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Plot
Marco Polo (1254 - 1324), the great Venetian traveler who spent much of his life in Cathay, was imprisoned in Genoa in 1296. During the 3 years he languished in jail, he dictated to a fellow-prisoner an account of his fantastic journeys into the mysterious East.
In this Polo described how he actually saw, in a remote village in Persia, the tombs of the magi who went to Bethlehem to adore the Christ Child.
For the plot of this play Marco Polo's report is blended into the Biblical account of the birth of the Christ Child. Bits and pieces of ancient legends and customs of the times are added.
Characters
In order of appearance:
Omar
Abu
Hussain
Pietro
Marco Polo
Balthazar
Gaspar
Melchior
Quain
First Angel
Third Angel
Reuben
simeon
King Herod
Atticus
Second Roman Soldier
Two Fanners
A lady from Rome
First Kitchen Servant
Second Kitchen Servant
A Chief Priest
A Scribe
Azor
Joseph
Mary
The child, Jesus