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The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Full-Length Play, Pantomime  /  5w, 8m, 6 any gender (adult)

Norman Robbins

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
    Cast Size
    5w, 8m, 6 any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Christmas/Holiday, Fable/Folktale
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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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

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Performing Groups

CALUMNIA (F or M)

MOTHER GOOSE (F)

SQUIRE (M)

BOY BLUE (M)

BO-PEEP (F)

WRACK & RUIN (M or F)

CORYDON (F or M)

DAME (M or F)

PRINCESS (F)

GIGGLES (M or F)

KING (M)

TAPIOCA (M)

Dame preferably man - but not female impersonator

Corydon preferably a woman (principal boy character)

Chorus of villagers, children, tourists coan be of any number age or gender

  • 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)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Norman Robbins

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 ...

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