Marionettes, masks and shadowsMills, Winifred H. (Winifred Harrington)
Philosophy
Marionettes, masks and shadows
Mills, Winifred H. (Winifred Harrington)
Costume; Masques; Puppet plays; Shadow shows
Here we have made from six important incidents, in the two stories about
Alice, a marionette play of three acts, with a cast of thirteen
characters. This play might be called _The Adventures of Alice_.
Possibly you and your friends are much interested in heroes and heroines
and would prefer a hero play made from such stories as:
_The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights_—MacLeod
_Sohrab and Rustum_—Arnold
_The Boys’ Iliad_—Perry
_The Boys’ Odyssey_—Perry
_Adventures of Ulysses_—Lamb
_Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy_—Colum
_Robin Hood_—Pyle
_The Tales of Troy and Greece_—Lang
_Stories of Charlemagne_—Church
_The Story of Roland_—Baldwin
_Seven Champions of Christendom_—Johnson
_Beowulf_—Cartwright
_Sigurd, the Volsung_—Morris
_Joan of Arc_—Boutet de Monvel
_Ivanhoe_—Scott
_Daniel Boone_—White
_Norse Stories Retold_—Mabie
_The Cid_—Wilson
_Britain Long Ago_—Wilmot-Buxton
Instead of hero plays you may be interested in plays of adventure. The
list of excellent books of adventure is a long one, as you know. Here
are just a few that are waiting to be turned into wonderful marionette
plays:
_Robinson Crusoe_—Defoe
_Boy’s Froissart_—Lanier
_The Wonder Book_—Hawthorne
_The Boys Percy_—Lanier
_Otto of the Silver Hand_—Pyle
_Black Arrow_—Stevenson
_Tales from the Alhambra_—Irving
_William Tell_—Schiller
_Treasure Island_—Stevenson
_Men of Iron_—Pyle
_The Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims_—Darton
_The Lance of Kanana_—French
_The Book of Bravery_—Lanier
_The Last of the Mohicans_—Cooper
_With Spurs of Gold_—Greene
_The Golden Perch_—Hutchinson
_Captains Courageous_—Kipling
Let us take one of these, Howard Pyle’s _Men of Iron_, a story laid in
England in the time of King Henry IV. The list of important incidents is
a long one.
1. Myles parting from the old servant.
2. Myles presenting his father’s letter to the Earl of
Mackworth.
3. Myles meeting with Gascoigne.
4. Myles meeting with Sir James Lea.
5. Myles at play with the boys.
6. The ball flies over into the ladies’ garden.
7. Myles and Lady Alice in the garden.
8. Myles, discovered by the Earl of Mackworth, learns that the
Earl is befriending him.
9. Arrival of King Henry at Devlin Castle.
10. The knighting of Myles.
11. Myles’ challenge to the Earl of Alban, his father’s deadly
enemy.
12. The combat between the Earl of Alban and Myles.
13. The triumph of Myles and his request for the hand of Lady
Alice.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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