Y (Indoor)
Can be produced in school, home, or small theater. Is suitable for
boys' schools, Boy Scouts, settlements, clubs, and patriotic societies.
Can be produced on any holiday. Is particularly appropriate for Fall
and Winter months--especially the month of December.
DANIEL BOONE: PATRIOT (Outdoor)
Can be produced in park, woodland, or village green. Can be given by
boys' schools, clubs, settlements, and patriotic societies. Also by the
"Sons of Daniel Boone" and the Boy Scouts. Is appropriate for any day
during Spring, Summer, or Autumn. Can be given on the Fourth of July.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FORTUNE (Outdoor)
Can be produced in park, lawn, or woodland. Is suitable for schools,
clubs, patriotic societies, and settlements. Is appropriate for any day
during Spring, Summer, or Autumn, and is particularly appropriate for
the Fourth of July. An indoor arrangement can easily be made for George
Washington's Birthday.
IN WITCHCRAFT DAYS (Outdoor)
Can be given in park, lawn, or village green or woodland. Suitable for
co-educational schools, girls' schools, girls' Summer camps, patriotic
societies, settlements, and clubs. Appropriate for Arbor Day, May Day,
or any day during Spring, Summer, or early Autumn. An indoor
arrangement can be given for Thanksgiving in school halls.
MERRYMOUNT (Outdoor)
Can be produced in park or woodland. Is suitable for co-educational
schools, girls' schools, girls' Summer camps, and for clubs,
settlements, and patriotic societies. Is appropriate for Arbor Day, May
Day, or any day in Spring and Summer. An indoor version of it can also
be given.
PRINCESS POCAHONTAS (Outdoor)
Can be given in park, in woodland, or on lawn. Is suitable for schools,
clubs, and patriotic societies. Can be given on the Fourth of July, or
any day during Spring and Summer. Indoor production is also possible.
PATRIOTIC PLAYS AND PAGEANTS
PATRIOTIC PLAYS: THEIR USE AND VALUE
The primary value of the patriotic play lies in its appeal to the love
of country, and its power to revitalize the past. The Youth of To-Day
is put in touch with the Patriots of Yesterday. Historic personages
become actual, vivid figures. The costumes, speech, manners, and ideas
of bygone days take on new significance. The life of trail and wigwam,
of colonial homestead and pioneer camp, is made tangible and realistic.
And the spirit of those days--the integrity, courage, and vigor of the
Nation's heroes, their meager opport
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