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Dark of the Moon

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This is a passionate yet tender look at love. The story of the Witch Boy (John) who gives up his magic for the love of Barbara Allen, and the consequences, points up predjudice and fear of the unknown. The play is well written for the characters and has many opportunites for cameo roles in the casting. It is an ideal play for small theatres to consider producing. There is a wonderful use of appalchian dialect in the characters and ample chance to add ballads and rousing dance to make it a musical as well. The Opera version doesn't yet do it justice. I have had the joy of doing several productions of this work (one with Mr. Richardson) and feel it is a great piece to represent American theatre.

This is one of the lost treasures of the American Theater. Once one of the most produced plays by high schools and colleges it has lost stature and is only produced occasionally. The reasons for this are a mystery to me.

As an actor's exercise it offers performers (particularly young ones) a chance to stretch and discover different cultural types.

Based on the ballad "Barbara Allen" the play about a love affair and marriage between a Witchboy and a beautiful young woman is highly theatrical and filled with a mystical and earthy quality. Appalachian characters and traditional mountain songs add to the color and whimsical nature of the story.

I've seen this piece performed and just reading the script made it seem so full of possibilities. Good play, good story. A smart choice for a school production that features a large cast.

I am very glad to have found this play and in such good condition. Thank you.

As plays go Dark of the Moon is very enjoyable. The written accents become very engrossing, only helping the story along. The dark mood of the play, the great characters, setting, and songs make it a pleasure. Covering lost love to peer pressure. I would love to be a part of this play.

It all started in the mountains. John the witch boy climbs up conjur mountain. Tired and out of breath, he beg's conjur man to change him to human. All for the love of of the the mountain gal Barbra Allen. He finally gets what he go's after.Althought there are a few catches. When John come into town durning a dance he finds his Barbra and her date Marvin, the town stud, he desides that he will cut in. Marvin doesn't like that too much, but john still has a little of dark power inside of him... While performing cut from this play, the charater loss all sense of acting and truely became there parts. Judges told us that they could not look away from the stage, to ever write comments down they had to wait untill it was complete. We enjoyed it so much that we'll never forget the love story of John the witch boy and his love for Barbra Allen.

This beautiful love story shows the consequences of closed-mindedness. it is a twisted tale that makes you laugh and cry and is an excellent play with a twisted ending.

It's a pretty good story with interesting characters. The language can be a little hard to get through at times, but if you get into it, it flows. Good tragic tale of love and loss.

I love the story of the witch boy who loved a human. I played the part of Conjur Man in the play.

DARK OF THE MOON takes place in the Appalachian Mountains. It is a play about a witch boy named John who falls in love with a beautiful girl named Barbara Allen. John has a conjur woman turn him into a human. The only condition of the spell is that Barbara must remain faithful to John for one full year after they are married. If Barbara is not faithful, then John will turn back into a witch boy.

The play is beautifully written and allows actors a wonderful opportunity to use the Appalachian dialect. At times, the words of the characters become poetry in motion. Nevertheless, DARK OF THE MOON is not a very uplifting play. Yes, it deals with prejudice and loss and hypocrisy; but because of the way the play is written these issues have no purpose and give the play no meaning. Therefore, though the play maybe poetry in motion, it has no soul.