The Lost Colony (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Green
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Plot: History
- Time of Work: July, 1584-Christmas, 1588
- Setting: London and Roanoke Island, North Carolina
- Principal Characters: John Borden, John White, Eleanor Dare, Captain Ananias Dare, Manteo, Old Tom, Elizabeth I, Walter Raleigh
- Genres: Drama, History play
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Colonies or colonization, Dreams, Sixteenth century, Frontier or pioneer life, Land settlement, Societies
- Locales: London, England, North Carolina
The Play
The Lost Colony eloquently recounts the story of the 117 men, women, and children of the doomed English settlement at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, who disappeared without a trace in 1588 after a yearlong struggle to settle the coastal wilds. Far from dwelling on the failure of the enterprise, the play offers an uplifting retelling that connects the daring of these first New World settlers (the Roanoke community predated Plymouth by more than thirty years) to the eventual success of the American experiment.
The prologue begins with a thundering organ...
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