O Ye Jigs and Juleps Book

Play script adapted freely by Don Musselman from the book of the same name by Virginia Cary Hudson that has delighted millions for a quarter-century. Unit set with inserts. Turn-of-the-century costumes, a flexible cast of adults and children; 23 women, 20 men (boys and girls included or with doubling, 15 women and 12 men). There are endless possibilities for larger numbers of children and adults. The play leds itself to summer programs, churches, community theatres. A delight for family audiences.Virginia is a bright eleven year old enjoying life in a small Kentucky town nearly a century ago. With a child's eyes she pieces the petty hypocrisies and enjoys the colorful qualities of the townspeople. She charms all with her shrewd and ingenious comments on life, death, God, cattle, and mint juleps. This humorous play consists of episodes based on authentic essays of this astute child of 1900. With Virginia as guide we tour her school, church, home, and main street, a journey from Egyptian bondage to the Judgment Seat for a kind of celestial graduation, receiving harps and crowns rather than diplomas.Read More