The Jester TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text 1st Dowager Messenger: What is he talking about? (Seizes arm and looks at it.)<br><br>2nd Dowager Messenger: It is the same mark as is on the princes, the sign and token of a King!<br><br>1st Dowager Messenger: It is certain these must be their five little royal cousins, that were stolen away from the coast.<br><br>1st Wrenboy: If we were brought away it was by that Grugach that has kept us in his service through the years.<br><br>2nd Dowager Messenger: It is no wonder they took to one another. It was easy to know by the way they behaved they had in them royal blood.<br><br>(The Boys turn to each other, the Ogre is slipping out.)<br><br>Jester: (Throwing off his cloak and showing his green ragged clothes.) Stop where you are!<br><br>Ogre: Do your best! You cannot hinder me! I have spells could change the whole of ye to a cairn of grey stones! (Makes signs with his hands.)<br><br>Jester: (In a terrible voice.) Are you thinking to try your spells against mine?<br><br>Ogre: (Trembling and falling on his knees.) Oh, spare me! Hold your hand! Do not use against me your spells of life and death! I know you now! I know you well through your ragged dress! What are my spells beside yours? You the great Master of all magic and all enchantments, Manannan, Son of the Sea!<br><br>Jester: Yes, I am Manannan, that men are apt to call a Jester and a Fool, and a Disturber, and a Mischief-maker, upsetting the order of the world and making confusion in its order and its ways. (Recites or sings.) COMMENTS: Visual Text CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheJester.pdf
