Miss Dobson. TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text D.--Now, then, what shall we do?<br><br>B.--We shall have so much less to read.<br><br>E.--Let us see what is on this piece.<br><br>ALL.--(Reading together.) "My dear children, I am obliged to go off to Clapham by the ten o'clock train, to see my mother who is ill."<br><br>D.--Go to Clapham!<br><br>F.--By the ten o'clock train!<br><br>B.--To see her mother who is ill!<br><br>E.--Oh, how delightful!<br><br>B.--How delightful that her mother should be ill?<br><br>E.--No, of course not. I mean, how terrible!<br><br>ALL.--Poor Miss Dobson's mother!<br><br>D.--Come, let us see what else she says.<br><br>ALL.--(Reading.) "I shall not be back until the evening."<br><br>F.--She won't be back until the evening!<br><br>E.--We shall have a holiday then! (All dancing round.) A holiday! A holiday!<br><br>D.--Here's the other piece of the letter which we haven't read. (They pick it up and read it.)<br><br>D.--(Reading.) "I hope you will be good children, and work by yourselves."<br><br> COMMENTS: Visual Text 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: MissDobson.pdf
