An Uninvited Member: A Play for Girls in Two Scenes

by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill

EN·~42 minutes·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total

An Uninvited Member

3:44

AN UNINVITED MEMBER - CHARACTERS.

0:28

AN UNINVITED MEMBER - Scene I.

38:28

Description

Set in a bustling boarding school, this short two‑scene play follows a group of adolescent girls whose close‑knit routine is interrupted by an unexpected and mischievous newcomer. When the older students Vivian and Florence return from a secret stroll, they are startled by little Effie, a sprightly eleven‑year‑old who bursts onto the scene

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Duration

~42 minutes (40K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Emmy, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2016-10-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53389

Subjects

Boarding schools -- Juvenile drama Girls -- Societies and clubs -- Juvenile drama PZ

About the author

Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill

b. 1870

Best known for lively early-1900s entertainments, this writer created playful holiday books and short stage pieces for children, schools, and community groups. Her surviving works still feel energetic, practical, and full of performance spirit.

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