SYLVIA ASHBY
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Sylvia Ashby
Anne Of Green Gables |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 3b 4g | |||
Notes: from novel by L.M. Montgomery | ||||
Synopsis: Mathew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to adopt a boy to work on their farm, Green Gables, but the orphanage sends a girl by mistake - the young, befreckled, warm, witty and charitable Anne Shirley -and their lives are changed forever. This concise yet detailed adaptation is humorous and bittersweet; a refreshing, contemporary telling of a classic story. | ||||
Caged Nightingale |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: The young Florence Nightingale's struggle for independence from her family. | ||||
Don Coyote |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 10 -20 either sex | |||
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Happily Ever After |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Based on stories by The Brothers Grimm | ||||
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King Stag |
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| 1st Published: | Encore Performance Publishing | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 5 |
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Notes: Based on "Il Re Cervo" by Carlo Gozzi | ||||
Synopsis: King Seren is looking for a bride. He relies on a magic statue to help him. The Prime Minister has high hopes for his own daughter. | ||||
Master Skylark of Stratford |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A young teenage boy runs away from his puritanical father to see the stage players. | ||||
Mrs. Peck's Christmas Pudding |
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| 1st Published: | Encore Performance Publishing | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 2 boys, 3 girls | |||
Notes: Adapted from the play by Eliza Lee Follen | ||||
Synopsis: Widow Peck is determined her family shall have a Christmas pudding but all her efforts are thwarted until a stranger turns up. | ||||
Once Upon A Broomstick |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: The witch Malvolia is not best pleased when the handsome Tobias falls for her housemaid. | ||||
Once Upon a Santa Claus |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Minimum 17 | |||
Notes: Based on the book "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus" by L Frank Baum | ||||
Synopsis: How Santa became Santa. | ||||
Princess Who Became King, The |
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| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 15 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Professor Zuccini's Traveling Tales |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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Santa Claus Is Missing! |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Music by Scott Taylor. Based on the book "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" by L Frank Baum | ||||
Synopsis: The Demons are up to no good. | ||||
Secret Garden, The |
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| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Adapted from the book "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett | ||||
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Shining Princess of the Slender Bamboo |
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| 1st Published: | I E Clark | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Based on a Japanese tale "Kaguya Hime" | ||||
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Tales of Molly Malloy |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Three Chimneys Children, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Notes: Based on the book "The Railway Children" by E Nesbit | ||||
Synopsis: Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis avert a railway disaster. | ||||