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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.