Question

the bishop candelstick drama script

Answer 1

The play The Bishop's Candlesticks by
Norman Mckinnell is built on a very
simple plot involving characters like
The Bishop, the convict, the Bishop's
sister, Marie and others. The plot of
the play revolves around a story that
brings forth the themes of Christian
virtues like love and redemption.
The play unfolds through a series of
dialogues between Persome, the
Bishop's sister and Marie, the maid
servant regarding the whereabouts of
the Bishop. Through a thorough
questioning, the Bishop's sister is able
to sense that the Bishop may have
gone to do his usual philanthropic
activities nearby. She feels that the
simplicity and nobility of the Bishop is
being misused by people and the
Bishop falls an easy prey due to his
innocence.. The stranger
is the convict who carries a long knife
and seizes the Bishop from behind.
The convict asks for food and
threatens to kill him in case he
informs others about his presence. The
convict reveals his true identity to the
Bishop. The Bishop comes to know
about the circumstances by which the
stranger became a convict,the torture
meted out to him by the police and so
on and so forth. During the convict's
stay in the Bishop's house, he comes
across the silver candle sticks. The
Bishop tells him that how his mother
gave these candle sticks to him and his
sister at the time of her death.
Ultimately, the convict is unable to
resist his temptation and he runs away
with the candle sticks.
Persome, the Bishop's sister starts a
heated argument with the Bishop as
usual only to hear that the convict is
in more need of the candlesticks than
them. However, the convict is unable
to go too far so that he is nabbed by
the Police. The Police brings the
convict to the Bishop who instead of
accusing the convict of theft, forgives
him by saying that the convict is his
friend . The police releases him .The
convict is blessed by the Bishop who
advises him to go to a good place to
start a new career. The convict reaches
Paris where he starts a business and
settles down successfully. The convict
realises that by this act of benevolence
of the Bishop , the convict has undergo
a transformation from a wild beast to
a man once again.