The Valiant (play)

"The Valiant" is a play by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass.

Characters

Referred to on the script (their name in the play)

*Father Daly (Father Daly) - a priest/minister who visits the condemned to get them to repent so they can enter heaven.
*The Warden (Holt) - watches and takes care of the prisoners and escorts them to the execution room.
*James Dyke (see "Who was James Dyke" below) - a mysterious condemned man who has no documented past and refuses to divulge it.
*The Girl (Josephine Paris) - sister of a long lost brother who journeys to Connecticut to find out if Dyke is her brother.
*The Jailer (Dan) - takes care of the scaffolds, keeps it in good order, and prepares the condemned for execution.
*The Attendant (Wilson) - files, types and well is a secretary...

Summary

The play tells the story of James Dyke, a confessed murderer who has been sentenced to die and now awaits his fate on death row. The only problem is that no one knows who he really is or where he comes from, and he is determined to take his secret to the grave. The prison's warden and chaplain have nearly given up hope of discovering his true identity until the night of Dyke's execution when a strange young woman arrives requesting to see him. Now, she may be the only key to unlocking Dyke's mysterious past.

References

* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=115363 New York Times Movies]
* [http://www.littletheatre.net/Valiant,The/Valiant.htm "Little Theatre"]

External links

• [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/7428972 "The Valiant: a play in one act" on World Cat] only title and authors