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LIONEL S. MARKS

MEMORIAL THEATRE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Tuesday Evening, July 26th, 1910

FIRST PERFORMANCE

OF

The Piper

( The Prize Play )

BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

Produced by MR. and MRS. F. R. BENSON and THEIR SHAKESPEAREAN COMPANY Including Miss MARION TERRY

  • THE PIPERMr. F. R. Benson
  • MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATERMr. Eric Maxon
  • CHEAT-THE-DEVILMr. Alfred Wild
  • JACOBUS, the BurgomeisterMr. Alfred Brydone
  • KURT, the SyndicMr. F. Moffat Johnston
  • PETER, the CobblerMr. W. W. Caithness
  • HANS, the ButcherMr. Harry Caine
  • AXEL, the SmithMr. G. F. Hannam Clarke
  • MARTIN, the WatchMr. John Howell
  • PETER, the SacristanMr. Nigel Barry
  • ANSELM, a young PriestMr. Murray Carrington
  • OLD CLAUS, a MiserMr. F. P. Wilson
  • TOWN CRIERMr. Frank Growcott
  • VERONIKA, the wife of KurtMiss Marion Terry
  • BARBARA, daughter of JacobusMiss Violet Farebrother
  • WIFE OF HANS THE BUTCHERMiss Marion Foreman
  • WIFE OF AXEL THE SMITHMiss Winifred Durie
  • WIFE OF MARTIN THE WATCHMiss C. MacDowell
  • OLD URSULAMiss Elinor Aickin
  • JANMiss Hetty Kenyon
  • HANSELMiss Kathleen Yorke
  • ILSEMiss Beatrice Pither
  • TRUDEMiss Joan Hastings
  • RUDIMaster Aubrey Summerheys

Scenery by Messrs. Joseph and Phil Harker

Music specially composed by Mr. Christopher Wilson

THE NEW THEATRE, NEW YORK

Monday Evening, January 30th, 1911

FIRST PERFORMANCE IN AMERICA

OF

The Piper

BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

  • THE PIPERMiss Edith Wynne Matthison
  • MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATERMr. Frank Gillmore
  • CHEAT-THE-DEVILMr. Jacob Wendell, Jr.
  • JACOBUS, the BurgomeisterMr. Lee Baker
  • KURT, the SyndicMr. Ben Johnson
  • PETER, the CobblerMr. John Sutherland
  • HANS, the ButcherMr. William McVay
  • AXEL, the SmithMr. Stewart Baird
  • MARTIN, the WatchMr. Edwin Cushman
  • PETER, the SacristanMr. William Raymond
  • ANSELM, a young PriestMr. Pedro deCordoba
  • OLD CLAUS, a MiserMr. Cecil Yapp
  • TOWN CRIERMr. Robert Hamilton
  • VERONIKA, the wife of KurtMiss Olive Oliver
  • BARBARA, daughter of JacobusMiss Dora Jesslyn
  • WIFE OF HANS THE BUTCHERMiss Thais Lawton
  • WIFE OF AXEL THE SMITHMiss Elsie Herndon Kearns
  • WIFE OF MARTIN THE WATCHMiss Mary Doyle
  • OLD URSULAMrs. Sol Smith
  • JANMaster John Tansey
  • HANSELMaster Emmett Hampton
  • ILSEMiss Jeanette Dix
  • TRUDEMiss Claribel Campbell
  • RUDIMiss Dorothy Vernon

Produced by Mr. George Foster Platt

Scenery and costumes under the direction of Mr. E. Hamilton Bell

      CHARACTERS
    • THE PIPER, Strolling Player
    • MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER, Strolling Player
    • CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, Strolling Player
    • JACOBUS, the Burgomeister; Man of Hamelin
    • KURT, the Syndic; Man of Hamelin
    • PETER, the Cobbler; Man of Hamelin
    • HANS, the Butcher; Man of Hamelin
    • AXEL, the Smith; Man of Hamelin
    • MARTIN, the Watch; Man of Hamelin
    • PETER, the Sacristan; Man of Hamelin
    • ANSELM, a young priest; Man of Hamelin
    • OLD CLAUS, a miser; Man of Hamelin
    • TOWN CRIER; Man of Hamelin
    • JAN, Child
    • HANSEL, Child
    • ILSE, Child
    • TRUDE, Child
    • RUDI, Child
    • VERONIKA, the wife of Kurt
    • BARBARA, daughter of Jacobus
    • WIFE OF HANS THE BUTCHER
    • WIFE OF AXEL THE SMITH
    • WIFE OF MARTIN THE WATCH
    • OLD URSULA
    • Burghers, nuns, priests, and children
SCENE. — Hamelin on the Weser , 1284 A.D.
SCENES
  • ACT I. — The market-place in Hamelin
  • ACT II. SCENE I. — Inside the 'Hollow Hill'
  • ACT II. SCENE II. — The Cross-ways
  • ACT III. — The Cross-ways
  • ACT IV. — The market-place in Hamelin

One week is supposed to elapse between Acts I and II .

Acts II and III occupy one day .

Act IV concerns the following morning .

ACT I

SCENE. — The market-place of Hamelin. Right, the Minster, with an open shrine ( right centre ) containing a large sculptured figure of the Christ. Right, farther front, the house of KURT; and other narrow house-fronts. Left, the Rathaus, and ( down ) the home of JACOBUS. Front, to left and right, are cornerhouses with projecting stories and casement windows. At the centre rear, a narrow street leads away between houses whose gables all but meet overhead .

It is late summer afternoon, with a holiday crowd. In the open casements, front ( right and left, opposite each other ), sit OLD URSULA and OLD CLAUS, looking on at men and things. In the centre of the place now stands a rude wooden Ark with a tented top : and out of the openings ( right and left ) appear the artificial heads of animals, worn by the players inside. One is a Bear ( inhabited by MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER); one is a large Reynard-the-Fox, later apparent as the PIPER. Close by is the medioeval piece of stage-property known as 'Hell-Mouth' , i.e. a red painted cave with a jaw-like opening, into which a mountebank dressed in scarlet (CHEAT-THE-DEVIL) is poking 'Lost Souls' with a pitchfork .

BARBARA loiters by the tent . VERONIKA, the sad young wife of KURT, watches from the house steps, left, keeping her little lame boy, Jan, close beside her .

Shouts of delight greet the end of the show, — a Noah's Ark miracle-play of the rudest; and the Children continue to scream with joy whenever an Animal looks out of the Ark .

Men and women pay scant attention either to JACOBUS, when he speaks ( himself none too sober ) — from his doorstep, prompted by the frowning KURT, — or yet to ANSELM, the priest, who stands forth with lifted hands, at the close of the miracle-play .

ANSELM.

Note: Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 228 chars.

HANS, AXEL, AND OTHERS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 31 words in 1 sentence using 175 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 110 chars.

OLD URSULA
putting out an ear-trumpet ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

REYNARD
from the Ark ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

JACOBUS
with oratorical endeavor ].

Note: Contains 23 words in 6 sentences using 113 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 40 words in 6 sentences using 215 chars.

[HANS the Butcher steps out of his group
HANS.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 53 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

JACOBUS
piously ].

Note: Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 211 chars.

REYNARD
from the Ark ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 26 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 114 chars.

REYNARD
sarcastically ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

PEOPLE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

BARBARA
to JACOBUS].

Note: Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 197 chars.

REYNARD.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 80 chars.

ILSE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars.

General confusion
KURT.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 44 words in 2 sentences using 248 chars.

REYNARD
loudly ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

BEAR.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

OTHER ANIMALS
looking out ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 4 sentences using 29 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars.

Renewed uproar round the tent
KURT
to JACOBUS].

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 156 chars.

[BARBARA lingers by the Ark-Tent, gazing with girlish interest at MICHAEL, who gazes at her, his bear-head in his hand for the moment
JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

She turns back, with an angry glance at KURT]
AXEL
doggedly to them ].

Note: Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 216 chars.

REYNARD
calling ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

HANS

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

PETER
sagely ].

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars.

WOMEN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 64 words in 8 sentences using 348 chars.

[KURT wrathfully consults with JACOBUS, then signals to Crier
CRIER.

Note: Contains 52 words in 8 sentences using 290 chars.

Trumpet . — PEOPLE gaze up and down the little streets . — REYNARD steps out of the Ark and comes down slowly, with a modest air . — KURT points him out, threateningly, and the CROWD bursts into derisive laughter. — He doffs his animal head at leisure, showing a sparkling dark-eyed face
ALL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 19 chars.

KURT AND JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

The PIPER regards them all with debonair satisfaction; then reverses his headpiece and holds it out upside-down, with a confident smile
PIPER.

Note: Contains 42 words in 7 sentences using 229 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

JACOBUS
to PIPER].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 19 words in 5 sentences using 105 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 28 chars.

PETER THE COBBLER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

HANS THE BUTCHER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 113 chars.

OLD CLAUS
shaking his stick from the window ].

Note: Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 196 chars.

OLD URSULA
leaning out, opposite ].

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 94 chars.

PIPER
coming down ].

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

KURT
contemptuously ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

WOMEN.

Note: Contains 17 words in 6 sentences using 120 chars.

HANS the Butcher .

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 74 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

VERONIKA
from the steps ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

JACOBUS
to him, blandly ].

Note: Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 165 chars.

PIPER
sternly ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

PIPER
turning proudly ].

Note: Contains 27 words in 8 sentences using 146 chars.

[MICHAEL comes down, bear-head in hand
BARBARA
regarding him sadly ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

PIPER
defiantly ].

Note: Contains 54 words in 8 sentences using 274 chars.

HANS, AXEL, AND CROWD.

Note: Contains 28 words in 8 sentences using 151 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 204 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

PIPER
hotly ].

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 87 chars.

MICHAEL
sullenly ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 49 words in 8 sentences using 260 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 27 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 113 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 42 words in 6 sentences using 216 chars.

OLD URSULA
with her ear-trumpet ].

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 65 words in 5 sentences using 362 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL
unhappily ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

PIPER
soothingly to him ].

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 162 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 118 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 5 sentences using 41 chars.

PIPER

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

BARBARA
aside, bitterly ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

PIPER
to HANS].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL
unhappily ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 40 chars.

BUTCHER'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

The PIPER motions to MICHAEL and CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, who during the following join the other player-folk, strike their tent, pack their bundles, and wheel off the barrows that have served them for an Ark, leaving the space clear before the Shrine. Exeunt Strollers, all but MICHAEL, who hangs about, still gazing at BARBARA]
JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars.

OLD CLAUS.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

PIPER
at bay ].

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 47 chars.

OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 43 words in 9 sentences using 222 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

PIPER
to ANSELM].

Note: Contains 20 words in 8 sentences using 114 chars.

Starts to pipe, looking on the book
CROWD.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 62 chars.

PIPER
puzzled at their mirth ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

A burst of laughter from the crowd . JAN, the little lame boy on the steps, reaches his arms out suddenly and gives a cry of delight
JAN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

He goes, with his crutch, to the PIPER, who turns and gathers him close
JACOBUS
to the People ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

PIPER
in a rage ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 59 words in 11 sentences using 335 chars.

KURT
savagely ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

ANSELM.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 96 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

JACOBUS
warily ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

Beckoning others, he and KURT go into the Rathaus, followed by all the men. Exit ANSELM with the Holy Book into the Minster. — The children play Mouse, to and fro, round about the PIPER. — The women, some of them, spin on the doorsteps, with little hand distaffs, or stand about, gossiping .

The PIPER wipes his forehead and goes up slowly ( centre ) to drink from the fountain at the foot of the Shrine . — MICHAEL, like one in a dream, comes down towards BARBARA, who gazes back at him, fascinated, through her laughter

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 22 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 21 chars.

BARBARA
agitated ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

MICHAEL
passionately

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 187 chars.

She drops her flowers. — He picks them up and gives them back slowly
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars.

MICHAEL
bitterly ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

BARBARA
eagerly ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 74 chars.

Overcome for the moment, she draws away. — The PIPER, coming down, speaks stealthily to MICHAEL, who is still gazing
PIPER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 153 chars.

[BARBARA turns back to see MICHAEL withdrawing reluctantly, and throws a rose to him with sudden gayety
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

MICHAEL
looking back ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

[JAN clings once more to the PIPER, while the other children hang about. Enter VERONIKA from her house. She goes towards her boy
VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

PIPER
drawing nearer ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

HANS' WIFE
stridently ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 29 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

PIPER
to him ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

JAN
softly ].

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

[JAN points to the Christ in the shrine . VERONIKA crosses herself. The PIPER looks long at the little boy
VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 117 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars.

JAN
shyly ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

The women murmur. The PIPER comes down further to speak to VEKONIKA]
PIPER.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 62 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE
to her child ].

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

ANOTHER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

OLD URSULA
calling from her window ].

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 97 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

ILSE
dropping her doll and picking it up ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

HANSEL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 90 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 19 words in 5 sentences using 93 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

CHILDREN
scampering round him ].

Note: Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 90 chars.

MARTIN'S WIFE
calling ].

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 52 chars.

ILSE
waving her doll ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 21 words in 7 sentences using 188 chars.

MARTIN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 71 chars.

The PIPER is struck with painful memories
PIPER.

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 282 chars.

MARTIN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 65 chars.

MARTIN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER
fiercely ].

Note: Contains 220 words in 18 sentences using 1159 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

The children cling to him. He smiles down triumphantly
PIPER.

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 44 chars.

Re-enter the men, with KURT and JACOBUS, from the Rathaus, murmuring dubiously
The PIPER sets down JAN and stands forth, smiling
JACOBUS
smoothly ].

Note: Contains 56 words in 6 sentences using 334 chars.

KURT
ominously ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 85 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 20 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

There is a sound of organ music from the Minster
VERONIKA
beseechingly ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

KURT
savagely to the crowd ].

Note: Contains 103 words in 10 sentences using 486 chars.

The PIPER stands motionless with head upraised, not looking at KURT. The people, half-cowed, half-doubting, murmur and draw back. Lights appear in the, Alinster; the music continues . KURT and JACOBUS lead in the people . JACOBUS picks up the money-purse and takes it with him
VOICES
laughing, drunkenly ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

Others laugh too, pass by, with pity and derision for the PIPER, and echoes of "Masterless Dog!" Exeunt WOMEN and MEN to the Minster .

Only the children are left, dancing round the motionless figure of the PIPER]

CHILDHEN.

Note: Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 131 chars.

He looks down at them. He looks up at the houses. Then he signs to them, with his finger on his lips; and begins, very softly, to pipe the Kinder-spell. The old CLAUS and URSULA in the windows seem to doze .

The children stop first, and look at him, fascinated; then they laugh, drowsily, and creep closer , — JAN always near. They crowd around him. He pipes louder, moving backwards, slowly with magical gestures, towards the little by-streets and the closed doors. The doors open, everywhere .

Out come the children: little ones in nightgowns; bigger ones, with playthings, toy animals, dolls. He pipes, gayer and louder. They pour in, right and left. Motion and music fill the air. The PIPER lifts JAN to his shoulder ( dropping the little crutch ) and marches off, up the street at the rear, piping, in the midst of them all .

Last, out of the Minster come tumbling two little acolytes in red, and after them , PETER the Sacristan. He trips over them in his amazement and terror; and they are gone after the vanishing children before the church-people come out .

The old folks lean from their windows

OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 57 chars.

[PETER rushes to the bell-rope and pulls it. The bell sounds heavily. Re-enter, from the church, the citizens by twos and threes and scores
OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars.

[KURT, JACOBUS, and the others appear
KURT.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 65 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars.

Still pulling and shouting
URSULA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

KURT.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

OLD CLAUS.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

URSULA.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 52 chars.

OLD CLAUS.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars.

Horror in the crowd. They bring out lanterns and candles . VERONIKA holds up the forgotten crutch
VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

KURT
to her ].

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE
furiously to him ].

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars.

OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars.

The bell clangs incessantly
CURTAIN

ACT II

SCENE I.

— Inside " the Hollow Hill ."

A great, dim-lighted, cavernous place, which shows signs of masonry. It is part cavern and part cellerage of a ruined, burned-down and forgotten old monastery in the hills. — The only entrance ( at the centre rear ), a ramshackle wooden door, closes against a flight of rocky steps. — Light comes from an opening in the roof, and from the right, where a faggot-fire glows under an iron pot. — The scene reaches ( right and left ) into dim corners, where sleeping children lie curled up together like kittens .

By the fire sits the PIPER, on a tree-stump seat, stitching at a bit of red leather. At his feet is a row of bright-colored small shoes, set two and two. He looks up now and then, to recount the children, and goes back to work, with quizzical despair .

Left, sits a group of three forlorn STROLLERS. One nurses a lame knee; one, evidently dumb, talks in signs to the others; one is munching bread and cheese out of a wallet. All have the look of hunted and hungry men. They speak only in whispers to each other throughout the scene; but their hoarse laughter breaks out now and then over the bird-like ignorance of the children .

A shaft of sunlight steals through the hole in the roof . JAN, who lies nearest the PIPER, wakes up .

JAN.

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 38 chars.

PIPER
softly ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

JAN
earnestly ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

With watchful tenderness
JAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 50 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER
apart, tensely ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

[JAN begins to laugh softly, in a bewildered way, then grows quite happy and forgetful. While the other children waken, he reaches for the pipe and tries to blow upon it, to the PIPER'S amusement . ILSE and HANSEL, the Butcher's children, wake
ILSE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

HANSEL.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

ILSE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars.

ILSE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars.

HANSEL.

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

The STROLLERS are convulsed with hoarse mirth
HANSEL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

ILSE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars.

PIPER
checking the STROLLERS, with a gesture of warning towards the door ].

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 103 chars.

HANSEL.

Note: Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 91 chars.

ILSE.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 49 words in 11 sentences using 273 chars.

RUDI.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

The PIPER takes JAN on his knee and feeds him, after ladling out a big bowl of broth from the kettle for the CHILDREN, and giving them bread
PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars.

THE STROLLERS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

The dumb one rises, stretches, and steals toward the entrance, stopping to slip a blind-patch over one eye. The PIPER goes to him with one stride, seizing him by the shoulder
PIPER
to him, and the others, apart ].

Note: Contains 89 words in 13 sentences using 470 chars.

The STROLLERS huddle together, with looks of renewed anxiety and wretchedness. — Their laughter at the CHILDREN breaks out forlornly now and then. — The PIPER shepherds the CHILDREN, but with watchful eyes and ears toward the entrance always. — His action grows more and more tense
RUDI
over his broth ].

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 66 chars.

ILSE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

RUDI
bursting into tears ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 4 sentences using 34 chars.

PIPER
distracted ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

RUDI.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

PIPER
shocked and pained

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 62 chars.

RUDI.

Note: Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 185 chars.

PIPER
struggling with his emotion ].

Note: Contains 43 words in 7 sentences using 232 chars.

He turns to give JAN a piping lesson
CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

Suddenly he lifts his hand. They listen, and hear a dim sound of distant chanting, going by on some neighboring road. The PIPER is puzzled; the STROLLERS are plainly depressed
JAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 77 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 35 words in 6 sentences using 171 chars.

The STROLLERS rock with mirth
CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars.

STROLLERS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 42 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 50 words in 8 sentences using 252 chars.

JAN
piping ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

PIPER
taking the pipe ].

Note: Contains 61 words in 5 sentences using 324 chars.

He points to the little row of bright shoes. The CHILDREN scream with joy . ILSE and HANSEL run back
CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 18 words in 8 sentences using 98 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 52 chars.

[JAN is perched on the tree-stump, shy and silent with pleasure
ILSE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 152 chars.

Takes up a pair of bird's wings
CHILDREN
squealing ].

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 219 chars.

Puts them on JAN. He is radiant. He stretches out his legs and puts the feathers
CHILDREN
trying on theirs and capering ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 5 sentences using 35 chars.

The PIPER looks at JAN]
PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

[JAN pulls him closer and speaks shyly
JAN.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 30 chars.

The CHILDREN dance and caper . TRUDE wakes up and joins them. Sound of distant chanting again
TRUDE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 44 chars.

The CHILDREN all fall a-laughing when he does. — Noise without . CHEAT-THE-DEVIL'S voice crying , "Cuckoo — Cuckoo!"]
CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

The others roll away a big stone, and enter by the wooden door ( rear ), CHEAT-THE-DEVIL. He does not wear his red hood. He has a garland round his neck, and a basket on his arm
PIPER
sharply to himself ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 4 sentences using 45 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 47 words in 11 sentences using 240 chars.

Showing his basket to the Children
CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars.

He radiantly undoes his basket, and displays a honeycomb. The STROLLERS, too, rush upon him
PIPER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 69 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 172 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 89 words in 15 sentences using 416 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 215 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 122 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 8 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL
nodding ].

Note: Contains 22 words in 6 sentences using 156 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 67 words in 12 sentences using 329 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 190 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 17 words in 6 sentences using 88 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 104 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 30 words in 8 sentences using 140 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 16 words in 6 sentences using 82 chars.

PIPER
distracted ].

Note: Contains 18 words in 5 sentences using 90 chars.

Catches HANSEL and affixes to his little jacket a long strip of leather for a tail; then whirls him about
CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 19 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

Seizing shears and leather
PIPER
wildly ],

Note: Contains 85 words in 11 sentences using 431 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 86 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, JAN, CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 21 words in 5 sentences using 107 chars.

He climbs out, pipe in hand. The CHILDREN whirl about after their tails . — CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, and JAN on his tree-stump, open-mouthed with happiness, watch the Rainbow
CURTAIN

SCENE II.

— The Cross-ways: on the Long Road to Rudersheim .

A wooded country: high hills at back. The place is wild and overgrown, like the haunted spot it is reputed to be. In the foreground, right, a ruined stone well appears, in a mass of weeds and vines. Opposite, left, tall trees and dense thickets. Where the roads cross ( to left of centre ), stands a large, neglected shrine, with a weather-worn figure of Christ, — again the "Lonely Man," — facing toward Hamelin. — The stage is empty, at rise of the curtain; but the sound of chanting from burghers just gone by fades slowly, on the road to Rudersheim .

From the hillside at the rear comes the PIPER, wrapped in a long green cloak, his pipe in his hand. He looks after the procession, and back to Hamelin. — Enter, springing from the bushes to the right , MICHAEL, who seizes him. Their speech goes breathlessly .

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 5 sentences using 78 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 30 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 16 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 103 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 148 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 62 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 160 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 39 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 45 words in 6 sentences using 267 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 61 words in 7 sentences using 308 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

MICHAEL
bitterly ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

Fingers his pipe, noiselessly
MICHAEL
rapt with grief ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 121 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER
pacing softly up and down, with the restless cunning of a squirrel at watch ].

Note: Contains 135 words in 17 sentences using 685 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 100 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 26 words in 5 sentences using 144 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 93 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 24 chars.

MICHAEL
dully ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 39 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 161 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 156 words in 14 sentences using 808 chars.

He looks at hit pipe again; then listens intently
MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 57 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

Chant approaches in the distance, coming from Hamelin
VOICES.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars.

MICHAEL
overcome ].

Note: Contains 27 words in 7 sentences using 171 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars.

VOICES
[nearer].

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

[MICHAEL climbs down the ancient well, reaching his head up warily, to see .

The PIPER waves to him debonairly, points to the tree-tops, left, and stands a moment showing in his face his disapproval of the music. He fingers his pipe. As the hymn draws near, he scrambles among the bushes, left, and disappears .

Enter slowly, chanting, the company of burghers from Hamelin, — men together first, headed by priests; then the women . — ANSELM and all the townsfolk appear ( saving VERONIKA, the wife of KURT); JACOBUS is meek; KURT very stern. — As they appear, the piping of the Dance-spell begins softly, high in air. The hymn wavers; when the first burghers reach the centre of the stage, it breaks down .

They look up, bewildered; then, with every sign of consternation, struggle, and vacant fear, they begin to dance, willy-nilly. Their faces work; they struggle to walk on; but it is useless. The music whirls them irresistibly into a rhythmic pace of ¾ time, and jogs their wards, when they try to speak, into the same dance-measure. One by one, — two and two they go, — round and round like corks at first, with every sign of struggle and protest, then off, on the long road to Rudersheim. Fat priests waltz together . — KURT the fierce and JACOBUS the sleek hug each other in frantic endeavor to be released. Their words jolt insanely

KURT, JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 16 words in 9 sentences using 83 chars.

SOME.

Note: Contains 26 words in 7 sentences using 165 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 104 chars.

They dance out, convulsively, towards Rudersheim . KURT and JACOBUS, still whirling, cry
JACOBUS, KURT.

Note: Contains 15 words in 7 sentences using 78 chars.

Exeunt, left, dancing
OTHERS.

Note: Contains 23 words in 7 sentences using 119 chars.

[BARBARA appears, pale and beautiful; — richly dressed in while, with flouring locks. She is wan and exhausted. — The dance-mania, as it seizes her, makes her circle slowly and dazedly with a certain pitiful silliness. The nuns and monks accompanying her point in horror. But they, too, dance off with each other, willy-nilly, — like leaves in a tempest . BARBARA is left alone, still circling slowly. The piping sounds softer. She staggers against a tree, and keeps on waving her hands and turning her head, vaguely, in time .

MICHAEL looks forth from the well; then climbs out and approaches her

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 50 words in 11 sentences using 291 chars.

The piping ceases
BARBARA
murmuring ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

Re-enter the PIPER from the thickets
MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

BARBARA
gasping ].

Note: Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 66 chars.

Falls into his arms half-fainting. The PIPER stands amazed, alarmed, chagrined
PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

MICHAEL
furiously ].

Note: Contains 20 words in 8 sentences using 103 chars.

PIPER
holding her off ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

BARBARA
to him ].

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 76 chars.

PIPER
confounded ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 4 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

Holds off BARBARA gently
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 17 chars.

MICHAEL
to her ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

BARBARA
in a daze ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 26 words in 8 sentences using 125 chars.

BARBARA
wonderingly ].

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

BARBARA
vaguely ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

PIPER
to MICHAEL].

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 96 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 65 chars.

MICHAEL
still enraged, to the PIPER]

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

PIPER
distracted ].

Note: Contains 31 words in 7 sentences using 163 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 29 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 34 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 40 words in 7 sentences using 256 chars.

BARBARA
amazed ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 10 chars.

PIPER
eagerly ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 29 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 5 sentences using 74 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars.

Droops towards the PIPER; falters and sinks down on the bank beside the well, in a swoon. — The PIPER is abashed and rueful for the moment
MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

PIPER
looking at her closely ].

Note: Contains 56 words in 8 sentences using 306 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 49 words in 8 sentences using 254 chars.

MICHAEL
confounded ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER
madly ].

Note: Contains 41 words in 11 sentences using 195 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

PIPER
flinging him the pipe from his belt ].

Note: Contains 15 words in 5 sentences using 75 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

He runs madly up the hillside, and away
CURTAIN

ACT III

SCENE. — The same, later . BARBARA lies motionless, still sleeping . — MICHAEL, sitting on the bank opposite, fingers the pipe with awe and wistfulness. He blows softly upon it; then looks at the girl hopefully. She does not stir .

Enter the PIPER, from the hills at back. He carries a pair of water-jars slung over his shoulders, and seems to be in high feather

PIPER
singing

Note: Contains 48 words in 4 sentences using 266 chars.

He feigns to be terror-struck at sight of the pipe in MICHAEL'S hands

Note: Contains 14 words in 5 sentences using 89 chars.

MICHAEL
giving him the pipe ].

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 200 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 149 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars.

PIPER
comfortingly ].

Note: Contains 36 words in 6 sentences using 192 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

The PIPER crosses, humming
PIPER.

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 140 chars.

He wakes her gently . BARBARA sits up, plainly bewildered; then she sees the PIPER, and says happily
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 74 chars.

PIPER
ruefully ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

Her hands go to the pearls about her neck
PIPER
indignant ].

Note: Contains 56 words in 10 sentences using 300 chars.

[MICHAEL watches, with jealous wistfulness, from the road ( left rear ). — BARBARA half fearfully sits up, on the bank by the well
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 61 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 166 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

BARBARA
shuddering ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 57 words in 5 sentences using 300 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 63 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 74 words in 8 sentences using 397 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

PIPER
desperately ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

BARBARA
bitterly ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 27 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 61 words in 6 sentences using 342 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER
wildly ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 34 words in 6 sentences using 176 chars.

Watching her
BARBARA
expectantly ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 147 chars.

BARBARA
fascinated ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

PIPER
touching his heart ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 101 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER
tantalizingly ].

Note: Contains 30 words in 7 sentences using 158 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 128 chars.

BARBARA
with tense expectancy ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 19 chars.

PIPER
watching her ].

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

BARBARA
awe-struck ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

PIPER
slowly ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER
mysteriously ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars.

BARBARA
disappointed ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 108 chars.

He ties a long green scarf that he has over his shoulder, to a water-jar, and lowers it down the old well; while BARBARA watches, awe-struck. He continues to sing softly

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars.

MICHAEL
to BARBARA, timidly ].

Note: Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 107 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 23 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

BARBARA
passionately ].

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 69 chars.

The PIPER hauls up the jar, full of water
PIPER.

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 132 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

BARBARA
piteously ].

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 93 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 222 words in 15 sentences using 1254 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

She looks before her with wide, new eyes
PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 3 sentences using 14 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 43 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 3 sentences using 14 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 174 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

[MICHAEL, wonder-struck, runs to the jar, pours water upon his hand, rubs it off with haste, and falls on his knees before her, taking her hand fearfully
BARBARA
timidly ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 56 words in 10 sentences using 311 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 148 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 36 words in 8 sentences using 179 chars.

[MICHAEL, on his knees, winds his arms about her
PIPER
softly ].

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 137 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 39 words in 8 sentences using 238 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

Kissing her hair
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 33 words in 5 sentences using 180 chars.

There is the sound of a herd-bell approaching
PIPER.

Note: Contains 58 words in 10 sentences using 322 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars.

The herd-bell sounds nearer. He lets down a water-jar into the well again. The nearness of the bell startles him. He becomes watchful as a wild creature It sounds nearer and nearer. A woman's voice calls like the wind: "Jan! Jan!" —

The PIPER, tense and cautious, moves softly down into the shrubbery by the well

VERONIKA'S VOICE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 18 chars.

VERONIKA'S VOICE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 3 sentences using 10 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 44 chars.

Enter VERONIKA, on the road from Hamelin. She is very pale and worn, and drags herself along, clutching in her hand a herd-bell. She looks about her, holds up the bell and shakes it once softly, covering it with her fingers again; then she sits wearily down at the foot of the ruined shrine, and covers her face, with a sharp breath
VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 21 chars.

The PIPER watches with breathless wonder and fascination. It seems to horrify him
PIPER
under breath ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

[VERONIKA lifts her head suddenly and sees the motion of the bushes
VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 23 words in 9 sentences using 117 chars.

PIPER
confusedly ].

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 66 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 29 words in 9 sentences using 141 chars.

She crouches where she is, watching him
PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 19 words in 6 sentences using 98 chars.

PIPER
apart ].

Note: Contains 21 words in 5 sentences using 103 chars.

She looks at him distractedly
VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 137 chars.

PIPER
fiercely ].

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 49 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER
watching her ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

PIPER
still watchful ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 117 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

VERONIKA
sobbing ].

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 18 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

PIPER
like a wounded animal ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 22 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 80 chars.

PIPER
struggling with pity ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 43 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 24 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 71 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

VERONIKA
half to herself, distraught between suspense and hope ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 176 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 112 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 140 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 156 words in 12 sentences using 805 chars.

Note: Contains 60 words in 5 sentences using 322 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 63 words in 5 sentences using 313 chars.

Note: Contains 64 words in 12 sentences using 372 chars.

VERONIKA
apart, dully ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 28 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 69 words in 6 sentences using 332 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 60 words in 9 sentences using 359 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

PIPER
shortly ].

Note: Contains 21 words in 6 sentences using 117 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 141 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

VERONIKA
humbly ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

PIPER
wonderingly ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 50 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 159 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 312 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 68 words in 9 sentences using 359 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 280 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 49 words in 9 sentences using 254 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 11 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 27 chars.

VERONIKA
passionately ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 4 sentences using 23 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

VERONIKA
staggering ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 4 sentences using 26 chars.

PIPER
startled ].

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

PIPER
offering her water ].

Note: Contains 36 words in 8 sentences using 179 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 22 words in 6 sentences using 151 chars.

VERONIKA
passionately ].

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 96 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

PIPER
gently ].

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 157 chars.

VERONIKA.

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 108 chars.

She goes, haltingly, and disappears along the road to Hamelin. — The PIPER, alone, stands spell-bound, breathing hard, and looking after her. Then he turns his head and comes down, doggedly. Again he pauses. With a sudden sharp effort he turns, and crosses with passionate appeal to the shrine, his arm uplifted towards the carven Christ as if he warded off some accusation. His speech comes in a torrent
PIPER.

Note: Contains 129 words in 14 sentences using 680 chars.

Note: Contains 53 words in 6 sentences using 299 chars.

Note: Contains 129 words in 19 sentences using 675 chars.

Note: Contains 69 words in 5 sentences using 362 chars.

Note: Contains 29 words in 34 sentences using 184 chars.

CURTAIN

ACT IV

SCENE. — Hamelin market-place.

It is early morning; so dark that only a bleak twilight glimmers in the square; the little streets are dim. Everywhere gloom and stillness. In the house of KURT, beside the Minster, there in one window-light behind a curtain in the second story. At the casements, down right and left, sit OLD CLAUS and OLD URSULA, wan and motionless as the dead .

The church-bell, which likewise seems to have aged, croaks softly, twice . PETER the Sacristan stands by the bell-rope .

OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 25 words in 6 sentences using 117 chars.

OLD CLAUS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

The Minster-door opens, and out come certain of the townsfolk from early mass. They look unnaturally old and colorless. Their steps lag drearily . — HANS the Butcher and his wife; AXEL the Smith with his wife, and PETER the Cobbler, meet, on their way to the little street, left, and greet one another with painstaking, stricken kindness. They speak in broken voices
HANS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

The bell sounds
HANS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

[AXEL smooths his right leg and gives a jerk of pain. They all move, stiffly
AXEL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

PETER
modestly ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

PETER
wagging his head solemnly ].

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 131 chars.

HAN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 133 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PETER
discreetly ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

He points to the Rathaus wall
AXEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 42 words in 3 sentences using 230 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

PETER
pityingly ].

Note: Contains 75 words in 8 sentences using 382 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 18 words in 5 sentences using 92 chars.

They all break down. The Shoemaker consoles them
PETER.

Note: Contains 31 words in 6 sentences using 171 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

[HANS and his wife, arm in arm, turn left, towards their house, peering ahead
HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 157 chars.

HANS
huskily ].

Note: Contains 27 words in 6 sentences using 166 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars.

They turn and look up. Other burghers join the group. All walk lamely and look the picture of wretchedness
AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars.

OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 169 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

Murmur in the distance. They do not heed it
AXEL
to the Butcher ].

Note: Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 189 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE
soothingly ].

Note: Contains 17 words in 5 sentences using 80 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 151 chars.

Exit with his wife
PETER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

PETER the Sacristan .

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 34 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 13 chars.

[AXEL and his wife re-enter hastily; AXEL rushes toward the noise
AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

[AXEL re-enters, crestfallen
AXEL.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 40 chars.

Shaking his fist at the house of JACOBUS]
PETER
calling ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

The others are stricken with disappointment
HANS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars.

PETER
deprecatingly ].

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

Enter, at the rear, with a straggling crowd , BARBARA and MICHAEL, both radiant and resolute. She wears the long green cloak over her bridal array .

JACOBUS appears in his doorway, night-capped and fur-gowned, shrinking from the hostile crowd. The people murmur

CROWD.

Note: Contains 32 words in 10 sentences using 167 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 75 chars.

ALL
sullenly ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

He is dismayed
JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars.

BARBARA
without approaching him, lifting her face clearly ].

Note: Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 72 chars.

The townsfolk are amazed
JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 56 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 14 words in 6 sentences using 70 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 55 chars.

JACOBUS
sagely, after the others ].

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 40 words in 8 sentences using 181 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 22 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 34 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 14 words in 5 sentences using 70 chars.

The crowd parts to admit the PIPER, haled hither with shouts and pelting, by MARTIN the Watch and other men, all breathless. His eyes burn
MICHAEL
apart ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 27 chars.

MARTIN
gaspingly ].

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 60 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

MARTIN.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars.

SECOND MAN.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

MARTIN.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 4 sentences using 27 chars.

Their cries turn into an uproar of rage and desperation. They surge and fall back between fury and fear . HANS the Butcher, broken with hope, cries , "Loose him! Let him speak!" — The PIPER shakes himself free . —

He sees BARBARA and MICHAEL for the first time and recoils with amazement . BARBARA steps towards him. — It is to be understood in the following pages, where the crowd speaks, that only a general consensus of meaning comes out of the uproar

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars.

The PIPER gazes at her, open-mouthed
ALL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 66 chars.

AXEL'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

OLD URSULA.

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 25 chars.

OLD CLAUS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 163 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

MICHAEL
with conviction ].

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

BARBARA
proudly ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 10 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

BARBARA.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

JACOBUS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 7 sentences using 74 chars.

PIPER
sternly ].

Note: Contains 31 words in 9 sentences using 164 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 20 words in 8 sentences using 108 chars.

PETER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 119 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 71 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 5 sentences using 62 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 70 words in 12 sentences using 354 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 104 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 51 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars.

Cheers . MICHAEL is happy
ALL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 5 sentences using 55 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars.

ALL
in an uproar ].

Note: Contains 15 words in 8 sentences using 84 chars.

PIPER
unmoved ].

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

He searches the crowd anxiously with his eyes
ALL.

Note: Contains 21 words in 9 sentences using 118 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 40 words in 6 sentences using 209 chars.

ALL
savagely ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

MARTIN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

PETER and OTHERS.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

PIPER
gladly ].

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars.

[ANSELM, the priest, appears in the doorway with uplifted hand, commanding silence. He is pale and stern. At sight of his face the PIPER falters
ANSELM.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

ANSELM.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

ANSELM
solemnly ].

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

The PIPER falls back stricken and speechless. — The crowd, seeing him humanly overwhelmed, grows brave
MARTIN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

PETER
fearfully ].

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 63 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

MARTIN.

Note: Contains 24 words in 8 sentences using 126 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 7 words in 4 sentences using 42 chars.

They surround him. He thrusts them off
PETER AND OTHERS.

Note: Contains 14 words in 5 sentences using 75 chars.

PIPER
brokenly ].

Note: Contains 47 words in 9 sentences using 216 chars.

ANSELM.

Note: Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 54 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

[ANSELM bars the threshold and steps out
ANSELM.

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 125 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

ANSELM.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

ANSELM.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 25 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 31 words in 10 sentences using 183 chars.

PEOPLE.

Note: Contains 28 words in 7 sentences using 135 chars.

PIPER
to himself ].

Note: Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars.

CROWD.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars.

PIPER
to them ].

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 95 chars.

Passionately he stretches his arms towards the window
ANSELM.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

PIPER
with fixed eyes ].

Note: Contains 142 words in 26 sentences using 763 chars.

A faint sound of piping comes from the distance. — The PIPER is first watchful, then radiant. — The burghers are awe-struck, as it sounds nearer
BARBARA.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars.

MICHAEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

The PIPER faces front with fixed, triumphant eyes above the crowd
MARTIN'S WIFE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars.

The PIPER, with a sudden gesture, commands silence. He bounds away ( centre ), and disappears. The people, spell-bound with terror, murmur and pray
ANSELM.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

[KURT the Syndic appears on the threshold behind ANSELM, whose arm he touches, whispering. — Their faces are wonderstruck with hope and awe
HANS
to the others, pointing ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

AXEL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

OTHERS.

Note: Contains 4 words in 4 sentences using 32 chars.

The casement of the lighted window opens wide and slowly. — Re-enter the PIPER with JAN in his arms. The little boy holds the Pipe, and smiles about with tranquil happiness. The PIPER, radiant with joy, lifts him high, looking toward VERONIKA'S window. — The awe-struck people point to the open casement .

VERONIKA'S two white hands reach out; then she herself appears, pale, shining with ecstasy

JAN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

The PIPER lifts him still before the window, gazing up. Then he springs upon the bench ( outside the lower window ) and gives JAN into the arms of VERONIKA. — KURT and ANSELM bow their heads. A hush. — Then JAN looks down from the window-seat
PIPER
to him, smiling wisely ].

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

He takes his pipe. — An uproar of joy among the burghers
AXEL, HANS, ALL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 5 sentences using 87 chars.

Some rush out madly; others go into their houses for lights; some are left on their knees, weeping for joy .

The PIPER sounds a few notes; then lifts his hand and listens, smiling. — Uproar in the distance. — A great barking of dogs; — shouts and cheers; then the high, sweet voices of the CHILDREN.

The piping is drowned in cries of joy. The sun comes out, still rosy, in a flood of light. The crowd rushes in. Fat burghers hug each other, and laugh and cry. They are all younger. Their faces bloom, as by a miracle .

The CHILDREN pour in. Some are carried, some run hand-in-hand. Everywhere women embrace their own . — KURT has his sons . — CHEAT-THE-DEVIL comes, with a daisy-chain around his neck, all smiles .

An uproar of light and faces

HANS.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

ALL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

HANS.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 19 words in 5 sentences using 123 chars.

Picking up one of JAN'S winged shoes
HANS' WIFE.

Note: Contains 20 words in 7 sentences using 103 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 19 chars.

Showing her his other foot, joyously
PIPER
to him ].

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

JAN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

The PIPER crosses to the Shrine, with the little shoe, and hangs it up there; then he turns towards the window, waving his hand
CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

They run and cling
PIPER.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 10 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 195 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 40 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars.

CHILDREN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

PIPER.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

He waves them farewell, and goes. The CHILDREN dance and laugh and sparkle. Through the hundred sounds of joy, there comes a far-off piping
THE END
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TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. The Piper. The Piper. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A81D-D