drama class

The Story of an hour

Characters:

1. Mr. Brently Mallar

2. Mrs. Mallard (Louis)

3. Doctor

4. Rachel

5. Josephine

Prolog:

Mr mallard and his wife are a good couple. They had married for many years. They live happy with their own business. Mr. Mallard is an entrepreneur and his wife is a house wife. Mr. They live with their baby and Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine. Mr. Mallard goes to work everyday and will come back to his house at noon. To make his work easier and efficiently, Mr. Mallard goes to work by train everyday. Mr. Mallard loves his wife very much. But, this story will tell us how it suddenly change.

One day in dinning room….

Mr. Mallard: Good morning sweetie, how are you today???( he talked to his baby)

Morning girl, how are you? Long time not have a breakfast with u. It seems that your are fine today, right?( he say it to Josephine)

Josephine: Yeah I’m fine. It is better than before. I can get up earlier, so I can have a breakfast with all of you.

Louis: Oh yeah my lovely sister, would you mind if I leave my baby with you today? I have many things to do, I have to go market, do the laundry, cooking, and others…but I will happy to do all of them.

I think it will spend my time much, so I don’t want if my baby stay alone because he will cry every time he want something.

Josephine: (look surprised and look at the baby)

Are you sure to give me this chance Louis?

I will get crazy soon to play with baby. Oh my goodness.

But okay.

Mr. Mallard: It’s time for working…I’ll come back as soon as possible girl, and I will help you later…

Josephine: I hope so.

Mr. mallard kiss Louis and his baby before going to work.

Mr. mallard: see you at noon, darling and I will wait for you next delicious cook.

See you dear, I will back with a new toys for you…okay?

Bye….( it was a freaking door can be heard come after Mr. Mallard had gone)

At noon, Mr. mallard came back

Mr. Mallard: Hi all, was it a happy day today?

Louis: It’s a tired day

Mr mallard: You seem not well darling

Are you sick?

Louis: Yeah, maybe I got a little tired because of activities today. But it does not mind.

Suddenly Mrs. Mallard is standing up, and falling down to the floor.

Mr. mallard: Oh no, what’s going on?

Josephine, what happened today, why….?????

(he seems panic and suddenly ask Josephine to call the doctor)

Mr. mallard: Josephine, please call the doctor soon)!!!!!

For several minute the doctor came

Josephine: doctor, came on and please check my sister.

The doctor is checking Louis for a minute.

Doctor; Mr. mallard, I am sorry before. But I have to say this, after I had medical check up on your wife, I can conclude that your wife has a genetic trouble with her heart. It will be worse if she is too tired and stress. So, please keep her on happiness, joyful, and don’t let her to do many things. She also has to drink the medicine every day in the right time.

Mr mallard: ehmm….this news it’s really hurt me. It is all my mistake, I am too busy with my job and never pay to much attention to my wife condition.

Josephine; I can not believe it, How she will be, if she knows that she can not do everything like usual?

Mr mallard: Okay, I want you help Louis to do everything in this house till I find the house keeper and nanny for my baby…could you?

Josephine: It’s fine.

Louis woke up from her faint

Mr Mallard: Oh darling, please stay on your bed, you are too weak to get up.

Louis: I am well, I want to cook and I have many jobs to do, I think, sleep for 3 hours just now, it has given back my power. Okay??please let me do it like usual.

Mr. Mallard: No. no darling. You have not known yet,

Louis: what???? What have I not known yet?

Mr Mallard; doctor said that you have a genetic heart problem and it will be worse if you force yourself to do your activities like usual, she asked me to let you have a rest and never do too much job and activities, Now, I want you to let your body in rest and please, This is all for you and our family. Don’t you love me and our baby?

Louis: How about cooking, washing, feeding our son, and even cleaning the house, who will do all of those? No one can do those things, so I have to do it by my self

Mr. Mallard: No.no.no darling. Louis!!!!!!!!!!listen to me, Now, I will not let you do a hard work even for a minute. Not at all… I have ask Josephine to help you to do your job till I find someone can keep our house cleane, do the laundry, ironing and even a nanny for our baby.

Louis: yeah….but I am not promise you.

Day by day, Louis only stays on her bed and can not do anything, even to take a glass of water for drink. Her husbands pay someone to help her do everything even get up from the bed to the bathroom. Everyone in that room pay too much care to her. And it makes her bored. She did not think that her husband care as a love again. She thinks that her husband is crazy and day by day Louis starts to hate his husband. She feels like living behind the jail.

One year later, in the morning, Mr. Mallard goes to work like usual.

Mr mallard: darling, I have to ask Josephine to bring you a breakfast, a sandwich and you have to eat it after that drink your vitamin regularly. And at noon, You will have a fruit salad with juice, and don’t forget to drink the vitamin again, and also in the evening. Ok my sweetie wife?

Louis: nodding her head with a cruel eyes and unfriendly face

Mr mallard: oh yeah I will come back late tonight because I have to go 2 different places to take my tender. bye. I love you.

On the way he goes to work, he got a train accident….and all the tv station show the news. And even the newspaper had published the news.

Josephine looked on the television and very surprised to see that Mr. Brently Mallard was the one who killed. She goes to her sister room and tried to say about the news. But, Rachel, who came just now to tell the news, ask Josephine not to talk to Louis.

Rachel : Josephine, I think, you have to tell the news till we get the certainty about that news. We can not tell it without a fact. We have to wait till police sent mallard back to home.

Josephine: No, don’t you see that the name of brently mallard is written on the list of the victims?huh???? so let me tell it to her.

At that time Louis walk from his bedroom and find Richard and joshepine in their talk.

Louis: what happened?

Ah Richard long times no see. How are you? What does make you come here?

Rachel: emmm……

Josephine: I want you to see this Louis….( she gave the newspaper to her sister)

Louis: (hug her sister and cry on her sister shoulder without say anything)

Louis: surprised…..with a straight face and tremble hand…she turned down her body and went back to her bed room without say anything…

Louis lock the door and stay alone at her room. Outside, Josephine and Richard still argued about the news.

Rachel: I have told you, don’t say anything before we know the truth from the police. You see? Huh?

Josephine: It’s better to tell her now or never.

Rachel: Don’t you think about her condition? About what doctor have said to you. I will not take any responsibility if something bad happened.

Josephine: (look confused about what she has to do)

Rachel: I’ll call the police station and ask about the accident. I will bring the truth.

That day is a bad day for their family. Richard is still calling many places to look for the truth. While Josephine try to persuade Louis to open the door.

Josephine: Louis open the door! I beg, open the door. You will make your self ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven’s sake open the door.

Louis: Go away. I’m not my self ill.

Josephine: If you don’t want to open the door. I’ll call doctor and force to open the door. I know you are sad to hear this news. But, try to be stronger. Remember that you still have your son.

Louis: (She put her hands on her ears, she don’t want to hear anything)

Because this situation, Josephine suddenly call the doctor. In the same time. Louis seems very not usual. She heard this news not like other woman who get the same news.

Louis: I’m free, free, free body and soul, I’ll come back to my older life, I can work happily without anyone will lead me.

Josephine: Hallo, Is it Doctor Smith? Please you come to Brently Mallard House right now, I’m afraid something bad will happen because she heard about her husband death.

Several minutes has gone, when doctor on the way to Mallard house, she met Mr. Mallard and have a nice talk.

Mr. Mallard: hi doctor, how are you? Why you come her? Owh something bad happened with my wife?

Doctor: Yeah, Josephine just called and asked me to come. I think, she got shock because she heard that you are one of the victims of the train accident.

Mr. Mallard: yeah, but god still love me. I am late to come to the station, even I have check in, in to the train, but something left in the station toilet and I back to get after I come back to get it, unfortunately, the train had gone. I think, this news will make her better. Let’s we come in.

(at that time, mallard knock the door. Josephine open it)

Josephine: it must be doctor. I’ll open the door.

Richard: emmm…

(Josephine open the door and shock because there are Mr. Mallard come with the doctor)

Mr. Mallard: darling, this is me, your husband. I am not die, so please you open the door.

Louis: (Shock and stand from her sit and walk to the door with unbelievable face)

Mr. Mallard: come on honey. Don’t you feel happy with the news?

Louis (open the door and look Mallard in front of the door)

Mr. Mallard: Doctor, please check my wife!!

Doctor: I’m sorry, she had passed away.