Performing Arts 

In this volume, an experienced playwright and drama director brings to life, on one-act play form, fifteen classic short stories, novels, and plays. Dramatic episodes featuring well-known literary characters will capture the attention of young actors, audiences, and readers.

Using original language and dialogue, the plays convey the spirit and flavor of these famous works. Included in half-hour dramatizations for the stage are the following:

The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The Purloined Letter, Edgar Allan Poe
The Miraculous Eclipse (from A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court), Mark Twain
The Sacrifice (from Les Miserables), Victor Hugo
Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens
The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere
The One Million Pound Note, Mark Twain
The fall of Uriah Heep (from David Copperfield), Charles Dickens

As a special bonus, there is a section of the following round-the-table reading plays, also adapted from favorite classics and requiring no rehearsal or memorization:

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

Stage Plays from the Classics will be welcomed by teachers and librarians as an effective and entertaining tool for introducing young people to the world's great classics. A timeless and indispensable collection!

Taken from the back cover.