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    What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble
    What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble
    What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble
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    What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble

    By John D. MacDonald

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    What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble is a Christmas play written in 1919 by John D. MacDonald, a prolific author of crime and suspense novels. MacDonald was named a grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America, and you can expect a good portion of mystery and suspense in each of his books.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateMay 29, 2022
    ISBN8596547016168
    What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble
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    John D. MacDonald

    John D. MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of Florida. One of the most successful American novelists of his time, MacDonald sold an estimated 70 million books in his career. His best-known works include the popular and critically acclaimed Travis McGee series, and his novel The Executioners, which was filmed as Cape Fear (1962) and remade in 1991. During 1972, MacDonald was named a grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America and he won a 1980 U.S. National Book Award.

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      What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble - John D. MacDonald

      John D. MacDonald

      What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble

      EAN 8596547016168

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: [email protected]

      Table of Contents

      Requisites

      Scene — A sitting-room at Isabel’s home

      Scene II. — Sitting-room at Jerusha’s home

      Christmas Plays

      Requisites

      Table of Contents

      ———

      Time—About 30 minutes

      Characters—Isabel, Hazel, Julia, Jessie, Jerusha

      (Or it might be better if all used their own names except Jerusha.)

      ———

      What Christmas did for

      Jerusha Grumble

      A Play for Five Girls

      Scene—A sitting-room at Isabel’s home

      Table of Contents

      Isabel (Isabel, Julia, Hazel busy with Christmas gifts). I suppose, Julia, you have finished all the Christmas presents that you intend to make this year. You certainly have been very industrious for the past few weeks.

      Julia. Industrious is the right way to put it, Isabel; I certainly have been very busy. But when this pair of mittens and wristlets that I am making for Tom are finished, I can say I am through for this year.

      Hazel. Have you made many presents this year, Julia?

      Julia. Yes, quite a number of them, Hazel. I don’t

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