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 \nThe Clowns'Christmas Party  \nby JAMES H.BROCK  \n×  \n## CAST(in order of appearance)\n\nLean &LookMr.QuietMr.HonkerMiss Wiggle WaggleMr.BigMr.LittleThe DoctorThe PatientRunStumbleFallNo-Name  \n## PROPERTIES LIST\n\nMr.Quiet:clown make-up for putting smiling mouth on No-Name  \nMr.Honker:three horns(different pitch),large sack  \nMiss Wiggle Waggle:bustle,parasol  \nMr.Big:very tall hat  \nMr.Little:baby bonnet  \nThe Doctor:doctor's bag,stethoscope,saw,ear muffs  \nThe Patient:arrow through head  \nRun:baseball on a rubber band,basketball  \nStumble:huge catcher's mitt,dinner plate with“H OM E”onback,feather duster full of powder  \nFall:hat that falls off,three bats(one large,one medium,onesmall),wash rag with water in it,tin bucket  \n## COSTUME NOTES\n\nLean &Look should have a handle attached either to his costumeor to a halter that can be worn under the costume.Handle mustbe strong enough so that he can be supported as he leans andlooks.  \nQuiet should have an outside pocket on his costume large enoughto hold the make-up materials he will need to paint the smileon No-Name.  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/clownschristmasp0000unse  \n1SETTING:An area set up to simulate a circus tent with a center ring.2Upstage Center,just outside the center ring,is a large Christmas3tree,but there are no presents under the tree.  \n4TIME:Christmas—the present.  \n5AT RISE:The stage is empty.Music begins and the clowns enter at6a run,all doing their capers.There is mass confusion aseveryone7is trying to perform at the same time.As the music comes down,8LEAN &LOOK comes forward and takes charge.He moves to9Stage Right and addresses both the clowns and the audience10LEAN&LOOK:Hearye,hearye,hearye!Ladies and gentlemen11.(MR.QUIET taps LEAN&LOOKon the shoulderand points12to the children in the audience.LEAN&LOOK ignores this and13crosses to Stage Left.)Ladies and gentlemen...(Repeat the14same business,but this time LEAN&LOOK looks out and sees15the children)and little people!Little people?Who are all16these little people?(MR.QUIET holds LEAN&LOOK by17the handle in the back of his costume so that he can lean out and18have a look at the children.)Who are they?(MR.QUIET pulls19LEAN&LOOK back upand whispers into his ear.)The audience?20You say they are the audience?They're awfully small,21aren't they?(LEAN&LOOK leans out for another look.)Oh22well,ladies and gentlemen...and little people,welcome23to the Clowns'Christmas Party.I want you all to sit b","cbCaimsHYmR1aEFj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimsHYmR1aEFj","pdf",2317219,28,"English","# CAST(in order of appearance)\n## PROPERTIES LIST\n## COSTUME NOTES\n## SETTING\n## TIME\n## AT RISE","[{\"question\":\"What is the central idea behind the absence of presents under the Christmas tree?\",\"answer\":\"The play explains that clowns offer the gift of laughter, and laughter cannot be packed like a physical present. 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