The Landing of the Pilgrims
The Landing of the Pilgrims
Free DownloadWhen you give these plays you will not need costumes and you will not need scenery, although you can easily arrange a broadcasting studio if you wish. You will not need to memorize your parts; in fact, it will not be like a real radio broadcast if you do so, and, furthermore, you will not want to, since you will each have a copy of the book in your hands. All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking the part of a radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very distinctly, and that by your voice you will make your audience understand how you feel. In this way you will have the fun of living through some of the great moments of history.
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sir, and who wouldn't?
KIEFT
Exactly! I hoped I'd find you a man of sense.
JONES
What do you want me to do?
KIEFT
You are sailing for northern Virginia, are you not?
JONES
That's the orders.
KIEFT
Where do you expect to make land?
JONES
I was looking to make it in the mouth of the Great North River.
KIEFT
Hm--you know, I suppose, that the Dutch West India Company claims all the land bordering on the Great North River.
JONES [laughing]
Why, sir, everybody claims it. That's no matter. King James has proclaimed that all the land that has been settled belongs to them that has settled it; the rest is anybody's. When the company I'm taking gets their plantation settled, the Dutch can't claim the land any longer.
KIEFT
Perhaps not, but your company is not going to land on Dutch territory.
JONES
Eh?
KIEFT
You are going to lose your bearings--
JONES
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