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An allegorical Hallowe'en sketch staged for children and community performers that dramatizes the eclipse of dark magic by benevolent light. An older child in the role of a White Fairy enacts charms and messengers of Mirth and Jollity bring hopeful presence, while a Black Witch summons nocturnal familiars and imps yet finds her powers waning. The piece provides props, costumes, music cues, pantomime and detailed stage directions for amateur staging and concludes with the witch's fall and the fairy's rise, combining simple spectacle with moral symbolism.
White Fairy—an older child, female.
Black Witch—adult, female, or an additional effectiveness can be made in the denouement if this be impersonated by a male, speaking in a shrill high-pitched falsetto.
Mirth—First Fairy Messenger, child, male or female.
Jollity—Second Fairy Messenger, child, male or female.
Erebus—Imp of Blackness, child, male or female.
Noctis—Black Fury of Night, child, male or female.
The Children—in any number.