

The Silver Apples Of The Moon
Jean Lenox Toddie
As the tale unfolds, a witch boy tarries in a mountain community in love with a beautiful girl named Barbara Allen.
The superstitious townspeople resent their happiness and their subsequent meddling ends in violence and tragedy.
This play was proclaimed a Broadway hit.
"Gusto, vitality, humor and a natural and easygoing way of introducing folk songs that add up to an engaging evening on Broadway. There’s a swing and spirit to the best scenes that had some of the audience tapping its feet and humming."
— New York Post
"Engages the audience on a musical, mystical folk level… [The] tall tale’s resonance is inescapable: the inhumanity of humans who are not so fair and far darker than witches, the ever-present implications of witch hunts, the horrific spoils of religious fanaticism."
— The New York Times
"Haunting… retells the tragic story of love, betrayal, and death within the context of American witch-lore… thoroughly spell-binding."
— DC Theater Arts
| Character |
|---|
| JOHN A witch boy turned human, in love with Barbara Allen |
| BARBARA ALLEN A beautiful mortal girl who falls in love with John |
| CONJUR MAN |
| DARK WITCH |
| FAIR WITCH |
| CONJUR WOMAN |
| MISS METCALF |
| UNCLE SMELICUE |
| THE SMELI BEARD |
| FLOYD ALLEN |
| MARVIN HUDGENS |
| MRS. ALLEN |
| MR. ALLEN |
| PREACHER HAGGLER |
| MR. SUMMEY |
| MRS. SUMMEY |
| MISS ATKINS |
| HANK GUDER |
| EDNA SUMMEY |
| BURT DINWITTY |
| GREENY GORMAN |
| HATTIE HEFFNER |
| MRS. BERGEN |
| MR. BERGEN |
| ELLA BERGEN |
Dark Of The Moon is a American play written by Howard Richardson and published by Routledge in New York (1977).
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