The Coin, the Sword, and Open Book
Stockwell, Douglas A poetic play, written mostly in iambic pentameter, set in the Korean Three Kingdoms Period. The royal family uses prophets and traditions for their personal means, and they have little consideration for the common people. However in spurning a soothsayer, their acts put into play an unfolding curse.
In picking a second wife from a small country town, due to the legend of her beauty, the prince has unwittingly chosen the young lady destined t...