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Carolyn B Lane

CAROLYN B LANE  (1926 - 1993)

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Artist and writer, set designer and book reviewer, director and editor, multi-talented Carolyn Lane wrote ten plays. She also published eight children's books: Uncle Max And The Sea Lion (Bobbs-Merrill 1970), Turnabout Night At The Zoo (based on the play published by Pioneer Drama Service, Abingdon Press 1971), The Voices Of Greenwillow Pond (Houghton-Mifflin 1972), The Winnemah Spirit (Houghton-Mifflin 1975), Princess (Scholastic 1979), Echoes in an Empty Room (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1980), Princess and Minerva (Scholastic 1982), and Ghost Island (Houghton Mifflin 1985). Princess, Princess and Minerva, and Ghost Island were illustrated by the author. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 4, 1926, Carolyn Lane attended Connecticut College, where she majored in art, graduating in 1948. She married architect M. Donald Lane, and they lived for many years in Dutchess County, New York, raising one son, Jay. In addition to her writing career, Ms. Lane enjoyed singing in the Sweet Adelines, set design, and silk-screening greeting cards. In retirement, the Lanes moved to Mumford Cove, CT, where Ms. Lane continued to write, draw and paint until her death in 1993.

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below is a list of Carolyn B Lane's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Child Of Air         Last Grad, The         Ransom Of Emily Jane, The         Runaway Merry-Go-Round, The         Scheme Of The Driftless Shifter, The         Tales Of Hans Christian Andersen         Turnabout Night At The Zoo         Wayward Clocks, The         World Of The Brothers Grimm, The         You Can't Be Too Careful

Child Of Air

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Last Grad, The

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Ransom Of Emily Jane, The

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Based on O. Henry's Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"

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Runaway Merry-Go-Round, The

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Scheme Of The Driftless Shifter, The

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an amateur company of actors attempt to put on a meloDrama, involving the kidnapping of a rich young girl. However, they forget many of their lines, and quite a lot goes wrong, and the subsequent mishaps are very funny!

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Tales Of Hans Christian Andersen

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Turnabout Night At The Zoo

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Wayward Clocks, The

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World Of The Brothers Grimm, The

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You Can't Be Too Careful

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