Isaiah, Jeremiah, and other Prophets may be worked out in like manner. The result in each case, however, should insure the utmost dignity and beauty; otherwise the dramatization should never be attempted.
The many Prophets with their various messages suggest the possibility of their use in a pageant. This form of dramatization may be given to advantage by a group of children as a climax to their detailed study of the Prophets.
From each of the following subjects several dramatizations may be taken. They suggest many short one-act plays, and also some excellent long ones.
Saul Chosen and Anointed King of Israel. I Sam., chaps. 9 and 10.
Samuel Anoints David. I Sam., chap. 16.
David and Jonathan. I Sam., chaps. 18-20.
David Spares Saul's Life. I Sam., chap. 24.
Moses Begs Pharaoh to Allow the Children of Israel to Leave Egypt. Exod., chaps. 5-13.
It may be well to state, in connection with the selection of stories from the Bible for dramatization, that other stories outside of the Bible may be dramatized by these same methods and will accomplish the same results. It is not best to allow children to dramatize in succession too many of the heavier type of stories, such as the Bible stories represent. They may become tired if they work too long at the same kind of dramatization. Children need stories which will lighten and relieve the extreme seriousness and dignity which they necessarily have to express in playing the Bible stories. There is a host of fairy tales, folk-tales, and historical incidents that may well be adapted for this purpose.