Blanche Proctor Fisher

Blanche Proctor Fisher wrote short plays for children and school performers during the early twentieth century. Finding the Mayflowers is a one-act Puritan play designed for a cast of one male and eight female roles, with period costume and a single interior setting. Its story turns on Dame Hopkins’s promise of a sixpence to the first girl who brings her the new land’s rumored flowers. While others disobey instructions in their search, Faith Allerton receives the blossoms from Wolomona and wins the prize. Contemporary publisher descriptions presented the play as a brief production with a moral lesson, suitable for young performers. Fisher’s Santa Claus Gets His Wish, published by Walter H. Baker in 1921, names Finding the Mayflowers as her earlier work on its title page. The connection places both plays within the same practical theatre catalogue. Fisher’s writing was shaped for performance, using manageable casts, clear action, and settings that schools could stage without elaborate resources.