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Bells Of Eden Valley         $4.00

Hohlfeld. 10 min. The church bells of Eden Valley no longer rang and no one could repair them. A legend grew that one would come who, by his greatness, would cause the bells to ring again. This is the enchanting story of a boy who, on the way to church gave his savings to the needy. When he laid his remaining penny on the altar, the bells rang out. ISBN 1-60045-043-1 

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Beneath The Make-up         $4.00

Clayton F. Hensinger. 7 min. Dramatic monolog. A clown speaks. He is at the bedside of his little son, who is dying.
ISBN 1-60045-179-9 

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Bet, The         $4.00

Checkov. From the Dramatic story. 10 min. The discussion was on capital punishment. A young lawyer said if he were offered a choice between the two, he would choose life imprisonment. The banker bet two million he would not stick in a cell for five years. The lawyer bet he would stay not five, but fifteen. The years taught him much. Several characters. ISBN 1-60045-108-X 

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Birthday Of The Infanta         $4.00

Oscar Wilde. From the fairy tale. 10 min. A grotesque dwarf is brought in to dance for the little princess. She mockingly throws him a rose and he thinks she loves him. Later, he sees himself in mirror and dies in sorrow. Several characters.
ISBN 1-60045-190-X 

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Bishop's Candlesticks         $4.00

One evening in the beginning of October, 1815, the Bishop of D--- had remained in his bedroom until a late hour. At eight o’clock, he walked into the dining-room.
There was a loud rap at the door. “Come in. A man entered, the firelight fell on him; a sinister apparition. “My name is Jean Valjean. I am a galley-slave. No one will take me in, The man is very dangerous. Will you let me stay?
Hugo. 11 min. From 'Les Miserables.' ISBN 1-60045-241-8

 

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Bitter Victory         $4.00

Mike Dixon. Monolog. 6 min. A drama filled reading. A man, lost in the desert, talks to the Sun, Wind, Dust and Sand. He cheats them all by drinking from poisoned spring
ISBN 1-60045-240-X. 

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Black Cat, The         $4.00

Edgar Allen Poe. 11 min. A monolog arranged from Poe's ghastly story. Only he could write so gruesome a cat tale. A winner. ISBN 1-60045-198-5 

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Bobby Unwelcome         $4.00

Annie H. Donnell. From the story. 7 min. Most pathetic story of a little boy who was born with a scarred face. The selfish mother and the nurse are the other characters. ISBN 1-60045-022-9 

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Box Of Memories         $4.00

Karin Asbrand. A costume reading. 6 min. Made up as grandmother, the reader tells of her daughter and shows the shoes she wore. A tender, pretty reading. ISBN 1-60045-246-9 

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Breathes There A Man         $4.00

Hilda Guldseth. 10 min. In this intense, beautifully written monolog, Philip Nolan (E. Hale's 'Man Without a Country') is speaking. Will enchain the attention of any audience. (If a monolog less intense in its drama is desired, see 'Without a Country' by the same author). ISBN 1-60045-174-8 

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