs holds sway.
(2, 1) 682 Exit Arianrhod.
(Rhagnell) I was looking to the North. I saw
 
(Arianrhod) But over cold custom now feverish needs holds sway.
(2, 2) 684 ACT TWO
(2, 2) 685 SCENE TWO
(2, 2) 686 ~
(2, 2) 687 THE GREAT HALL, MUR Y CASTELL, ARDUDWY
(2, 2) 688 ~
(2, 2) 689 Enter Blodeuwedd and Rhagnell.
(Rhagnell) I was looking to the North. I saw
 
(Rhagnell) A different chain ties me.
(2, 2) 718 Blodeuwedd looks at Rhagnell and takes the ribbons which adorn her dress and draws them into circles around the maid's throat and nape.
(Blodeuwedd) Yes, you have your chains. These ribbons
 
(Rhagnell) He's here.
(2, 2) 740 Enter Llew.
(Llew) I've arrived sooner than expected?
 
(Rhagnell) To all my questions was "My Lord has left".
(2, 2) 768 Exit Rhagnell.
(Llew) Oh, wife, why wasn't I
 
(Llew) With security and strength
(2, 2) 883 Enter Rhagnell.
(Rhagnell) Master, Mistress... there's food prepared.
 
(Llew) I've found at last the meaning of a wife's loyalty.
(2, 2) 892 Exit Llew.
(Blodeuwedd) Rhagnell, I thought of killing you.
 
(Blodeuwedd) He's returned here in love with me more than ever.
(2, 2) 924 Exeunt.
(Arianrhod) I had a troubled dream. I walked through snow,
 
(Blodeuwedd) He's returned here in love with me more than ever.
(3, 1) 926 ACT THREE
(3, 1) 927 SCENE ONE
(3, 1) 928 ~
(3, 1) 929 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON
(3, 1) 930 ~
(3, 1) 931 Enter Arianrhod.
(Arianrhod) I had a troubled dream. I walked through snow,
 
(Arianrhod) Then it leapt from the snow... and laughed at me.
(3, 1) 946 Enter Gwydion.
(Gwydion) It's me. Your sister your brother, your darkness.
 
(Arianrhod) Of your monstrous brother Gilfaethwy!
(3, 1) 1006 Exeunt.
(Gronw) I've come, Blodeuwedd.
 
(Arianrhod) Of your monstrous brother Gilfaethwy!
(3, 2) 1008 ACT THREE
(3, 2) 1009 SCENE TWO
(3, 2) 1010 ~
(3, 2) 1011 CYFERGYR HILL, THE WOODS, MUR Y CASTELL, ARDUDWY
(3, 2) 1012 ~
(3, 2) 1013 Enter Blodeuwedd and Rhagnell.
(3, 2) 1014 A few moments later, Gronw enters.
(Gronw) I've come, Blodeuwedd.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I'll share some news with him.
(3, 2) 1062 Exit Rhagnell.
(Gronw) Will he come?
 
(Blodeuwedd) After that we'll laugh, and live as we like.
(3, 2) 1100 Gronw retreats into the shadows.
(3, 2) 1101 Blodeuwedd waits.
(3, 2) 1102 Enter Llew.
(Llew) You're up early, lady.
 
(Llew) Look, like this...
(3, 2) 1228 Gronw emerges from the shadows, his spear poised.
(Llew) There stand Gwydion and my mother
 
(Gronw) Like this.
(3, 2) 1238 Gronw drives the spear into Llew's back.
(3, 2) 1239 Llew falls with a scream.
(3, 2) 1240 They look at him.
(Gronw) Is he dead?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Come, the new heir...
(3, 2) 1247 They embrace.
(Blodeuwedd) He is a lad, I swear it.
 
(Gronw) Our new estate. We must move, come now!
(3, 2) 1263 Exeunt.
(3, 2) 1264 A moment's pause, then Llew's stricken body stirs slightly.
(Llew) I'm dying. Gwydion. Where are you? Gwydion!
 
(Llew) I'm dying. Uncle! Help me!
(3, 2) 1267 Llew struggles to his feet.
(3, 2) 1268 Exit Llew.
(Arianrhod) You. Back here. You
 
(Llew) I'm dying. Uncle! Help me!
(4, 1) 1270 ACT FOUR
(4, 1) 1271 SCENE ONE
(4, 1) 1272 ~
(4, 1) 1273 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON.
(4, 1) 1274 ~
(4, 1) 1275 Enter Arianrhod.
(4, 1) 1276 Enter Gwydion.
(Arianrhod) You. Back here. You
 
(Gwydion) I'll heal my son without your help.
(4, 1) 1326 Exeunt.
(4, 2) 1327 ACT FOUR
(4, 2) 1328 SCENE TWO
(4, 2) 1329 ~
(4, 2) 1330 THE GREAT HALL, MUR Y CASTELL, ARDUDWY
(4, 2) 1331 ~
(4, 2) 1332 Enter Blodeuwedd and Rhagnell.
(Rhagnell) A traveller came from the north today
 
(Rhagnell) Gronw must make his escape, yourself too.
(4, 2) 1365 Enter Gronw.
(Blodeuwedd) Did you hear Gronw?
 
(Rhagnell) If that's your decision, I'll go.
(4, 2) 1398 Exit Rhagnell.
(Blodeuwedd) You don't have to listen to that dull beat
 
(Gronw) His sword than your kisses.
(4, 2) 1485 Llew and Gwydion enter.
(Gwydion) Walking through an open door as if to a banquet
 
(Gwydion) And the lord and lady awaiting us with their welcome.
(4, 2) 1488 Llew takes hold of Gronw and pushes him to his knees.
(Llew) Where are your men, traitor?
 
(Gronw) On whom to vent your wrath.
(4, 2) 1493 Llew ties Gronw's hands.
(Gwydion) And here's the handsome heir, a son of Gronw Hir,
 
(Gwydion) Trying to drag it out of the water.
(4, 2) 1543 Gwydion drops a blood soaked garment at Blodeuwedd's feet, it is Rhagnell's.
(4, 2) 1544 Blodeuwedd clasps the garment to her.
(Blodeuwedd) No!
 
(Blodeuwedd) To my family? To my loved ones? To my lover?
(4, 2) 1629 Gwydion stands behind the kneeling Gronw.
(Gwydion) This creature?
 
(Gwydion) And I can kill love. So easily. Right here.
(4, 2) 1642 Gwydion takes a knife and cuts Gronw's throat.
(Blodeuwedd) No! I loved him, Gwydion.
 
(Gwydion) In daylight will you show your face.
(4, 2) 1672 Blodeuwedd smears herself with blood from Gronw's corpse.
(Blodeuwedd) To the black earth and the twisted trees
 
(Blodeuwedd) My tortured wizard and my abject husband...
(4, 2) 1678 She smears the blood on Gwydion and Llew.
(Blodeuwedd) But first I'll go to Arianrhod's fort.
 
(Blodeuwedd) And she might get the companion that she's craved.
(4, 2) 1682 She runs from them unleashing a blood-curdling scream.
(4, 2) 1683 The scream turns into an owl's screech.
(4, 2) 1684 A white owl in flight.
(4, 2) 1685 Gwydion wipes the blood from Llew's face as they stand over the bloodied body of Gronw.
(Hlin) EPILOGUE
 
(Hlin) EPILOGUE
(4, 2) 1687 CAER ARIANRHOD, ARFON
(4, 2) 1688 ~
(4, 2) 1689 The sound of waves crashing onto the shore.
(4, 2) 1690 Arianrhod is cradling something in her arms.
(4, 2) 1691 The screech of the owl turns into a baby's cry.
(4, 2) 1692 ~
(4, 2) 1693 END