Origin Theatrical | Hook's Tale

Full Length Play
Comedy, Fantasy/Adventure

Time Period: 1930s
Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences

Performance Group:
Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student

Captain James Hook (née Cook), badly maligned by a certain play and despised by generations of Peter Pan fans, finally gets to clear his name. The good Captain, with the aid of his friend Smee, tells his life-story in this family-friendly play, recounting his friendship with and ultimate betrayal by Peter Pan, his romance with Tiger Lily, his familial relationship with the Darling family, and his adoption of a lovable crocodile named Daisy. In narrating his tale, he uncovers the hidden treasure of Neverland, discovers the identity of his long-lost father, and learns the importance of growing up and growing old.

Scripts available through TRW Plays.

REVIEWS:

"Rollicking... [Hook’s Tale] satisfyingly upends all the familiar elements of Barrie’s children’s story. A splendid yarn."
Publisher's Weekly

"...the myths of Neverland are expertly woven together with a coming-of-age story. Wildly imagined, with Easter eggs for Peter Pan fans along the way, Hook’s Tale...was highly entertaining and well-told..."
San Francisco Book Review

"...a deliciously complex story of Dickensian dimensions..."
Hudson Valley Magazine

Premiere Production: Hook's Tale the play, was originally commissioned by Donald Corren and first produced by Stages Theatre in Houston, Texas. Donald Corren played Hook, Ryan Schabach played Smee, and the play was directed by Kenn McLaughlin. Its first performance was October 1, 2021.

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