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Sylvia Ashby

SYLVIA ASHBY

  
Nationality:    USA
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I was born in Detroit and now reside in Texas. In between, I've lived in North Carolina, Iowa, Northern and Southern California, Hawaii, Nebraska, and Florida--not necessarily in that order. Long before starting to write plays, I concentrated on acting as an undergrad at Black Mountain College, the U. of Iowa, and a grad student at Hawaii. In Iowa, I acquired a Theatre historian/husband; we have two grown children. I have thirteen published scripts, with some 1500 productions--ranging from Iditarod elementary School in alaska to actor's Theatre of Louisville. My adaptation of SeCReT GaRDeN was translated and published in the Netherlands. My most popular script aNNe OF GReeN GaBLeS has been produced all over the U. S., with recent productions in england, Scotland, Australia, CanadA. Needless to say, I also have scripts in process.

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below is a list of Sylvia Ashby's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Anne Of Green Gables         Caged Nightingale         Don Coyote         Happily Ever After         King Stag         Master Skylark Of Stratford         Mrs Peck's Christmas Pudding         Once Upon A Broomstick         Once Upon A Santa Claus         Princess Who Became King, The         Professor Zuccini's Traveling Tales         Santa Claus Is Missing!         Secret Garden, The         Shining Princess Of the Slender Bamboo         Tales Of Molly Malloy         Three Chimneys Children, The

Anne Of Green Gables

Synopsis:
Mathew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to adopt a boy to work on their farm, Green Gables, but the orphanage sends a girl by mistake - the young, befreckled, warm, witty and charitable anne Shirley -and their lives are changed forever. This concise yet detailed adaptation is humorous and bittersweet; a refreshing, contemporary telling of a classic story.

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from novel by L.M. Montgomery

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adaptation

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Caged Nightingale

Synopsis:
the young Florence Nightingale's struggle for independence from her family.

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Play/Drama

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Don Coyote

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Happily Ever After

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Based on stories by the Brothers Grimm

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I e Clark, (now Dramatic Publishing)   -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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King Stag

Synopsis:
King Seren is looking for a bride. He relies on a magic statue to help him. the Prime Minister has high hopes for his own daughter.

Notes:
Based on "Il Re Cervo" by Carlo Gozzi

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  10            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Master Skylark Of Stratford

Synopsis:
a young teenage boy runs away from his puritanical Father to see the stage players.

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encore Performance Publishing, (now Eldridge Publishing).   -

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Childrens play

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Mrs Peck's Christmas Pudding

Synopsis:
Widow Peck is determined her family shall have a Christmas pudding but all her efforts are thwarted until a stranger turns up.

Notes:
adapted from the play by eliza Lee Follen

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encore Performance Publishing, (now Eldridge Publishing).   -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  2 boys, 3 girls

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Once Upon A Broomstick

Synopsis:
the witch Malvolia is not best pleased when the handsome Tobias falls for her housemaid.

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I e Clark, (now Dramatic Publishing)   -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Once Upon A Santa Claus

Synopsis:
How Santa became Santa.

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Based on the book "the Life And Adventures of Santa Claus" by L Frank Baum

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I e Clark, (now Dramatic Publishing)   -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Minimum 17

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Princess Who Became King, The

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Bakers Plays,    -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  9            Female:  15            Other:  extras

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Professor Zuccini's Traveling Tales

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Childrens play

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Santa Claus Is Missing!

Synopsis:
the Demons are up to no good.

Notes:
Music by Scott Taylor. Based on the book "a Kidnapped Santa Claus" by L Frank Baum

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I e Clark, (now Dramatic Publishing)   -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Secret Garden, The

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adapted from the book "the Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Bakers Plays,    -

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Shining Princess Of the Slender Bamboo

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Based on A Japanese tale "Kaguya Hime"

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I e Clark, (now Dramatic Publishing)   -

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Tales Of Molly Malloy

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Dramatic Publishing,    -

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Three Chimneys Children, The

Synopsis:
Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis avert a railway disaster.

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Based on the book "the Railway Children" by e Nesbit

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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