Pieces And Plays For Lincoln S Birthday

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Excerpt from Holiday Plays: Five One-Act Pieces for Washington's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Characters: Priscilla, Myles and John, also Priscilla's mother. Mistress Mullens. Time: Autumn, A. D. 1621. Scene: The living-room in a log cabin in Plymouth Colony. A door, standing wide, opens on the village street; another, closed, leads to an inner room. A casement window with oiled paper in place of panes of glass is open. The furniture, of the period, is scant and plain. Priscilla is discovered sitting at her spinning wheel, and singing as she spins: "Over the fountains and over the waves, Under the fountains and under the graves, Under floods that are deepest which Neptune obey, Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way!" Mistress Mullens. [Enters from inner room.] Priscilla! Priscilla! There is sickness at Governor Carver's, and Mr. Fuller hath asked me to assist in - Priscilla! Priscilla. Ate, mother! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.