| CONTENTS | |
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| Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | xii |
| Introduction by Craig Slaight and Jack Sharrar . . . . . . . . . . | xiii |
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| SCENES FOR CHILDREN | |
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| MARK TWAIN'S THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER | |
| Adapted for the Stage by Timothy Mason (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | |
| Adapted by Craig Slaight from the novel by Lewis Carroll (2) . . . | 5 |
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| APPROACHING ZANZIBAR | |
| Tina Howe (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
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| BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN | |
| A Musical Play Book by William Hauptman, Lyrics by Roger Miller, | |
| Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
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| THE CHILDREN'S HOUR | |
| Lillian Hellman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
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| CHOOSING SIDES FOR BASKETBALL | |
| Kathryn Schultz Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
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| CONVICTS | |
| Horton Foote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
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| THE DEATH OF PAPA | |
| Horton Foote (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
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| EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON | |
| Adapted by Claudia Ferguson from the short story by Asbjornsen and Moe (3).. 42 | |
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| THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES | |
| Greg Atkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 47 |
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| HAPGOOD | |
| Tom Stoppard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 49 |
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| LITTLE WOMEN | |
| Adapted by Roger Wheeler from the novel by Louisa May Alcott (2) . | 52 |
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| MAKE A FRIEND, FIND A FRIEND | |
| Paul Maar, Translated by Anita and Alex Page (3) . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
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| THE MAN-CHILD | |
| Arnold Rabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 66 |
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| THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING | |
| Carson McCullers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 69 |
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| THE NICKEL | |
| Charles Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
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| PAINTED RAIN | |
| Janet Allard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75 |
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| PETER PAN | |
| J.M. Barrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 77 |
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| ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY | |
| Adapted for the stage by E. Shockley from the novcel by Mildred D. Taylor... 84 | |
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| ROOTS IN A PARCHED GROUND | |
| Horton Foote (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 88 |
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| A ROSEN BY ANY OTHER NAME | |
| Israel Horovitz (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 94 |
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| THE SECRET GARDEN | |
| Musical Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman, | |
| based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (2) . . . . . . . . | 97 |
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| SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU | |
| Christopher Durang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 103 |
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| THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH | |
| THORNTON WILDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 105 |
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| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | |
| Screenplay adaptation by Horton Foote based on the novel by Harper Lee | 107 |
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| TODAY I AM A FOUNTAIN PEN | |
| Israel Horovitz (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109 |
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| TWELVE DREAMS | |
| James Lapine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 116 |
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| WHITE CHAMELEON | |
| Christopher Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 118 |
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| MONOLOGUES FOR GIRLS | |
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| ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | |
| Adapted by Craig Slaight from the novel by Lewis Carroll (2) . . . | 123 |
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| AND THEY DANCE REAL SLOW IN JACKSON | |
| Jim Leonard, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 126 |
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| APPROACHING ZANZIBAR | |
| Tina Howe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 128 |
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| DAISY FAY AND THE MIRACLE MAN | |
| Fannie Flagg (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 129 |
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| FAREWELL TO MANZANAR | |
| Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston (3) . . . . . . . . | 133 |
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| LITTLE WOMEN | |
| Roger Wheeler from the novel by Louisa May Alcott (2) . . . . . . | 136 |
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| PETER PAN | |
| J.M. Barrie (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 138 |
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| PICTURE ME | |
| Margery Kreitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 140 |
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| REINDEER SOUP | |
| JOE PINTAURO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 142 |
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| YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN | |
| Adapted by Clark Gesner, | |
| based on the comic strip, Peanuts by Charles M. Schultz . . . . . | 143 |
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| MONOLOGUES FOR BOYS | |
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| BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN | |
| A Musical Play Book by William Hauptman, Lyrics by Roger Miller, | |
| adapted from the novel by Mark Twain (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 147 |
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| A CHRISTMAS MEMORY | |
| Truman Capote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 149 |
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| CONVICTS | |
| Horton Foote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 151 |
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| A DEATH IN THE FAMILY | |
| James Agee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 153 |
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| THE HAPPY PRINCE | |
| Oscar Wilde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 155 |
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| THE HAPPY TIME | |
| Samuel Taylor, based on the stories by Robert Fontaine . . . . . . | 157 |
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| HEY LITTLE WALTER | |
| Carla Debbie Alleyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 159 |
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| THE LITTLE PRINCE | |
| Antoine de Saint Exupery (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 160 |
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| A LETTER FROM MOZART | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 163 |
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| THIS BOY'S LIFE | |
| Tobias Wolff (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 164 |
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| YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN | |
| Clark Gesner, | |
| Based on the comic strip, Peanuts by Charles M. Schultz (3) . . . | 167 |
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| PERMISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 170 |