The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben)

The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) is a play by Hermann Sudermann. Sudermann was a German dramatist and novelist. Excerpt: «The same scenery as in the first act. The drawing-room is brightly lit, the curtain in the opening at back of stage drawn back, showing two other apartments, also brilliantly lit. In the nearest one a group of gentlemen are at the billiard-table. In the third room the rest of the guests have just left the table. For some minutes Beata is seen among them. Brachtmann, Prince Usingen and von Berkelwitz-Grünhof are just coming out of the billiard-room, talking together.»