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    Barnum's High Note
    Barnum's High Note
    Barnum's High Note
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    Barnum's High Note

    By Christina Hamlett

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    Before there were rock stars, there was Jenny Lind. And before there was social media, there was an entrpreneur named Barnum who knew how to start a buzz.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristina Hamlett
    Release dateSep 5, 2018
    ISBN9781386618218
    Barnum's High Note
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    Christina Hamlett

    Former actress and theatre director Christina Hamlett is the author of 42 books, 174 stage plays, 5 optioned feature films, and squillions of articles and interviews that appear online and in trade publications worldwide. She is also a script consultant for stage and screen as well as a professional ghostwriter. For further information, visit her website at www.authorhamlett.com

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      Book preview

      Barnum's High Note - Christina Hamlett

      CAST OF CHARACTERS

      Jenny Lind - a Swedish soprano and opera star

      P.T. Barnum - American showman and entrepreneur

      Charity Barnum - P.T. Barnum's wife

      CIRCA AND SETTING:  1850, New York

      SETTING: All action takes place backstage in Jenny Lind's dressing room. A dressing table and chair are downstage right—the surface of the table covered with atomizer perfume bottles, jars, hairbrushes and a large hand mirror. Upstage are several large, stacked trunks; an array of gorgeous dresses and skirts have been tossed over them as if the owner was impatient in making up her mind which one to wear. A wingback chair also has a dress thrown over it. An entry door is downstage left. Various small tables complete the furniture, each one holding large vases of flowers. Several vases, in fact, have been relegated to the floor due to lack of space.

      AT RISE: As

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