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The Saxons A Drama of Christianity in the North
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THE SAXONS
A DRAMA OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE NORTH
BY EDWIN DAVIES SCHOONMAKER
THE HAMMERSMARK PUBLISHING
COMPANY, CHICAGO. ILL., 1905
COPYRIGHT, FEBRUARY, 1905,
BY
The Hammersmark Publishing Co.
CHICAGO
JOHN F. HIGGINS PRINT 279-251 EAST MONROE ST
TO MY MOTHER
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
ACT ONE.
ACT TWO.
ACT THREE.
ACT FOUR.
ACT FIVE.
Transcriber's Notes:
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
THE SAXON UNIT.
- Canzler, chief of the Saxons.
- Fritz, a shepherd.
- Rudolph, }
- Max, } foresters.
- Conrad, }
- Hartzel, an old man.
- Wiglaf, a gleeman.
- Oswald, a shepherd, afterward a monk.
- Selma, daughter of Canzler.
THE ROMAN UNIT.
- Father Benedict, the village priest.
- Father Paul, a friar.
- Jardin, the bailiff.
- Jacques Sar, an old crusader.
- Jules Bacqueur, the smith.
- Hugh Capet, the barber.
- Madam Bacqueur, wife of Jules Bacqueur.
- Madam Valmy, a country woman.
- Rachel, aunt of Madam Valmy.
- Rosa, granddaughter of Rachel.
- A Boy.
THE GREEK UNIT.
- The Abbot of St. Giles.
- Louis, the prior of the abbey.
- Pierre, the sacristan.
- Andrew, an old acolyte.
- Ely, the porter.
- Simon, }
- Rene, }
- Basil, } monks.
- Soloman, }
- Leo, }
- Guido, }
- Macias, a hunter attached to the abbey.
THE SUPERNATURAL.
- Sigurd, apparently a dwarf, really something else.
- Hulga, a witch.
- Zip, }
- Gimel, }
- Kilo, } gnomes.
- Suk, }
- Zory, }
- Fairies.
Other foresters, monks and villagers, men and women.
Let a man be a man. Outside of that
There is no power on earth that dares ask more;
No power in heaven that will.
THE SAXONS
ACT ONE.
SCENE ONE—A road through a forest. On either side trees stand thick and dark. Immediately in front the light sifts down upon a rude bridge spanning a narrow stream. At the roadside, to the right, a large crucifix, apparently new, stands upon a post some ten feet in height. It is elaborately carved and is set in a deep frame to protect it from the weather. At the foot of the post, cut into the mossy bank which slopes toward the road, is a kneeling place with a white sheep's pelt lying upon it.
A sound of voices is heard. Fritz and Rudolph enter from the left and pause where a path leads off through the wood. The latter has an ax upon his shoulder. Far in the forest a faint sound of chopping is heard.
TIME—Mid-day in summer, in the early part of the thirteenth century.
To the mountains?
Have not our way. The dragon has his way.
As far as Niflheim the North is red.