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  • 1.  And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-03-2016 11:14
    Does anyone have soldiers they'd be willing to donate or sell for And Then There Were None?


    Karen L. Fairbank
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  • 2.  RE: And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-03-2016 11:23

    You might try chess pieces or buy plastic army men and paint them to look British.

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    John Perry
    Drama Instructor
    Atherton High School
    Louisville KY

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  • 3.  RE: And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-04-2016 08:48

    I went to a local pottery shop and they were able to order a couple dozen unpainted/unfired figurines at a reasonable cost.

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    [William] [Myatt] [Drama Director]

    [Pleasant Valley High School]

    [myattw@pleasval.k12.ia.us][563-332-5151][Bettendorf][IA][USA]

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  • 4.  RE: And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-06-2016 16:08

    Since the play was written in England, the figures refer to Indians from India, not our Native Americans.  

    Ceramic greenware is perfect.  I ordered 12 or 13 of one of the three kings from a nativity scene--the one with a turban--about 8" tall.  We painted the figures with regular latex paint so they looked different.  

    The important thing is not to have them fired, because you've got one that is supposed to fall off a shelf.  We accomplished that by bending one end of a foot long piece of coat hanger into a circle, painting it with the same paint as the wall, then making a tiny hole in the flat and sticking the straight end through in back of where the figurine would be placed.  A member of the fun crew pushed the figurine off at the correct time.  Because it wasn't fired, it never broke into more than two or three big chunks when it landed.  The trick got a great audience response every performance.  Low tech perfection.   

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    C. J. Breland
    Asheville High School
    Asheville NC

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  • 5.  RE: And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-07-2016 11:46

    I bought a chunk of clay and we made our own. I used the nutcracker ornament as our inspiration.  However, we painted ours with red jackets, white sash, and black pants.  No faces.  Up close they looked funny, but from the audience, you couldn't see the imperfections.

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    Dawnette Dryer
    Education Specialist
    Plumas Charter School
    Greenville CA

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  • 6.  RE: And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-08-2016 09:24

    This could be just the solution for what you are looking for - Samuel French has scanned the toy soldier that sits upon the mantle in And Then There Were None.  You can download the toy soldier scan directly from Makerbot's Thingiverse -  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:809846.  After downloading, you can have your soldiers printed using a 3D printer that you can find locally at your Lowes or Home Depot or maybe even your library.  

    As a companion piece, we created an enhanced ePlay version of the script which is an amazing resource for sound effects, dialect coach, Agatha Christie history and more.  Learn more here.

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    Abbie Van Nostrand
    Director of Corporate Communications
    Samuel French, Inc.
    New York NY

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  • 7.  RE: And Then There Were None

    Posted 03-10-2016 08:11

    We ordered from Oriential Trading and painted them ourselves as a bonding activity.

    They we very cheap and came with at least double of the amount needed, so we had backups  - just in case!

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    Bobbi Vinson
    Lineboro MD

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