plays

A collection of twenty-three one-act plays about inventors, scientists, statesmen, humanitarians, and explorers, including Marie Curie, Mark Twain, and Clara Barton.

Thirty-three plays on levels from lower grades through senior high. Production notes included.

Contains the text of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the MaGrath sisters, a trio of Southern women who are doing their best to deal with the disasters of their lives.

An impatient black youth, his "old-fashioned" teacher, and a young white woman learn from each other about the human trauma that lies at the heart of South Africa's system of apartheid in 1984.

Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while working on the school play with a former star football player who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself.

After escaping from a plantation in North Carolina, Addy and her mother arrive in Philadelphia, where Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship.

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing, " written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers, includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.

An extraordinary stomachache is cured when a doctor removes a large number of strange objects from the victim's stomach. Includes instructions for performing the story as a shadow play.

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet, " written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers, includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.