The Muses up to Date
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: Way and Williams Subjects: Children's plays, American Children's plays Drama / General Drama / American Education / Elementary History / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Drama Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or miss...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: Way and Williams Subjects: Children's plays, American Children's plays Drama / General Drama / American Education / Elementary History / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Drama Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE MODERN CINDERELLA. AN EXPLODED FAIRY TALE IN THREE BRIEF ACTS. CAST OF CHARACTERS. Queen Of Hoky Poky. Fairy God-mother. Lady Allspice, the Gentle Stepmother. Arabella, the Ideal Sister. Clarissa, a Sister Ideal. Cinderella, the Exploded Phenomenon. Lady Dazzle. Lady Sparkle. Countess Arethusa Von Daffodil. Countess Mignonette Fleur De Lis. Lord Dizzy. Lord Flim Flam. Lord Cinnamon. Lord Asphalt. Lummitum, Prince of Hoky Poky. Lords, Ladies, Page, Herald, etc. THE MODERN CINDERELLA. ACT I. Scene I. -- The family sitting-room of the Allspice mansion. Cinderella, a young woman of massive proportions, is sitting comfortably in a rocking-chair redding. She closes the book with a disgusted air. Cinderella. Well, if there is anything on earth that oppresses my brain it is these namby-pamby, long-suffering, good people. I'd like to see anybody walk over me -- just once. (A voice is heard calling from without: "Cinderella, my dear.'") Oh, there is that dreadful old woman calling me again. (Other voices call, "Cinders, dear, where are you?") I wonder what they want now. I hear them coming. (Hides the book as her mother enters.) Lady Allspice. My dear little girl, are you here all alone? Why didn't you have Arabella come and read to ybu? (arabella and Clarissa enter.) Cinderella. (As the girls come up and put their arms affectionately around her.) Oh, do go away! You know perfectly well...
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