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The Christmas Dinner (Play) - Shepherd Knapp
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This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading. It is so arranged that boys
and girls can read it to themselves, just as they would read any other story. Even the stage
directions and the descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches of the characters are clearly
distinguished from the rest of the text, an arrangement which will be found convenient
when parts are being memorized for acting.
The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of people; sometimes on
a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and scenery; sometimes with barely any of these
aids. Practical suggestions as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will
be found at the end of the play.
What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what sort do we like to
see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in which the dialogue is simple and
natural, not stilted and artificial; one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of
fancy and imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of the happy
and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is pervaded by the Christmas
spirit.
I hope that this play does not entirely fail to meet these requirements.
and girls can read it to themselves, just as they would read any other story. Even the stage
directions and the descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches of the characters are clearly
distinguished from the rest of the text, an arrangement which will be found convenient
when parts are being memorized for acting.
The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of people; sometimes on
a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and scenery; sometimes with barely any of these
aids. Practical suggestions as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will
be found at the end of the play.
What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what sort do we like to
see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in which the dialogue is simple and
natural, not stilted and artificial; one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of
fancy and imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of the happy
and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is pervaded by the Christmas
spirit.
I hope that this play does not entirely fail to meet these requirements.
