[Gutenberg 55826] • Peggy Goes Straw Hat

Peggy Lane’s education in the theater and in life is “accelerated,” the summer she takes to the Straw Hat Circuit. Signed with the newly organized Kenabeek Summer Theater, Peggy is thinking only of her work when she arrives at the Adirondack resort. But acting turns out to be only one of her problems.

Immediately, she learns that the Summer Theater is opposed by Max Slade, the local movie theater owner, who is exerting every effort to force the “competition” to leave town. And she meets Chris Hill, blond, exciting, romantic leading man of the company—who can make any girl feel she’s his One and Only, and not realize himself that he’s insincere. Finally, there’s the back-breaking, bone-wearying, nerve-jangling job of mounting a new play a week—never knowing if it will open!

The maneuvering—legal and personal—as the actors fight to save their theater is as dramatic as their nightly shows. But in the end it is Peggy’s own warmth, charm, and intelligence which precipitate the surprising climax to their efforts to make the theater an accepted part of the community!

This edition contains all the original illustrations.