CONTENTS
[PATRIOTIC PLAYS: THEIR USE AND VALUE]
PAGEANTS
PAGEANTS OF PATRIOTISM
The outdoor arrangement can be produced by a whole school or group of schools, by groups of social settlements, communities, and cities, in parks, armories, woodland spaces or meadows on such occasions as the Fourth of July, Decoration Day, Bunker Hill Day, Labor Day, during Old Home Week, or for any special city or town celebration. The indoor arrangement of the same pageant is also suitable for whole schools, or groups of schools, groups of settlements, communities, villages, cities: in armories, school halls, assembly rooms, or small theaters on Columbus Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, or some day of special celebration.
PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS (Outdoor)
[Prologue by the Spirit of Patriotism]
[Princess Pocahontas]
[Pilgrim Interlude]
[Ferry Farm Episode]
[George Washington's Fortune]
[Daniel Boone: Patriot]
[Benjamin Franklin Episode]
[Abraham Lincoln Episode]
[Liberty Dance]
[Pageant Directions]
PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS (Indoor)
[Prologue by the Spirit of Patriotism]
[Dramatic Silhouette: Lords of the Forest]
[The Coming of the White Man: Tableau]
[Princess Pocahontas]
[Priscilla Mullins Spinning: Tableau]
[Benjamin Franklin: Journeyman]
[George Washington's Fortune]
[The Boston Tea Party]
[Dramatic Silhouette: The Spirit of '76]
[Abraham Lincoln: Rail-Splitter]
[Directions for Indoor Arrangement]
THE HAWTHORNE PAGEANT
Can be produced in park or woodland in its outdoor arrangement. Is suitable for co-educational schools, girls' schools, girls' Summer camps. Is appropriate for Hawthorne's Birthday (July 4), Arbor Day, May Day, or any day during Spring and Summer. In its indoor form it can be given in school halls or in a small theater. In this form it is appropriate for co-educational schools, girls' schools, settlements. It can be given any time during the Autumn, Winter, or Spring.
HAWTHORNE PAGEANT (For Outdoor or Indoor Production)
[Chorus of Spirits of the Old Manse]
[Prologue by the Muse of Hawthorne]
[In Witchcraft Days (First Episode)]
[Dance Interlude]
[Merrymount (Second Episode)]
[Pageant Directions]
LIST OF SEPARATE ONE-ACT PLAYS
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN: RAIL-SPLITTER (Indoor)]
Can be produced in school, home, or small theater. Is suitable for schools, settlements, clubs, patriotic societies, and debating societies. Can be appropriately produced any time between September and March. Is especially appropriate for Lincoln's Birthday.
[BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: JOURNEYMAN (Indoor)]
Can be produced in a school, home, or small theater. Is suitable for schools, clubs, settlements, patriotic societies and clubs. Can appropriately be produced any time between September and June. Is particularly suited to Franklin's Birthday.
[THE BOSTON TEA PARTY (Indoor)]
Can be produced in school, home, or small theater. Is suitable for boys' schools, Boy Scouts, settlements, clubs, and patriotic societies. Can be produced on any holiday. Is particularly appropriate for Fall and Winter months—especially the month of December.
[DANIEL BOONE: PATRIOT (Outdoor)]
Can be produced in park, woodland, or village green. Can be given by boys' schools, clubs, settlements, and patriotic societies. Also by the "Sons of Daniel Boone" and the Boy Scouts. Is appropriate for any day during Spring, Summer, or Autumn. Can be given on the Fourth of July.
[GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FORTUNE (Outdoor)]
Can be produced in park, lawn, or woodland. Is suitable for schools, clubs, patriotic societies, and settlements. Is appropriate for any day during Spring, Summer, or Autumn, and is particularly appropriate for the Fourth of July. An indoor arrangement can easily be made for George Washington's Birthday.
[IN WITCHCRAFT DAYS (Outdoor)]
Can be given in park, lawn, or village green or woodland. Suitable for co-educational schools, girls' schools, girls' Summer camps, patriotic societies, settlements, and clubs. Appropriate for Arbor Day, May Day, or any day during Spring, Summer, or early Autumn. An indoor arrangement can be given for Thanksgiving in school halls.
Can be produced in park or woodland. Is suitable for co-educational schools, girls' schools, girls' Summer camps, and for clubs, settlements, and patriotic societies. Is appropriate for Arbor Day, May Day, or any day in Spring and Summer. An indoor version of it can also be given.
[PRINCESS POCAHONTAS (Outdoor)]
Can be given in park, in woodland, or on lawn. Is suitable for schools, clubs, and patriotic societies. Can be given on the Fourth of July, or any day during Spring and Summer. Indoor production is also possible.