INFORMATION ON COPIES AND
PERFORMANCE OF PLAYS BY JEWELL ELLEN SMITH
Non-profit organizations
wishing to perform these plays are welcome to do so without payment to us.
Please send an e-mail message to Dr. David Smith, Mrs. Smith’s older son,
DSmith1204@aol.com,
if you do, particularly if you have questions or comments or need copies of the music, or
write him at
500 Spanish Fort Boulevard
#96,
Spanish Fort AL 36527-5006,
USA.
We would like to keep track
of the number of people who perform the plays, and wish to offer every possible
help in staging the performance. The length of most performances is between 45
minutes and an hour.
We receive many questions
about costuming and pronunciation of Biblical names. Pictures of appropriate
costumes may be found in Biblical and Sunday School literature; house robes
should not be used. On-line sources of Biblical costumes may be found by using
a phrase such as “Biblical costumes” with a “search engine” such as Google. The exact pronunciation of names from
that era is not known; there were no tape recorders to preserve them. Suggested
pronunciations may be found in a Bible dictionary or in some translations of
the Bible; often it is best just to decide on a pronunciation and stick with it
for the performance.
In most cases a complete
copy of the play, including any associated music, can be printed directly from
your web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, etc) while you are
connected to the Internet, simply by clicking on “File” and then “Print...”.
Included graphics may not print, however, with some older versions of
browsers. Browsers can be upgraded
to newer versions for free over the Internet, for instance, by going to http://www.netscape.com for Netscape, or http://www.Microsoft.com for Internet
Explorer. You can also save a copy of the play on your hard disk for further
review and printing by going to “File” and then “Save As...”, but included
graphics such as music will not be included.
Another alternative, which
may be particularly helpful if you wish to print a number of copies of a play
for performance, is to make sure that you have at least version 5.0 (for
Windows and the Macintosh) Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system (by clicking on
the Adobe link on the “Home Page”), and then click on the “PDF” version of the
play. You can then use the Adobe
Acrobat Reader to save a copy of the play on your computer, from which you can
print out as many copies as you wish.
Since the PDF versions have included graphics, they may seem very slow
to download to your computer and “come up” on your screen.
The book Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt is currently out of
print; copies are available at a price of $15 per copy from Mrs. Smith’s
daughter Dr. Nan Kemp,
npkemp@swbell.net.
Copies are free for libraries! It is also available for download from this
website.