Papa Panov's Magic Christmas
~ Paul Thain from Leo Tolstoy - large mixed cast

Papa Panov, an old shoemaker almost too blind to thread a needle, has a dream that Jesus will visit him on Christmas Day

He anxiously and eagerly 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

As 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 Tolstoy, Papa Panov's Magic Christmas makes a perfect play for Christmas

It runs about 25 minutes

You can read, print or download the opening scenes by clicking here