Moreover, you may be interested in other literary plays made from such stories as: _Birds’ Christmas Carol_—Wiggin _Little Women_—Alcott _Prince and the Pauper_—Clemens _Oliver Twist_—Dickens _Cricket on the Hearth_—Dickens _The Tempest_—Shakespeare _The Merchant of Venice_—Shakespeare _Heidi_—Spyri _Master Skylark_—Bennett _Gabriel and the Hour Book_—Stein _Rip Van Winkle_—Irving _David Copperfield_—Dickens _The Christmas Carol_—Dickens _The King of the Golden River_—Ruskin Should you like the story of _The Childhood of David Copperfield_, some such interesting incidents as the following might be chosen: 1. David and Pegotty. 2. David meets Captain Pegotty, Emil, and Mrs. Grummage. 3. David and Emily. 4. David in the schoolroom. 5. Betsy Trotwood and Master Dick. 6. David and Betsy Trotwood. The characters in these incidents are: 1. David 2. Pegotty 3. Captain Pegotty 4. Mrs. Grummage 5. Emily 6. Sam 7. Tommy Traddles 8. Schoolboy 9. Mr. Schoolmaster 10. Mr. Schoolmaster’s assistant 11. Betsy Trotwood 12. Master Dick 13. The mouse Five acts would give the story: Act I. The Copperfield sitting room Act II. Inside the boathouse Act III. Along the seashore Act IV. In the schoolroom Act V. Betsy Trotwood’s garden Since every act of a play should help in telling the story, in solving the principal problem, and in bringing about the proper ending, this arrangement might be made: Act I. David reads and talks to Pegotty about her brother’s boathouse. Pegotty invites David to spend a week there. Act II. In the boathouse. David meets Pegotty’s family. Act III. By the seashore. David plays with Emily, who sings a song, and David tells Emily how much he will miss her when he goes away to school. Act IV. In the schoolroom. The cruel schoolmaster and his assistant. David decides to run away. Act V. Betsy Trotwood’s garden. David finds a home with his good Aunt Betsy and gentle old Master Dick.