Title: Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek; or, Abe Grew Tall Author: Wilson, William E. Publisher: Children's Theatre Press 1962 Description: roy children - drama seventeen characters; extras eleven male; six female three acts The story of Abe Lincoln as a young boy. We get our first glimpse of Abe at the age of ten - lanky, homely, affectionate, and lazy. His sister Sarah has to plead with him to make him go and get fire-wood for the cabin. Then we see him grow through the period of a decade. We see his gradual adjustment to his family, his expanding ambition to better himself, his growing passion for reading. We see him through his first love affair, and his first long trip to another part of the country. Dimly, Abe begins to see something he would like to do, beyond the existence of a Title: Acadian Tragedy, The Author: Davidson, Ida M. Publisher: Manitoba Text Book Bureau 1932 Description: roy children - Canadian - historical twenty-seven characters; extras twenty male; four female; one boy; two girls four acts 1 interior and exterior set. A play based on Longfellow's historical poem "Evangeline", which deals with the British deportation of the Acadians during the 7 year War. Title: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Author: Norris, James Publisher: Anchorage Press 1940 Description: roy children - fairy tale nine characters; extras three male; four female; two male or female (may use all female cast) three acts 3 sets; oriental costumes. A dramatization of Scheherezade's tale of Aladdin. Title: Alexander Mackenzie Author: Davidson, Ida M. Publisher: Manitoba Text Book Bureau 1932 Description: roy children - drama - Canadian - historical all male cast; eleven characters; extras eleven male three acts A play showing "the dauntless ambition of Alexander Mackenzie and the seemingly insurmountable difficulties which he had to overcome in his race for the Pacific." Title: Alice in Wonder Author: Koste, Virginia Publisher: New Plays for Children 1971 Description: roy children twenty-three characters flexible casting (adult and children performers) three acts multiple sets; intended audience is ages 7 and up. Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass". Title: Alice in Wonderland Author: Martens, Anne Coulter Carroll, Lewis Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1965 Description: roy children thirty-five characters; extras flexible casting two acts Anne Coulter Marten's adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". As the curtain rises, Alice slides into view at the end of her long fall down the rabbit hole. Title: Ant and the Grasshopper, The A children's play Author: Dearborn, Rob Publisher: Samuel French 1974 Description: roy children - fantasy eight characters three female; five male or female one act 'Serious industrious ant prepares for winter while his neighbour, an irresponsible fun-loving grasshopper, spends his time in play.' Title: Are There Alligators in the Sewers of the City of New York? Author: Traktman, Peggy Simon Publisher: Baker International 1980 Description: roy drama - comedy - animals six characters; extras three male; one female two acts It is Halloween and T.J. Shaw, a tall-tale teller, is dared by his friends Molly and Danny to prove there are really alligators roaming underneath Manhattan. Title: Arthur and the Magic Sword Author: Engar, Keith M. Publisher: Children's Theatre Press 1952 Description: roy drama - children - fantasy twenty-one characters eighteen male; three female three acts This play is how Arthur, who later becomes King Arthur, releases the famous sword Excalibar from the stone it was prisoner in. Title: Ballad of Aucassin and Nicolette Author: Causley, Charles McNeff, Stephen Publisher: Penguin Books 1981 Description: roy children - fairy tale twenty-two characters; extras seventeen male; five female three acts various interior and exterior sets. Music by Stephen McNeff. A play full of poetry, romance, wit and comedy: the story of the seemingly hopeless love of Aucassi. Title: Ballad of Robin Hood, The Author: Hale, Pat Publisher: New Plays for Children 1964 Description: roy children - adventure fourteen characters nine male; five female two acts 1 exterior set; 15th century; 1 hour and 15 minutes; intended audience ages 6 to Junior High. Robin Hood's legendary feud with the Sheriff of Nottingham forms the backbone of this exciting drama. Title: Beauty and the Beast Author: Page, Louise Publisher: Methuen & Co 1986 Description: roy children - fairy tale twenty-one characters; extras; doubling ten male; eleven female two acts A magical re-working of the well-known fairy tale. The story of a young prince who is cursed to remain a beast until a beautiful girl agrees to marry him. Title: Beauty and the Beast Author: Stuart, Ellen Hale, Pat Publisher: New Plays for Children Description: roy children - fairy tale ten characters; extras six male; four female (doubling possible) two acts ballad music and optional ballet; 2 interior sets; duration - 50 minutes; intended audience ages 4 to 10. Adapted from the old French legend. Title: Beef Stew Author: Sammon, Paul Sammon, Jean Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1959 Description: roy comedy thirteen characters six male; seven female three acts 1 interior set. The various social cliques of a high school pull together when a potential crisis arises. The star football player may not be able to play the big game because his marks are too low. The cliques come up with various solutions but the winning one is presented by the 'brain', a girl who quietly tutors him on her own. Title: Beeple, The A play for young people Author: Cullen, Alan Publisher: Anchorage Press 1968 Description: roy children - fantasy eighteen characters twelve male; six female three acts John Willy Entwistle, of Oswaldtwistle, crash-lands in the kingdom of Hex, to find Queebee arranging a royal marriage of convenience between Princess Sweebee and Captain General Glorybee. Modest little Humble, a Techbee, is hopelessly smitten with the Princess, but dares not lift his eyes so high, until Captain Glorybee proves traitor, conspiring with the enemy to kidnap the Princess, and hold her for ransom on exchange for the golden secret of Hex. Prodded by John Willy, Humble undertakes to rescue the Princess... Title: Beloved Dearly, The A play Author: Cooney, Doug Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2001 Description: roy comedy - business - friendship - loss ten characters; extras (doubling possible) four male; six female nineteen scenes "Twelve-year-old Ernie is always looking for a fast buck. This time, the middle-school tycoon stumbles onto a money-making bonanza: pet funerals for kids. He hires Dusty to decorate the burial boxes and Tony to dig the holes, but his prize find is a tomboy named Swimming Pool who delivers a crying jag not to be missed. Business goes through the roof—that is, until Ernie loses Swimming Pool over a raise and the whole venture unravels. It's only after his own pet departs for the canine hereafter that Ernie realizes just how much more there is to life (and death) than making Title: Big Noise At Fort-Issimo A play for children Author: Goss, Bernard Publisher: Samuel French 1979 Description: roy children - fantasy twenty-one characters nine male; eight female; four male or female (doubling possible) three acts The Soldiers have been swept away - no longer toys cared for and played with. Encouraged by Mr. Busker and led by the redoubtable Sergeant-Major Bumble, they set out to re-discover their lost Fort. En route they meet other discarded toys - dolls and animals - and after a brave fight against the terrible Oogly Googlies, they recapture their Fort and return to the happy days when "toys were toys". Mr. Busker maintains close contact with his young audience as he relates, in speech and son, the saga of the brave soldiers. Title: Black Knight, The Author: Hellmann, James Gardner Publisher: Samuel French 1935 Description: roy children twelve characters seven male; five female three acts Guilbert, Duke of Montauban, has two motherless children, Melisande and Eustace. They dearly love their foster mother, Alyce, and her daughter, Aumery. Melisande has fallen in love with Hamlyn de Valence whom she met at a tournament. Hamlyn serves the evil Black Knight, the Duke's enemy and the scourge of France, who, faithless to chivalry, attacks peaceful cities for plunder. After a bitter scene between the brutal Black Knight and the despairing Duke the children come. Their trustful innocence so touches the Black Knight that he raises the siege. Title: Blunderkin and the Reality Machines Author: Jones, Sandra Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1980 Description: roy children - Albertan - fantasy - comedy nine characters; three male; one female; two boys; three girls two acts 'Two teenagers with "reality machines" invade cave inhabited by bats.' Title: Bobino His adventures in two acts Author: Kauffmann, Stanley Publisher: Row, Peterson and Co. 1941 Description: roy children - adventure twelve characters nine male; three female two acts Description not available. Title: Boy Who Fell into a Book, the Author: Ayckbourn, Alan Publisher: Faber and Faber Description: roy children - fantasy - adventure large cast two male; two female (doubling) two acts "A wonderfully inventive new play for children by Alan Ayckbourn, Britain's most popular and most frequently performed dramatist. Rockfist Slim's enemies have just plunged him into yet another desperate situation when Kevin has to close his detective book and go to sleep. But his own adventure is only just beginning. Fast-moving, fun and full of special effects." Title: Boy Who Tricked The Moon, The Author: Grauer, Rita Publisher: Anchorage Press 1994 Description: roy children - native story - participation play seven characters five male; two female one act intended for audiences K -3 'When Clan Chief's son is spirited away by the Moon, in this mystical adventure incorporating masks and creative movement, it is lowly Orphan Boy who must save him. With much help from Sky Grandmother, Little Sky Sister and the audience - - the two boys escape from sky country in a triumph of ingenuity and friendship.' Title: Brave Little Tailor, The Author: Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1961 Description: roy children - fairy tale six characters three male; three female three acts Completely nonsensical but utterly enchanting version of the Grimm fairy tale, "The Brave Little Tailor". Two maiden Queens, Eulalia and Ohlalia, take to their smelling-salts when warned by the Giant's approach, but the little tailor undertakes to save the kingdom by using his wits. The tailor does indeed win the first contest, but this only sends the Giant lumbering home to fetch his big brother, in an effort to trap the tailor. The two incongruous, farcical Giants then masquerade in laces and fans as the two Queens, but succeed only in trapping themselves. Title: Bridge to Terabithia A play with music Author: Liebman, Steve Tolan, Stephanie Publisher: Samuel French 1992 Description: roy fantasy - music nine characters; extras three male; six female two acts Jesse, alienated from the pragmatism of his family and rural Virginia culture, draws and dreams of becoming something special. Leslie, the new girl from the city and the ultimate outsider, opens a world of imagination, art and literature for him. Together they create Terabithia, a fantasy kingdom where they are safe from those who don't understand them. Their friendship grows as Jesse's world expands. When tragedy strikes, the strength gained in Terabithia takes Jesse forward on his own and lets him share the magic of his dreams. $6.75 Music available on cassette from Title: Cinderella Author: Chorpenning, Charlotte Publisher: Anchorage Press 1940 Description: roy children - fairy tale ten characters four male; six female three acts Cinderella sees beautiful things in her daydreams, and tries to live her little, starved life in a way to deserve them. Her stepmother and sisters catch her idling, and tear up the dress she has made from their discarded ones. After they have departed for the Prince's ball, the Fairy Godmother appears, provides Cinderella with a dress, and sends her off to the ball in a golden coach. At the ball she captivates the Prince, but stays too long, loses her slipper, and escapes pursuit only after a breathless chase... Title: Circus Home Author: Kraus, Joanna Halpert Publisher: New Plays for Children 1979 Description: roy children - drama thirteen characters seven male; three female; three boys (doubling possible) two acts 1 set; 1 hour and 20 minutes; intended audience ages 8 and up. Deals with the theme of society's treatment of those who are different. The characters are real people facing real problems. Against the backdrop of the Daniel B. Dodd travelling Tent Circus, in front of faded blue and white striped sidewall canvas that will always spell glamour to the hundreds and thousands of children who love the circus, a band of circus troupers play out a Title: Circus in the Wind Author: Harris, Aurand Publisher: Samuel French 960 Description: roy children - comedy seven characters five male; two female three acts 1 interior set. Like every boy who can hear the circus in the wind, Johnnie is overjoyed when he's accidentally carried away in a clown's box. Grandpa comes after him, then he also hears the call of the circus. And the fun mounts when Grandma arrives looking for them. The plot incorporates audience participation and provides an active dramatic experience for the audience, as well as the actors. Title: Crazy Cricket Farm Author: Masters, Lillian Masters, Robert Publisher: Children's Theatre Press 1941 Description: roy children twelve characters five male; seven female three acts 1 interior and exterior set. Description not available. Title: Cricket on the Hearth, The Author: Jonson, Marian Publisher: Coach House Press 1957 Description: roy children eight characters; extras six male; two female three acts Adapted from the story by Charles Dickens. Title: Crying Princess and the Golden Goose, The A Grimm comedy Author: Schmidt, Hans Josef Publisher: Coach House Press 1955 Description: roy children - comedy - fairy tale eighteen characters thirteen male; five female three acts Description not available.