Ordinary modern costume. LeBreton should have an iron-gray beard. Laura and her children daintily and attractively dressed.
Alphonse, mulatto servant, very dandified and vain.
Minty-Malviny, a black pickaninny, in rags and tatters, nondescript and faded. Her wool braided into little pigtails tied with odd bits of ribbon and string.
LeBreton, Laura, and Alphonse, by adults. Laura's children, five to nine years. Minty-Malviny, ten years old. This part could be played by a boy.
Music. During the moment when the curtain is drawn for the passing of the night, "Holy Night," or some other well-known Christmas hymn, is very softly played off stage. LeBreton hums the same air while filling the stocking, and moving about stage before this interim.
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A PLAY IN ONE ACT