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THE SAXONS
A DRAMA OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE NORTH

BY EDWIN DAVIES SCHOONMAKER

THE HAMMERSMARK PUBLISHING
COMPANY, CHICAGO. ILL., 1905

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COPYRIGHT, FEBRUARY, 1905,
BY
The Hammersmark Publishing Co.
CHICAGO

JOHN F. HIGGINS PRINT 279-251 EAST MONROE ST

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TO MY MOTHER

PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
ACT ONE.
ACT TWO.
ACT THREE.
ACT FOUR.
ACT FIVE.
Transcriber's Notes:

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PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.

THE SAXON UNIT.

  • Canzler, chief of the Saxons.
  • Fritz, a shepherd.
  • Rudolph, }
  • Max,         } foresters.
  • Conrad,   }
  • Hartzel, an old man.
  • Wiglaf, a gleeman.
  • Oswald, a shepherd, afterward a monk.
  • Selma, daughter of Canzler.

THE ROMAN UNIT.

  • Father Benedict, the village priest.
  • Father Paul, a friar.
  • Jardin, the bailiff.
  • Jacques Sar, an old crusader.
  • Jules Bacqueur, the smith.
  • Hugh Capet, the barber.
  • Madam Bacqueur, wife of Jules Bacqueur.
  • Madam Valmy, a country woman.
  • Rachel, aunt of Madam Valmy.
  • Rosa, granddaughter of Rachel.
  • A Boy.

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THE GREEK UNIT.

  • The Abbot of St. Giles.
  • Louis, the prior of the abbey.
  • Pierre, the sacristan.
  • Andrew, an old acolyte.
  • Ely, the porter.
  • Simon,      }
  • Rene,        }
  • Basil,        } monks.
  • Soloman, }
  • Leo,           }
  • Guido,      }
  • Macias, a hunter attached to the abbey.

THE SUPERNATURAL.