Children's scripts

[Alex Hawkins]

>Date:         Sun, 5 May 1996 09:29:58 -0400
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>From: ghorton <ghorton at TIAC.NET>
>Subject:      Re: Children's scripts
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>>>Hi, I'm looking for some exciting, interesting scripts that we, a
>>>small group of adults can perform for a group of children at a
>
>I have a musical for children, called "The Golden Apple Tree" based on the
>fairy tale "One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes"  It requires half-masks, 4
>females, 1 male (who doubles the fairy godmother) and a mime to be the tree
>and do the magic tricks.
>
>The music, by Ross Dabrusin, is wonderful.
>
>We did it once, 23 years ago, and got rave reviews -- but no audience. I
>realized I wasn't cut out to be a producer, and the script has sat in my
>drawer all these years.
>
>Ross and I then did a 6-character grown-up musical called "The T Show", and
>people did come to that: but even so, it, too, hasn't had a production after
>its premiere.
>Waste of a lot of lovely melodies.
>G.L.Horton
>Newton, MA, USA
>ghorton at tiac.net
>www.tiac.net/users/ghorton
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