CAST: 1M, 1F
SET: One simple set
TIME: About 35 minutes
Script:
$7.25 each
ROYALTY:
$40 First Performance
$40 Each Additional Performance
SET: One simple set
TIME: About 35 minutes
Script:
$7.25 each
ROYALTY:
$40 First Performance
$40 Each Additional Performance
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O. Henry’s holiday favorite is recreated in this touching stage adaptation. Jim and Della are newlyweds with their whole lives before them. Both have vivid imaginations and tell fantastic stories, creating a storybook world for themselves. But then hard times come. Christmas approaches with little money at hand. Jim and Della each end up selling their most valuable possessions in order to buy the other’s Christmas present. The ironic O. Henry ending is both humorous and bittersweet as both characters discover a more realistic world-one dominated by their love.
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Gift of the Magi
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EASTVIEW CHURCH OF THE NAZAREN
BLOOMINGTON, IN
BLOOMINGTON, IN
CIRCLE THEATRE INC
OMAHA, NE
OMAHA, NE
BRAVE COMM THEATRE CO OF SV
SPRING VALLEY, MN
SPRING VALLEY, MN
FOY TOOTLE
CLAYTON, GA
CLAYTON, GA
DANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
DANVILLE, IL
DANVILLE, IL
WILLMAR COMMUNITY THEATRE INC
WILLMAR, MN
WILLMAR, MN
TRINITY THEATRE COMPANY
COLUMBUS, OH
COLUMBUS, OH
EPHRATA SCHOOL DIST #165
EPHRATA, WA
EPHRATA, WA
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The “Ideas for the Speaker” and the “Verses to Check Out” sections that accompany each script also guide you to connect the performance with words of help, hope, prayer and instruction.
Scene Design
The author gives many tips that will save materials and hours of work: choosing among different kinds of sets, constructing flats, making a realistic model, working with colors and much more.
The author gives many tips that will save materials and hours of work: choosing among different kinds of sets, constructing flats, making a realistic model, working with colors and much more.
The good production notes and excellent dialogue make this a highly recommended play. Plays for Children and Young Audiences
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