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Mary's Wedding
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On the night before her wedding, Mary dreams of a thunderstorm, during which she unexpectedly meets Charlie sheltering in a barn beside his horse. With innocence and humour, the two discover a charming first love. But the year is 1914, and the world is collapsing into a brutal war. Together, they attempt to hide their love, galloping through the fields for a place and time where the tumultuous uncertainties of battle can't find them. A play with a heart as big as the skies that serve as its stage, Mary's Wedding is an epic, unforgettable story of love, hope, and survival.
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For a while, in the deep blue-and-green darkness, the sound of a light breeze can be heard. CHARLIE emerges from the shadows.
CHARLIE
Hello, out there. Thank you for coming. Before we begin there is something I have to tell you.
Tonight is the night before Maryās wedding. Itās a July wedding on a Saturday morning in nineteen hundred and twenty; two years after the end of the Great War, or as you might know it now, the First World War.
So, tomorrow is Maryās wedding, tonight is just a dream. I ask you to remember that. It begins at the end and ends at the beginning. There are sad parts.
Donāt let that stop you from dreaming it too.
A barefoot girl in a nightgown enters.
MARY
It always starts the same. I dream it is dawn, in a field. Iām in my wedding dress. Iām out there looking for flowers for my bouquet. It is a quiet and peaceful morning.
Then I see someone walking through the grass. At first he is no one in particular, just a figure walking, but then I see that I know him. He has a face I know well.
He smiles and I follow his eyes to a horse sleeping in the damp grass. She wakes from her dream and stands up. He steps by her neck and shoulder and touches and calms her. It has been a long, cold night but the morning sun warms them.
Thatās when it starts to rain, slowly at first, then heavier and heavier. He and his horse donāt move and I always wonder why. Itās raining very hard and they should find some shelter, a tree, or a barn . . . somewhere, but they donāt. He just stands there, looking up into the rainstorm, getting ready to count the thousands from the flash to the rumble.
I call to them. They never hear me but I call to them anyway. RUN, CHARLIE, RUN! PLEASE! Ride away from there! Get in from the storm! But they canāt hear me. They never hear me. They just stand very still.
Then, just before a white flash like lightning cuts them into sharp outline, he says something I cannot make out.
CHARLI...
Table of contents
- Historical Note
- Production History
- Characters
- The Play
- Afterword
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author