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Play script dramatized by Madge Miller. Highly dramatic account of the shipwrecked Englishman's adventures, concentrated in two tense scenes. Cast of 5 men, 1 parrot. One set.
Stranded on a tropical island, with a few possessions salvaged from his lost ship, Robinson Crusoe encounters a tribe of cannibals. By the judicious use of his gun, he rescues a native from their clutches and wins his eternal devotion. But the savages return, and by an ingenious trick, succeed in capturing Crusoe, and taking his gun. It falls to Friday to use his native cunning to outwit them, and leave the island free for the two castaways to fashion a life for themselves, out of the crude materials at hand.
Stranded on a tropical island, with a few possessions salvaged from his lost ship, Robinson Crusoe encounters a tribe of cannibals. By the judicious use of his gun, he rescues a native from their clutches and wins his eternal devotion. But the savages return, and by an ingenious trick, succeed in capturing Crusoe, and taking his gun. It falls to Friday to use his native cunning to outwit them, and leave the island free for the two castaways to fashion a life for themselves, out of the crude materials at hand.
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About the Author:
Madge Miller was born and spent most of her life in Pittsburgh before moving to Williamsville, New York in 1985. She received a bachelor s degree from Chatham College and a master s degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She taught English, Spanish, French, speech and drama in Pittsburgh public schools and private studios. Mrs. Miller wrote 43 plays for young people that have been published by Anchorage Press Plays, Inc. for organizations throughout the world. She also directed numerous plays and pageants, including the Knickerty-Knockerty Players a Pittsburgh adult professional touring company, for 21 years.
She received the Charlotte Chorpenning Cup awarded by the national Children s Theatre Conference in Washington, D.C. and was Chatham s Alumnus of the year in 1994.
She received the Charlotte Chorpenning Cup awarded by the national Children s Theatre Conference in Washington, D.C. and was Chatham s Alumnus of the year in 1994.
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- PublisherAnchorage Pr
- Publication date1954
- ISBN 10 0876021933
- ISBN 13 9780876021934
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages37
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