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Short Play
Ron Nicol, Hans Christian Andersen
An abridged version of Ron Nicol's popular full-length dramatisation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.
A dramatisation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story “The Snow Queen” – not a version of Disney’s Frozen.
Gerda, a little girl, searches for her friend Kai when he’s kidnapped by the Snow Queen. With the help of a Crow and a Reindeer, Gerda travels to the Far North, where she confronts the Snow Queen in her ice palace and releases Kai.
A one-act version of Ron Nicol’s full-length adaptation.
Premiere UK production: 15 July 2017 – The Authentic Performance Academy, North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford Premiere USA production: 15 July 2017 – The Junior Intern Company, Barn Playhouse, New London, New Hampshire
CHARACTERS (in order of speaking)
FIRST TROLL SECOND TROLL THIRD TROLL OLD TROLL GERDA KAY GRANDMOTHER SNOW QUEEN CROW FIRST ROBBER SECOND ROBBER THIRD ROBBER OLD HAG ROBBER GIRL REINDEER LAPP WOMAN FINN WOMAN SNOW QUEEN’S ICE ATTENDANTS (non-speaking)
There are 17 speaking characters, with possibilities for doubling, trebling or even quadrupling of roles – Grandmother, the Old Hag, the Lapp Woman and/or the Finn Woman could all be played by the same person, for example. There can be any number of trolls, robbers and Ice Attendants. Several characters can be either male or female, but as there isn’t a gender-neutral pronoun in English “he” has been used throughout and should be changed where necessary.
There are 17 speaking characters with a wide age range and opportunities for doubling and trebling of roles. Several characters can be male or female.
Various locations in Denmark, Lapland, Finland and the Snow Queen’s ice palace.
“A fairy-tale treat!” – Arts Archive
“Takes the audience on a magical journey.” – Swansea Little Theatre
“A special poignancy and power.” – This is South Wales
“The play has everything.” – Heathfield School
“A great show for the whole family.” – Coastal FM
“Moving and wonderfully warm.” – Faust International Youth Theatre, Hong Kong
“So excited to do my third production of your briliant plays. You are such an inspiration and your scripts create such joy for us as we get to create in your magical worlds. Thank you so much.” – Liesl Settgas. Stagenorth Groundlings
Ron Nicol became a member of the Lyric Players while he was a student at Queen’s University Belfast, and went on to spend several years in professional theatre. He was actor, stage manager and stage director at Perth Theatre, stage and company manager at Lincoln Theatre Royal ...