The Hour of Truth ( Play ) a) We judge people around us, based on their qualities and actions. We brand some people as good and some bad. What qualities, do you think, characterise a gentleman? Some of them may be merely external and some others internal b) When we see a few coins scattered on the ground, we would probably pick them up on the sly or walk away ignoring them.
What if it was an envelope full of ` bills? How are people likely to react in such a situation? Discuss with a partner and share your views. well-dressed courteous Here is a play which describes a situation where the honesty and uprightness of the protagonist is put to a crucial test.
He is compelled by his family members to compromise on his ethical principles. Let’s find out how he is saved from that crisis. CHARACTERS: ROBERT BALDWIN MARTHA JOHN EVIE Mr. MARSHALL It is rather a hot and sultry Sunday afternoon, and the sun overhead and the baked clay under foot are merciless.
In the distance, lowering clouds give promise of coming relief. And at the parlour window of a trim little cottage the Baldwin family is anxiously awaiting the return of its head. John, Baldwin’s son, an average young man of twenty-seven, is smoking a pipe as philosophically as if this day were no whit more momentous than any other. But Martha, his mother, has made little progress in the last half-hour; and Evie, Baldwin’s daughter, takes no pains to conceal her nervousness.There is a tense pause.
It 12th - - Page seems as if none of them likes to break the silence. For the tenth time in ten minutes, Evie goes to the window and looks along the sultry road. THE SCENE : At Baldwin’s MARTHA : It’s time he was home. EVIE : Yes, mother.
MARTHA : I do hope he hasn’t forgotten his umbrella; he has such a habit of leaving it behind him. EVIE : Yes, Mother. MARTHA : It might rain. Don’t you think so, Evie?