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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1910), a play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson. [Republic Theatre, 216 perf.] Prospects look bleak when ten‐year‐old Rebecca Rowena Randall ( Edith Taliaferro) is sent to live with her seemingly crotchety Aunt Miranda ( Marie L. Day), but everything turns out joyously, thanks to her optimism and genial nature. Adapted from Wiggin's 1903 best‐seller, the Klaw and Erlanger mounting was especially popular with children.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-RebeccaofSunnybrookFarm.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-RebeccaofSunnybrookFarm.html |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, novel by KateDouglas Wiggin, published in 1903.
The heroine of this popular story for children is precocious, lovable Rebecca Randall, whose adventures are described from her early years as one of seven children on her widowed mother's farm, to her life in Riverboro with her Aunts Miranda and Jane and her friends, Emma Jane Perkins, the stage driver Mr. Cobb, and generous Adam Ladd, her “Mr. Aladdin.” |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-RebeccaofSunnybrookFarm.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-RebeccaofSunnybrookFarm.html |
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