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Full-Length Play, Pantomime / 5w, 7m, 1 any gender (adult)
Richard Lloyd
All the traditional elements are intact in this new pantomime which is set just after the English Civil War, when the Puritan Witchfinder General is trying to stamp out Christmas jollifications and meeting spirited opposition.…
The Witchfinder-General, Roundheads and Cavaliers in a festive panto of Olde England!
Long, long ago in Merrie England, there was a war between the King and his Parliament. The Parliament won the war, and the King lost his head…
Set in the time when Cromwell ruled England, this lively and magical panto opens with the arrival of dastardly Witchfinder-General Nicholas Grimnastyin a local village, intent on suppressing frivolous and ungodly Christmas festivities – and rooting out a few witches at the same time!
Grimnasty and his gormless Roundhead sidekicks soon tangle with the outrageous Dame Dumplings, driving force behind the village Christmas party! It’s not long before Dame Dumplings’ lovely niece Emma Sweetlyhas fallen foul of the wicked Witchfinder, and is thrown into Grimnasty’s grisly dungeon.
But the Witchfinder-General’s villainy comes to an extremely sticky end however, after his efforts to spoil Christmas are thwarted by an unlikely alliance of Sir Daniel Dash, a bold and gallant cavalier, a dancing bear named Bottom, and three real witches, who could almost have wandered in from a certain blasted Scottish heath…
A brisk yet enchanting pantomime, offering a traditional festive flavour of Olde England, but played out before a very appealing and colourful new historical backdrop, with lots of excellent opportunities for most attractive costumes and settings.
Provision is made in the script for the inclusion of seven musical numbers. More musical numbers could easily be incorporated.
Nicholas Grimnasty, the Witchfinder General Matthew Smallpiece, his assistant Obadiah Stupid, a Roundhead trooper Nathaniel Stupid, also a Roundhead trooper Dame Dumplings, an outrageous old woman Emma Sweetly, her niece Peter Farthing, a pedlar Bottom, a performing bear Sir Daniel Dash, a bold and gallant cavalier Village Children, odious little oiks Three crones, vile snaggle-toothed hags
Various simple settings