Who or What is Miss Clavell?

MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS opened this week at MST's Theater for Youth. An interesting question came up at our staff meeting: "What's up with Miss Clavell? Is she a nun or what?"

"Well, as it so happens", responded Vivienne St. John (our Theater for Youth Producing Director), "That question can be answered in our Educational Materials for the show!"

And indeed it can!

"Is Miss Clavell a nun? If she is a nun, why is she called “Miss” Clavell instead of “Sister” Clavell?"
At the time when Madeline is set, it was common practice to call nuns “Madame” and not “Sister” similar to the Italian tradition of calling priests “Don” instead of “Father”. “Madame” translates in English to “Miss”!

So there you have it! Answers to other questions can be found in the Educational Materials as well as some great activities not only for the classroom, but that families can do together as well.

Get a preview below of Miss Clavell, Madeline and the girls in action and then head on down for the heartwarming MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS. We added a show on December 11th because seats are filling up, so don't delay!

And that's the word on the street!