Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children

by Coleman A. Jennings (Editor), Maurice Sendak (Foreword)

Presented with the right plays, children are the most honest and appreciative of audiences. This anthology, compiled by an authority on children's theatre, collects new and overlooked scripts that represent the best of modern playwriting for children. From works adapted from classic children's stories to original contemporary scripts, each play inspires the imagination as it entertains.

With complete scripts for twenty plays plus a biographical sketch of each playwright, Theatre for Young Audiences is invaluable for anyone involved in children's theatre, from community theatre groups to teachers and students of dramatic literature.

Plays included in this

Charlotte's Web ... Joseph Robinette
The Arkansas Bear ... Aurand Harris
Really Rosie ... Maurice Sendak
The Secret Garden ... Pam Sterling
Wiley and the Hairy Man ... Suzan Zeder
According to Coyote ... John Kauffman
The Mischief Makers ... Lowell Swortzell
The Wise Men of Chelm ... Sandra F. Asher
Crow & Weasel ... Jim Leonard
The Ice Wolf ... Joanna H. Kraus
Home on the Mornin' Train ... Kim Hines
The Falcon ... Greg Palmer
The Man-Child ... Arnold Rabin
An Interview with America ... James Still
Bocon! ... Lisa Loomer
The Crane Wife ... Barbara Carlisle
Jungalbook ... Edward Mast
A Thousand Cranes ... Kathryn S. Miller
The Yellow Boat ... David Saar
Selkie ... Laurie Brooks Gollobin

Genres: Plays

624 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 1998

Reviews

[Isabelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book for one reason: It has the script for Really Rosie in it. I grew up listening to an audio-cassette of the Broadway cast, acting scenes out with my sister and friends, singing all the songs. I've got it all memorized. =)

At one point I started to read the other plays as well, but... it has Really Rosie in it! =D

[behsforensics]

Team owns Yellow Boat, The by Saar, David digitally.

[Nikki Adkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learning so much about what has been done - loving the bios preceding the plays, too.