The Great Cross-Country Race or The Hare and The Tortoise.

Title

en_US The Great Cross-Country Race or The Hare and The Tortoise.

Description

en_US Alan Broadhurst

Creator

en_US Broadhurst, Alan See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:07:45Z

en_US 1993-12

en_US 1965

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:07:45Z

Date Issued

en_US 1965

Abstract

en_US A good children's play, expanding generously and skillfully on the fable. The tortoise has escaped from the garden of some little girls, while the animals are planning a sports day and cannot find a cross-country opponent for the obnoxiously boastful hare. Reynard, alas, has a hurt paw and cannot compete. In fact, the tortoise has been there throughout their discussions, mistaken for (and sat upon as!) a rock. We in the theater understand animal speech but not human speech. The dog alone among the animals understands human speech. There are plentiful incidents along the way: for example, the tortoise helps extricate the hare from thorns; the hare steals a sleeping fisherman's lunch and gets a bellyache; the hare changes a direction arrow, but ends up himself running the wrong way; and the hare is bagged by some picnickers. So many other things happen that I do not think that the hare has a chance to sleep! There are extensive costume and production tips after the play's text.

Identifier

en_US 1829 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77395

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Anchorage Press

en_US New Orleans, LA

Subject

en_US PS3552.R58 G7 1965 See all items with this value

en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole