Two Mothers

Two Mothers contains two gripping closet dramas by American writer John G. Neihardt. 'Eight Hundred Rubles' tells the story of a peasant family comprising a mother, father, and daughter. When the mother came home, the daughter and father asked her to keep quiet and not wake 'him.' The mother kept asking who is 'he' was as she couldn't see anyone. The daughter later informed her that a stranger came home, ate supper, and paid them eight hundred rubles, which was a lot more than he owed them. She tells her mother that he is now sleeping out in the garden. The story revolves around the mother trying to figure out who the man is and why he is in their home. 'Agrippina' explores the story of Agrippina the Younger, the Roman empress from 49 to 54 AD and the fourth wife and niece of Emperor Claudius. Agrippina was one of the most notable women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The drama focuses on Nero and his tutor Anicetus's plotting to kill Agrippina.