The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, the beloved Christmas story by Barbara Robinson, began life as a short story published in McCall’s magazine in 1970. Robinson developed it into a novel, published by Harper Trophy in 1972, and the popularity of the horrible Herdmans led to the creation of a theatrical adaptation in 1982, and a television movie in 1983, both written by Robinson.
The stage premiere of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever took place at the Seattle Children’s Theatre on November 26, 1982. It has gone on to achieve immense popularity as a play, with a number of theatres across the
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