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MORDRED
. . and . .
HILDEBRAND.

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A BOOK OF TRAGEDIES

BY

WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL,

(Author of “The Dread Voyage,” “Lake Lyrics.”)

OTTAWA:

J. DURIE & SON

1895.

TO MY FRIENDS.

THE HONOURABLE J. C. PATTERSON,

— AND —

THE HONOURABLE A. R. DICKEY,

THIS BOOK OF TRAGEDIES

IS DEDICATED.

Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, by William Wilfred Campbell, Ottawa, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa.

PRINTED BY

Paynter & Abbott,

48 Rideau St.

MORDRED.

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A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.

FOUNDED ON THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND

OF

SIR THOMAS MALORY.

(This Drama was written in July and August, 1893.)

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Arthur, King of Britain.

Mordred, Illegitimate Son of Arthur.

Sir Launcelot.

Merlin.

Sir Gwaine.

King Leodegrance, Father to Guinevere.

Sir Agravaine.

Sir Mador.

Sir Bedivere.

Dagonet, the king’s jester.

A Hermit.

Guinevere, Queen of Britain.

Vivien.

Elaine, a maiden who loves Launcelot.

Unid, a lady in waiting on the Queen.

Knights, gentlemen, ladies, soldiers, herdsmen, messengers and pages.