A Rose in Its Time: The Jennie Wade Story
By Jeffrey Watts
A Rose in Its Time: The Jennie Wade Story is a one-act play that needs 6 performers (3 women, 3 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 6 performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 3 men
- Cast notes
- 3 m, 3 w, extras, doubling possible
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Jennie Wade was the only civilian killed during the Battle at Gettysburg. A stray bullet came though the door of her sister's home and struck Jennie while she was kneading dough to feed the Union soldiers. "A Rose in Its Time" is a moving portrait of this spirited young woman who loved life, cared for others with a rare generosity of spirit, and delighted in her family and her fiance with all her heart. Jennie's sister, Georgia, tells the story in the play just as she did in real life, keeping t
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