Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05
CAST FOR ROBIN HOOD PAGEANT.
Production to Be in Charge of Miss
Proctor, Supervisor of Music, for Oak
Grove Playground.

The cast has been selected for the pag-
cant to be given May % under the aus
pices of the combined Parent.Teacher as.
sociations of Brattleboro, the proceeds of
which will be devoted to the fund for the
support OF paid supervisor of the Oak
Grove playground The pageant will be
based on the story of Robin Hood and the
Interpretation chosen for it lends itself
well to the work of children.
The following is the cast Queen, Ethel
Sexton; Robin Hood, Edgar Iawton:
Queens Attendant, Elizabeth Crane; Her
aid, Philip Estabrook; Sheriff, Fred Rob
bins; Maid Marion, julia Smonds; Friar
Tuck, Edison Tefft; Robin Hoods men.
court ladies and sheriffs men, impersonat-
ed by the girls and boys from the grades Of
all the schools
Following is synopsis of Robin Hood
as it will be presented in the pageant:
Robin Hood, outlaw of Sherwood forest
and the Sheriff of Nottingham had long
been enemies. Because of the tricks Rob
in and his men had played on the sheriff.
and because of the price on Robins head
the sheriff was very anxious to capture
Robin.
One day the Queen of England came IN
to visit Nottingham, and in honor of her
visit the sheriff decided to hold a MAY day
fete on Sherwood green He sends his her
aid to call the village people together to
dance for the queen. The play opens as the
herald reaches the green. At the sound of
his horn the townspeople come fociing
from all directions to hear the proclama-
ton of the May festival While waiting
for the queen and the sheriff the villagers
entertain themselves with songs and
dances. In little while horn Is heard
in the distance, and the queen and her
court ladies and the sheriff and his guard
arrive. The queen is crowned as queen of
the May by her attendant, and her court
ladies dance a stately dance Now the vii
layers dance and the sheriff's guard drill
and play games to entertain the queen
She is delighted and wishes it all might
last longer
As she rises to go Robin Hood who
has been watching the sports farther back
IN the forest, steps before the queen and
asks II she would care to see more sports.
No one imagines that Robin, the outlaw.
would dare come out of Sherwood forest.
with the sheriff so near at hand-and this
stranger IS hailed as an unexpected addi-
ton to the pleasures of the day. Robin
sounds his bugle, and at once out step his
bowmen with Friar Tuck in the rear lead
ing Maid Marion on her horse Marion
dances for the quen and the bowmen per
form marvellous feats and the queen is
greatly pleased. She says to Robin, "Tell
me your name, that ] may speak of you to
the king" After Robin secures her prom
Use to let him and his men and Maid Mar
ion return to the forest, he says, 81 stand
here, Robin Hood, outlaw of Sherwood
forest" OF course the sheriff tries to cap
ture Robin, but the queen commands that
Robin and his band shall return to the for
est unframed.
The festivities are ended and all go
home except a few villagers, who remain
to dance a last dance on the green.
The pageant will be produced under the
direction of Miss Lucy A. Proctor, super
visor of music in the public schools, Miss
Helen Mari of the junior Chautauqua, and
Miss Constance Adams and Diedrich
Stolte, supervisors of physical training
in the public schools.