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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, H. ( , FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1948.
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Editor Note: Inglia Flet-:
cher's new book "Roanoke Hun
dred" will be published in October
to complete a series of five she
has written with historical set
tings in the Albemarle region of
North Carolina. Her books, each
a best seller, have included "Ra
leigh's Eden," "Men of Albe
marle," "Toil of the Brave" and
"Lusty Wind For Carolina." Re
cently Mrs. Fletcher saw Paul
Green's swmphonic drama in the
Waterside Theatre on Roanoke
Island and then wrote the follow
ing review of the show which this
year' is celebrating the 11th an
niversary of its premiere in 1937:
"We drove from Edenton to Manteo
and Fort Raleigh, where we saw The
Lost Colony for the first time of this
season. It was a splendid perform
ance. It moved with precision and
ease. The new performers in the cast
did not stand out as new faces or nev
voices, but they were an integral part
of the whole tragic story, which is a
tribute to the work of the actors and
the directors.
"Seeing. The Lost Colony always
constitutes an adventure. Sometimes
I have tried to analyze the feeling one
has in listening to Paul Green's fine
play. Deep emotions are stirred as
the life of those courageous people
unfolds. The words are rythmical,
almost Shakespearian. Again, one
thinks of Greek tragedy, as the play
marches on to its inevitable doom.
But the Shakespearian form prevails,
with its. comedy close to tragedy, and
the tragedy moving to heroic proportions.
"The people of the play are not
actors. They are Devon folk, set out
on a great venture, as their earlier
kinfolk set out on an heroic under
taking under Sir Richard Granville
in that first colony, when a hundred
and seven men of Devon and Corn
wall came to Roanoke Island, and for
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a year struggled to establish & colony
in the new world, for theglory of
Elizabeth, and England. ,
"These men and 'women of The Lost
Colony had no thought of being his
tory's children. They were intent on
gaming a foothold in the new world,
adding their share to halt the power
of Philip of Spain, in America. The
shadow of Spain lay over them, and
who knows but that shadow became
the hurricane that 'finally engulfed
them? '
"The value of having the play on
the spot where the events took place
is beyond question. The earth itself
becomes a part of the play and the
action on the stage.
'The setting is well thought out,
well executed, unobtrusive, like the
actors and the music, it is all so well
integrated that it is the living part
oi the whole. Ihese were heroic peo
pie, yet l aouDt if a man or woman
felt heroic. Time has given them that
stamp, raised them to what the Eliza
bethans called "Equestrian propor
tions."
"The effect of the drama of THe
Lost Colony upon the audience is dif
ferent from any play I have ever
seen. Many people have seen it many
times. Sometimes I think the audi
ence knows the play as thoroughly as
the actors who speak the lines. This,
too, is Elizabethan, where vigorous
prompting often came from men seat
ed in the pit.
"The audience is frank to praise or
criticize each change that is made in
lines or in stage business. Each suc
cessive change has its partisans.
"I belong to the group who think
that the earlier ending was the best.
After some years I still remember
watching that little group of defeated
men and women walking off into the
unknown, in silence. People all about
sat quietly, tears streaming down
their cheeks. Their emotions were
stirred to the depths, watching a little
group of defeated folk walking away.
"They thought they were marching
into the forest. We know they were
marching into history. That moment
of silence was great drama.
"Now they march away on a tri
umphant note of music and song.
Perhaps that is better. Perhaps that
is what was in the hearts and souls
of those staunch Devon folk. Who
knows? But somehow I feel that
their going was stark tragedy, and
that they moved off silently, in de
spair, knowing that the deep forest
held no hope for them.
"This play, this Lost Colony, is so
important in history, that I wish that
every youth in the country could see
it. The lesson is so obvious. Our
nation was not built out of easy liv
ing. 'It was not a gift It-was the
struggle of devoted, stalwart people."
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