![]() ![]() ![]() Yet he tells the audience "the beach is hardly worth having these days," as worshippers have depleted and gaining converts becomes increasingly difficult. Jero admits, however, that he was really intending to help himself. He laments that prophethood is no longer as respectable as it had been in the past he explains that a struggle among competitors for land on the beach degraded the profession until the Town Council stepped in to "settle the prophets' territorial warfare once and for all." We learn that Jero helped his master, the prophet who educated him, win land through a campaign of "six dancing girls from the French territory, all dressed as Jehovah's Witnesses." Jero immediately asserts that he is a prophet, "by birth and by inclination." He was born with thick hair that covered his eyes and neck, convincing his parents of his prophethood. He is described as "suave," a "heavily but neatly bearded man" with hair "thick and high." The setting is a completely dark stage with the spotlight shining directly on Jero, emphasizing the religious nature and importance of his role. In Scene One, Jero introduces himself directly to the audience.
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