CAST:
BLACKBEARD – Captain of the Adventure
WILLIAM HOWARD – Blackbeard’s quartermaster
EZEKIEL JONES – ship’s cook
RICHARD EVANS – a young pirate
HELMSMAN
SAILORS – three or four required
CABIN BOY
OLIVER FARTHINGHAM – watchman of Ocracoke village
VICTORIA FARTHINGHAM – Oliver’s wife
ELIZABETH FARTHINGHAM – Oliver’s older daughter
KATHERINE FARTHINGHAM – Oliver’s younger daughter
MISS EUPHEMIA – Ocracoke boardinghouse proprietress
MARJORIE O’NEAL – boardinghouse cook
RACHEL, ABBY, SUZANNAH, ELLEN - boardinghouse girls
SCULLERY MAID
Additional VILLAGE GIRLS (non-speaking roles) may be cast; likewise, the number of SAILORS may be increased.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
The story is set in Ocracoke, NC, November 21 and 22, 1718.
ACT I
Scene 1 On board Blackbeard’s ship, the Adventure
ACT II
Scene 1 Euphemia’s Boardinghouse parlor, that evening
Scene 2 Elizabeth Farthingham’s bedroom, that evening
Scene 3 Euphemia’s Boardinghouse parlor, later that evening
ACT III
Scene 1 On board the Adventure, very early the next morning
Scene 2 On board the Adventure, towards dawn that same morning
Scene 3 Euphemia’s Boardinghouse parlor, later that morning