Charles Robertson

Purchase A Little Princess on Amazon.com A Little Princess is Charles Robertson's adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story Sara Crewe is the daughter of Captain Crewe, an officer in the Indian army. He is a widower who decides it is best if he takes her to a boarding school in London. She is homesick for India but she decides to be a brave little soldier and make the best of it. While at the boarding school she is lavished with presents and praise. Tragedy happens when Captain Crewe dies suddenly and penniless. Sara no longer can afford to be a student at the school so the mean-spirited proprietress of the school, Miss Minchin makes her a servant at the school and treats her very badly. When a mysterious gentleman moves in next door, Sara's fortunes are about to change. A great story for all ages.

Purchase Sense and Sensibility on Amazon.com This adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel; Sense and Sensibility focuses on the romantic trials and tribulations of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Though she feels deeply, Elinor is the older, apparently more reserved sister. Marianne is outwardly more passionate and romantic. The play opens with the funeral of the elder John Dashwood, father to Elinor and Marianne. Their half-brother, John, inherits their father's entire estate by law. Although their father made him promise to 'take care' of his half-sisters and stepmother, his greedy and selfish wife; Fanny, easily persuades him that this does not actually mean monetary assistance, leaving his step-mother and half-sisters practically destitute, with no dowry and very little to live on. Elinor falls in love with the awkward and shy Edward Ferrars but cannot reveal her true feelings because he has been promised to another. Marianne recklessly falls in love with the

Purchase Til the Boys Come Home on Amazon.com Til The Boys Come Home is a moving, action-packed Canadian play, about small-town teenage boys and girls whose lives are torn apart by the Second World War. It is told through the eyes of Will. He is probably about forty years old and married with teenage kids of his own. He finds an old photograph that he took years ago in the small town he grew up in. It is a photograph of his friends when he was just a teenager, just before the war. In this picture, they have their whole lives ahead of them. His childhood sweetheart is in the picture and so is his best friend. It is the last time they would all be together. As he talks, the photo comes to life and the audience is taken on a trip into the past. From that small town restaurant of hopes and dreams, to the chilling barracks scenes where one of his lifelong friends is betrayed, to the bittersweet last dance at the restaurant where the boys say goodbye to the girls, some for the last ti

Purchase Backstage on Amazon.com Backstage is a hilarious look at a small community theatre attempting to put on a Canadian play. There is Mitch, the play's producer who knows nothing about plays but a lot about selling cars. There is Gabrielle, the incredibly vague director. There are the jaded older actresses who try to sabotage the star of the show, a sweet ingenue appearing in her first play. There is the militant stage manager and the hapless assistant stage manager who at one point is thrust onstage when things start to go wrong.There is the dead body that can't quite stay dead and there is the young actress who is scammed into thinking she has a legitimate agent. And finally a sled dog team made up of dachshunds shows us that no matter what goes wrong back stage you have to have a well-developed sense of humour. Its the only way to survive.