Description |
vi, 503 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
pt. 1. Traditional plays. A christmas pageant, drawn from the scriptures. -- The second shepherd's play / by Anonymous, adapted by Aurand Harris -- Saint George and the dragon at Christmas tide / by Anonymous, adapted by Marjorie Sigley -- pt. 2. Religious plays. Black nativity / by Langston Hughes -- The Shepherds of Saint Francis / by Lowell Swortzell -- Amahl and the night visitors / by Gian-Carlo Menotti -- pt. 3. Non-religious plays. The Nutcracker and the Mouse-King / by E.T.A. Hoffman -- A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley / by Charles Dickens, adapted by Israel Horovitz -- A visit from St. Nicholas or the Night Before Christmas / by Lowell Swortzell -- The Long Christmas Dinner / by Thornton Wilder -- Kringle's Window / by Mark Medoff -- Tiny Tim is Dead / by Barbara Lebow -- The Match Girl's Gift: A Christmas Story / by Laurie Brooks Gollobin -- A Partridge in a Pear Tree / by Lowell Swortzell -- A Child's Christmas in Wales / by Dylan Thomas, adapted by Jeremy Brooks and Adrian Mitchell. |
Subject |
Christmas plays, American.
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Added Author |
Swortzell, Lowell.
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ISBN |
1557834024 |
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9781557834027 |
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