[17] From Shakespeare’s “King Henry the Eighth,” Act I, Scene 1.
[18] From Shakespeare’s “King Henry the Eighth,” Act I, Scene 1.
[19] [See Appendix, pages 196-204], for more detailed description.
[20] For details of these Epilogue groups, [see Appendix, pages 205-216].
[21] The plan for this India episode is based on a ritual scene of the ancient Hindu drama “Shakuntala,” by Kalidasa, translated by Garnet Holme and Arthur W. Ryder, and recently produced by the authors in California. The translation is published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1914. Those communities that may desire to include this Action in their local festivals should communicate with Mr. Garnet Holme, care of The Shakespeare Celebration, 10 East 43rd Street, New York City.
[22] The revolving of the disk, of course, is apparent only, not real. Actually, the disk remains motionless; it appears to revolve because of the motion of the Priests around it.
[23] See “Kings and Gods of Egypt,” Alexandre Moret; pp. 69-108.
[24] Similarly before each of the Actions of each Interlude, Prospero makes a brief explanatory comment to Ariel (and thus to the audience).
[25] The Choregus was the Producer, usually a man of great wealth.
[26] In one hand Pantomimus carries a wand resembling a caduceus, but differing from that of Mercury in that the heads of the twining snakes are carved as little masks of comedy, and the tip of the wand, to which the flying wings are affixed, is the shining disk of a mirror, into which at times Pantomimus peers quaintly at his reflection.