York, Pennsylvania
December 8 -
Dear Pat -
Since the Frolic. I have been slowly coming back to normal. and in the process forgot to send your information Monday.
Having to deal with people like Johnnie, Sissie, Mike - and lately Jim, Joan - and you - whose taste in drama is as tasteless as soap box opera. I of course have a large library of juvenile drama. I'm afraid my knowledge of plays suitable for a group of Brownies is as limited as yours - therefore "ergo - igitur" - I went to a source that I knew could provide me and you with the desired information - Mrs. Gotwalt. The enclosed list is the result of my cry for help. I had intended sending you i.e. lending you - my autographed copy of one of her collection of plays - when I went for it, lo, it was missing from the D.O. shelves. Hope this list will be [o]f some assistance. Good luck to the Director.
I must hie me downtown to shop for Christmas.
You should have seen the mob (mostly boys) who came to try out for "Mrs. McThing" yesterday and today.
Hastily,
Margaretta Hallock
Memo from Helen Miller Gotwalt
LOOK UP PLAYS IN READERS' GUIDE. THESE ARE ALL LISTED FROM PLAYS MAGAZINE WHICH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY WILL PROBABLY HAVE. FOR BOUND VOLUMES.. I SUGGEST ONE ACT PLAYS FOR ALL GIRL CASTS BY MAJORIE PARADIS PUBLISHED BY PLAYS... 8 ARLINGTON ST. BOSTON, MASS. PRICE.. $2.50. IF YOU WANT TO FIND PLAYS IN PLAYS MA GAZINE [sic] LOOK UNDER MY NAME.. HELEN LOUISE MILLER (READER'S GUIDE) OR MILDRED HARK AND NOEL MCQUEEN.
ANOTHER GOOD COLLECTION FOR MIDDLE GRADE KIDS IS ... 100 PLAYS FOR CHILDREN .. BURACK .. PUB. PLAYS .. SAME ADDRESS .. PRICE ... $4.75
[Margaretta Hallock was a Latin teacher at Pat's high school. Helen Miller Gotwalt was an author on the topic of children's plays.]