Hector.
The Valiant Slasher (old yeomanry coat, &c., is effective).
The Dragon (a paste-board head, with horrid jaws, if possible. A tail, and paws with claws).
The Fool (Motley: with a bauble long enough to put over his shoulder and be held by the one behind in the mumming
circle).
Old Father Christmas (white beard, &c., and a staff).
The Doctor (wig, spectacles, hat and cane).
The Little Page (pretty little boy in velvet, &c.).
Little Man Jack (big mask head, if convenient, short cloak and club).
Princess Sabra (pretty little girl, gorgeously dressed, a crown).
Dame Dolly (a large mask head, if possible, and a very amazing cap. Dame Dolly should bob curtseys and dance about).
No scenery is required. The actors, as a rule, all come in together. To "enter" means to stand forth, and "exit" that the actor retires into the background. But the following method will be found most effective. Let Fool enter alone, and the rest come in one by one when the Fool begins to sing. They must march in to the music, and join the circle with regularity. Each actor as he "brags," and gives his challenge, does so marching up and down, his drawn sword over his shoulder. All the characters take part in the "Mumming Round." The next to Fair Sabra might hold up her train, and if Dame Dolly had a Gamp umbrella to put over her shoulder, it would not detract from her comic charms. The Trumpet Calls for the four Patron Knights should be appropriate to each. If a Trumpet is quite impossible, some one should play a national air as each champion enters.