Caliban by the Yellow Sands: A Community Masque of the Art of the Theatre - Percy MacKaye

INTERLUDE I

FIRST ACTION: EGYPTIAN

COMMUNITY ACTORS [148]

Comprise

Participants [75]
Figurants [73]
Osiris, the god of summer and fecundity.
Worshippers of Osiris [Men and Women].
7	Groups, each group comprising
15	Dancers [Parts & Figs.]
5	Drum-players, Followers [Parts and Figs.]
1	Priest Leader [Participant]
Total	Dancers	105
”	Drum-players	35
		140
”	Leaders	7
		147
Osiris		1
		148

THEME

Egyptian Worshippers of the god Osiris, B. C. 1000, celebrate his resurrection from death by a dramatic ritual, symbolizing how the seven portions of his rended body unite again at his rebirth.

ACTION

At the deep pealing of gongs, from each of the three entrances to the ground-circle, two diverging Processions issue forth, a seventh issuing from the cell of Caliban. All are dressed in robes and concealing masks of black.