{"id":12169,"date":"2020-11-05T13:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T13:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12169"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:36:40","slug":"the-little-match-girl-part-2-of-yuletide-of-the-radio-hour-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12169","title":{"rendered":"The Little Match Girl \u2022 Part 2 of Yuletide, of the RADIO HOUR Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=1539\"><strong>Matthew Ivan Bennett<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;The LITTLE MATCH GIRL&#8221; based on Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s story<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A short lyrical adaptation of the tragic and moving holiday story by Hans Christian Andersen. A girl in desperate straits tries to make money for her family by selling matches on the street in wintertime. When you have nothing, where do you turn for warmth and comfort? The Match Girl strikes a match and in the brief flicker of the flame, she sees her fondest dreams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Radio-Hour-BANNER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10161 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Radio-Hour-BANNER-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Radio-Hour-BANNER-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Radio-Hour-BANNER.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>RADIO HOUR is a co-production between Salt Lake City\u2019s Plan-B Theatre Company and the University of Utah\u2019s Public Radio station KUER&#8217;s Radio West.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CHARACTERS: <strong>1girl 1boy 4M 1F 1 either M or F<\/strong> (Can be played by 3 performers)\n<ul>\n<li>Match Girl (girl)<br \/>\nDescriber (M or F) Narrator.<br \/>\nRevelers &#8211; Can be played by all listed characters except GIRL<br \/>\nDriver (M) &#8211; a man in a hurry<br \/>\nUrchin (boy) &#8211; A homeless boy<br \/>\nBoozer (M) &#8211; A homeless man<br \/>\nFather (M) &#8211; An abusive father<br \/>\nGrandmother (F) &#8211; A kindly matron<br \/>\nGentleman Passing (M) &#8211; A concerned citizen<\/li>\n<li><strong>DOUBLING AS FOLLOWS<\/strong><br \/>\nACTOR 1 \u2014 Revelers\/Urchin\/Boozer\/Father\/Gentleman Passing<br \/>\nACTOR 2 \u2014 Grandmother and Match Girl<br \/>\nACTOR 3 \u2014 Describer, Driver and others as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Period Costumes or contemporary clothes<\/li>\n<li>Radio Station setting<\/li>\n<li>Sound Effects required (can be Foley, recorded, or a mix of both. Music required.)<\/li>\n<li>7 minutes<\/li>\n<li><strong>ORDER #3243.2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A copy of the <strong>PERUSAL SCRIPT<\/strong> (in PDF format) which contains half of the script of the play is available:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Little-Match-Girl-PERUSAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shorter play: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI is available for production as a self-contained performance <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12171\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The shorter play: THE BLACK KNIGHT is available for production as a self-contained performance <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12173\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIEW other plays in the RADIO HOUR Series <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=10159\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIEW our list of other plays available as Staged Radio Plays <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=12016\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LISTEN to the original broadcasts from KUER&#8217;s Radio West Productions <a href=\"https:\/\/radiowest.kuer.org\/topic\/radio-hour-plan-b-theatre-company?page=1\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTION\/REHEARSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(Any PDF purchased will be emailed to your email address &#8212; if you need to provide that to us (not the one on your PayPal account?), <a href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>email us.<\/strong><\/a> CDs will be mailed to a snail mail address. Do not purchase rehearsal materials or pay for royalties until you have performance clearance.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Script<\/strong> in PDF format\u00a0 &#8212; Order #<strong>3243.2a<\/strong> : <strong>$10.00<\/strong> (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"RYBQVYKTXFA4Q\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3243.2d<\/strong> : <strong>$10<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"8N6VM59YUJRKQ\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3243.2e : $10<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"5WM3XAE4GQTTY\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Royalties<\/strong> will be quoted upon <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\"><strong>application<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Email us!\" href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>EMAIL<\/strong><\/a> us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. 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No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<em>THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL<\/em> is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the catalog of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"LBTNEWlogo\" width=\"129\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Matthew Ivan Bennett &#8220;The LITTLE MATCH GIRL&#8221; based on Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s story A short lyrical adaptation of the tragic and<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12169\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,711,709,276,712,248,710,515,87],"tags":[28,35,37,425,646,247,699,134],"class_list":["post-12169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-theatre","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-family-theatre","category-high-school-theatre","category-plan-b-theatre-company-play","category-professional-theatre","category-radio-play","category-tya","tag-adaptation","tag-christmas","tag-classic-novel","tag-drama","tag-hans-christian-andersen","tag-plan-b-theatre-company-play","tag-radio-hour","tag-short-plays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Little-Match-Girl-LOGO-e1666780903339.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-3ah","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12169"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21700,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12169\/revisions\/21700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}