A Dog’s Tale TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian." COMMENTS: Visual Text A dog's mother teaches her courage, loyalty and miscellaneous virtues so that when she is given to a loving family and the nursery catches fire, she saves the life of the baby. To show his gratitude, the baby's father performs a scientific experiment on the dog's only beloved puppy that turns it blind and then kills it. The moral of this story is no good deed goes unpunished, a difficult idea for a musical. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: ADogsTale.pdf
