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The Curate's Play
Author(s):
Nathaniel Banks
Arthur Gelb's comments on THE CURATE'S PLAY as presented at St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City: "Its intention is to make meaningful, in modern terms, the lovely but remote tableau of the miracle of Bethlehem. To this end, Mr. Banks has superimposed a robust, contemporary drama upon a series of stylized, pantomimed episodes of the Nativity, connected by Biblical narrative. The Christmas pageant takes place during what is supposed to be an actual church service...The pageant is interrupted by the young curate's plea for a doctor (who rises from a pew and strides to the chancel). A woman comes forward from another pew and offers her fur coat as covering for the mother-to-be. A second woman protests noisily from her pew against the unorthodox proceedings, expresses her bigoted view that charity to strangers is a matter for the Police Department, not the Church, and angrily leaves the service. The doctor briefly suspends his off-stage ministerings to harangue the curate about the population explosion and to jeer at the miracle of birth. And finally, an actor playing the Vicar ascends the chancel to voice his plea for the survival of man with spiritual dignity. Between these interruptions, the children's tableau runs its course."
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 6 | | Male Characters: | 4 | | Female Characters: | 2 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $25 per performance. SPECIAL NOTE: Sheet music for this play, written by Charles N. Henderson, is available through the Play Service for $1.25
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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