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One hundred plays for children: an anthology of non-royalty one-act plays,
Title:
One hundred plays for children: an anthology of non-royalty one-act plays,
JLCTITLE245:
edited by A.S. Burack.
Publication Information:
Boston, Plays [1970]
Physical Description:
viii, 886 p. 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780823800025
General Note:
Dramas which have appeared in Plays, the drama magazine for young people.
Subject Term:
Added Uniform Title:
Plays (Boston, Mass.)
Contents:
General plays. Make him smile / E.W. Arnold -- China comes to you ; What's a penny / Karin Asbrand -- The dulce man / Catherine Blanton -- The talent tree / Thelma Lucille Brown -- A Chinese Rip Van Winkle / Anna Curtis Chandler -- Grey ghosts ; Old man river / Dorothy Deming -- One-ring circus ; Special edition ; The way to Norwich / Aileen Fisher -- Louisa Alcott's wish / Sophie L. Goldsmith -- Grandma and the pampered boarder / Frances B. Watts -- The language shop ; The trial of Billy Scott / Mazie Hall -- Children of the calendar / Carol Hartley -- Much ado about ants / Anna Lenington Heath -- Midnight burial / Kay Hill -- The little circus donkey / Helen Littler Howard -- How we got our numbers / Eleanora Bowling Kane -- Piffle! It's only a sniffle! / Ted Kaufman -- Tommy's adventure / Eleanore Leuser -- The clock's secret / Esther MacLellan and Catherine Schroll -- The shady shadows / Helen Louise Miller -- If wishes were horses / Bertha Nathan -- Not on the menu / Mary Thurman Pyle -- A family in space / Charles Rittenhouse -- All in favor ; Twin cousins / Morton K. Schwartz -- The king's creampuffs / Martha Swintz -- The day is bright / Norman Myrick.

Holiday plays. Lincoln's birthday. A letter to Lincoln / Lindsey Barbee -- The Lincoln coat / Thelma W. Sealock -- Valentine's Day. The queen with the broken heart / Catherine Urban -- What happened to the cakes / Alice Very -- Washington's birthday. A guide for George Washington / Lindsey Barbee -- David and the second Lafayette / Lavinia R. Davis -- Easter. The magic egg / Mildred Hark and Noel McQueen -- Mother's Day. A present for mother / June Barr -- Mother's gift / Helen Littler Howard -- A golden bell for mother / Alice Very -- Promotion Day. The do-nothing frog / Patricia Clapp -- Pink parasol / Helen Louise Miller -- Columus Day. Columbus sails the sea / Lindsey Barbee -- Halloween. The magic spell ; The witch's pumpkin / Esther Cooper -- Goblin parade / Beulah Folmsbee -- The magic jack-o-lantern / Helen Littler Howard -- The magic pumpkin / Lee Kingman.

Holiday plays. Book Week. Wonders of storybook land / Alice D'Arcy -- Off the shelf / Mildred Hark and Noel McQueen -- Mr. Longfellow observes Book Week / Edna G. Moore -- Hubbub on the bookshelf / Alice Woster -- The book hospital / Jean Brabham McKinney -- Thanksgiving. I'll share my fare ; Thanks to Sammy Scarecrow / Helen Littler Howard -- Mr. Thanks has his day / Lee Kingman -- Jonathan's Thanksgiving / Alice Very -- Christmas. The holly hangs high / Lindsey Barbee -- Merry, merry, merry / Gladys Hasty Carroll -- The first New England Christmas tree / Ella Stratton Colbo -- The little cake / E. Clayton McCarty -- Christmas come to Hamelin / Grace Evelyn Mills -- Happy Christmas to all / Jeannette Covert Nolan -- No room at the inn / Emma L. Patterson -- Christmas House / Helen E. Waite and Elbert M. Hopppenstedt.

Legends, fables, and fairy tales. The crystal flask ; Little hero of Holland / Karin Asbrand -- Rumpelstiltsken ; Sleeping beauty / Helen Cotts Bennett -- The lion and the mouse / Rowena Bennett -- The three wishes / Cora Burlingame -- The salt in the sea / Mildred Colbert -- Cinderella / Alice D'Arcy -- The floating stone / C.W. Foulk and Doris P. Buck -- Jack and Jill / Helen L. Freudenberger -- Broom market day ; Jenny-by-the-day / Lida Lisle Molloy -- The wise men of Gotham / Ruth Vickery Holmes -- The pied piper of Hamelin / Lucy Kennedy -- The mixing stick / Eleanore Leuser -- The magic cookie jar / Helen Louise Miller -- The town mouse and his country cousin / Violet Muse -- Hans, who made the princess laugh ; A precedent in pastries ; The three aunts / Elsi Rowland -- Hansel and Grethel ; Peter Rabbit / Natalie Simonds -- The pot of gold / Claribel N. Spamer -- The test / Loretta Capell Tobey -- Puss-in-Boots ; The three sillies / Alice Very -- A kettle of brains / Gweneira M. Williams.

Historical plays. The flag of the United States / Lindsey Barbee -- No braver soldier / J.C. Eleanor Bierling -- The heroine of Wren / Ella Stratton Colbo -- Hearts of oak / May Emery Hall -- A son of liberty / Esther Lipnick -- Dolly saves the day / Helen Louise Miller -- Not only the strong / Helen E. Waite and Elbert M. Hoppenstedt.
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