NOAH'S FLOOD
Reading edition
THE PEOPLE
Messenger of God.
Noah.
His Wife.
Shem.
Ham.
Japheth.
Wives of Shem, Ham, Japheth.
Idolaters.
Animals. (The number and kind of animals must be left to the costumer. Where the animals mentioned in the play are left out, mention of them must be omitted.)
THE PLACE
Scene I. The building place of the Ark.
Scene II. Mount Ararat.
The Ark may be built on a framework of wood, covered with cloth to represent a child's toy. Bright colors are preferable, such as gray and scarlet. Or the Ark may be cut out of wall board. A door on hinges must be cut in the side, also a window. A gangplank may lead up to door. If the play is given indoors, a blue back-drop may be used against which colored lights may be thrown, to indicate storm. If given out of doors, a blue, smiling sky is always desirable.
Thin tarlatan may be cut in the shape, and painted to represent the rainbow, and stretched on a curved bit of wire.
THE PROPERTIES
A hammer and nails.
Fruit.
Pitchers and platters of food.
A rainbow.
An idol.
A few stones for altar.
Two doves or pigeons.
A Flood Curtain.
Trees, such as are seen in a child's Noah's Ark, may be cut out of wood and painted a vivid green. These will aid the picture.
NOAH'S FLOOD
(Taken in large measure from the play by Ranulf Higden of Saint Werburg's, Chester. A. D. 1299-1364.)