Anne of Gables - Dramatic Publishing

1 anne ofGreen GablesAnne of green Sandbergadapted Montgomery s novelfull-length versionA faithful, unsentimental dramatization of the first part of the beloved classic. Commissioned and premiered by Seattle Children s Theatre. Comedy/Drama. Adapted by Sandberg. From the novel by Montgomery. Cast: 3m., 5w., with doubling, or up to 11 (4m., 4w., 1 boy, 2 girls). Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew request an orphan boy to help work their farm but are mistakenly sent the high-spirited, red-headed anne Shirley. Knowing they are ill equipped to raise a child, Marilla attempts to send anne back to the orphanage. With Matthew lobbying to keep anne , Marilla ultimately agrees to let her stay at green Gables .

2 The trials and tribulations Marilla fears come to pass as anne insults Marilla s best friend, loses Marilla s most cherished brooch, smacks the school s prize pupil with a slate, and inadvertently gets her best friend Diana drunk on cherry cordial. She also turns out to be bright, charming and resourceful, full of irresistible imagination. Marilla and Matthew admit she is the best thing that ever happened to them, and anne comes to understand she is a loved, worthwhile person. Main setting is green Gables with various locations around Avonlea to be suggested. Turn-of-the-20th-century costumes. Code: AE5 ISBN-10 1-58342-756-2 ISBN-13 978-1-58342-756-9 anne of green Gables (Sandberg) Dramatic Publishing311 Washington , IL 60098-330ph: of green Gables (Sandberg) (full) OUTSIDE 18/23/2011 12:09:25 AM Dramatic Publishing CompanyAnne ofGreen GablesAnne of green Sandbergadapted Montgomery s novelfull-length versionA faithful, unsentimental dramatization of the first part of the beloved classic.

3 Commissioned and premiered by Seattle Children s Theatre. Comedy/Drama. Adapted by Sandberg. From the novel by Montgomery. Cast: 3m., 5w., with doubling, or up to 11 (4m., 4w., 1 boy, 2 girls). Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew request an orphan boy to help work their farm but are mistakenly sent the high-spirited, red-headed anne Shirley. Knowing they are ill equipped to raise a child, Marilla attempts to send anne back to the orphanage. With Matthew lobbying to keep anne , Marilla ultimately agrees to let her stay at green Gables . The trials and tribulations Marilla fears come to pass as anne insults Marilla s best friend, loses Marilla s most cherished brooch, smacks the school s prize pupil with a slate, and inadvertently gets her best friend Diana drunk on cherry cordial.

4 She also turns out to be bright, charming and resourceful, full of irresistible imagination. Marilla and Matthew admit she is the best thing that ever happened to them, and anne comes to understand she is a loved, worthwhile person. Main setting is green Gables with various locations around Avonlea to be suggested. Turn-of-the-20th-century costumes. Code: AE5 ISBN-10 1-58342-756-2 ISBN-13 978-1-58342-756-9 anne of green Gables (Sandberg) Dramatic Publishing311 Washington , IL 60098-330ph: of green Gables (Sandberg) (full) OUTSIDE 18/23/2011 12:09:25 AM Dramatic Publishing CompanyAdapted byFrom the novel byR. N. SANDBERGL. M. MONTGOMERYD ramatic PublishingWoodstock, Illinois Australia New Zealand South AfricaAnne of green Gables Dramatic Publishing Company** NOTICE **The amateur and stock acting rights to this work are controlled exclusively by THE Dramatic Publishing COMPANY without whose permission in writing no performance of it may be given.

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7 In all programs this notice must appear: Produced by special arrangement withTHE Dramatic Publishing COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois For performance of any songs, music and recordings mentioned in this play which are in copyright, the permission of the copyright owners must be obtained or other songs and recordings in the public domain substituted. MCMLXCI, MCMLXCIII by R. N. SANDBERG MCMLXCV by ANCHORAGE PRESS, in the United States of AmericaAll Rights Reserved( anne OF green Gables )ISBN: 978-1-58342-756-9 Dramatic Publishing CompanyCommissioned and premiered by theSEATTLE CHILDREN S THEATREIMPORTANT BILLING AND CREDIT REQUIREMENTSAll producers of the play must give credit to the author(s) of the play in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the play and in all instances in which the title of the play appears for purposes of advertising, publicizing or otherwise exploiting the play and/or a production.

8 The name of the author(s) must also appear on a separate line, on which no other name appears, immediately following the title, and must appear in size of type not less than fifty percent the size of the title type. Biographical information on the author(s), if included in the playbook, may be used in all programs. In all programs this notice must appear:Produced by special arrangement withTHE Dramatic Publishing COMPANYof Woodstock, Illinois Dramatic Publishing CompanyAnne Shirley, an orphan Marilla Cuthbert, a spinster Matthew Cuthbert, her ba chelor brother Diana Barry, a young girl Gilbert Blythe, a young boy Mrs. Barry, Diana's mother** Mrs. Lynde/Mrs. Blewett** Stationmaster/Mr. Phillips, the schoolteacher/Doctor ** An alternative to this doubling is provided in the back of the playbook.

9 In the alternative, Mrs. Barry is doubled with Mrs. Blewett. Primarily, green Gables - a unit with dining room and anne 's room, all surrounded by trees and flowers. Various other locations in Avonlea, a small town on Prince Edward Island, Canada, about 1900. iv Dramatic Publishing CompanyRACHEL: MARILLA: RACHEL: MARILLA: RACHEL: MARILLA: RACHEL: MARILLA: RACHEL: MARILLA: anne OF green Gables ACT I The dining room at green Gables . Marilla is setting the table as Rachel Lynde bursts in. Marilla, is Matthew ill? I saw him heading for town. He's not off to the doctor's is he? He's gone to the train station, Rachel. We're getting a little boy from the orphan asylum in Nova Scotia. You can't be in earnest. Yes, of course I am.

10 We've been thinkin about it for some time. You know how hard it is to get hired help. Yes, but-Mrs. Peter Blewett's bringing him on the 5:30 train. She was going to the orphanage to pick up a girl for her cousin, so we just told her to pick us up a boy. Well, Marilla, I'll just tell you plain that I think you're doing a mighty foolish thing. You're bringing a strange child into your house and you don't know a single thing about him. Why, it was only last week I read in the paper how a man and his wife up west of the Island took a boy out of an orphan asylum and he set fire to the house - set it on purpose, Marilla - nearly burnt them to a crisp in their beds. There's risks in pretty near everything a body does in this world.