Then a shout went up and the audience began to clap.
The arrow had flown straight and true, lodging inside of the other two, and clipping a bit of feather from the one Midge had shot.
“Bravo!” shouted Midge. “A beautiful shot!”
The play moved on swiftly now to the epilogue.
In this final scene only Billy Brekenridge and Brad appeared, the latter acting his role of Little John.
Billy had been made up to look very old. Propped on pillows, he reclined just inside the Castle, but visible to the audience.
As the camera began to grind, Brad as Little John opened wide the windows.
An amplifier carried Robin Hood’s final words to the audience. Speaking with a great deal of feeling, Billy instructed Little John to make his last resting place the spot where his arrow fell.
Then, raising himself upright, he drew the bowstring. Out through the open window sped the arrow. A perfect shot, it fell in a green bower directly in view of the judges.
A blast from the trumpets signalled the end of the performance.