THE NURSERY MAID OF HEAVEN
Reading edition
A Miracle Play By Thomas Wood Stevens
Based on a story by Vernon Lee. Copyright, 1920, by Thomas Wood Stevens. All rights reserved.
The Nursery Maid of Heaven was first produced by the School of the Drama, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the night of November 14, 1919, with the following cast:
Sister BenvenutaHazel Beck.
Sister GrimanaAlicia S. Guthrie.
Sister RosalbaGrey McAuley.
The AbbessDorothy Rubinstein.
The Sister SacristanInez D. R. Hazel.
Atalanta Badoer [a novice]Carolyn McCampbell.
Abbe FilosiWm. R. Dean.
The Puppet ManLawrence Paquin.
Beelzebubb SatanassoJames S. Church.
Scene I:The Chapter-Room of the Convent of Our Lady of the Rosebush, Cividale.
Scene II:Benvenuta's cell.
Scene III:The Chapter-Room.
Time: Early in the eighteenth century. Some days elapse between scenes.
Stage settings and properties by Alexander Wyckoff and David S. Gaither. Lightning by Arleigh B. Williamson. Costumes by Sara E. Bennett and Lela May Aultman. Music by Charles Pearson.
The amateur and professional stage rights to The Nursery Maid of Heaven are reserved by the author. Applications for permission to produce the play should be addressed to Frank Shay, Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. No performance may be given without his consent.