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Brown, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images -generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) - - - -Note: Images of the original pages are available through - Internet Archive. See - https://archive.org/details/fairywitch00nels - - -Transcriber’s note: - - Italicized or underlined text is surrounded by - underscores: _italics_. - - Emboldened text is surrounded by equals signs: =bold=. - - - - - -THE FAIRY AND THE WITCH - -by - -A. D. NELSON. - - -[Illustration] - - -Price 15 Cents - -Eldridge Entertainment House -Franklin, Ohio - - - * * * * * * - ---HERE ARE-- - -SOME OF OUR VERY NEW TITLES - - -It is always a satisfaction to be the first to get hold of new and -novel entertainments, and here is =YOUR= chance: - - -PLAYS FOR FEMALE CHARACTERS - - Aunt Deborah’s First Luncheon 25c - When Shakespeare Struck The Town 25c - Ye Tea Party of Ye Olden Time 25c - - -TWO CLEVER MUSICAL PLAYS FOR CHILDREN - - Under The Sugar Plum Tree 40c - In Little Folks Town 40c - - -TWO NEW MOCK TRIALS - - Father Time’s Christmas Trial 15c - Will Soakum’s Matrimonial Bureau 25c - - -THREE SPLENDID BOOKS - - Dramatic Stories, Myths and Legends { Paper 35c; Boards 50c - For Children--The Stage or School Room { - - Good Stunts for Commencement Week 50c - Novelties That Will Enliven This Festive Occasion - - What to Say for Closing Day 30c - Good Dialogs, Exercises, Etc. for Closing Day. - - - SEND ORDERS TO - ELDRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE - Franklin, Ohio - - * * * * * * - - -THE FAIRY AND THE WITCH - -An allegorical sketch for Hallowe’en, in which is -related the fall of Black Witch and the -rise of White Fairy. - -by - - A. D. NELSON. - - - - - - -Copyright, 1915, Eldridge Entertainment House. - -ELDRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE. -FRANKLIN, OHIO. - - - - -PROPERTIES. - - - One black kettle or cauldron, of iron. - - One tripod constructed of rough sticks about 2 inches in diameter and - fastened at top by wire, chain or rope from which kettle is hung. - - One wand for White Fairy. - - One Black Rod for the Witch, to be so constructed that it will break - into two pieces at will. - - One contrivance for making a light appear in witch’s kettle at will. - - An organ or piano for music, off stage, if desired where indicated in - lines of play. - - - - -CHARACTERS. - - -_White Fairy_--an older child, female. - -_Black Witch_--adult, female, or an additional effectiveness can be -made in the denouement if this be impersonated by a male, speaking in a -shrill high-pitched falsetto. - -_Mirth_--First Fairy Messenger, child, male or female. - -_Jollity_--Second Fairy Messenger, child, male or female. - -_Erebus_--Imp of Blackness, child, male or female. - -_Noctis_--Black Fury of Night, child, male or female. - -_The Children_--in any number. - - - - -COSTUMES. - - -Conventional costume for White Fairy; also conventional witch costume -for Black Witch with addition of black mask and hood for face and back -of head to conceal identity. The witch costume to be so constructed -that it can be easily removed. - -Fairy Messengers clad in white or some diaphanous drapery of light blue -or pink. - -Erebus and Noctis costumes, black, armless inverted sacks running from -a point above head to a fullness at shoes with eye-holes, etc., cut in -proper place. - -Children costumes, as they may be dressed. - - - - -The Fairy and The Witch. - - - (_Scene: A clearing in the forest, with Witch’s kettle suspended on - tripod near the Right Front of Stage. No scenery is necessary but an - added effectiveness can be secured if play is given out of doors._) - - (_Enter White Fairy from back of stage, to accompaniment of light, - lilting music if desired. White Fairy in pantomime casts spell over - region by tripping lightly to right of stage and waving wand, thence - over kettle, thence to front, thence to left. Exit White Fairy at - rear, music ceases._) - - (_Enter Black Witch from left, plods toward kettle chuckling - fiendishly. Bends over kettle, presumably examining it, then moves - towards left across front of stage during reading of lines._) - -_Black Witch_ (_boastfully_) Mistress of this black night am I. Witch -and wizard of all the powers of night and darkness I am. Supreme -above all good in the Spirit World, tonight on mundane earth. I come -to work my spell and my skill in arts malign display. Not all the -holy saints, who tomorrow rule the day, can wrest from me my power of -night--Hallowe’en! (_in derision_) A hallowed evening! Oh, ho, ho! Ah, -ha, ha!! From that proud eminence brought low by me and now decreed to -devilish deeds and dark! Thus shall it ever be. (_Calling toward left, -off stage._) Come now my hosts of somber reputation. Make merry! With -fell design make we night hideous. Come Owl and hoot for me! (_Listens, -no response, calls louder._) Come Owl! Hoot Owl! (_Owl hoots off stage, -left. Aside, chuckling._) Didst hear the old fool hoot? (_Calling owl_) -Come nearer Owl, perch thou upon my shoulder. (_Owl hoots again very -faintly. Pleading_) Come Owl, Owl come! (_No response. Grows slightly -alarmed. Muses_) What portends this? Am I now to lose my power as Jove -hath so long menaced? Owl has fled and will not come to me. (_Pauses, -resumes hopefully_) Ah, well, in my train come others who will heed and -answer me. This night Black Witch must have her way! - - (_During next lines while calling upon her hosts the Witch moves to - and fro calling toward different sections of the region as taste may - dictate except as indicated with the lines._) - -_Black Witch_ Black Cat, most common beast of evil augury, what sayest -thou? Come forth Black Cat. Let thy penetrating howl echo through the -wood. Roost thou upon my back. Come Black Cat, oh! Black Cat come! -(_Pauses, looks expectantly toward tree, no response. Then muses a -trifle sadly._) Ah! ’tis indeed a night of evil omen when my own Black -Cat forsaketh me. (_Turning hopefully_) Raven! Thou bird of sable -plumage, bleak and drear, hear thy mistress call. Sound thy raucous -note athwart the evening air. Come Raven! bear me company. (_Pauses, -no response. Despairingly_) Raven too is gone and will not heed my -voice. (_Brightening_) Oh! well, not yet do we despair, with ill intent -and fury unabated call we yet others! (_From front center of stage -directly facing audience._) Come snake! sleek-bellied serpent, curse -of women, cursed by men, come forth my own beloved. (_Drags point of -cane, wiggling, along ground from stage front towards self._) Start -from thy hole, oh! snake of mine. Let thy rattling hisses be heard -among the leaves. Coil clammily around me! (_Pauses, no response, -resumes furiously_) Seven curses be upon thee, pampered pet of Eve, -and thou wilt not come! (_Turns away in despair and next calls with -rather hopeless air._) Jackal, night prowler of the forest, hast thou -joined this motley crew of renegades? (_Pleadingly_) Heed my voice, oh! -Jackal! Prithee leave thy secret lair; come forth! Strike thy eerie -call weird and dominant! Soft-footed creep through the forest aisles -reposing at my feet. (_Pauses, no response, resumes furiously._) Keep -to thy den accursed beast forever! Rot and die! - -_Black Witch_ (_Musing sadly_) Even yet, methinks, I must rely upon my -frisky imps of darkness to aid in this foul festival! (_Again brightens -hopefully, exclaims_) But no! But no! - - (_At this line Black Witch should be near front of stage at point - directly in front of place where Mirth will enter. During next lines - Black Witch raises arms aloft in supplication and backs toward place - of Mirth’s entrance._) - -_Black Witch_ (_Moving backwards, hands aloft in earnest -supplication._) Come, Wind of night! oh, Night Wind come! Thy blasting -fury loose upon this world! (_Pauses, drops arms, no response, again -muses sadly._) Ah! Wind of Night, on which I’ve drifted through the sky -these thousand years, hast thou too deserted me? (_Again raises arms -aloft and cries in desperation_) Will none come forth to do my will? - - (_Enter Mirth, silently, directly behind Black Witch. Remains behind - B. W. and out of her sight, dogging her footsteps, poking fun at her, - making grimaces, etc._) - -_Black Witch_ (_Moving towards kettle soliloquizing brokenly_) Ah, -mighty Jove, hast thou delivered me unto mine enemies on this dark -night of all dark nights?--Some one has cast a spell upon the place and -for the moment I am powerless--Aye! for the moment! (_looks at her rod -as if conscious of it for the first time_) But I have still my trusty -rod of black, and it will yet dispel this impotence oppressive--Though -my voice fail this rod will fail me not! - - (_Makes passes over kettle with rod and turning slightly catches - sight of Mirth._) - -_Black Witch_ (_Rather amused as if White Fairy were a foe of small -consequence._) Ah, ha! White Fairy is now revealed as Jove’s agent -to work my ruin and she hath sent Mirth, her messenger, to haunt my -footsteps and bedevil me! (_chuckles, then calls_) Come Erebus, Imp of -Blackness, come! Make haste and drive this Mirth away. - - (_Erebus groans, off stage, left_) - - (_Enter Erebus from left, treading slowly and heavily_) - -_Black Witch_ What ails thee, Imp of Blackness? - -_Erebus_ (_Yawning_) I sleep and cannot wake. My feet drag like lead -behind me. (_groans_) My eyes will not open and my body wilts in sleep. - -_Black Witch_ (_Musing_) It is the dread fairy spell! (_severely to -Erebus_) Cease thy deep grumblings and drive Mirth away from here. - - (_Erebus takes after Mirth. Mirth tripping lightly, Erebus dragging - himself along heavily._) - - (_Exeunt Erebus and Mirth to back of stage._) - -_Black Witch_ (_Calling, toward left_) Come also Noctis, Black Fury of -the night, come too! Speed thee hence. Lend thy brother aid. - - (_Enter Noctis, moaning and yawning, also treading heavily as if in a - stupor._) - -_Noctis_ (_Lifelessly_) Did call me, mother Witch? - -_Black Witch_ (_Sharply_) I did, and art thou also sodden with a heavy -stupor? - -_Noctis_ (_Trembling_) I am, dread mother Witch. My eyes refuse to open -and my feet will not obey my will. - -_Black Witch_ (_Impatiently_) Cease thy grumblings and be thankful that -you live. - - (_Enter Erebus from back moving with crestfallen air towards witch._) - -_Black Witch_ Even now methinks almighty Jove hath delivered this -region to White Fairy and our course is run. (_turns to Erebus_) Did -Mirth escape thee? (_Erebus bows head_) Sodden Imp! (_to both_) But -come, let us brew our witch’s brew. Gather around and with mighty magic -incantation will we boil a brew to blight the world. - - (_Enter Mirth and Jollity from back as Black Witch, Erebus and Noctis - move toward kettle. Mirth and Jollity dog footsteps of the three, - remaining out of sight poking fun at Witch, etc. Black Witch, Erebus - and Noctis begin to spread out around kettle while Black Witch makes - few passes with wand. She catches sight of Mirth and Jollity and - screeches._) - -_Black Witch_ (_Screeching_) Erebus and Noctis! fly after these unholy -imps of light! - - (_Erebus and Noctis pursue Mirth and Jollity, the fairy messengers - tripping lightly, Erebus and Noctis following heavily. Exeunt, the - four, to back of stage._) - -_Black Witch_ (_following a few steps_) Fly, fly! Let not your -footsteps laggard be. Capture them and, returning hence, let their -bones and flesh serve but to fill the pot. (_Turns toward kettle, -chuckling with glee._) Oh, ho, ho! Ah, ha, ha! Two fairy messengers -to grace the witch’s brew. Fine will be the scent as their bones are -burned and flesh is boiled into the stew! (_Turning_) Erebus and -Noctis, fail me not! - - (_Enter Erebus and Noctis returning from chase empty handed, from - back of stage._) - -_Black Witch_ Didst let them escape thee, dull imps? - -_Erebus and Noctis_ (_heads hanging_) Aye, dread mother. - -_Black Witch_ (_Beating Erebus and Noctis about shoulders with rod_) -Stupid dullards! Worthless laggards! See that ye fail me not again! -(_Indignant_) Come with me and gather ’round the cauldron. - - (_They move over to kettle and take positions around it. Black Witch - makes passes with rod and at signal from Black Witch all three chant - chorus of incantation song. The solo stanzas of this song, also the - chorus are to be droned out in a slow, sing-song chant, no particular - tune or melody desired. Make it as weirdly unmusical and inharmonious - as possible, but let the words “get across” distinctly._) - -_Chorus_ (_Black Witch, Erebus and Noctis, while moving around the -kettle circling slowly._) - - We’re watching the pot and it’s going to boil; - The air will get hot and this region will spoil, - But that matters not for we brew witches’ oil. - - (_Stop circling. Black Witch waves rod. She reaches over and fingers - the head of Erebus, tosses hand toward cauldron. Repeats process with - Noctis. The three immediately resume circling around kettle while - Black Witch sings first stanza in solo._) - -_Black Witch_ (_solo chant_) - - 1 A louse and a lizard - And two babies fair; - The brains of a pole-cat, - Some coyote’s hair; - Animals, reptiles - And birds of the air, - We take of their entrails - And stir them with care. - -_Chorus_ (_the three, still circling_) - - We’re watching the pot and it’s going to boil, - The air will get hot and this region will spoil, - But that matters not for we brew witches’ oil. - - (_All cease circling at conclusion of this chorus. Black Witch to be - behind kettle facing audience. Erebus and Noctis on each side. While - Black Witch sings next stanza the three sway back and forth but do - not circle around._) - -_Black Witch_ (_solo chants_) - - 2 To those must be added - The element, strife; - Some envy and malice-- - The ills of our life-- - Vengeance and jealousy, - Backbiting, lies, - All put in the kettle - With things we despise! - - (_The three immediately begin circling again and chant chorus._) - -_All_ We’re watching the pot and it’s going to boil, - The air will get hot and this region---- - -_Black Witch_ (_Interrupting hysterically and shaking rod menacingly -towards Erebus and Noctis in turn._) Curses upon thee, torpid imps! -Canst not chant with thy wonted vim? Let thy voices swell to the far -gods, else will sovereign Jove hear us not. Raise thy voices. I command -thee! - - (_The three resume circling and re-commence the chorus, Erebus and - Noctis chanting louder._) - - _All_ We’re watching the pot and it’s going to boil, - The air will get hot and this region will spoil, - But that matters not for we---- - -_Black Witch_ (_Interrupting by beating the kettle with rod and -screaming furiously_) Curses upon thee, dead! black! pot!! - - (_Enter White Fairy at back of stage at word “pot”. Fairy raises - wand. Light appears inside of kettle as Black Witch beats it, to be - so timed that the glow appears at instant White Fairy raises wand._) - -_Black Witch_ (_screaming triumphantly_) Ha! ha! it comes! Light -comes--light make fire--come fire--fire come! - -_White Fairy_ (_coming forward and interrupting_) Stop! I command thee, -stop! - - (_Erebus and Noctis shiver, moan and fall prone on the ground, - remaining there until told to fly by Black Witch._) - -_Fairy_ (_From position a trifle to the left and back of kettle, gazing -steadily at Witch, ignoring imps._) This night thou art delivered unto -me. - -_Black Witch_ (_moving toward Fairy_) Not so, not so, loathed Fairy. -Though ages old I still am young and thou shalt not prevail. - -_Fairy_ (_calmly_) Thy power is gone---- - -_Black Witch_ (_Interrupting in derision_) Not yet, dear Fairy! -(_continues with air of triumph_) See yonder glow in my black pot? With -my rod I brought it and it will burn and brighten until thee and thine -consumed and parched be, and the whole world blighted. This rod, my -power, though it weakened be, is potent still and thou canst do naught -against me---- - -_Fairy_ (_Interrupting with cool hauteur_) That light is mine. I caused -it there. Forever it will glow--a fairy gleam to light and bless the -world. Thy power is gone, thy rod is dead. - - (_Black Witch begins to laugh scornfully, moves over and gazes into - pot, is startled and laugh is choked down._) - -_Black Witch_ (_murmuring hopelessly_) ’Tis true. ’Tis true. - - (_Black Witch grows afraid, moves away from kettle towards left - across front of stage, muttering. Fairy maintains her original - position but turns around slowly following movements of Black Witch - with her eye. Fairy makes passes with wand toward Black Witch. Black - Witch trembles and becomes furiously enraged._) - -_Black Witch_ (_hysterically_) Begone, foul fairy, ere I smite thee -dead! - -_Fairy_ (_Calmly_) Do thy worst. Thy worst is less than none. - - (_Black Witch grows desperate, approaches White Fairy and raises rod - to strike her. At this moment B. W. should be to left of Fairy._) - -_Black Witch_ With mine omnipotent rod I kill thee! - - (_Fairy smiles, holds forth her wand. Arms of Black Witch become - rigid in mid-air._) - -_Black Witch_ (_screaming_) Fly Erebus and Noctis, Imps of Blackness, -for your lives make haste! Away! Away! - - (_Exeunt Erebus and Noctis to back passing to the right and behind - Witch and Fairy._) - -_White Fairy_ (_still smiling_) Break rod, rod break! - - (_Touches rod with wand, rod breaks._) - -_White Fairy_ (_slightly toward audience_) And thus shall broken be her -power forevermore. - - (_White Fairy waves her wand toward Black Witch, Black Witch - trembles, groans, broken piece of rod falls from her hand._) - -_Black Witch_ (_muttering_) ’Tis true. ’Tis true. Jove hath forsaken -me and aids this young sprite to do me harm---- (_words trail off into -silence as White Fairy continues to wave wand_.) - -_White Fairy_ (_Low and rather sadly_) Thy lips are silent now forever. -Now thou must sleep--sleep witch, no longer witch. - - (_White Fairy continues to wave wand slowly. Black Witch nods head - drowsily, wilts into sleep and falls to ground._) - -_White Fairy_ Thou hast fallen. A deeper sleep is thine than fell upon -the Imps of Blackness. Sleep forever--wake no more! - - (_Black Witch exhales one last breath. Dies._) - -_White Fairy_ (_solemnly_) Thine is a sleep eternal. Thou art dead. - - (_White Fairy gives one last pitiful look at dead Witch, then turns - away smiling._) - -_White Fairy_ (_calling_) Come Mirth and Jollity! Come, children, come. - - (_Mirth and Jollity and children, come tripping in with exclamations - of childish delight, etc., until they spy the dead Witch; then their - cries are hushed, their tripping ceases and they move furtively on - tip-toe over to White Fairy glancing at her for explanations._) - -_White Fairy_ Black Witch is dead. Her power is gone, and Hallowe’en -shall always be a hallowed evening--holy night! redeemed from evil by -the power of light. Let men rejoice and women sing. Let children play -and dance. This night, henceforth, is sacred to the joys of children. - - (_Children clap hands in applause._) - -_White Fairy_ Come! let us dance. - - (_Music starts up. Any lively dance song for children such as can be - found in any school music book will be suitable here. All clasp hands - and begin to circle around kettle, singing and dancing. Music breaks - off and all stop singing abruptly in middle of first stanza. Children - all glance towards dead Witch then towards Fairy._) - -_White Fairy_ What is it, children? - -_Mirth_ Good Fairy, we want no one to die. - -_White Fairy_ (_touching Mirth with wand_) Bless you, dear messenger of -mine, but the witch is evil and cannot live. - -_Jollity_ Can’t you give the witch her life but keep her evil power -away from her? - -_Children_ (_in unison_) Please good Fairy, restore the Witch’s life! -Please oh! please. - -_White Fairy_ (_pondering_) Your pleas move me. I will restore the -witch’s life. In Spirit world she can no longer live. A mortal, she -must dwell upon the earth. - - (_Children cluster in “background” as Fairy goes toward Witch._) - -_White Fairy_ (_touching Witch with wand_) Insensate clay awake! Moved -by the tears of children, whom thou hast terrified and wronged, I give -thee life. Thou canst no longer dwell with spirits. Wake in mortal form! - - (_Witch begins to show signs of life as White Fairy continues to wave - wand._) - -_White Fairy_ (_Resuming_) Too long hast thou disgraced thy sex in -Spirit World, in mortal life thou shalt assume the guise of man. - - (_During preceding lines Witch must unfasten necessary strings, - hooks, etc., to allow entire costume to fall off as she rises. Fairy - reads next line upon receiving signal from Witch that all is ready._) - -_White Fairy_ (_stepping back and raising wand_) Rise mortal man. - - (_Mortal rises, children cheer._) - -_White Fairy_ (_Continuing_) Be grateful for thy life. - - Note--If part of Witch is played by female omit this line and change - words to feminine gender in following lines where necessary. In the - original production the Witch was effectively impersonated by a young - man thus bringing out a stronger anti-climax upon restoration to life. - -_Mortal_ (_bowing_) I am grateful. - - (_Fairy disposes of wand by hanging it on her dress._) - -_White Fairy_ Thy life is due these children. See thou be good to them -else will thy life be forfeited to me again. Love them, I command thee. - -_Mortal_ (_bowing low and gently kissing Fairy’s hand_) I will love -them and obey thee, most gracious majesty. - - (_White Fairy and Mortal clasp hands and turn toward audience._) - -_White Fairy_ Thus ever shall the powers of night and darkness be -dispelled. - -_Mortal_ And good will triumph over evil everywhere. - - (_They bow to audience and to each other._) - -_White Fairy_ Will dance with us, my Lord? - -_Mortal_ Your majesty doth honor me. - - (_All join hands circling around kettle and sing dance song. Organ - glides into march at end. All march off, Fairy and Mortal in lead, - then Mirth and Jollity, followed by children. Exunt all._) - - -CURTAIN. - - - - -TWO PLAYS FOR BOYS - -By SEYMOUR S. TIBBALS. - - -Mr. Tibbals has been unusually successful in furnishing boys’ plays -that introduce characters true to life. 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