Scene I.—The Four Corners of the Earth and the North Pole.
Scene II.—Before the gate of Castle Know-Where.
Scene III.—At the throne of King Mars.
Scene IV.—Same as Scene II
Character
Santa Claus
Noel, the Latin Santa Claus
Kris Kingle, the Teutonic Santa Claus
St. Nicholas, the Slavic Santa Claus
Samuel, of the United States of America
Louis, of the French Republic
Gretchen, from Germany
Catherine, from Russia
Justice, keeper of the castle gate
Mars, the Giant King of War
A Court Herald
Peace
Good Will
Soldiers of King Mars; a crowd of boys and girls
Scene I
The four corners of the earth. The right hand corner back is first visible and reveals Santa Claus with a wireless telephone receiver at his ear. He is the traditional American Santa Claus with white hair and wearing white furs.
Santa Claus.—This is Santa Claus talking. I want to speak with Noel. O, is that you, Noel?
(The right hand corner front becomes visible and reveals Noel,
- ↑ Copyright by Ada Mixon, 1917. All rights reserved. For permission to stage, apply to the Author, c o Poet Lore.
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