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Full-Length Play, Pantomime / 4w, 5m, 8 any gender (adult), 17 any gender (youth)
Norman Robbins
This is a lively Nursery rhyme Land play of adventure, comedy and magic with all the traditional favorites: the good Fairy Harmony, Georgie Porgie, old King Cole and scatty Queen Mattiwilda, Dame Sprightly and her son Tom, who rescues the Princess from the naughty Knave of Hearts and his not so naug…
The audience are taken back to Nursery-rhyme land for this lively pantomime of adventure, comedy and magic wit all the traditional favourites: the good fairy, Georgie Porgie, Old King Cole, and his scatty Queen Mattiwilda, Dame Sprightly and her son Ton, who rescues the Princess from the naughty Knave of Hearts and his not-so-naughty villains Buckett and Spade.
First productions 1985
As of 2016 over 200 productions worldwide
KNAVE OF HEARTS (M)
FAIRY (F)
KITTY (F)
JACK HORNER (M or F)
TOM (F or M)
DAME (M or F)
PRINCESS (F)
LORD CHAMBERLAIN (M)
GEORGIE PORGIE (M or F)
BUCKETT & SPADE (M or F)
HERALD (M or F)
OLD KING COLE (M)
QUEEN (F)
PIEMAN (M)
SHIP'S CAPTAIN (M or F)
GRENDELGORM (M)
Dame preferably played by a man - butnot female impersonator
Tom preferably played by a woman (Principal boy character)
Chorus of villagers, courtiers, sailors, chefs, vendors etc can be any in number, age or gender
Multiple sets can be as simple or extravagant as finances allow
"Panto feast of fun for young and old" - Advertiser/Post February 1990
Norman Robbins, one of Amateur Theatre's most popular authors, wrote his first stage show almost 60 years ago whilst working for the Yorkshire Evening Post. An avid theatregoer from the age of three (his grandparents ran the pub near the local theatre so free tickets were al ...