Plays That Sing

Title

en_US Plays That Sing

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Margaret Wardlaw Gilbert

Creator

en_US Gilbert, Margaret Wardlaw See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:03:28Z

en_US 2001-11

en_US 1963

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:03:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 1963

Abstract

en_US One of the three selections in this oversize book is A Musical Setting of Some Aesop's Fables (45-64). This is a one-act play with one setting and a Greek chorus. The setting includes just a small stump center stage right. For the chorus Gilbert demands at least twenty voices; the chorus stands through the entire performance on risers center stage right. Actors join the chorus after their performances. An easel holds cards with the name of each fable. An introductory song, About Aesop, by everybody climaxes with We will fable you again with thanks to Mister Aesop. Each of seven fables gets one song: FG, BC, BS, BW, GA, MM, and FC. Some necessary actions fit well between two verses. The chorus usually fits right into the song with a short closing moral. At the end there is a last song, Closing Words of Wisdom. This book once belonged to the Wheeling Public Library.

Identifier

en_US 4295 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79569

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The John Day Company

en_US New York

Subject

en_US M1995.G47 P6 See all items with this value

en_US Musical See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole