PERSONS AND PRESENCES
Speaking Persons
[Enacted by the Spirits of Ariel.]
See Appendix: Pages 159-161.
Of these scenes eight are spoken scenes taken from plays of Shakespeare; one (the sixth) is a pantomime devised from a descriptive speech in “Henry the Eighth,” Act I, Scene I; one (the fourth) is a tableau scene symbolic of the early Christian Church. Those taken from Shakespeare are printed in black-faced type.
See Appendix: Pages 162, 166, 172, 184, 187, 190, 195.
STAGE·FOR·SHAKESPEARE·MASQUE·BEHIND THE CLOUDY CURTAINS IS STAGEAOF INNER SCENES (SEE GROUND PLAN)IN FRONT OF THE CURTAINS IS STAGEBOF MASQUE PROPER (SEE GROUND PLAN)AT CENTRE, CALIBAN’S CELL OPENS UPON STAGECOF INTERLUDES (SEE GROUND PLAN)
STAGE·FOR·SHAKESPEARE·MASQUE·
BEHIND THE CLOUDY CURTAINS IS STAGEAOF INNER SCENES (SEE GROUND PLAN)IN FRONT OF THE CURTAINS IS STAGEBOF MASQUE PROPER (SEE GROUND PLAN)AT CENTRE, CALIBAN’S CELL OPENS UPON STAGECOF INTERLUDES (SEE GROUND PLAN)