History Plays for the Grammar Grades

<div class="pagenum"><!-- Page 10 --><SPAN name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</SPAN></div> <h2><SPAN name="WILLIAM_PENN" id="WILLIAM_PENN"></SPAN>WILLIAM PENN</h2> <h3 class="h3left">INTRODUCTION:</h3> <p class="narr">William Penn was a Quaker and founded the city of Brotherly Love. He was the son of a great naval officer, Admiral Penn. When he became a Quaker his family were very much disgraced. His father drove him from home.</p> <p class="narr">The next act will be the meeting of King Charles and William Penn and others.</p> <h3>ACT I.</h3> <p class="stage1">King Charles and Court enter. Enter William Penn and others. All hats removed except King's and Penn. King removes his.</p> <p class="speaker"><span class="smcap">Penn</span>: Friend Charles, why dost thou remove thy hat?</p> <p class="speaker"><span class="smcap">King</span>: Because wherever I am, it is customary for but one to remain covered. (King passes on).</p> <p class="stage1">(Penn's father enters.)</p> <p class="speaker"><span class="smcap">Penn Sr.</span>: Sir, I will not permit such conduct toward the King. Leave this place at once.</p> <p class="stagecent"> <i>End of Act I.</i></p> <h3>ACT II.</h3> <h3 class="h3left">INTRODUCTION:</h3> <p class="narr">After Penn's father died, the King gave Penn a grant of land in payment of a debt owed to his father. Penn invited all persecuted Christians to the colony. He gave the colonists the right to choose their own rules and to make their own laws. He also gave them land for their houses and farms.</p> <p class="narr">The next act will be Penn making a treaty with the Indians.</p> <p class="stagecent"> (Indians in row&mdash;Penn and people).</p> <p class="speaker"><span class="smcap">Penn</span>: (Talks to Indians). We are the same as if one man's body were divided into two parts. We are all one flesh and one blood.</p> <p class="speaker"><span class="smcap">Indian Chief</span>: We will live in love with William Penn and his children as long as the moon and the sun shall endure.</p> <p class="stage1">(Pipe of peace is smoked.)</p> <p class="stagecent"> <i>End of Play.</i></p> <hr class="major" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />