Nick, a sixteen-year-old runaway, is selected for training at a secluded mansion to become one of the elite of living statues, actors who can live a life of ease if they are willing to train hard enough and please their mysterious benefactor, but who may be destroyed if they do not measure up.
A world history of the theater from its origins in fifth-century Greece, through the English Restoration, discussing Roman and medieval theater, the Italian Renaissance, the Shakespearean era, and other topics.
Zelda tries out for the play Cinderella, and her sisters come and watch. Includes a vocabulary list, tips for reading with children, and related activities.
When Cousin Henry gets all the attention in the grown-up musical in which they have roles, Angelina becomes jealous, but she demonstrates her fondness for him when a crisis occurs on opening night.
Kristy is in the starring role as Peter Pan in the school play. The other members of the Baby-sitters Club are involved onstage and off. But when rehearsals start nothing goes right.
After a mixed-up courtship with the Hathaway sisters ends badly, eighteen-year-old Will Shakespeare jumps at the chance to go to London, where he can pursue his dream of becoming an actor and where he is about to meet the girl who will change his life forever.
