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Still Stands The House
''Still Stands the House'' is a 1938 play by Gwen Pharis Ringwood Gwen Pharis Ringwood (13 August 1910 Anatone, Washington – 24 May 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia) was a Canadian playwright. Life She graduated from the University of Alberta. She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Hay .... It premiered on 3 March 1938 at the Carolina Playmakers School in North Carolina. Characters * ''Manning'' * ''Ruth Warren'' * ''Hester Warren'' * ''Bruce Warren'' Plot Bruce agrees to sell the Warren farm to Mr. Manning, after his pregnant wife Ruth encourages him to do so. Bruce's sister Hester doesn't want to leave the family house, because of memories of her dead father. Ruth and Hester argue about it during which Bruce goes after a horse that escapes. Hester knowing that their lanterns won't stay lit for long enough to get back, sends Ruth after Bruce to the snowstorm where they both end up dying. References {{reflist 1938 plays Plays set in the 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Pharis Ringwood
Gwen Pharis Ringwood (13 August 1910 Anatone, Washington – 24 May 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia) was a Canadian playwright. Life She graduated from the University of Alberta. She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, and then working at the Banff Centre for the Arts as registrar. She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina. The theatre in Williams Lake, British Columbia#Arts and culture, Williams Lake, and an award for drama, given by the Writers Guild of Alberta, Writers' Guild of Alberta, are named for her. Her papers are held at University of Calgary. Awards * 1939 Dominion Drama Festival * 1941 Governor General's Awards Books * ''Younger Brother'', Longmans, Green, 1959 * ''The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood.'' Ed: Enid Delgatty Rutland. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1982. * ''The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Papers'', Marlys Chevrefils, Shirley A. Onn, and Apollonia Steele, editors, February 1988, Plays * ''The Dragons of Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Plays
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