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EBOOK DOWN THE CHIMNEY ***


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Down The Chimney
BY
SHEPHERD KNAPP
[Illustration]

1921
THE HEIDELBERG PRESS

* * * * *
TO THOSE
WHO FIRST ACTED IN THIS PLAY
TO THOSE WHO WITH SO MUCH SKILL AND PATIENCE
TRAINED THE PARTICIPANTS
AND TO THE FRIENDLY AUDIENCES OF BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO ENCOURAGE US BY THEIR APPLAUSE
IT IS DEDICATED
* * * * *


Preface

This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading.
It is so arranged that boys and girls can read it to themselves,
just as they would read any other story. Even the stage directions and
the descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches
of the characters are clearly distinguished from the rest of the text,
an arrangement which will be found convenient when parts are being
memorized for acting.
The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of
people; sometimes on a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and
scenery; sometimes with barely any of these aids.
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