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The Peace Egg: A Christmas Mumming Play, a play by Juliana Horatia Ewing |
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_ ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND (_he must wear a rose_). ST. ANDREW OF SCOTLAND(_he must wear a thistle_). ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND(_he must wear the shamrock_). ST. DAVID OF WALES(_he must wear a leek_). SALADIN, A PAGAN GIANT OF PALESTINE(_a very tall grown-up actor would be effective_). THE KING OF EGYPT(_in a turban and crown_). THE PRINCE OF PARADINE, HIS SON(_face blacked, and it is_ "tradition" _to play this part in weeds, as if he were Hamlet_). THE TURKISH KNIGHT.(_Eastern costume_). HECTOR. THE VALIANT SLASHER (_old yeomanry coat, &c., is effective_). THE DRAGON(_a paste-board head, with horrid jaws, if possible. A tail, and paws with claws_). THE FOOL(_Motley: with a bauble long enough to put over his shoulder and be held by the one behind in the mumming circle_). OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS(_white beard, &c., and a staff_). THE DOCTOR(_wig, spectacles, hat and cane_). THE LITTLE PAGE.(_pretty little boy in velvet, &c_.). LITTLE MAN JACK(_big mask head, if convenient, short cloak and club_). PRINCESS SABRA(_pretty little girl, gorgeously dressed, a crown_). DAME DOLLY(_a large mask head, if possible, and a very amazing cap. Dame Dolly should bob curtseys and dance about_). No scenery is required. The actors, as a rule, all come in together. To "enter" means to stand forth, and "exit" that the actor retires into the background. But the following method will be found most effective. Let Fool enter alone, and the rest come in one by one when the Fool begins to sing. They must march in to the music, and join the circle with regularity. Each actor as he "brags," and gives his challenge, does so marching up and down, his drawn sword over his shoulder. All the characters take part in the "Mumming Round." The next to Fair Sabra might hold up her train, and if Dame Dolly had a Gamp umbrella to put over _her_ shoulder, it would not detract from her comic charms. The Trumpet Calls for the four Patron Knights should be appropriate to each. If a Trumpet is quite impossible, some one should play a national air as each champion enters. _ |
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