CALIBAN BY THE YELLOW SANDS
Reading edition
BY Percy MacKaye
Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1916
ENDORSED BY THE DRAMA LEAGUE OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1916, by Percy MacKaye
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
All acting rights, and motion picture rights, are reserved by the author in the United States, Great Britain and countries of the copyright Union
SPECIAL NOTICE Regarding Public Performances and Readings
No performance of this Masque—professional or amateur—and no public reading of it may be given without the written permission of the author and the payment of royalty.
The author should be addressed in care of the publishers.
During the Shakespeare Tercentenary season of 1916, the Masque—after its New York production at the City College Stadium, May 23, 24, 25, 26, 27—will be available for production elsewhere, on a modified scale of stage performance.
With proper organization and direction, amateur participants may take part in performances with or without the Interludes.
For particulars concerning performances wholly amateur, address Miss Clara Fitch, Secretary Shakespeare Tercentenary Committee, 736 Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill.
After June first, a professional company, which will coöperate with local communities, will take the Masque on tour. For particulars address Miss A. M. Houston, Drama League of America, 736 Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill.
“Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands!” The Tempest.
CALIBAN
BY THE YELLOW SANDS
A COMMUNITY MASQUE Of the Art of the Theatre
Devised and Written to Commemorate the Tercentenary of the Death of SHAKESPEARE
Illustrations by Joseph Urban & Robert Edmond Jones
TO · THE · ONLIE BEGETTER · OF · THE · BEST IN · THESE · INSUING SCENES · MASTER · W · S
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND CHARTS
Cover Design: “When the kings of earth clasp hands” (Act II, Second Inner Scene). By Robert Edmond Jones.
Preliminary Sketch of Setebos. By Joseph Urban Frontispiece
facing page
Ground Plan for Auditorium (with Stages of Masque Proper and Interludes). By Joseph Urban xxx
Design of Stage for Masque Proper. By Joseph Urban xxxii
Preliminary Sketch for Seventh Inner Scene. By Robert Edmond Jones 98
Preliminary Sketch for Tenth Inner Scene. By Robert Edmond Jones 138
APPENDIX
Inner Structure of Masque (Chart). By Percy MacKaye 154
A Community Masque Audience (Photograph). By E. O. Thalinger 156
Community Masque Organization Plan (Chart). By Hazel MacKaye 158
CONTENTS
page
Preface xiii
Masque Structure xxix
Persons and Presences xxxi
Prologue 3
First Interlude 32
Act I 34
Second Interlude 76
Act II 78
Third Interlude 110
Act III 111
Epilogue 142
Appendix 147