When you have studied the story of _Men of Iron_ and made your list of important incidents, you will find that four acts are sufficient for your play: Act I. Courtyard of Devlin Castle Act II. The ladies’ garden Act III. The great hall in Devlin Castle Act IV. The tournament ground and the royal pavilions and gallery . The list of characters is long but it gives an opportunity to many boys and girls in a class to make marionettes and to have a part in the play. Here is the list of characters: 1. Myles as a boy in Acts I and II 2. Myles as a man in Acts III and IV 3. The old Servant 4. The Armorer 5. The Bear Trainer 6. The Bear 7. Gascoigne 8. Walter Blunt 9. The Squire 10. Sir James Lea 11. Earl of Mackworth 12. The Pryor 13. The Earl of Alban 14. The Minstrel 15. The Jester 16. Lady Alice 17. Lady Anne 18. Black Horse 19. Gray Horse 20. The Pigeons Marionette plays are exactly like all other plays. They need songs and dances, and many things that will be certain to interest the audience. Here is a list of the incidents that were added to this play when it was given by the boys and girls of Fairmount Junior High School in Cleveland, Ohio: 1. An Italian bear trainer, who whistled a jolly tune while his bear danced and did his tricks. 2. The song of the Armorer as he worked at his forge. (The forge was so made and wired that every stroke of the hammer on the anvil gave forth a shower of sparks.) 3. A fight between Myles and the young squire, Walter Blunt. 4. Practice at the pells to show the training of the squires of that day. 5. Lady Alice’s little dance. 6. Lady Anne’s song as she plays her lute. 7. Alice’s tame pigeon that flew down to her shoulder. 8. The wandering minstrel with his lute and his ballad of Chevy Chase. 9. The antics, capers, and songs of the jester. In order to prepare the audience for the play and to carry every person back in imagination to the time of this play, an announcer was chosen, who, in the costume of that day, came before the curtain and gave the introduction to the play. This announcer was chosen with great care because his part was so important. He was responsible for carrying his audience back into the days of chivalry, not only by his speech and costume, but by his tone of voice and his gestures. Here is the prologue that one of the children wrote: Hark ye! Hark ye! Ye who came to see Enacted here some scenes of chivalry. The castle gate swings wide its door Scenes long since gone return to us once more. Into times dim and far we bid you gaze, Down the long vista to the tournament days.