Act I. Scene: In the woods Act II. Scene: In the Duchess’s kitchen Act III. Scene: The mad tea party
To bring the play to an end, there might be a closing scene, or epilogue, showing Alice waking from her dream and becoming herself again.
We must now decide just how many characters are really necessary in these six incidents. Let us take a pencil and make the list as we find them in these three acts:
Prologue: Alice and the White Rabbit. Act I. Alice, the Caterpillar, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, Humpty Dumpty Act II. Alice, the Duchess, the Pig Baby, the Cook, the Cheshire Cat Act III. Alice, the Hatter, the March Hare, the Dormouse Epilogue. Alice and the White Rabbit.
Here we have made from six important incidents, in the two stories about Alice, a marionette play of three acts, with a cast of thirteen characters. This play might be called The Adventures of Alice.
Possibly you and your friends are much interested in heroes and heroines and would prefer a hero play made from such stories as:
The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights—MacLeod
Sohrab and Rustum—Arnold
The Boys’ Iliad—Perry
The Boys’ Odyssey—Perry