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NAME OF THE TEACHER : JIJI S SUBJECT : ENGLISHSCHOOL : KTCT EMRHSS, KADUVAYILCLASS :9 AUNIT : 2, BREAKING BARRIERSTOPIC : THE PRINCESS ON THE ROAD

THE PRINCESS ON THE ROAD -By Kathleen

Conyngham Greene

Kathleen Conyngham Greene

Born – 1885 in BritainMajor Works- The Third Road,

The Little Boy Out of the Woods etc

Died-1924

CharactersFirst manThe PrincessSecond manThird manFirst womanSecond womanThird womanJohnny- A little boy &

BettyA Juggler and his Boy

It is an one – act play.The heroine of the play is the newly married princess of Florimund,the prince of the country.

One day she decided to do something adventurous and thereby surprise the prince and the people.

Since she loved an adventure she decided to visit a village in disguise

The Princess enters the scene as a peasant girl

She is wearing dusty, torn rags.

She is picking the flowers and singing as she goes.

She wants a glass of milk to quench her thirst.

She saw a small boy named Johnny and asked him where all the people had gone ?

The boy said the harvest was going on in the village and all are in the field

She ask him a cup of milk The child points to a cottage.

The Princess herself goes there and returns by carrying a jug and a cup and a loaf of bread and a knife.

Little boy Johnny said that it is the Sunday loaf.

The Princess crumbles the remains of the bread and throws it on the road for the ducks.

VOCABULARY

Conquered - to winRags - old bit of clothCoach - horse cartSentries - soldier posted to keep and watch Crumbles - breaking in to piecesBeckoning - making a sign asking one to come

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