The Serpent Play: A Divine Pastoral is a book written by Thomas Gordon Hake and published in 1883. The book is a play that explores the themes of love, temptation, and redemption through the story of a shepherd named Lycion who falls in love with a beautiful woman named Melantha. However, Melantha is already betrothed to another man, and Lycion's love for her is complicated by his own desire for power and his relationship with the serpent, who represents...