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Four plays for children
Christmas plays for children
How to produce amateur plays
Humorous Skits for Young People
Dramatized classics for radio-style reading
Mystery plays for young people
Playing Sarah Bernhardt
Small stage sets on tour
How to present the Gilbert and Sullivan operas
Twenty one-act plays
Love by any other name
Inside Europe today
Monologues for teens
Dramatic Stories for Reading and Acting
Comedies for children
Clown skits for everyone
Theatre and stage
The Skit Book
Outside Eden
Round-the-world plays for young people
The stage and the school
Modern theatre practice
Drawing-room plays and parlour pantomimes
The costume book
Small stage properties and furniture
The business of show business
Creative dramatics
Little comedies
The Cokesbury stunt book
Costumes and scenery for amateurs
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