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A Christmas play presented as a prologue and four acts unfolds familiar seasonal scenes in Merry England, moving from a beggar maid who reveals herself as a fairy to a busy street, a country hall, a toyshop, and a workshop. Encounters among impoverished children, townspeople, toymakers and a retinue of imps and magical figures frame episodes about charity, transformation, and the labor behind holiday enchantment. The piece mixes comic types, musical moments, and stage business to dramatize how kindness, imagination, and industry revive communal Christmas joy.

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Title: The quest for Santa Claus

Author: Frank Atkinson

Release date: August 26, 2022 [eBook #68843]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Arthur H. Strouse Publishing Co, 1923

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)

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The
Quest for Santa Claus

BY

FRANK ATKINSON

PRICE 50 CENTS


Copyright 1923


ARTHUR H. STROUSE PUBLISHING CO.

BERWYN, ILL.