Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays Papyras Classics

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Chapter 73

Scene V

Wind instrument [A plain drop]

The Shepherd is discovered well to the left, piping for the Goat

Goat is dancing

Begin Princess rhythm Goat stops to listen, looks off to the right

Shepherd looks to the right

Goat crosses to extreme right, bows

Princess and retinue enter

Tap They halt

Tap The Shepherd kneels to the Princess, then dances for her

Stringed instrument

Drum roll pp. crescendo The Goat becomes alarmed

All turn and look to the right

Goat, on all fours, offers his back to the Princess

Shepherd induces

Princess to sit on Goat's back

Princess rhythm Goat exits, followed by Princess and retinue

Tap Shepherd folds his arms

Wazir rhythm Wazir's Court and Ghurri-Wurri enter from the right

Tap They halt

Tap Wazir points to Shepherd

Tap Vizier brandishes his scimiter

Drum roll Nubian approaches Shepherd

Drum crash Nubian falls

Drum roll
Crescendo
to Wazir shakes his fists
Points at Shepherd
Vizier attacks Shepherd with scimiter
Shepherd grasps scimiter
They struggle, conventionally, one, two, three, four, five, six

Drum crash The Shepherd falls

Drum roll The Vizier waves his scimiter aloft

Drum roll Wazir exults

Tap Nubian rises

Tap Wazir points to the right

Tap Vizier points at Shepherd with scimiter

Tap Nubian seizes the Shepherd

Wazir rhythm Wazir's Court and Shepherd exit at the right, ignoring Ghurri-Wurri, Nubian and Shepherd first, then Vizier, then Wazir. [All cross behind the drop to left of stage ready for Scene VI]

Drum crash Ghurri-Wurri stamps his foot

Drum roll Shakes his fists after them

Drum roll Runs to left and shakes his fists at the Princess

Drum roll Runs to right and shakes them at the Wazir

Runs to center and shakes them at the audience

Cymbal crash Lights out

Ghurri-Wurri exits

The drop is raised

Cymbal crash Lights on