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Maud Brunton

Known today for a lighthearted Christmas stage piece, this little-documented writer left behind a playful work made for young performers and festive audiences. Her surviving record is slim, which gives the book an extra sense of rediscovery.

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Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus: Musical Christmas play in four scenes

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus: Musical Christmas play in four scenes

by Maud Brunton

About the author

Maud Brunton is the credited author of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus: Musical Christmas play in four scenes, a short children's holiday play published in Chicago by Beckley-Cardy around 1922.

Reliable biographical information about her appears to be very limited in the sources available online. Project Gutenberg currently lists this Christmas play as the only work under her name, and library records confirm the title and its early-20th-century publication history.

Because so little confirmed detail survives, Brunton is best introduced through the work itself: a cheerful, theatrical Christmas piece built for performance, with songs, fantasy touches, and an easy sense of seasonal fun.