The Great Cross-Country Race or The Hare and The Tortoise.
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Broadhurst, Alan
Corey, Irene
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1965
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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.
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Anchorage Press
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1829 (Access ID)