Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays
SCENE V.
_The Music_ _The Pantomime, etc._
Wind instrument [A plain drop] _The Shepherd_ is discovered well to the left, piping for the Goat _Goat_ is dancing
Begin Princess _Goat_ stops to listen, looks off to the right rhythm _Shepherd_ looks to the right _Goat_ crosses to extreme right, bows _Princess and retinue_ enter
Tap They halt
Tap _The Shepherd_ kneels to the Princess, then dances for her
Stringed instrument
Drum roll _pp. _The Goat_ becomes alarmed crescendo_ _All_ turn and look to the right _Goat_, on all fours, offers his back to the Princess _Shepherd_ induces _Princess_ to sit on Goat's back
Princess rhythm _Goat_ exits, followed by Princess and retinue
Tap _Shepherd_ folds his arms
Wazir rhythm _Wazir's Court_ and _Ghurri-Wurri_ enter from the right
Tap They halt
Tap _Wazir_ points to Shepherd
Tap _Vizier_ brandishes his scimiter
Drum roll _Nubian_ approaches Shepherd
Drum crash _Nubian_ falls
Drum roll _Wazir_ shakes his fists _Crescendo_ Points at Shepherd to _Vizier_ attacks Shepherd with scimiter _Shepherd_ grasps scimiter They struggle, conventionally, one, two, three, four, five, six
Drum crash _The Shepherd_ falls
Drum roll _The Vizier_ waves his scimiter aloft
Drum roll _Wazir_ exults
Tap _Nubian_ rises
Tap _Wazir_ points to the right
Tap _Vizier_ points at Shepherd with scimiter
Tap _Nubian_ seizes the Shepherd
Wazir rhythm _Wazir's Court_ and _Shepherd_ exit at the right, ignoring Ghurri-Wurri, Nubian and Shepherd first, then Vizier, then Wazir. [All cross behind the drop to left of stage ready for