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Festival plays

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A collection of short one-act pieces crafted for seasonal celebration, each written for a particular holiday—New Year’s, St. Valentine’s Day, Easter, a child’s birthday, Hallowe’en, and Christmas. The scripts mix allegory, folk legend, and light comedy, employing emblematic personages, romantic or miraculous episodes, and moral-testing tableaux, often framed as pageant-like scenes. Practical staging guidance, including costume notes, song and dance cues, and simple scenic directions, accompanies each play to support amateur or school performances. The overall tone balances whimsical spectacle with gentle moral instruction, offering accessible pieces for communal or domestic festal entertainment.

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Title: Festival plays

one-act pieces for New Year's day, St. Valentine's day, Easter, All Hallowe'en, Christmas and a child's birthday

Author: Marguerite Merington

Release date: September 30, 2024 [eBook #74498]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Duffield & Company, 1913

Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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FESTIVAL PLAYS

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

PICTURE PLAYS

With cover inlay and illustrations. $1.25 net.

HOLIDAY PLAYS

Cover inlay and frontispiece in color by John Rae. $1.25 net.

CRANFORD: A PLAY

A comedy in three acts from Mrs. Gaskell’s novel. Cover design and frontispiece by Edwin Wallick. 12mo, $1.25 net.

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD: A PLAY

Cover inlay and frontispiece in colors by John Rae. $1.25 net.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: A PLAY

Based on Jane Austen’s novel. Frontispiece and cover inlay. $1.25 net.

“The World, a perfect sphere, all rainbow bright,
Is yours to make, with every breath you draw.”

FESTIVAL PLAYS

ONE-ACT PIECES FOR NEW YEAR’S
DAY, ST. VALENTINE’S DAY, EASTER,
ALL HALLOWE’EN, CHRISTMAS
AND A CHILD’S BIRTHDAY.

BY
MARGUERITE MERINGTON

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1913

Copyright, 1913
By DUFFIELD & COMPANY