CHAUTAUQUA GIRL: A MUSICAL SHOW FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Ken Mitchell. Toronto, Playwrights Canada, c1982. 32pp, paper, $3.50. ISBN 0-88754-322-7. Grades 5 and up. Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick. Volume 12 Number 5 1984 September Set in Vancouver in 1917, this play is designed to convey the excitement of bringing Chautauqua entertainment to Canada. Nora Cross, the Chautauqua girl of the title, copes with missing entertainers, reluctant patrons, and an evil clown all of which threaten the show with failure. But the show goes on with edifying songs and impromptu skits revealing new talents. At the close of the play, Nora refuses to return to South Dakota when her stuffy fiancé" orders her home. Instead, she will stay with the show and "on to Chilliwack!" Although the script includes several songs, no music is given for them, nor is there any indication that the musical score is available. Children in the junior or intermediate grades would enjoy acting out the lively play, although some parents may be offended by the drinking and the "damn" in Robert Service's story of Dan McGrew and "the lady that's known as Lou." Adele M. Fasick, Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.