author
Blanche Proctor Fisher
Known today for short plays written for children, this early 20th-century writer created lively, easy-to-stage pieces built around holiday fun and American history. Her surviving work has a warm, practical feel that suggests it was meant to be read aloud and performed.
1 Audiobook
Santa Claus Gets His Wish: A Christmas Play in One Act For Young Children
by Blanche Proctor Fisher
About the author
Blanche Proctor Fisher is a little-documented American author whose known published work centers on short plays for children. Reliable catalog and archive records confirm at least two titles: Finding the Mayflowers!.., published in Boston in 1918, and Santa Claus Gets His Wish: A Christmas Play in One Act For Young Children, published in Boston in 1921.
Those titles give a good sense of her range. One draws on the story of the Mayflower and early New England, while the other is a Christmas play designed for young performers. The surviving editions and library-style listings suggest that her work was written with schools, community performances, or family reading in mind.
Very little verified biographical information about her life appears to be readily available online, so details such as her dates, background, and career beyond these publications are unclear. What can be said with confidence is that her work has been preserved through public-domain and archive collections, allowing modern readers to rediscover a small corner of children’s theater from the 1910s and 1920s.