Synopsis
Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's
R.N. Sandberg from Frances Hodgson Burnett
Published by Dramatic Publishing
4 Male 4 Female
When her Army captain father leaves her at a boarding school in London, Sara is distraught but makes friends and wins over the headmistress, Miss Minchin, by her intelligence (and her wealth)
However, when news arrives that Sara's father has died and that his fortune has been lost, Miss Minchin turns Sara into a servant, banishing her to a rat-infested attic
Sara suffers cold and hunger, but at the moment she believes she can survive no longer, she finds her bare room transformed to a place of warmth and magnificence
Is some magic at work?
Is Sara actually the princess she fantasized?
From the story "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Cast requires 5 to 6 children