Fairy Gifts — Ruby L. Agnir

This book was written in answer to the complaint that there are not enough good plays for Youth Theater to produce. Youth Theater is a worthwhile activity for young people to indulge in after class or after school, preempting or preventing involvement in harmful activities otherwise.



Fairy Gifts (Tales of Enchantment) is a set of 5 plays written in response to that need. Like most plays designed for Youth Theater, the cast of each play could be all children/young people, a mixture of adults and children, or all adults performing for children.



The plays are based on unfamiliar fairytales and folktales from around the world, to wit:

Fairy Gifts from the French fairy tale by Count de Caylus;

The Enchanted Deer based on the German fairy tale Little Brother and Little Sister

by the Brothers Grimm;

Gems in the Night adapted from the Punjabi tale Grasp All, Lose All, retold by

Major Campbell, Feroshepore;

The Golden-Headed Fish adapted from an Armenian tale retold by Frederic Macler,

Paris; and

The House in the Forest adapted from the German tale, The House in the Woods

retold by the Brothers Grimm and other tale-tellers.



Three of these plays -- Fairy Gifts, The Enchanted Deer, and The House in the Forest -- can also be produced as musicals. The music and songs for these have been composed by the author herself and are available separately.



To produce any of these plays, send a letter of Intent to Perform to the author at this address: Ruby L. Agnir, 6119 Weatherwood Circle, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545.