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A Staged Reading
of Ogden Nash's
THE CHRISTMAS
THAT ALMOST WASN'T
Friday, November 27 10:30 a.m. Burnsville Town Center
Benefit for the Library Expansion Project
Children $1, Grownups $5
Tickets available at the Yancey Library and the Burnsville Town Center
King Oldwin of Lullapat is loved by his loyal subjects - he is a "Christmassy
kind of king!" But his sourpuss nephew, Prince Evillard, hates happiness and
wants to destroy Christmas. He locks his uncle up, feeds him poison oak and
nettles in hopes of starving him into not being jolly, and scours the land for
all the nasty people he can find to help him make everyone miserable. They
threaten anyone who is joyful at the prospect of a Merry Christmas. All the
grownups are afraid, and only a brave shepherd boy named Nicholas Knock steps
forward. He journeys to Greengold Hill, where King Wenceslaus sleeps in his
throne, waiting the clarion call to waken and vanquish the evildoers.
The whole family will enjoy this presentation! Come to downtown Burnsville the
morning after Thanksgiving for the show, shopping, and lunch!
The cast includes Dr. Daniel Barron as King Wenceslaus, Abel Wilson as Nicholas
Knock, John Richards as Prince Evillard, Drew Smoker as Nell, Jerry Newton as
King Oldwin, and Claudia Dunaway, Kathleen Sioui, Chip Fleckenstein, and Britt
Kaufmann as Everybody Else.
A Burnsville Dogs production, directed by Lucy Doll.

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