Literature
Passing Through Fire and Time
Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast, yet love breaks through and picks them all at last.
Cast
Molly Rebecca Lamb - f. 18. High School Senior. Molly is earning pocket money by tutoring students in mathematics. She’s wearing a skirt and a sweater. Black or brown shoes. No sneakers.
Bryn Maximillian Carlisle - m. 18. High School Senior. He’s wearing dress slacks, shirt, tie and a light jacket. Black or brown shoes. No sneakers.
Time
Monday October 9, 1967. Early afternoon.
Place
Malachi Mulligan High School.
Setting
A grassy area where students meet for lunch, clique building, breakups and possibly studying in fair weather. A picnic table. It’s 64 degrees and partly cloudy. Wind is from the north east at 2.24 miles per hour. Classes are in session.
At Rise
Molly is alone sitting at the table writing in a small thin looseleaf. A book sits next to her. Her pencil pauses. Bryn enters US carrying a thick book. Molly is unaware of Bryn. She reads aloud what she’s
