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Fiddler on the Roof |
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adapted by Bock, Harnick and Stein
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Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in czarist Russia in 1905. Fiddler on the Roof was originally entitled Tevye. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem which he wrote in Yiddish and published in 1894.[1] The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. He must cope with both the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters—each daughter's choice of husband moves progressively further away from established customs—and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village. |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor |
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by William Shakespeare
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Brighten upon your deep winter blues with a zany, romantic comedy by that wacky Bard of Avon, Bill. Follow the contretemps of one of the world's great comic figures, Sir John Falstaff, who visits the country house of some nobles that turns out to be the Elizabethan equivalent to "Desperate Housewives," only wackier. What's Falstaff and a bunch of dirty laundry have in common? Introduce your students to this Shakespeare comedy and find out! |
The Velveteen Rabbit |
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adapted by Burgess Clark from the story by Margery Williams
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This is the familiar old tale of boy meets rabbit, boy falls in love with rabbit, rabbit grows old and loses its whiskers. Find out the answer to this riddle: when is a toy actually a living being? Is this possible at all, and does love have anything at all to do with this? Since 1922, when Williams first published her classic book, it has been inspiring kids all around the world to learn about love and reminding parents what it was like to be a child when love was as simple as loving one's favorite stuffed toy, such as the Velveteen Rabbit. |
