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FROM: Patricia Gibson <pgibson@fred.tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 2:53 PM
FROM: Linda Cannon <hzz000@mail.connect.more.net>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:09 PM
At 12:37 PM 01/19/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>My patron is looking for a play which features a physically challenged
>person as a character for our local theatre company to perform. She
>suggested to the theatre company "Monday After the Miracles", a sequel (or
>spinoff?) of "The Miracle Worker." The theatre company rejected this idea
>because the play is too dark. So, do any of you know of a play which
>features a person of need that isn't "too dark"? Also, how might I go about
>getting this play's script for her?
>Thanks to all.
>Patricia Gibson
>Kamloops Public
>
>
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Linda Cannon, Systems Librarian
Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St.
Joplin, MO 64801-2384
417-623-7953 (fax 417-624-5217)
email hzz000@mail.connect.more.net
FROM: "Lynn K. Silence" <lsilence@imail.slcl.lib.mo.us>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:14 PM
lks
At 03:04 PM 1/19/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>"Butterflies are Free" would fit the bill. Happy ending and all. As to how
>you'd get a script, if no one else knows, you might ask a local theater
>group (high school, amateur group, college). HTH
>
>At 12:37 PM 01/19/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>My patron is looking for a play which features a physically challenged
>>person as a character for our local theatre company to perform. She
>>suggested to the theatre company "Monday After the Miracles", a sequel (or
>>spinoff?) of "The Miracle Worker." The theatre company rejected this idea
>>because the play is too dark. So, do any of you know of a play which
>>features a person of need that isn't "too dark"? Also, how might I go about
>>getting this play's script for her?
>>Thanks to all.
>>Patricia Gibson
>>Kamloops Public
>>
>>
>>......................................................................
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>Linda Cannon, Systems Librarian
>Joplin Public Library
>300 S. Main St.
>Joplin, MO 64801-2384
>
>417-623-7953 (fax 417-624-5217)
>email hzz000@mail.connect.more.net
>
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Lynn K. Silence Manager, Collection Development
St. Louis County Library
300 Clarkson Road Ellisville, Missouri 63011
Voice: 636-227-1138 Fax: 636-227-9632
"The librarians of today...are not fiery dragons
interposed between the people and the books."
Sir William Osler
FROM: "Sarah Stein" <SStein@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:35 PM
sarah
Sarah Stein
Senior Special Collections Librarian
Denver Public Library
Denver, Colorado, USA
sstein@denver.lib.co.us
>>> hzz000@mail.connect.more.net 01/19/01 02:04PM >>>
"Butterflies are Free" would fit the bill. Happy ending and all. As to how
you'd get a script, if no one else knows, you might ask a local theater
group (high school, amateur group, college). HTH
At 12:37 PM 01/19/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>My patron is looking for a play which features a physically challenged
>person as a character for our local theatre company to perform. She
>suggested to the theatre company "Monday After the Miracles", a sequel (or
>spinoff?) of "The Miracle Worker." The theatre company rejected this idea
>because the play is too dark. So, do any of you know of a play which
>features a person of need that isn't "too dark"? Also, how might I go about
>getting this play's script for her?
>Thanks to all.
>Patricia Gibson
>Kamloops Public
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
Linda Cannon, Systems Librarian
Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St.
Joplin, MO 64801-2384
417-623-7953 (fax 417-624-5217)
email hzz000@mail.connect.more.net
FROM: "Lynn K. Silence" <lsilence@imail.slcl.lib.mo.us>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:40 PM
Dramatists Play Service has online searching and ordering on their website
(although they don't carry BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE): www.dramatists.com
lks
Lynn K. Silence Manager, Collection Development
St. Louis County Library
300 Clarkson Road Ellisville, Missouri 63011
Voice: 636-227-1138 Fax: 636-227-9632
"The librarians of today...are not fiery dragons
interposed between the people and the books."
Sir William Osler
FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 4:11 PM
I'm a bit confused: is the patron herself physically challenged and
looking for a play with a character whose condition reflects her own
(in which case we'd need to know the condition--movement, deafness,
speech, hearing, etc?), or is she physically challenged but looking
for a play with a character where this won't necessarily matter
(e.g. if movement is a problem a character who spends all of her
time seated behind a desk, for instance) or is the patron herself
fully abled (or whatever the correct term is these days) but looking
for a play involving a physically challenged person as a showcase for
her talents? If the last, one play with a large and rewarding part
for a lead character written as blind is WAIT UNTIL DARK, for instance.
(Which is not "dark" unless one gets over-concerned with the fate of
the three criminals who come up second best to the protagonist.)
One of my all time favorite plays is MARAT/SADE, which has scads of
parts for people emulating mental disabilities and in some cases
physical ones as well. But the large cast needed probably puts
this out of reach for most local theatres. (And while I don't
find it dark, I suspect mine is a minority view.)
Then there's JOE EGG, which *is* VERY dark indeed...
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu
FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 1/20/01, 12:25 AM
<<
Hi All,
My patron is looking for a play which features a physically challenged
person as a character for our local theatre company to perform. She
suggested to the theatre company "Monday After the Miracles", a sequel (or
spinoff?) of "The Miracle Worker." The theatre company rejected this idea
because the play is too dark. So, do any of you know of a play which
features a person of need that isn't "too dark"? Also, how might I go about
getting this play's script for her?
Thanks to all.
Patricia Gibson
Kamloops Public
>>
I suggest Wait Until Dark, in which the heroine is blind. In the movie, the
character was played by Audrey Hepburn. Although I don't know if it was
originally a play or a movie.
Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian
FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 1/20/01, 12:31 AM
<<
"Butterflies are Free" would fit the bill. Happy ending and all. As to how
you'd get a script, if no one else knows, you might ask a local theater
group (high school, amateur group, college). HTH >>
Be careful - - even if you find the play in the local public library - even
your own - that doesn't give you the right to perform it - or even have a
reading - even if the occasion is non-profit. You have to contact the
licensor, e.g., Samuel French (or whoever does it now).
Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian
FROM: Sherri Lazenby <sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/20/01, 4:29 PM
The Boys Next Door - about 4 mentally disabled men attempting independent
living.
I don't remember either one of them being terrible dark.
Sherri L. Lazenby
sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org <mailto:Sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
Branch Manager
Audelia Road Branch Library
Dallas Public Library System
10045 Audelia Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 670-1350
(214) 670-0790 FAX
-----Original Message-----
From: Bsbgc@aol.com [SMTP:Bsbgc@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:24 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Listing of Plays - help!
In a message dated 1/19/2001 3:53:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pgibson@fred.tnrdlib.bc.ca writes:
<<
Hi All,
My patron is looking for a play which features a physically
challenged
person as a character for our local theatre company to perform. She
suggested to the theatre company "Monday After the Miracles", a
sequel (or
spinoff?) of "The Miracle Worker." The theatre company rejected
this idea
because the play is too dark. So, do any of you know of a play
which
features a person of need that isn't "too dark"? Also, how might I
go about
getting this play's script for her?
Thanks to all.
Patricia Gibson
Kamloops Public
>>
I suggest Wait Until Dark, in which the heroine is blind. In the
movie, the
character was played by Audrey Hepburn. Although I don't know if it
was
originally a play or a movie.
Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian
......................................................................
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FROM: Sherri Lazenby <sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/20/01, 4:42 PM
Children of a Lesser God - Mark Howard Medoff
The Boys Next Door - Tom Griffin
Sherri L. Lazenby
sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org <mailto:Sllazenby@dallaslibrary.org>
Branch Manager
Audelia Road Branch Library
Dallas Public Library System
10045 Audelia Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 670-1350
(214) 670-0790 FAX
-----Original Message-----
From: Bsbgc@aol.com [SMTP:Bsbgc@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:24 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Listing of Plays - help!
In a message dated 1/19/2001 3:53:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pgibson@fred.tnrdlib.bc.ca writes:
<<
Hi All,
My patron is looking for a play which features a physically
challenged
person as a character for our local theatre company to perform. She
suggested to the theatre company "Monday After the Miracles", a
sequel (or
spinoff?) of "The Miracle Worker." The theatre company rejected
this idea
because the play is too dark. So, do any of you know of a play
which
features a person of need that isn't "too dark"? Also, how might I
go about
getting this play's script for her?
Thanks to all.
Patricia Gibson
Kamloops Public
>>
I suggest Wait Until Dark, in which the heroine is blind. In the
movie, the
character was played by Audrey Hepburn. Although I don't know if it
was
originally a play or a movie.
Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian
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