Plays That Sing
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Gilbert, Margaret Wardlaw
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1963
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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.
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The John Day Company
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4295 (Access ID)