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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Large mixed cast. Doubling and trebling possible.

"...innovative treatment of a well-loved story...accessible to every size of society and venue." (Amateur Stage)

An adaptation of the Charles Dickens favourite. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Glimpses of his past life, visits to the happy households of his clerk and his nephew, and fearful visions of the future make him change his miserable nature.

Spotlight Publications   ISBN: 1 904930 34 4

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DRACULA FOR BEGINNERS

Comedy : 5m 8f 2m/f variable - can be 4m 6f with doubling & trebling.

"great entertainment ... funny and frightening, but not too frightening" (Glenrothes Gazette)

Loosely based on Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania and meets the Count and other strange occupants of Castle Dracula. He returns to England a changed man and marries Mina Murray. Then Mina's friend Lucy Westenra mysteriously becomes ill, and Doctor van Helsing, a specialist in obscure diseases is sent for. Meanwhile, Count Dracula has arrived in England...

New Theatre Publications   ISBN: 1 84094 300 9

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THE SNOW QUEEN

Large mixed cast. Doubling and trebling possible.

81 productions throughout the UK and in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Luxembourg (also available in a Dutch translation - see below)

"our audiences were entranced..." (Ottershaw Players); "a magical dramatisation" (Stourbridge News); "a new and exciting version of the classic fairy tale" (Chads Theatre); "a delight for family audiences" (Scene One); "spellbinding" (Lowestoft Journal); "magic ... really captivated the audience" (Highbury Players); "sell out audiences" (Everyman Theatre); "a fairy-tale treat" (Arts Archive); "really cool" (Huntingdon Youth Theatre)

An adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen favourite. Gerda searches for her friend Kai when he's kidnapped by the Snow Queen. With the help of a Crow and a Reindeer, she travels to the far North and confronts the Queen in her ice palace.

Samuel French Ltd   ISBN: 978 0 573 16503 0

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DE SNEEUWKONINGIN

Naar een verhaal van Hans Christian Andersen bewerkt door Ron Nicol.                                                    A Dutch edition of 'The Snow Queen' published in the Netherlands by Toneeluitgeverij Vink B.V., Alkmaar, Netherlands

Poster design by Regina McCormick for the February 2004 production of "The Snow Queen" at Piedmont College Theatre, Demorest, Georgia, USA.  To view the full-size poster and see more of Regina's posters and designs, visit Painted Pica.


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