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Play script developed from Horatio Alger by Aurand Harris. Musical score by Glenn Mack available from the publisher, Anchorage Press Plays. Perfectly straight-faced treatment of the dime-novel hero who rose from rags to riches. Cast of 3 women, 6 men, extras. Four sets, painted on reversible screens and set in place by the actors. Late Victorian costumes. Produced at the Shanghai Children's Art Th... More

Play script developed from Horatio Alger by Aurand Harris. Musical score by Glenn Mack available from the publisher, Anchorage Press Plays. Perfectly straight-faced treatment of the dime-novel hero who rose from rags to riches. Cast of 3 women, 6 men, extras. Four sets, painted on reversible screens and set in place by the actors. Late Victorian costumes. Produced at the Shanghai Children's Art Theatre, 1987.

Ragged Dick, an honest, upright lad who earns his meager living by shining shoes, is entrusted with a $2.00 bill by a rich banker. When he delivers the change to the banker's home, this manly boy attracts the interest of the banker's daughter, who stirs his ambition. In a dramatic scene, Dick has the opportunity to rescue a poor little Match Boy from a tenement fire; and when the Match Boy proves to be the heir to a fortune, the banker recognizes Dick's sterling qualities, and starts him on the road to riches.

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