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The Dolls on Dress Parade

by Effa E. Preston

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~156 min

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The Dolls on Dress Parade

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The Dolls on Dress Parade

Stage shows interior of doll shop. Shop Woman, Guests and Soldier Doll are on stage when curtain rises. Dolls enter as announced; all except Rag Dolls walk stiffly across stage. After they speak they stand at rear of stage.

CHARACTERS

(Child enters.)

Child:

Shop Woman:

Child:

A dress parade—how lovely!

Shop Woman:

[Soldier Doll sticks head in door off stage.]

Soldier Doll:

[Child shows delight as each doll enters.]

[Soldier Doll announces dolls as they enter.]

Rag Dolls:

French Doll:

[Shop Woman tilts her and her eyes close.]

Farmer Doll:

Paper Doll:

Baby Doll:

[Shop Woman pinches her and she cries.]

Sailor Doll:

[Dances Sailor’s Hornpipe.]

Collapsible Dolls:

[Shop Woman pushes down head of each one and it squawks as it rises.]

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