Plays Maori and Pakeha, Vol. 2

Excerpt from Plays Maori and Pakeha, Vol. 2

Scene: A New Zealand forest - trees, ferns, undergrowth, etc. In the foreground crouches a slave keeping careful look-out. He peers through the trees to the right; then moves to rear and to left, listening, watching. He turns quickly as a rustling sound from right preludes the entry of a tall chief, wear ing dog-skin mat, head-band and huia feather, sandals, etc., and bearing in his hand a greenstone mere. His face is intricately tattooed. He stands for a moment gazing back in direction from which he has come, then turns sharply to slave.

Chief: What have you seen? Slave: Nothing, 0 Te Rangi. No one stirs.

TE rangi: Continue your watch. Have eyes for the sleeping house, no less than the forest.

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