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Anne of Green Gables (Sandberg full-length)
Anne of Green Gables (Sandberg full-length)
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Author: L.M. Montgomery Adapted by: R.N. Sandberg Publisher: Dramatic Publishing (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 78 Pub. Date: 1993 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 1583427562 ISBN-13: 9781583427569 Cast Size: 5 female, 3 male with doubling
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About
the Play:
This is the full-length 105 minute
version by R.N. Sandberg.
Anne of Green Gables is a full-length
comedic drama adapted for the stage by R.N. Sandberg,
from the first part of the beloved Canadian novel by L.M.
Montgomery. How would you feel if you ordered something from the
mainland and what was delivered to your island home was something
quite different? That's the predicament established from the outset
here: the aging Cuthberts ordered a boy from the orphanage to help on
their farm but Anne was sent to them. This timeless family classic is
especially recommended for
school and contest use.
Anne of Green Gables is a faithful, unsentimental
dramatization of the first part of the beloved classic by L.M.
Montgomery. Marilla
Cuthbert and her brother Matthew request an orphan boy to help work
their farm. They are mistakenly sent the high-spirited, red-head
named 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. She also turns out to be bright, charming, resourceful and
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.
Anne of Green Gables was adapted by R.N. Sandberg
from the first part of the
novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Premiered by Seattle Children's
Theatre in 1991 and performed to sold-out houses at theatres all over
the US, it was selected as one of the best plays of the year by
ASSITEJ, the International Organizational for Youth Theatre. The
flexibility of casting and the simplicity of the set make this an
ideal production for community and school groups.
Cast: 4 female, 4 male, 2 girls, 1 boy (alternate casting 5
female, 3 male with doubling)
What people say:
"R.N. Sandberg's
adaptation of the novel about the high-spirited orphaned redhead
Anne, is utterly delightful." — Nanaimo Daily News
About the Playwright:
Robert Neil Sandberg, known professionally as R. N.
Sandberg, is an American playwright and a lecturer in the
Princeton University Department of English. His plays have been seen
in Australia, Canada, England, Japan, Panama, and South Korea as well
as U.S. theaters such as the Barter, Dallas Children's Theater, Idaho
Shakespeare Festival, Intiman, La Mama, Providence Black Rep, Stage
One: Louisville, Stages Repertory Theatre and Yale Cabaret.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, OBE
(1874-1942), published as L.M. Montgomery,
was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in
1908 with Anne of Green Gables.
The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne
Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and
gave her an international following.
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