O, what does it mean, all the pageant and the pity,
The waste and the wonder and the shame?
I am riding tow'rds the sunset thro' the vision of a City
Which we cloak with the stupor of a name!
I am riding thro' ten thousand thousand tragedies and terrors,
Ten million heavens that save and hells that damn;
And the lightning draws my car tow'rds the golden evening star;
And—They call it only "riding on a tram,"
Heigh, ho!
They call it only "riding on a tram."
SHERWOOD
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA
| Robin | Earl of Huntingdon, known as "Robin Hood." |
| Little John | } |
| Friar Tuck | } |
| Will Scarlet | } Outlaws and followers of "Robin Hood." |
| Reynold Greenleaf | } |
| Much, the Miller's Son | } |
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| Allan-a-Dale | } |
| Prince John. |
| King Richard, Cœur de Lion. |
| Blondel | King Richard's minstrel. |
| Oberon | King of the Fairies. |
| Titania | Queen of the Fairies. |
| Puck | A Fairy. |
| The Sheriff of Nottingham. |
| Fitzwalter | Father of Marian, known as "Maid Marian." |
| Shadow-of-a-Leaf | A Fool. |
| Arthur Plantagenet | Nephew to Prince John, a boy of about ten years of age. |
| Queen Elinor | Mother of Prince John and Richard Lion-Heart. |
| Marian Fitzwalter | Known as Maid Marian, betrothed to Robin Hood. |
| Jenny | Maid to Marian. |
| Widow Scarlet | Mother of Will Scarlet. |
| Prioress of Kirklee. |
| Fairies, merry men, serfs, peasants, mercenaries, an abbot, a baron, a novice, nuns, courtiers, soldiers, retainers, etc. |
ACT I
Scene I. Night. The borders of the forest. The smouldering embers of a Saxon homestead. The Sheriff and his men are struggling with a Serf.
SERF
No, no, not that! not that! If you should blind me
God will repay you. Kill me out of hand!