Pied Piper of Hamelin

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In one of Browning poems with which all the world is content. Even those who fancy the great poet to be as intelligible read backward as forward, are constrained to make exception in favor of the charming ballad which sets forth, in fantastic fashion, the danger of leaving one's debt unpaid. One hundred children take part in this production, representing Rats, Village Children, Peasants, Market Women, Mayor and Corporation, Etc. SUBJECTS The Jahr Market at Hamelin. Maypole Dance. Festivities Interrupted by Rats. Entrance of the Mayor and Common Council. He Agrees to Rid the Town of Rats for a Thousand Guilders. The Charming of the Rats. Extinction of the Rats in the Mountain Pass. General Rejoicing. German Peasant Dance. Return of the Piper Demanding His Guilders. Refusal of Mayor and Council to Pay. Indignation of Piper. Charming of the Children. The Lame Boy and the Lone Rat. Piper and Children in the Mountains. Tableau -- The Piper and the Children in the Beautiful Land of Love.