THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE
Reading edition
A Pantomime
By Holland Hudson
PROLOGUE.
[The curtain rises on a plain drop curtain. The Maker of Sounds enters with his arms full of instruments, crosses the scene and sits with his back against one side of the proscenium, outside the curtain line. He tries out all his instruments, wind, string, percussion and "traps." He yawns. He becomes impatient and raps on the stage.]
Cymbal CrashThe lights go out
The drop is lifted in the darkness
Cymbal CrashThe lights are turned on