Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; HomeFront matterRichard Hovey translationChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matter1896, BYPERSONSSCENE I.—The gate of the castle.SCENE II.—A forest. MÉLISANDE discovered at the brink of a spring.SCENE III.—A hall in the castle. ARKËL and GENEVIÈVE discovered.SCENE IV.—Before the castle. Enter GENEVIÈVE and MÉLISANDE.SCENE I.—_A fountain in the park.SCENE II.—An apartment in the castle. GOLAUD discovered, stretched upon his bed; MÉLISANDE, by his bedside.SCENE III.—Before a grotto.SCENE IV.—An apartment in the castle, ARKËL and PÉLLÉAS discovered.SCENE I.—An apartment in the castle. PÉLLÉAS and MÉLISANDE discovered, MÉLISANDE plies her distaff at the back of the room.SCENE II.—One of the towers of the castle.—watchman's round passes under a window in the tower.SCENE III.—_The-vaults of the castle.SCENE IV.—A terrace at the exit of the vaults. Enter GOLAUD and PÉLLÉAS.SCENE V.—Before the castle.SCENE I.—A corridor in the castle.SCENE II.—An apartment in the castle. ARKËL and MÉLISANDE discovered.SCENE III.—A terrace of the castle. Little YNIOLD discovered, trying to lift a bowlder.SCENE IV.—A fountain in the park.SCENE I.—A lower hall in the castle. The women servants discovered, gathered together, while without children are playing before one of the ventilators of the hall.SCENE II.—An apartment in the castle.ACT FIRST.SCENE I.—ALLADINE discovered, her forehead against one of the windows that open on the park. Enter ABLAMORE.SCENE II.—A drawbridge over the moats of the palace. PALOMIDES and ALLADINE, with her pet lamb, appear at the two ends of the bridge. KING ABLAMORE leans out from a window of the tower.SCENE III.—A room in the palace. ABLAMORE and ALLADINE discovered.SCENE IV.—The apartment of ASTOLAINE. ASTOLAINE and PALOMIDES discovered.SCENE I.—A room in the palace. ABLAMORE discovered. ASTOLAINE stands on the step of a half-open door at the back of the hall.SCENE II.—A chamber in the palace.SCENE III.—A corridor before the apartment of ALLADINE. Enter ASTOLAINE and the SISTERS OF PALOMIDES.ACT FOURTH.ACT FIFTH.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →1896, BYAll chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterOther sections1896, BYPERSONSAct 1 · Scenes1234Act 2 · Scenes1234Act 3 · Scenes12345Act 4 · Scenes1234Act 5 · Scenes12Act 1 · Acts1Act 2 · Scenes1234Act 3 · Scenes123Act 4 · Acts4Act 5 · Acts5Pélléas and Mélisande◇ALLADINE AND PALOMIDESHOMEBYMAURICE MAETERLINCKTranslated by RICHARD HOVEY◇1911◇1896, BY →