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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.
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Jumping up on fence
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Running up
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Running before the players
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Orchestra plays. Singing
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[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
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Puts arm around NICK.]
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Eagerly
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With clenched fist
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Softly
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THIRD SCENE
HERALD. Nick runs away and meets the Master-Player.
One of the schoolboys
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Laughing
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Defiantly
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Mockingly
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Running after him
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Comes back, singing
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FOURTH SCENE
[NICK singing
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Hat off, and gazing with all admiration at MASTER-PLAYER.]
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Laughing
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Sings a few lines of song
Thinking deeply. Suddenly slaps thigh
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Timidly .[
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Stopping; eyes filling with tears
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Laughing
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They shout and clap at the sight of MASTER-PLAYER.]
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Angrily
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Exeunt
FIFTH SCENE
HERALD. Nick's father hears that he has gone with the players.
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Very angrily, turns to a man
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Running to meet him
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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
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Stammering
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Clenching his fists
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Passionately
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Stamping her foot
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Indignantly and choking with emotion
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Coming over and patting his head
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Patting his cheek
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Nervously
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Clapping her hands
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EIGHTH SCENE
HERALD. The other players object to Nick's being kept from his mother.
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Sadly
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Bitterly
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NINTH SCENE
HERALD. Nick, and a few boys from the Cathedral School, sing before Queen Elizabeth.
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Orchestra, plays. Trumpets blow . QUEEN ELIZABETH and COURTIERS pass in. The QUEEN gives signal for the children to come forward
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With a garland of flowers about them They sing a Spring Song
Sings Skylark Song
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Laughing
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Shakes his head
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Softly
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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.
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Running to NICK.]
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ELEVENTH SCENE
HERALD. Nick's father refuses to receive him until Will Shakespeare intercedes. At last Nick gets back to his mother.
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Comes running up
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Falteringly
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Attwood goes off the stage and instantly returns with wife
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