Gladys Alyward
Gladys Alyward
(Missionary to China during WWII; founder of “The Inn of Eight Happinesses”)
Small and tenacious, English woman, Gladys Alyward believed that God had a place for her in the country of China. Her story includes the opening of the Inn of Eight Happinesses, helping to end the practice of foot-binding, and leading 100 orphans across the mountains during the Japanese invasion. Determined and devoted to God, this dynamic woman changed history.
- Reader’s Theatre and/or Dinner Theatre
- Length: about 45 minutes and/or 2 hours
- Cast: 16 (actors may play more than one role)
- Setting: a storyteller comes to a Chinese village square
- Features: raps, chants with interesting blocking possibilities