Up the Chimney
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By Shepherd Knapp 21 Nov, 2018
Up the Chimney by Shepherd Knapp One of a series of plays set at Christmas time intended for young boys and girls. It is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading. What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what sort d ... Read more
Up the Chimney by Shepherd Knapp One of a series of plays set at Christmas time intended for young boys and girls. It is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading. What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what sort do we like to see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in which the dialogue is simple and natural, not stilted and artificial; one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of fancy and imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of the happy and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is pervaded by the Christmas spirit. Less
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Shepherd was the son of Shepherd Knapp and Emma Benedict, and grandson of Gardiner Spring, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. He attended Columbia College (AB 1894) and Yale ...
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