Webster’s own dramatization of her novel, in four acts. Jerusha Abbott, the oldest orphan at the John Grier Home, is sent to college by an anonymous trustee she knows only by his long shadow, and the play follows her from the asylum to campus to the farm where she meets the charming Jervis Pendleton. This acting edition was published by Samuel French.
A companion to the novel already on the site, and a delight for anyone staging or simply enjoying the story in dialogue. Download the free EPUB.