The Nightingale single work   drama   children's   - One scene.
Adaptation of The Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen , 1872 single work children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1951... 1951 The Nightingale
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The Chinese Emperor adores the song of the Nightingale. Replaced for some time by an 'artifical nightingale', the Nightingale returns to save the Emperor at his death-bed.

Notes

  • Author estimates performance time of '[a]bout twenty minutes'.
  • 'Adapted from Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales' (p.5).

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First known date: ca. 1951
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    y separately published work icon The Nine Muses June Epstein , Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1951 Z1531148 1951 selected work drama children's Five plays for children in the upper primary or secondary grades. They include a play based on the life of Bach, a reversioning of a Hans Christian Andersen (q.v.) tale, a Greek drama that brings classical composers to Mount Olympus, an adventure in the bush, and an espionage adventure for a schoolboy. Each play is accompanied by recommendations for performance, a stage map, and 'Suggestions for Original Work'. Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1951 pg. 64-79
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