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Caliban by the Yellow Sands: A Community Masque of the Art of the Theatre

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A community masque reimagines Shakespearean figures to meditate on the theatre as a civilizing art that liberates imagination from brute force and ignorance. It stages symbolic encounters between a passionate, striving Caliban and primeval powers embodied by Setebos and Sycorax, while Prospero, Miranda, and Ariel represent guiding, artistic forces. Structured with a prologue, interludes, three acts and an epilogue, the piece blends choral ritual, visual tableaux, and practical staging material to promote communal performance and civic engagement.

CALIBAN
BY THE YELLOW SANDS

BY
Percy MacKaye

Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1916

ENDORSED BY THE DRAMA LEAGUE OF AMERICA


Copyright, 1916, by
Percy MacKaye

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

All acting rights, and motion picture rights, are reserved
by the author in the United States, Great Britain
and countries of the copyright Union

SPECIAL NOTICE
Regarding Public Performances and Readings

No performance of this Masque—professional or amateur—and no public reading of it may be given without the written permission of the author and the payment of royalty.

The author should be addressed in care of the publishers.

During the Shakespeare Tercentenary season of 1916, the Masque—after its New York production at the City College Stadium, May 23, 24, 25, 26, 27—will be available for production elsewhere, on a modified scale of stage performance.

With proper organization and direction, amateur participants may take part in performances with or without the Interludes.

For particulars concerning performances wholly amateur, address Miss Clara Fitch, Secretary Shakespeare Tercentenary Committee, 736 Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill.

After June first, a professional company, which will coöperate with local communities, will take the Masque on tour. For particulars address Miss A. M. Houston, Drama League of America, 736 Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill.