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Show time at the Polk Street School

plays you can do yourself or in the classroom
1992
A collection of three plays featuring the Polk Street School characters: "The Candy Corn Contest, " "The Secret at the Polk Street School, " and "Fancy Feet." Includes staging, costume, and prop suggestions.

The Christmas magic-wagon

a play
1975
A play in which the Jason family receives back more than they give when they decide to make Christmas a little brighter for the less fortunate families along their road.

Small plays for special days

1977
Seven short plays for two actors about popular holidays with staging notes and costume suggestions.

Sorry, wrong number

and, The hitch-hiker
1980
Presents two one-act plays by Lucille Fletcher including "Sorry, Wrong Number," based upon the radio classic of the same title in which an invalid woman overhears the plot to her own murder.

The tempest

the graphic novel : original text version
2009
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in which Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter, Miranda, have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.

The importance of being Earnest

1965
Jack Worthing creates a fictitious brother Earnest who lives in London to escape his dull country routine, but finds the lie backfiring when he falls in love.

Romeo & Juliet

the graphic novel : original text version
2009
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic play about the ill-fated romance of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, whose love is doomed because of the long-standing feud between their families.

The most excellent and lamentable tragedie of Romeo and Juliet

2010
A thirty-minute adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" that includes stage directions for four key scenes and an essay about producing a Shakespeare play with novice actors.

The tempest for kids

1999
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based on the story.

Dr. Faustus

2008
Presents the script of the sixteenth-century drama about scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, with an introduction to the play, its stage history, textual problems, and historical and cultural context.

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