King Arthur; a drama in a prologue and four acts . ACTOR. DRAMATIS PERSONS. King Arthur Mr. Irving. Sir Lancelot Mr. Forbes Robertson. Sir Mordred Mr. Frank Cooper. Sir Kay Mr. Tyars. Sir Gawaine Mr. Clarence Hague. Sir Bedevere Mr. Fuller Mellish. Sir Agravaine Mr. Lacy. Sir Percivat Mr. Buckley. Sir Lavaine Mr. Julius Knight. Sir Dagonet Mr. Harvey. Merlin Mr. Sydney Valentine. Messenger Mr. Belmore. Gaoler Mr. Tabb. Guinevere Miss Ellen Terry. Elaine Miss Lena Ashwell. Morgan Le Fay Miss Genevieve Ward. Clarissant Miss Annie Hughes. Spirit of the Lake MiSS MAUD MiLTON. Knights^ Squires, Lad
King Arthur; a drama in a prologue and four acts . ACTOR. DRAMATIS PERSONS. King Arthur Mr. Irving. Sir Lancelot Mr. Forbes Robertson. Sir Mordred Mr. Frank Cooper. Sir Kay Mr. Tyars. Sir Gawaine Mr. Clarence Hague. Sir Bedevere Mr. Fuller Mellish. Sir Agravaine Mr. Lacy. Sir Percivat Mr. Buckley. Sir Lavaine Mr. Julius Knight. Sir Dagonet Mr. Harvey. Merlin Mr. Sydney Valentine. Messenger Mr. Belmore. Gaoler Mr. Tabb. Guinevere Miss Ellen Terry. Elaine Miss Lena Ashwell. Morgan Le Fay Miss Genevieve Ward. Clarissant Miss Annie Hughes. Spirit of the Lake MiSS MAUD MiLTON. Knights^ Squires, Ladies of the Court, <Sr»r., ^c. Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, i2th January, 1895. / SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY. PROLOGUE. excalibur. Scene.—The Magic Mere. ACT I. The Holy —The Great Hall at Camelot. ACT II. The Queens —The Whitethorn Wood. ACT III. The Black Barge. Scene.—The Tower above the River at Camelol. ACT IV. The Passing of i.—The Queens Prison at 2.—The *-reat Hall at KING ARTHUR. THE PROLOGUE. EXCALIBUR. Scene :—The inagic Mere. A wide lake with a rockypath descending to tJie shore. As the curtain risesthere is a faint glimmer oji the horizori, whichgradually spreads over the water to an effect ofdawn. CJiorus of Lake Spirits singing. AWN and daytime turn to night,Darkness wakes to morning light;All the uncounted hours go by-Swift as clouds across the sky,While we maidens of the mere,Heedless of the changing year,Guard the sword Excalibur. \Pnring the concluding bars of tJie chorus,Arthur, accompanied by Merlin, ap-pears on the summit of the rocky What shore is this, haunted by mystic soundsThat are not earthly . Mer. Tis no earthly shore, Nor, till this hour, have mortal eyes beheldThese fairy sands. Arth. Then thou shalt go alone; B
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