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A Topsy-Turvy Christmas

Chapter 2: CHARACTERS
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A short, comic Christmas entertainment for children stages an encounter between ordinary schoolchildren and a mirror-image family whose habits, clothing, and manners are playfully reversed. Presented as a script with a full cast list, costume and property notes, song lyrics and cues, and choreography suggestions, it mixes nursery-rhyme figures, fairy characters, and humorous set pieces. Musical numbers and easy-to-stage bits emphasize audience participation and visual comedy, while the reversed-world conceit supplies situational gags and opportunities for pantomime and dance suitable for school or community performances.


CHARACTERS

  • Frank—A boy of twelve} The Earth children.
  • Alice—A girl of ten }
  • Knarf—A Topsy Turvy boy; really a boy of fourteen or fifteen.
  • Ecila—His sister; a girl somewhat taller.
  • Derf—Their little brother; the tallest boy obtainable.
  • Mom—Their mother; a girl of nine or ten.
  • Dad—Their father; a boy of seven or eight.
  • Marg—Their grandmother; the smallest girl who can learn the part.
  • The Spankety Man—A boy of ten or twelve.
  • The Teacher—A boy of ten or twelve.
  • Clanty Sauce—A very tall, thin boy.
  • Gother Moose—A short, fat girl, of seven or eight.
  • Fairy—A tiny girl.
  • Greenies—Any number of small girls. Two will do, but four are better.
  • A small boy to be in Clanty Sauce’s box is also needed.

Copyright, 1916, by
Paine Publishing Company
Dayton, Ohio