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Vingoe, Mary H. (Mary Helen)
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Swan, Anna, 1846-1888 -- Drama.
Sideshows -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- Women authors.
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Vingoe, Mary H. (Mary Helen)
Swan, Anna, 1846-1888 -- Drama.
Sideshows -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- Women authors.
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Living
curiosities
, or,
What
you
will
/ Mary Vingoe.
by
Vingoe, Mary H. (Mary Helen)
Playwrights Canada Press, 2010.
Call #:
819.26 V784L
Subjects
Swan, Anna, 1846-1888 -- Drama.
Sideshows -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- Women authors.
ISBN:
9780887549083
088754908X
Alternate title:
What
you
will
Description:
80 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
A play.
Summary:
Living
Curiosities
dramatizes the little-known story of Anna Swan, a giantess from Nova Scotia who is sent to P.T. Barnum's famed American Museum in New York City. Anna soon realizes that she is out of her element in the city, and longs to return home. Determined to make the best of her situation, Anna goes against the wishes of Barnum and befriends the other "
living
curiosities
," developing a strong friendship with Alphonsia di Lugar. Together, they attempt to create a stronger sense of community by staging an unusual version of Twelfth Night with the rest of inhabitants of the museum. Old alliances and bitter feelings threaten to tear the company apart, yet they must all work together to escape the past and find their own identities.
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819.26 V784L
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