It begins with Mr. Zuss and Mr. Nickles in an empty tent acting out a play, and when they hesitate they are prompted by the Distant Voice.
One character in his work asserts that "guilt must always matter" since "unless guilt matters the whole world is meaningless," while another character claims that guilt is merely a "psychophenomenal situation." Near the end, another character declares "cry for justice and the stars will stare until your eyes sting," but ends the work by saying "blow on the coal of the heart, and we'll see by and by." It begins with Mr. Zuss and Mr. Nickles in an empty tent acting out a play, and when they hesitate they are prompted by the Distant Voice. After that opening at the circus, the central character rejects three Comforters: a doctor, lawyer, and priest – and comes to take solace in his wife Sarah after the ►death of his five children and the loss of his wealth. FTP, name this verse play by Archibald Macleish whose Biblically- inspired title character is often called Job.
One character in his work asserts that "guilt must always matter" since "unless guilt matters the whole world is meaningless," while another character claims that guilt is merely a "psychophenomenal situation."
{J.B.}