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Jennings Abounding!

Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy  /  1w, 4m, 3girl(s), 4boy(s)

Anthony Buckeridge

Mr Wilkins, an unpopular master of Jennings' boarding school, is rumoured to be leaving. When Mr Wilkins is asked to play the King in the end of term performance of Henry V, the result is near to chaos. However, the last-minute arrival of a "real" actor saves the day.

Jennings Abounding!

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 4m, 3girl(s), 4boy(s)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Mr Wilkins, an unpopular master of Jennings' boarding school, is rumoured to be leaving. When Mr Wilkins is asked to play the King in the end of term performance of Henry V, the result is near to chaos. However, the last-minute arrival of a "real" actor saves the day.

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Jennings: lively, impetuous; 11 
Darbishire: earnest, bespectacled, somewhat slow; 11
Rowena: a loner, musical; 12-14
Venables: Temple: Christine: Emma: typical examples of genus girl or boy; 10-14
Mr Wilkins: authoritative, rather unimaginative; middle aged
Mr Carter: sympathetic; youngish
Matron: sympathetic; youngish
Headmaster: tolerant; middle aged
Irving Borrowmore: competent professional actor, disillusioned; elderly
Boys and girls (extra); 10-14

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    A main hall and dormitory

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