eves of white lawn showing through tattered
velvet oversleeves. Their cloaks are sometimes topped with white lace
collars. They wear either stockings and low slippers with buckles, or
high cavalier boots. Their hair is worn in lovelocks. See the
illustrated edition of "Pilgrim's Progress," or any good cavalier
pictures. If the velvets and satins cannot be had, use cambric in gay
colors with the glazed side out, which gives the effect of satin.
SIMON SCARLETT. Scarlet suit. Scarlet cloak with white lace collar.
Scarlet shoes and stockings. His costume is the high note of color in
the play.
WILL LACKLEATHER. Dark-brown cloak. High brown boots. Brown jerkin,
through which show sleeves of white lawn. The jerkin is of leather.
ROBIN WAKELESS. Suit of blue satin. Gray cloak. Gray foot-gear.
CHRISTOPHER CARMEL. Dark-blue velvet slashed with orange.
JOCK. Very dark-purple cloak, with touches of tarnished gold. Leather
jerkin, pieced out with fur.
FAUNCH THE FIDDLER. Costume of pale-blue satin and black velvet. A
black velvet cloak.
All the Merrymount maidens wear fine raiment that is equally tattered
and weather-worn. They have peasant bodices--that is, a very deep
girdle the color of their skirts, worn with white square-necked waists
that have soft semi-full sleeves; or they wear bodices of one piece
made very plainly. Cambric in gay colors will do.
SARAH SCARLETT. Forest-green dress, ankle-length. White bodice showing
through tattered green sleeves. Forest-green cloak patched with
scarlet.
GOODY GLEASON. Leaf-brown cloak and dress, patched a little with black
and gray.
MOLL. Olive-green dress, white bodice. It is pieced out with bits of
leather.
NAN. Maroon dress, patched in black.
TIB. Dull blue dress.
JOAN. Dark dull-green and red flowered dress, giving the appearance of
tattered brocade.
BESS. Gray dress.
The maypole dancers are in dull-green, dull-violet, and dull-blue,
bronze, and slate-gray. Some wear cloaks and some do not. All should
have a wild, picturesque gipsyish look.
RESOLUTE ENDICOTT. Black dress, ankle-length. White Puritan cap, cuffs,
and kerchief. (Black cambric with the glazed side turned in.) The
Puritan men wear long cloaks coming to their ankles: deep, white plain
collars, plain white cuffs on black sleeves. Black hats. "Boxed"
hair, falling below the ears. Low black shoes. Black stockings. Black
knee-breeches, somewhat full.
For a cast composed entirely of girls, s
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