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The Orphans' Home Cycle Series

9 primary works • 13 total works
Foote's massive three-part cycle of plays, each part made up of three one-acts that can stand by themselves or be taken as part of the whole.
The chronological order of the plays is as follows:

Part 1, The Story of a Childhood (1902-1911)
Roots in a Parched Ground
Convicts (the only one of the plays that hasn't been published by itself)
Lily Dale

Part 2,…

Book 1

Roots in a Parched Ground
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4.12 · 8 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 1 edition

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    Book 2

    Convicts
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    4.33     · 6 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions

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    Book 3

    Lily Dale
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    3.95     · 22 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1998 · 2 editions
    After the death of his alcoholic father, and his m…

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    Book 4

    The Widow Claire.
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    3.56     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1987 · 2 editions
    Book by Horton Foote, Foote, Horton

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    Book 5

    Courtship - Acting Edition
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    3.20     · 15 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1994 · 3 editions
    Authors: Horton Foote
    Publisher: Dramatists Play Se…

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    Book 6

    Valentine's Day.
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    4.27     · 11 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1987 · 4 editions
    Book by Horton Foote, Foote, Horton

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    Book 7

    1918
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    3.89     · 19 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1998 · 2 editions
    Having been exempted from military service in Worl…

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    Book 8

    Cousins.
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    3.43     · 7 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1979 · 2 editions
    It is 1925. Horace and his wife, Elizabeth, have t…

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    Book 9

    The Death of Papa
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    4.00     · 7 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1979 · 2 editions
    The play begins by introducing the next generation…

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    Book 1-4

    Four Plays from the Orphans' Home Cycle: Roots in a Parched Ground / Convicts / Lily Dale / The Widow Claire
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    4.42     · 33 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1988 · 7 editions
    Classical in its breadth and scope, Horton Foote’s…

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    Book 5-7

    Three Plays from the Orphans' Home Cycle: Courtship / Valentine's Day / 1918
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    4.02     · 65 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1987 · 9 editions
    This is the central volume in Horton Foote’s remar…

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    Book 8-9

    Two Plays from the Orphans' Home Cycle: Cousins / The Death of Papa
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    4.38     · 21 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1989 · 2 editions
    “A family is a remarkable thing, isn’t it? You bel…

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    Book 1-9

    The Orphans' Home Cycle: Roots in a Parched Ground / Convicts / The Widow Claire / Courtship / Valentine's Day / Lily Dale / 1918 / Cousins / The Death of Papa
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    4.70     · 10 Ratings · published 1989 · 3 editions
    This hardback book "The Orphan's Home Cycle" is pr…

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