Synopsis
Papa Panov's Magic Christmas
Published by Samuel French Ltd
Large Mixed Cast
Papa Panov is an old shoemaker, now almost too blind to thread a needle
On Christmas Eve he has a dream that Jesus will visit him on Christmas Day
Eager and anxious, he waits all day
But his only visitors are a tramp, a roadsweeper, and a pauper woman with her cold and hungry baby
Despite his disappointment and fading hope, Papa Panov gives them his coat, his money, his soup
And even the tiny shoes he was saving as a present for Baby Jesus
Night falls and his special visitor still hasn't arrived
Papa Panov thinks himself a silly, old fool
But then he has another dream ...
A dream which convinces him his special visitor did come after all
Adapted from a short story by Leo Tolstoy, Papa Panov's Magic Christmas makes a perfect play for Christmas
It can involve any number of children and it runs about 25 minutes
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