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PLAYS OF FAITH
Suggested for Church Performance
For more detail about each play click on the underlined play title and you will find more information about cast size, amateur royalty fees, etc. Most plays are available in single play booklets. Some plays are only found in a book anthology, as indicated below.
TRADITIONAL BIBLICAL STORIES
*The Book of Job
*Romans by Saint Paul
*Esther
Available in single script or BOOK anthology: RELIGIOUS DRAMA: A Classic Quartet by Orlin Corey
"These are the only religious dramas conceived for cathedral and chancel production to achieve international applause since Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral in the mid-thirties, and Fry's A Sleep of Prisioner's in the early fifties. They belong in every good theatre library, and will be of abiding interest to producers and directors of both secular and sacred stages."
E. Martin Browne (producer of the plays of T.S. Eliot and Christopher Fry).
PLAYS IN THE TRADITIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
*Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan adapted by Orlin Corey (available in single script or the anthology: RELIGIOUS DRAMA: A Classic Quartet.
*The Journey of the Christmas Creatures, A Dramatic Cantata by Arthur Scholey.
Created for two choirs (one youth), music and narrative. A Christmas folk tale of the Christmas Eve miracle of the talking animals that journey towards the crib of the Christ child.
*Saint George and the Dragon by Ester Lane Porter, a Christmas Mummers play from the Middle Ages. Pageantry, dances and carols.
*Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Dennis Scott, a New Year's or Christmas Festival play inspired by Arthurian legend.
*The Play Called Noah's Flood by Suzan Zeder, a play-within-a-play as 15th Century townspeople mount the Corpus Christi play of Noah and the Flood--from the Chester-Wakefield Cycles. (Music Score available for music that underscores the action.)
*The Second Shepherd's Play adapted by Aurand Harris from the Medieval miracle play. Based on Luke 2:6-16 plus low comedy characters of the period, it is considered the best example of comedy in early religious drama.
MORALITY OR ISSUE PLAYS
(These are SELECTED EXAMPLES drawn from the catalogue as examples of plays that can be used with youth groups or as illustrations to accompany discussions of issues. (These plays are not specific to religion or faith but deal with life experiences.) Additonal plays in the Anchorage Press Plays catalogue will address other issues of interest.
*Apologies by Brian Kral. A contemporary drama that deals realistically with a teen-aged girl's unexplained suicide.
*Certain Arrangements by C.E. McClellend. An urban, African-American teenager is placed on probation for stealing a car and is apprenticed to an elderly Italian immigrant women's flower shop. Faced with peer pressure for drug distribution, he must choose what he values.
*Newcomer by Janet Thomas. Mai Li a teen-aged refugee from Southeast Asia is plunged into a boisterous contemporary American high school of multi-ethnic cultures.
*The Pinballs adapted by Aurand Harris from the novel by Betsy Byers. Three children are bounced like pinballs from one foster home to another. They find an understanding foster mother and learn how to become a family.
*Steal Away Home adapted by Aurand Harris from the novel by Jane Driscol. Two slave boys escape from a South Carolina plantation and are helped by many people both black and white as they seek freedom. (Play uses spirituals and choir.)
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT BOOKS
(Catalogue/website listing: BOOKS-TEXTS)
Inspiration, instruction and illustrations of creative design used by the international touring company The Everyman Players for plays of faith, classical plays and plays for children and family audience can be found in these support books, published by Anchorage Press Plays.
*The Mask of Reality: An Approach to Design for Theatre by Irene Corey. A design classic integrating makeup, costume and scenic design in a plan of action from the world famous designer, Irene Corey. Includes designs from The Book of Job, Romans by Saint Paul, Don Quixote, Reynard the Fox, The Tortoise and the Hare (The Great Cross-Country Race) and more.
*An Odyssey of Masquers: The Everyman Players by Orlin Corey, featuring designs by Irene Corey and Ken Holamon. The story of the Everyman Players, a legendary regional theatre troupe from 1957-1980. Includes 150 photogrpahs with 48 pages of color photography featuring The Book of Job, Romans by Saint Paul, The Pilgrim's Progress, Esther and many more.
*The Face is a Canvas: The Design and Technique of Theatrical Make-Up by Irene Corey. A make-up book for the beginning student as well as the advanced artist. A remarkable book of make-up methods and techniques as well as a resource book with more than 400 pictures, photographs, illustrations and paintings.
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