Colorado Smith and the Alexandria Museum

By Carmella Gates

Setting: Colorado and Egypt, circa 1935

Cast of Characters:

Colorado Smith—archaeologist and adventurer
Lucius–museum director/ringmaster
Fallah—Colorado’s assistant and friend/lion tamer
Mirak—Fallah’s spy
Director
Stunt Double—very different size and body shape than Colorado
Commandant
Four Students
Waiter/ Peanut seller
Slatski soldiers—at least 4
Muscle
Lion
Plump and Chubby, fat ladies
Ina and Dinah, the bareback riders
Tightrope walker
Rufus, the talking crocodile
Four clowns/Fallah’s men