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Florence Ryerson

FLORENCE RYERSON  (1892 - 1965)

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Florence Ryerson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Devil On Stilts, The         Divine Flora, The         Double Date         Ever Since Eve         Follow The Dream         June Mad         Little Scandal         Oh! Susanna         Sky High         Spring Green         Star Song         Stranger Bedfellows         Sugar and Spice         Willow Plate

Devil On Stilts, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson and Colin Campbell Clements

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Divine Flora, The

Synopsis:
Etta Dean is known at High School as "Little Miss Prune Puss". She has been brought up by her strict grandmother and is shy and awkward and plain. Two of her classmates Randy and Buzz want to go into advertising and they decide that as a project they will promote Etta as "The Divine Flora"

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Colin Clements

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  14            Other:  extras

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Double Date

Synopsis:
The girls plan to outsmart the boys - but Uncle Clay overhears their plans

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ever Since Eve

Synopsis:
Susan gets herself a job as assistant editor on the High School newspaper. She proceeds not only to nearly bankrupt it but gives her fellow reporters the measles.

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Colin Clements

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Follow The Dream

Synopsis:
On the eve of her wedding Joan looks back wondering whether she has chosen the right man from her two suitors

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Alice D G Miller

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  9            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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June Mad

Synopsis:
Penny falls head over heels in love with college jock Roger. Until that is she discovers that he is two timing - with her uncle's girl friend.

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Colin Clements

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Little Scandal

Synopsis:
young woman returns to her small town home with a baby and a not too convincing story about the child, then a black market for babies comes into the picture

Notes:
written with Alice D G Miller

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Oh! Susanna

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Anne Ronnell; lyrics by Anne Ronnell; book by Florence Ryerson; book by Colin Clements

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Sky High

Synopsis:
A group of students get marooned at a ski lodge and they discover it is the secret headquarters for a group of spies

Notes:
written with Alice D G Miller

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Spring Green

Synopsis:
For the war effort Nina Casswell has turned part of her home over to the military for extra accommodation. A major and his teenage son are to take rooms. Nina's daughters are very exited at the prospect of a sophisticated young man from New York living with them. However, Newton is only interested in the scientific breeding of earthworms and his two favourite worms Salome and Jumbo

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Colin Clements

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Star Song

Synopsis:
The occupants of the inn do not realise what is happening in the stable.

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Stranger Bedfellows

Synopsis:
Senator Cromwell is angered when he discovers his new daughter-in-law is a feminist and is fighting for a Women's Rights Bill

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Colin Clements

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  11            Other:  -

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Sugar and Spice

Synopsis:
Jane's friend has just returned from a trip to Paris and she is full of foreign airs and graces and what is worse she steals Jane's boyfriend

Notes:
Written by Florence Ryerson And Colin Clements

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Willow Plate

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Colin Clements And Florence Ryerson

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "One Act Plays For Stage And Study" published by Samuel French Inc, New York 1925   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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