Plays Children Love: Volume Ii: a Treasury of Contemporary and Classic Plays for Children

Brief Description: A collection of nineteen plays to be performed for young audiences or by child actors. Review Quotes: "The most complete guide available on all aspects of children's theater."--"Clarus: Words and Music for Young People"Biographical Note: Coleman A. Jennings, Ph. D, is a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin. A pioneering scholar and mentor in both the study and advocacy of performing arts for children, he has taught courses in creative drama, theater for young audiences, and children's dramatic literature at UT-Austin since 1963. His many other anthologies include "Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children," "Eight Plays for Children: The New Generation Play Project"; and "Theatre for Youth: Twelve Plays with Mature Themes." Aurand Harris is the most produced playwright for young audiences in the United States, with more than 30 published plays to his credit. Before his death in 1996, he was the first children's playwright to receive a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the first to win the Charolette Chorpenning Cup from the American Theatre Association. His widely revered plays include "The Arkansaw Bear," "Androcles and the Lion," "Rags to Riches," "The Tobey Show," "Monkey Magic," "Pinballs," and "The Orphan Train." Harris also wrote stage adaptations for such well-known stories as "Pocohantas" and "The Magician's Nephew."Table of Contents: Part One: Plays for Adult Performers"Charlotte's Web," Joseph Robinette"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," Barbara Robinson"Golliwhoppers!," Flora B. Atkin"The Wizard of Oz," Anne Coulter Martens"Treasure Island," Aurand Harris"The Wind in the Willows," Moses Goldberg"Jim Thorpe, All-American," Saul Levitt"Ride a Blue Horse," Aurand Harris"Dandelion," Judith Martin"The Forgotten Door," Gregory A. Falls Part Two: Plays for Children to Perform"The Bremen Town Musicians," Paul Sills"The Golden Goose," Paul Sills"How the Camel Got His Hump," Aurand Harris"How the First Letter Was Written," Aurand Harris"Who Laughs Last?," Nellie McCaslin"The Chinese Cinderella," Lowell Swortzell"Pyramus and Thisbe," William Shakespeare"Mr. Hare Takes Mr. Leopard for a Ride," Carol Korty"Giants," Syd Hoff"The Three Little Kittens," June Barr

Contributor Bio:  Jennings, Coleman A Coleman A. Jennings is Professor Emeritus in the area of Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities at the University of Texas at Austin. Contributor Bio:  Harris, Aurand Aurand Harris (1916-1996) wrote thirty-six plays for children over his career. Contributor Bio:  Channing, Carol Carol Channing is most well-known for her role of Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! Ms. Channing's charming recordings can be found on a number of HarperChildren's Audios.