The Ark may be built on a framework of wood,
covered with cloth to represent a child's toy. Bright
colors are preferable, such as gray and scarlet. Or the
Ark may be cut out of wall board. A door on hinges must be
cut in the side, also a window. A gangplank may lead up
to door. If the play is given indoors, a blue back-drop
may be used against which colored lights may be thrown, to
indicate storm. If given out of doors, a blue, smiling sky
is always desirable.
Thin tarlatan may be cut in the shape, and painted to
represent the rainbow, and stretched on a curved bit of
wire.
THE PROPERTIES
A hammer and nails.
Fruit.
Pitchers and platters of food.
A rainbow.
An idol.
A few stones for altar.
Two doves or pigeons.
A Flood Curtain.
Trees, such as are seen in a child's Noah's Ark, may be cut out of
wood and painted a vivid green. These will aid the picture.
NOAH'S FLOOD
(_Taken in large measure from the play by Ranulf Higden of Saint
Werburg's, Chester._ A. D. 1299-1364.)