Synopsis
Ned Crocker
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 2 Female
Ned runs away from the circus and works as a stable boy for a young New England spinster
Miss Emily believes that home and fireside can solve any boy's problems, but she discovers that a "liberty horse" trouble
Ned's father, "The Great Scarlatti," had met with a serious accident in the Main Top, and as a result of running away the boy is left without a contract for the following season, just when he most needs it
The complications are resolved in a surprise ending that has a Yankee lawyer stealing a Christmas Tree and a jolly Irish housekeeper dancing the quadrille with Santa Claus
Exceptionally well written with interesting and appealing characters it is excellent family entertainment