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Eleanor Farjeon

ELEANOR FARJEON

  (1881 - 1965)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    David Higham Associates Ltd  represented by Georgia Glover

Eleanor Farjeon wrote and edited over eighty books for children and adults, including hundreds of poems many of which remain popular in anthologies today. 'Morning Has Broken' and 'Cats' are particular favourites. She also collaborated with her youngest brother, Herbert, on theatre musicals. She received the Carnegie Medal in 1955 for her collection of stories, The Little Bookroom, and her body of work was honoured in 1956 by the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal and in 1959 by the US Catholic Library Associations Regina Medal. The Childrens Book Circle give their annual award for outstanding services to childrens literature in her name.

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

         Glass Slipper, The         Room At the Inn         Silver Curlew         Two Bouquets

Glass Slipper, The

Synopsis:
Ella dreams of going to the Prince's ball

Notes:
Written by eleanor and Herbert Farjeon

1st Produced:
-    1944

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Room At the Inn

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Notes:
written with Herbert Farjeon

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   -

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Genre:
Christmas Masque With Music

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Silver Curlew

Silver Curlew
An imp with a tail and a secret name spins flax into cloth to save the Queen of Norfolk

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1st Produced:
-    1949

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1st Published:
Oxford University Press   -

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Childrens play

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Two Bouquets

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Herbert Farjeon

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

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