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Colorized covers are for web display only. Most covers are printed in black and white. Colorized covers are for web display only. Most covers are printed in black and white. The Rebel: Johnny Yuma at Appomattox • Andrew J. Fenady • Dramatic Publishing Drama. By Andrew J. Fenady. From his novel The Rebel: Johnny Yuma. Cast: 9 or 10m. The au- thor of the television series The Rebel presents his character,Johnny Yuma, in an original stage adapta- tion placing him in the thick of the action at a piv- otal point in history.The final battle has been fought and lost. General Robert E. Lee is about to surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865. But Johnny Yuma has a plan. If he assassinates Grant, if a Southerner kills Grant, the south will go on fight- ing—and the North, without their great general, will lose. Yuma knows that Grant will humiliate Lee dur- ing the surrender. From the attic, Yuma has a bead on Grant, and he takes dead aim. Fenady, who wrote the lyrics to the song “The Rebel” made famous by Johnny Cash, has used Lee’s and Grant’s actual words in the play’s reenactment. Area staging. Approximate running time: 35 to 40 minutes. 13 ISBN: 978-1-58342-369-1 10 ISBN: 1-58342-369-9 Code: R81 ' %&#&! " !$#! $ www.dramaticpublishing.com Printed on Recycled Paper D P C_ The Re bel: Johnny Yuma at Ap po mat tox A One-act Play By AN DREW J. FENADY From his novel THE RE BEL: Johnny Yuma Dra matic Pub lish ing Woodstock, Il li nois • Eng land • Aus tra lia • New Zea land © The Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois *** NO TICE *** The ama teur and stock act ing rights to this work are con trolled exclu - sively by THE DRA MATIC PUB LISH ING COM PANY with out whose per mis sion in writ ing no per for mance of it may be given. Roy alty must be paid ev ery time a play is per formed whether or not it is pre sented for profit and whether or not ad mis sion is charged. 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In all pro grams this no tice must ap pear: Pro duced by spe cial ar range ment with THE DRA MATIC PUB LISH ING COM PANY of Woodstock, Il li nois © The Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois THE RE BEL: JOHNNY YUMA AT AP PO MAT TOX re- ceived its world pre miere at the Palmdale Play house, Palmdale, Cal i for nia, Jan u ary 27-30, 2005, with the fol low ing art ists: CAST GEN ERAL ROB ERT E. LEE ...........Wil liam Armstrong PRI VATE DOUGLAS BAINES ..............Ryan Au gust GEN ERAL PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN ........Dean Berg COL O NEL PARKER ....................Jacob Ed wards COL O NEL ORD ........................Nick Ed wards NAR RA TOR.............................Ted Huetter GEN ERAL ULYS SES S. GRANT .............Bill Kramer COR PO RAL JOHNNY YUMA ............Michael Murray COL O NEL CHARLES MAR SHALL .........Wil liam Smith AR TIS TIC STAFF Pro ducer..............................Dea McAllister Di rec tor ............................Da vid Alan Smith Pro duc tion De sign ......................An thony Moore Makeup/Hair De sign...................Con stance Hansen Light De sign .............Philip Hopper & An thony Moore Sound De sign .........................M. Ste ven Felty Play bill De sign/As sem bly ...............Deb bie Barrientes Poster/Flyer De sign .....................An gel Elizondo PRO DUC TION STAFF Tech ni cal Di rec tor ......................An thony Moore Pro duc tion Man ager .......................Linda Wil lis Stage Man ager .......................Con stance Hansen Audio En gi neer ........................M. Ste ven Felty Light Board Op er a tor .....................Philip Hop per Amer i can Sign Lan guage In ter preter ..Wendy Kaye Reuschling Back stage Crew ........An thony Moore & Da vid Alan Smith 4 © The Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois THE RE BEL: JOHNNY YUMA AT AP PO MAT TOX A One-act Play For 9 or 10 men CHAR AC TERS NAR RA TOR (VOICE OVER) GEN ERAL ROBERT E. LEE GEN ERAL WILLIAM BABCOCK COL O NEL CHARLES MAR SHALL COR PO RAL JOHNNY YUMA PRI VATE DOUGLAS BAINES GEN ERAL ULYS SES S. GRANT GEN ERAL PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN COL O NEL ORD (Non-speak ing) COLONEL PARKER (Non-speak ing) COL O NEL WIL LIAMS (Non-speak ing) 5 © The Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois THE RE BEL: JOHNNY YUMA AT AP PO MAT TOX (The stage is dark—si lent. Faintly—the mel an choly, stac cato sound of a mil i tary DRUM BEAT—then louder—but still a sad tempo—the echo of march ing ghosts, foot falls to bat tles lost and won. Note: Use drum beat as deemed ap pro pri ate in the course of the play. Light cue. Slowly, two spot lights il lu mi nate—on high— first the Con fed er ate flag, Stars and Bars—then the U.S. flag, 36 stars. Note: Drum beat fades as NAR RA TOR speaks. When the NAR RA TOR men tions Palm Sunday, we hear the toll ing of a CHURCH BELL.) NAR RA TOR’S VOICE OVER. Ap po mat tox, Vir ginia. Palm Sunday. April 9, 1865. A na tion less than a hun - dred years old, di vided and bleed ing. A na tion whose 16th pres i dent, Abra ham Lin coln, wanted peace—but who led his country into a blood bath. Battle after bat - tle—thou sands of sons and fa thers bur ied. Thou sands more, blue and grey, maimed, with limbs torn—sur vi - vors who would never be the same. 7 © The Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois 8 The Re bel: (Mu sic. Gen tle strains of “Dixie” in ter min gled with heavier chords of “The Bat tle Hymn of the Re pub lic.”) NAR RA TOR’S VOICE OVER. Clashes on land and sea, in fields and streams, on horse back and foot—fire and dev as ta tion—all lead ing to the in ev i ta ble end—Ap po- mat tox.

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