The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
PAUL GREEN'S DRAMA,
THE LOST COLONY
TO OPEN ON JUNE 29

MANTEO, June 22.-The fourth
summer season of Paul Green's
magnificent historical drama The
Lost Colony" opening at the huge
Waterside theatre, Roanoke Island,
June %, will inauguarate the 353rd
anniversary celebrations of tn G
founding of the Roanoke Island
colonies and the birth of Virginia
Dare-first English child born on
American soil.
Described by leading critics as
a drama depicting the Birth OF
American civilization at the Birth
place of the Nation, THE L o S t
Colony" is considered the nations
foremost attraction. Time maya
zine declared that Author Green
infused into the dreams of his
lost colonists his own living dream
of democracy. His scenes range
from the humorous to the hero
lc. -
Mrs. Roosevelt who was on Roa.
noke Island for the opening per-
torrance last summer said in her
column that. "Poul Green had ach-
ieved a remarkable artistic sue
cess I was interested to find
that there were cars from almost
every state in the union, which
shows that people are beginning to
know that it is worth seeing, not
only because of it's historical in
t=ress but because of its intrinsic
beauty"
This years cast of 200 actors,
singers and dancers will be com.
posed mostly of natives of Roanoke
Island, with a Lost Colony Chorus
of thirty from the Westminster
Choir college. The entire produc'
ton is under the direction of Sam
uel Selden, who has headed the
Lost Colony forces for the past
three years. He is assisted by a
group of directors from the Caro-
lima Playmakers.
1.-THE Lost Colony will be. pre-
sented nightly from June 2e
through July 7. Afterwards it viii
be offered every Wednesday
Thursday, Friday, Saturday anc
Sunday evenings, with the show
starting at 8:15 o'clock. With more
than a quarter million persons save
seer it durin the past three
years, inquiries indicate that 100,
600 will make a pilgrimage to thi:
birthplace of the nation before the
4th season closes September 2
1910.
Thousands of comfortable room:
with bath and other modern con
veniences are now available I
Roanoke Island and nearby Nag:
Head at one dollar per night pei
person. There are several n e "
hotels, restaurants, inns, and tour
ist homes, all serving deliciou:
meals at moderate prices. Ever.
effort is being made to keep thu
quaint and colorful atmosphere o
this little island village.
The Virginia Dare country is ;
vacation wonderland for the en-
tire family. The roadsides r fra
grant with mi]k-white gardenias il
full-bloom, red japonicas, sweet
scented pines, nut trees 1
is a seashore paradise for the en-
tire family with miles of virgin
surf for the swimmers seeking
thrills, and the shallow waters O
Roanoke Sound for the kiddies. Tit
waters are plentiful in a variety
of fish, especially channel has:
or drum.
Visitors to Roanoke Island will
find, in addition to THE Los
Colony" countless other historic
shrines. Across the sound is Wrigh'
Observation-Disclosures of Aviation
At Fort Raleigh one will find s
restoration of a 18th century vii
lage in the matched roof, rough
hewn juniper log tradition of pre-
colonial America. Fort Raleigh
Museum has a unique collection
OF Americana, with drawings,
maps, Indian relics.
1.-The Lost Colony is sponsored
by the Roanoke Island Historical
association as a non-commericaI
venture, with State Senator
D. Bradford Fearing as president.
Paul Green wrote the drama gra.
tbs and solely for presentation o n
Roanoke Island by the natives as
an epic drama at the birthplace
of the nation. All gate receipts are
used to improve the production and
the Roanoke Island site as a me.
mortal to the first American pio-
neers. Z