SHEILA RUSKIN
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Plays by Sheila Ruskin
Larry The Lamb In Toytown |
| 1st Produced: | 1969 | |||||
| Company: | Worcester Repertory Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1977 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Childrens Musical Play | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by David Wood and Sheila Ruskin | |||||
| Synopsis: | All the famous Toytown characters appear in this story as the townspeople are threatened by a fearsome dragon and a villainous highwayman. Ernest the Policeman sets out to do his duty, the Mayor has some adventures with a motor car and is most unhappily transformed when one of the Magician's spells goes wrong, the nasty-tempered Mr. Growser gets more than he bargained for when his bath water pipes freeze - but with the help of Larry the Lamb and Dennis the Dachshund, all is set to right in time for the Mayor's special Christmas tea party. | |||||
Owl And The Pussycat Went To See, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1968 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1970 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Musical Play for Children | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | written by Sheila Ruskin and David Wood | |||||
| Synopsis: | This enchanting musical play, based on the verses and stories of Edward Lear, tells of the quest of the Owl and the Pussycat to find a ring and someone to marry them. During their adventures, which takes them across the Syllabub Sea to Bong Tree Island and the Turkey who lives on the hill, they meet a host of delightful characters including the Quangle Wangle, the Dong with a luminous nose, Professor Bosh, the Runcible Spoon, the Jumblies - and the villainous, ever hungry Plum Pudding Flea. | |||||