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Title: The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold
A Play for a Greek Theatre

Author: John Jay Chapman

Release Date: December 31, 2008 [EBook #27670]

Language: English

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Produced by Nicholas Tomaiuolo and Al Haines

THE TREASON & DEATH

OF

BENEDICT ARNOLD

A PLAY FOR A GREEK THEATRE

BY

JOHN JAY CHAPMAN

MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY

1910

Copyright, 1911

By John Jay Chapman

CHARACTERS

BENEDICT ARNOLD.

JOSHUA SMITH.

MAJOR ANDRE.

MRS. ARNOLD.

WILLIAM ARNOLD, _A Boy of Eight, Son to Benedict_.

FATHER HUDSON.

CHORUS OF WAVES (_Men_).

CHORUS OF CLOUDS (_Women_).

CHORUS-LEADER OF MEN.

CHORUS-LEADER OF WOMEN.

TREASON.

DEATH.

TWO PICKETS.

A SERVANT.

SCENE

ACT I. THE SHORE OF THE HUDSON NEAR WEST POINT.

ACT II. SITTING-ROOM OF BENEDICT ARNOLD IN ENGLAND IN 1801.

_The Acts are Separated by
a Short Vocal Intermezzo._

TREASON AND DEATH

OF BENEDICT ARNOLD

ACT I

_The margin of the Hudson at West Point. Fort Putnam and the Highlands
in the distance. A flag is fluttering on the fort. The orchestra
represents the level of the river shore, upon which level the_ Chorus
_will enter. The characters of the drama appear on a bank or platform,
slightly raised above the orchestra and_ Chorus. _At the opening of
the play_ Father Hudson _is upon the scene. He reclines in the centre
of the stage in the attitude of a river-god. The nook or couch in
which he rests is situated between the two levels, as it were in an
angle of the river bank. His position is such that he can, by turning
his head, either watch the personages on the stage, or address the_
Chorus _on the river margin. He is so painted and disposed as not to
attract attention when the play opens, but to appear rather as a part
of the scenery and decoration._

_First Picket_. Uneasy has been my watch. Dark have been my
forebodings, standing first on one foot and then on the