Anne of Green Gables

Product Description a play script by R.N. Sandberg, adapted from L.M. Montgomery's novel. A faithful, unsentimental dramatization of the first part of the beloved classic. Commissioned and premiered by Seattle's Children's Theatre, this play has been produced throughout the country. Main setting is Green Gables with various locations around Avonlea to be suggested. Turn of the 20th century costumes. 3 men, 5 women, with doubling. (Shorter version by playwright also available.) 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, "looses" 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. About the Author R. N. Sandberg is a playwright, director, screenwriter and teacher. Over two dozen of his plays have been presented by theaters such as the Dallas Children's Theatre, The Empty Space, Fulton Opera House, Houston s Stages Rep, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Louisville's Stage One, Nashville Academy Theatre, New City Theatre, Pennsylvania Stage Company, Seattle Children s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Yale Cabaret. His most recent plays are IN BETWEEN (1999), which was commissioned and is being toured by George Street Playhouse, and DONE (2000), which has been given readings at the Arts Incubator Project and the 52nd Street Project in NYC. Sandberg is currently working on FRANKENSTEIN S CHILDREN, scheduled for a January 2002 opening with Metro Theater Company in St. Louis, and a play dealing with teen ethics for McCarter Theater. His plays include A WOMAN OF MEANS, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (Anchorage Press), CONVIVENCIA (Meriwether Press), FRANKENSTEIN, THE MOONSTONE (Dramatic Publishing), ROBINSWOOD, SARA CREWE (Dramatic Publishing), THIS LAND (Meriwether Press) and EVENINGS IN, EVENINGS OUT. He has been a Lecturer in the Program in Theater and Dance at Princeton University since 1995. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Philadelphia Dramatists Center.