1914 CHARACTERS MASTER SKYLARK (Nick Attwood) MR. ATTWOOD, father of Master Skylark MRS. ATTWOOD, mother of Master Skylark MASTER-PLAYER and other players WILL SHAKESPEARE BEN JONSON CICELY FRIENDS of Will Shakespeare BOYS of Singing School in London QUEEN ELIZABETH and courtiers, etc. Time: 1596. Place: Stratford-upon-Avon; London. Time required for production, forty-five minutes. FIRST SCENE Near Attwood cottage, in Stratford . BOYS standing, watching and listening HERALD. Master-Player's come to Stratford Town. Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars . Jumping up on fence Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars . Running up Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars . Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 179 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars . Running before the players Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 102 chars . Orchestra plays. Singing Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 199 chars . [BOYS follow around the stage after the players, and then follow them out SECOND SCENE HERALD. Nick Attwood (Master Skylark) is refused permission to attend the play. [NICK runs in and stumbles Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Contains 26 words in 1 sentence using 124 chars . Puts arm around NICK.] Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 100 chars . Eagerly Contains 27 words in 1 sentence using 139 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars . Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 134 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars . Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars . Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars . Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 174 chars . Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 135 chars . With clenched fist Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars . Softly Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars . Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars . Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 101 chars . THIRD SCENE HERALD. Nick runs away and meets the Master-Player. One of the schoolboys Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars . Contains 69 words in 4 sentences using 373 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars . Contains 74 words in 4 sentences using 390 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars . Contains 44 words in 2 sentences using 231 chars . Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars . Contains 29 words in 1 sentence using 153 chars . Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars . Contains 35 words in 5 sentences using 186 chars . Laughing Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars . Defiantly Contains 62 words in 5 sentences using 311 chars . Mockingly Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 131 chars . Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 182 chars . Running after him Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars . Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars . Comes back, singing Contains 69 words in 8 sentences using 412 chars . FOURTH SCENE [NICK singing Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 146 chars . Hat off, and gazing with all admiration at MASTER-PLAYER.] Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 108 chars . Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 202 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars . Contains 43 words in 5 sentences using 197 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars . Laughing Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 168 chars . Sings a few lines of song Thinking deeply. Suddenly slaps thigh Contains 57 words in 7 sentences using 273 chars . Timidly .[ Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars . Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars . Stopping; eyes filling with tears Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 88 chars . Laughing Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 156 chars . Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars . They shout and clap at the sight of MASTER-PLAYER.] Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 283 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars . Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars . Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars . Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars . Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars . Angrily Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars . Exeunt FIFTH SCENE HERALD. Nick's father hears that he has gone with the players. Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars . Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars . Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 45 chars . Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 128 chars . Very angrily, turns to a man Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Contains 50 words in 4 sentences using 243 chars . Running to meet him Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars . Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 187 chars . All pass out , MRS. ATTWOOD heartbroken SIXTH SCENE HERALD. Nick is stolen by the players. SEVENTH SCENE At the MASTER-PLAYER'S house in London . NICK, sitting, the picture of despair, in a big chair . CICELY, the PLAYER'S daughter, comes in Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 151 chars . Stammering Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars . Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars . Clenching his fists Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars . Passionately Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars . Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars . Stamping her foot Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars . Indignantly and choking with emotion Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars . Coming over and patting his head Contains 166 words in 11 sentences using 781 chars . Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars . Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars . Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 150 chars . Contains 35 words in 6 sentences using 173 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars . Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars . Patting his cheek Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars . Uneasily coughing Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 173 chars . Nervously Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 125 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars . Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars . Clapping her hands Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars . EIGHTH SCENE HERALD. The other players object to Nick's being kept from his mother. Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars . Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 113 chars . Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars . Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars . Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 142 chars . Sadly Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars . Bitterly Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 164 chars . Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars . Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 208 chars . NINTH SCENE HERALD. Nick, and a few boys from the Cathedral School, sing before Queen Elizabeth. Contains 31 words in 9 sentences using 158 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars . Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars . Orchestra, plays. Trumpets blow . QUEEN ELIZABETH and COURTIERS pass in. The QUEEN gives signal for the children to come forward Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars . Contains 74 words in 5 sentences using 400 chars . With a garland of flowers about them They sing a Spring Song Sings Skylark Song Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 180 chars . Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 240 chars . Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars . Contains 69 words in 3 sentences using 339 chars . Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars . Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars . Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars . Contains 63 words in 2 sentences using 289 chars . Laughing Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 190 chars . Shakes his head Contains 37 words in 9 sentences using 203 chars . Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars . Softly Contains 81 words in 6 sentences using 379 chars . Music and horn while QUEEN and Court pass out TENTH SCENE HERALD. After the Master-Player is sent to prison for killing a man, Nick and Cicely come back to Stratford Town. Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars . Contains 72 words in 5 sentences using 359 chars . Contains 71 words in 6 sentences using 355 chars . Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars . Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 115 chars . Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 126 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars . Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars . Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars . Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 76 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars . Running to NICK.] Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars . ELEVENTH SCENE HERALD. Nick's father refuses to receive him until Will Shakespeare intercedes. At last Nick gets back to his mother. Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 80 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 114 chars . Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars . Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 136 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars . Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 116 chars . Comes running up Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars . Contains 42 words in 3 sentences using 219 chars . Falteringly Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars . Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars . Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 135 chars . Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 170 chars . Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars . Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 102 chars . Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 180 chars . Contains 50 words in 2 sentences using 247 chars . Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars . Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 186 chars . Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars . Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars . Sings "Drink to me only until thine eyes." Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars . Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars . Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 179 chars . Joyfully Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars . Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 121 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars . Carrying two bags Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 203 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars . Contains 52 words in 2 sentences using 315 chars . Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars . Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 174 chars . Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 159 chars . Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars . Contains 66 words in 6 sentences using 301 chars . Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 93 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Attwood goes off the stage and instantly returns with wife Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 120 chars . Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 62 chars . Contains 42 words in 2 sentences using 209 chars . THE END