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RAHWAY N J
To the memory of
W.N.H.
who loved both plays
and players
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| [Suggestions for Production] | [xv] |
| I. [The Christ-Candle.] In Two Scenes | [1] |
Seventeen characters: Two, the mother and St. Nicholas, played by adults; seven boys and four girls from six to twelve years; four boys, or three boys and a girl, fourteen to eighteen. Important parts fall to three of the younger children, two boys and one girl, and the Star-Child must be able to sing alone.