Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

The Dramatic Publishing Company presents Up the Down Staircase Full-Length Play from the Book by Bel Kaufman dramatized by Christopher Sergel "Hi, Teach!" are the first words to greet attractive Sylvia Barrett. There's a special happiness in walking into the still-empty classroom and for the first time writing her name on the blackboard. Students pour into the classroom—cautious, testing, challenging. Simultaneously, there's a blizzard of paperwork, warnings, contradictory orders, indecipherable instructions. Frantic, Sylvia begins to fear she doesn't even understand the language. An experienced teacher translates: "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. "Let it be a challenge" means you're stuck with it. "Interpersonal relationships" means a fight between kids. And "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble. Soon Sylvia finds herself the most involved person in the school—involved in the start of a romance and in a near war with a discipline-over-everything administrator, but, most of all, involved in the unexpected, sometimes heartbreaking problems of her students. The simple stage arrangement makes the play easy to produce and serves to convey a sense of the whole school. Paperback. Used-good condition - small stains on back cover. All pages intact. Smoke free. 50% of the profits from this sale will be donated to a local Friends of the Library Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction Drama Play Theater Theatre Acting Actors BKNK