Chapter I: Front Matter

WORKS BY PERCY MACKAYE

_PLAYS_

THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS. A Comedy.
JEANNE D’ARC. A Tragedy.
SAPPHO AND PHAON. A Tragedy.
FENRIS, THE WOLF. A Tragedy.
A GARLAND TO SYLVIA. A Dramatic Reverie.
THE SCARECROW. A Tragedy of the Ludicrous.
YANKEE FANTASIES. Five One-Act Plays.
MATER. An American Study in Comedy.
ANTI-MATRIMONY. A Satirical Comedy.
TO-MORROW. A Play in Three Acts.
A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. A Romance of the Orient.

_COMMUNITY DRAMAS_

CALIBAN. A Community Masque.
SAINT LOUIS. A Civic Masque.
SANCTUARY. A Bird Masque.
THE NEW CITIZENSHIP. A Civic Ritual.
THE EVERGREEN TREE. A Christmas Masque.

_OPERAS_

SINBAD, THE SAILOR. A Fantasy.
THE IMMIGRANTS. A Tragedy.
THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS. A Comedy.

_POEMS_

THE SISTINE EVE, AND OTHER POEMS.
URIEL, AND OTHER POEMS.
LINCOLN. A Centenary Ode.
THE PRESENT HOUR. Poems of War and Peace.
POEMS AND PLAYS. In Two Volumes.

_ESSAYS_

THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE PLAY.
THE CIVIC THEATRE.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR.
COMMUNITY DRAMA. An Interpretation.

_ALSO (As Editor)_

THE CANTERBURY TALES. A Modern Rendering into Prose.
THE MODERN READER’S CHAUCER (with Professor J. S. P. Tatlock).

_AT ALL BOOKSELLERS_

_So we will sing our even-song_
_And dance for thee, like king and queen,—_
_O Evergreen, dear Evergreen!—_
_To make thy heart be merry._ (Page 42)]

The
EVERGREEN TREE

by
PERCY MACKAYE

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1917

_Copyright, 1917, by_
PERCY MACKAYE

_All Rights Reserved_

NOTE: For Information concerning Permission to
produce this Masque or to read it in Public, see
ANNOUNCEMENTS, on page 81 of this volume.

Printed in the United States of America

The
EVERGREEN TREE

A Masque of Christmas Time for
Community Singing and Acting

by
PERCY MACKAYE

With Scenic and Costume Designs
by
ROBERT EDMOND JONES

Together with
THREE MONOGRAPHS ON THE MASQUE
written by
the Author, the Scenic Designer,
and
ARTHUR FARWELL
Composer of the Music

TO

THOSE FRIENDLY THOUSANDS
OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
IN AMERICAN TOWNS AND CITIES, WHO HAVE
SHARED WITH THE AUTHOR IN HIS MASQUES
A COMMON DEVOTION TO THE HAPPY CAUSE
OF A COMMUNAL ART

THIS MASQUE IS DEDICATED
IN CHRISTMAS FELLOWSHIP