Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922 / 2008-07-17 00:00:00

EBOOK THE PIPER ***


Produced by Al Haines





The Piper
A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS

By JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY


BOSTON and NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1910


COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY JOSEPHINE PEABODY MARKS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published November 1909
SEVENTH IMPRESSION


TO
LIONEL S. MARKS


Anno 1284
Am Dage Johannis et Pauli
War der 26 Junii
Dorch einen piper mit allerlei farve bekledet
Gewesen CXXX kinder verledet binnen Hamelen geboren
To Calvarii bi den koppen verloren
[THE HAMELIN INSCRIPTION]


CHARACTERS
THE PIPER )
MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER ) Strolling Players
CHEAT-THE-DEVIL )
JACOBUS the Burgomeister )
KURT the Syndic )
PETER the Cobbler )
HANS the Butcher )
AXEL the Smith ) Men of Hamelin
MARTIN the Watch )
PETER the Sacristan )
ANSELM, a young priest )
OLD CLAUS, a miser )
TOWN CRIER )
JAN )
HANSEL )
ILSE ) Children
TRUDE )
RUDI )
VERONIKA, the wife of Kurt
BARBARA, daughter of Jacobus
WIFE of HANS the Butcher
WIFE of AXEL the Smith
WIFE of MARTIN the Watch
OLD URSULA
Burghers, nuns, priests, and children

SCENE: HAMELIN ON THE WESER, 1284 A.
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