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The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Full-Length Play, Pantomime / 5f, 8m, 6m or f
Dame Dallymore's orphanage is in peril. She has been unable to pay the rent for ten years, so the cruel Squire wants to make her - and all the orphans - homeless. Just when the situation seems dire, it gets worse, for a Giant treads on the orphanage and smashes it to smithereens! Mother Goose mak…
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Cast Size
5f, 8m, 6m or f -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Christmas/Holiday, Fable/Folktale -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
Dame Dallymore's orphanage is in peril. She has been unable to pay the rent for ten years, so the cruel Squire wants to make her - and all the orphans - homeless. Just when the situation seems dire, it gets worse, for a Giant treads on the orphanage and smashes it to smithereens! Mother Goose makes the shoe into a home for the orphans and all looks fine - but then the Giant comes back for his shoe and accidentally carries off Princess Marigold, girlfriend to the Dame's son Corydon. Everything works out in the end, but not before all sorts of amusing adventures have beset the loveable and hilarious characters in this lively new pantomime that combines tradition with originality in the time-honoured Norman Robbins style.
History
First performances in 2004
As of 2016 over 50 performances nationally
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period Not Applicable
- Setting
Multiple sets can be as simple or extravagant as finances allow
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Norman Robbins
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 ...