Collection 6: "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain, dramatized by Joellen Bland

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  1. anteroom
    a large entrance or reception area
    Slightly to the left, off courtyard and inside gates, interior of palace anteroom is visible.
  2. pantomime
    act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
    Villagers pantomime conversation, and all but a few exit.
  3. wallow
    roll around
    Tom. In summer, we run races and swim in the river, and we love to wallow in the mud.
  4. wistfully
    in a pensively sad manner
    Prince (sighing, wistfully). If I could wear your clothes and play in the mud just once, with no one to forbid me, I think I could give up the crown!
  5. bearing
    characteristic way of holding one's body
    Prince (excitedly, as he looks in mirror). Heavens, do you not see it? We look like brothers! We have the same features and bearing. If we went about together, dressed alike, there is no one who could say which is the Prince of Wales and which is Tom Canty!
  6. spare
    refrain from harming
    Please, be merciful and spare me!
  7. pauper
    a person who is very poor
    I am the lowest of your subjects, being born a pauper, and it is by a great mistake that I am here.
  8. affliction
    a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
    King. Ah, your affliction hangs heavily upon you. 'Tis no matter. You will remember later. Listen, carefully! (gently, but firmly) I command you to hide your affliction in all ways that be within your power.
  9. tousle
    disarrange or rumple; dishevel
    At Curtain Rise: Prince limps in, dirty and tousled.
  10. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
    Tom. Lettuce and turnips? I have never seen them before. Am I to eat them?
    Hertford (discreetly). Yes, Your Highness, if you so desire.
  11. fanfare
    a short lively tune played on brass instruments
    Fanfare of trumpets is heard, and Herald enters, carrying scroll.
  12. gallant
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
    Prince. Miles, you have a gallant way about you. Are you nobly born?
  13. noble
    of or belonging to hereditary aristocracy
    Prince. Miles, you have a gallant way about you. Are you nobly born?
  14. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    (With a rueful look at his uneaten supper, he stands up.)
  15. rabble
    the common people or lower classes
    Carve this rabble to rags!
  16. shilling
    a former monetary unit in Great Britain
    Woman. Three shillings and eight pence, your worship.
    Justice (leaning down to Woman). Good woman, do you know that when one steals a thing above the value of thirteen pence, the law says he shall hang for it?
  17. liege
    a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
    Miles (to Prince). Come, my liege. We are free to go. And that band of thieves shall not set hands on you again, I swear it!
  18. coronation
    the ceremony of installing a new monarch
    Prince. Coronation! What does he mean? There can be no coronation without me!
  19. procession
    the action of a group moving ahead in regular formation
    Hertford, St. John, Lords and Ladies enter slowly, in a procession, followed by Pages, one of whom carries crown on a small cushion.
  20. vagabond
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
    Hertford. Seize the little vagabond!
Created on Mon Jun 15 09:30:26 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Jun 18 08:34:46 EDT 2020)

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