WILLIAM PENN

INTRODUCTION:

William Penn was a Quaker and founded the city of Brotherly Love.
He was the son of a great naval officer, Admiral Penn. When he became
a Quaker his family were very much disgraced. His father drove him
from home.

The next act will be the meeting of King Charles and William Penn and
others.

ACT I.

(King Charles and Court enter. Enter William Penn and others. All
hats removed except King's and Penn. King removes his.)

PENN: Friend Charles, why dost thou remove thy hat?

KING: Because wherever I am, it is customary for but one to remain
covered. (King passes on).

(Penn's father enters.)

PENN SR.: Sir, I will not permit such conduct toward the King. Leave
this place at once.

_End of Act I._

ACT II.

INTRODUCTION:

After Penn's father died, the King gave Penn a grant of land in
payment of a debt owed to his father. Penn invited all persecuted
Christians to the colony. He gave the colonists the right to choose
their own rules and to make their own laws. He also gave them land
for their houses and farms.

The next act will be Penn making a treaty with the Indians.

(Indians in row--Penn and people).

PENN: (Talks to Indians). We are the same as if one man's body were
divided into two parts. We are all one flesh and one blood.

INDIAN CHIEF: We will live in love with William Penn and his children
as long as the moon and the sun shall endure.

(Pipe of peace is smoked.)

_End of Play._

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

INTRODUCTION:

Sir Francis Drake was the English "Dragon" who sailed the Spanish
Main and who "singed the King of Spain's beard." He was a most daring
seaman. From boyhood he had been a sailor. The first act will be Drake
at the Court of Queen Elizabeth.

ACT I.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND COURT

FIRST MAID OF HONOR: Francis Drake has returned from his voyage around
the world.

QUEEN: Tell me about this Francis Drake.

SECOND MAID OF HONOR: He is a cousin of Captain Hawkins and was with
him when he had command of a ship against Mexico. The Spaniards killed
many of the sailors and took all they had.

COURT: He hates the Spanish because he thought they were plotting to
kill your Majesty.

QUEEN: Bring me to Francis Drake. I will visit him on his ship.

(Enter Queen and Court.)

QUEEN: How do you do, Francis Drake. They tell me you have made a
voyage around the world.