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MARY ELLIOTT NELSON |
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Plays by Mary Elliott Nelson |
Miracle on 34th Street | ||
| 1st Produced: | Farnham Maltings | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108181 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Miracle on 34th Street has quite some pedigree. The story was created by Valentine Davies with his novella being published to coincide with the release of the 1947 film that starred Maureen O'Hara and a young Natalie Wood. This much copied original won Academy Awards for both Davies and George Seaton who wrote the screenplay as well as a nomination for Best Motion Picture, and its place in American cinema history has been cemented by its selection to The National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. | |||||
Synopsis: | A home-grown incarnation of this timeless story of love, belief and the true Christmas spirit, based on the book and borrowing lightly from the first film. For those who for the last half century have somehow escaped knowing the plot or whose memory is too tied up with other things, the story involves Scrooge-like Doris Walker hiring Kris Kringle as a Santa for the toy department of Macy's famous New York store. Whilst Walker's approach is strictly commercial - "save me the sentimental nonsense", she declares - white-bearded and tubby Kringle takes the view that "it's the children that count at Christmas" and recommends that shoppers go to other stores to find the sought-after presents not stocked at Macy's, causing melt-down for department head Shellhammer for whom "it's all about sales". This generosity of spirit becomes a contagion of reciprocal goodwill across the City but there are consequences for Kringle who is committed to an asylum for deludedly asserting he is Santa Claus. Attorney Fred Gailey, friend, neighbour and would-be love interest to divorcee Doris Walker, defends Kringle at the hearing, proves the existence of Santa, wins the case and wins the girl. It's the perfect Yuletide sentiment: "hope and joy and love" overcome cynicism and greed. | |||||
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Railway Children, The | ||
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Company: | Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49334 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book by E Nesbit | |||||
Synopsis: | remebrances of Jenny Agutter in the 1970 film | |||||
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