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FROM: Patricia Gibson <pgibson@fred.tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 2:53 PM

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

FROM: Linda Cannon <hzz000@mail.connect.more.net>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:09 PM

"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

FROM: "Lynn K. Silence" <lsilence@imail.slcl.lib.mo.us>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:14 PM

That is a great answer! My library maintains a vertical file-type
collection of plays at all of our branches (and a file of Monarch and
Cliffs notes too) and we get most of our plays from either French's or
Dramatists. They are usually under $5.00 a copy as long as you are buying
them as a library, not for performance. There are some rather hefty
performance fees, but they are never levied against the library.

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

Our library also has an extensive collection of plays, including Butterflies are free. Our copies were published 1969 by Samuel French in New York.

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

I should have added that Samuel French doesn't really have an online
catalog, although you can order their catalog online and then enter your
play orders at their site: www.samuelfrench.com

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

At 12:37 PM 1/19/01 -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


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

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

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 1/20/01, 12:31 AM

In a message dated 1/19/2001 4:05:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
hzz000@mail.connect.more.net writes:

<<
"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

Children of a Lesser God - about students and teachers in a deaf school.

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

Sorry, I just realized in my previous post I forgot to include the
playwrights.

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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