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The quest for Santa Claus

Chapter 6: ACT IV.
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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.

ACT IV.

Santa’s Workshop

When the curtain rises, the toys are standing rigidly at back of stage. Santa enters with children, whom he seats back to audience at front and center of stage. Santa then proceeds to exhibit the toys, winding them up, marching them to front stage, then to position at front of stage right and left.

M’lle Beatysax Ophonia, Saxophone Solo

M’lle Viola Fiddel Strings, Violin Solo

M’lle Skylark Linnette Nightengale, Vocal Solo

Monsieur Wood Wynde, Flute Solo

M’lle Tabitha, Playful as a Kitten, who makes merriment whenever the dolls are not actually doing their stunt.

M’lle Fluffy, a dancing doll

No dialogue need be prepared for Santa, as it is better to let Santa make his own fun in his own way. After the last number the carolers and other members of the cast slip quietly upon the stage and end the play by singing one verse of “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”

Curtain.