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Author Kamerman, Sylvia E., compilor.

Title Dramatized folk tales of the world; a collection of 50 one-act plays--royalty-free adaptations of stories from many lands / Edited by Sylvia E. Kamerman.

Publication Info. Boston : Plays, inc., [1971]

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Location Call No. Status
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  J 812.08 KAM    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J398.2 KA    Check Shelf
Description viii, 575 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Africa -- African trio / Barbara Winther -- Pt. 2. Austria -- The secret of the wishing well / Eleanor D. Leuser -- Pt. 3. China -- Lady Moon and the thief / Claire Boiko -- The tiger catcher / Ethel McFarlan -- Plum Blossom and the dragon / Deborah Newman -- Pt. 4. Czechoslovakia -- Triumph for two / Hazel W. Corson -- Pt. 5. England -- Robin Hood outwits the sheriff / Constance Whitman Baher -- A most special dragon / David Ferguson -- The wise people of Gotham / Eleanor D. Leuser -- The stolen tarts / Lida Lisle Molloy -- King Arthur and his knights / Olive J. Morley -- Pt. 6. France -- Pierre Patelin / Helene Koon -- The price of eggs / Mary Ann Nicholson -- Pt. 7. Germany -- The musicians of Bremen Town / Walter Roberts -- Merry Tull and the three rogues / Adele Thane -- Pt. 8. Greece -- King Midas / Mercedes Gardner and Jean Shannon Smith -- Pt. 9. Holland -- One wish too many / Jean Feather -- A gift for Hans Brinker / Adele Thane -- Pt. 10. India -- The tiger, the Brahman, and the jackal / Gladys V. Smith -- Pt. 11. Ireland -- Fin McCool / May Lynch -- The bridge to Killybog Fair / Frances B. Watts -- The leprechaun shoemakers / Frances B. Watts -- Pt. 12. Israel (ancient) -- The king and the bee / Virgina Payne Whitworth -- Pt. 13. Italy -- The magic grapes / Eleanor D. Leuser -- The magic box / Mary Nygaard Peterson -- Pt. 14. Japan -- The ogre who built a bridge / Frances Mapp -- The peach tree kingdom / Rosemary G. Musil -- The great samurai sword / Barbara Winther -- Pt. 15. Korea -- A spouse for Susie mouse / Faye E. Head -- Pt. 16. Mexico -- Pepe and the cornfield bandit / Claire Boiko -- The king who was bored / Adele Thane -- The sleeping mountains / Barbara Winther -- Pt. 17. Persia -- The olive jar / Ethel McFarlan -- Pt. 18. Russia -- Peter and the wolf / Sylvia Chermak -- Stone soup / James Buechler -- Fish in the forest / Hazel W. Corson -- Pt. 19. Scandinavia -- Quick-witted Jack / Jean Feather -- Simple Olaf / Mary Nygaard Peterson -- The builder of the wall / Helen Roberts -- The magic cloak / Virginia Payne Whitworth -- Pt. 20. Scotland -- King Horn / Margaret C. Hall -- Pt. 21. South America -- Pedro and the burro / Mary Nygaard Peterson -- The baker's neighbor / Adele Thane -- Pt. 22. Spain -- Dame Fortune and Don Money / Hazel W. Corson -- Pt. 23. Switzerland -- A test for William Tell / Helen Roberts -- Pt. 24. Turkey -- The covetous councilman / J. H. Bealmear -- Pt. 25. United States -- Big Paul Bunyan / Adele Thane -- The Indian boy without a name / Rod Vahl -- A gift from Johnny Appleseed / Helene Whittaker -- Pt. 26. Wales -- Baron Barnaby's Box / J. G. Colson.
Summary Fifty royalty-free one-act plays adapted from folk tales of many countries.
Subject Children's plays.
Stage adaptations.
Plays.
ISBN 0823800040
9780823800049
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