- Prologue and Epilogue. (The same.)
- First Thief.
- Second Thief.
- Third Thief.
- The Jew.
- First Servant.
- Second Servant.
- The Priest.
- First Levite.
- Second Levite.
- The Good Samaritan.
- The Host.
THE PLACE
A lonely road with an inn in the distance. If the play is given indoors, any door may represent the inn.
THE PROPERTIES
- Three sticks or cudgels for the thieves.
- A wine bottle, packet of food, and cloak for Jew.
- Huge empty boxes, covered with bright cloth and bound
- with heavy cord for the servants to carry.
- If the illusion of night-time can be carried out, have the
- Samaritan carry a lanthorn on a stick, and have the
- Host appear, wearing a nightcap and carrying a
- candle (electric candle).
- A cloth to bind the wounds of the Jew.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
(If this play be given out of doors, the thieves must conceal themselves in the shrubbery before the play begins; if indoors, they may conceal themselves in corners, or creep in.)
(Enter the Prologue.)
Prologue: And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?