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Early Frost

A tender gripping story of two sisters, Hannah and Lousie, who live in an old house.

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Description

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
First presented on NBC. A tender gripping story of two sisters, Hannah and Lousie, who live in an old house. Hannah has been considered peculiar ever since childhood, when a missing playmate was believed carried off by gypsies. When Alice, the sisters' niece, comes to live with them, Hannah insists that she is the missing child.

While playing in the attic, Alice is visited by a strange illusion, which almost leads her to solve the mystery of fifty years ago. Hannah, fearing her long guarded secret will be discovered, tries to silence the girl. It is this tense cat and mouse game between the two that brings the play to a startling climax and affords the actors an opportunity for skillful playing, while holding the audience spellbound.

Characters

  • Casting: 5F

  • LOUISE - A warm, pleasant, attractive woman of sixty.

  • HANNAH - Her sister -- somewhat older. Not obviously mad, but there is a wildness in her appearance and eyes. She wears old-fashioned clothes -- long, tight sleeves, high collar, etc.

  • ALICE - A sensitive, pretty twelve-year-old.

  • LYDIA - Fragile, very pale, extremely pretty -- also twelve. She wears a simple play dress of fifty years ago, with a large hair ribbon, tied in a bow on top of her head.

  • MRS. CLAYTON - A young, sympathetic social worker.

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    First presented on NBC. A tender gripping story of two sisters, Hannah and Lousie, who live in an old house. Hannah has been considered peculiar ever since childhood, when a missing playmate was believed carried off by gypsies. When Alice, the sisters' niece, comes to live with them, Hannah insists that she is the missing child.

    While playing in the attic, Alice is visited by a strange illusion, which almost leads her to solve the mystery of fifty years ago. Hannah, fearing her long guarded secret will be discovered, tries to silence the girl. It is this tense cat and mouse game between the two that brings the play to a startling climax and affords the actors an opportunity for skillful playing, while holding the audience spellbound.

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