Woodman and the Goblins, The
- Short Play, Dark Comedy
- 1M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573622076
A lonely woodcutter finds three eggs in the middle of the dark forest, brings them home, and they hatch into three beautiful young girls who first enchant, then torment, and finally destroy him.
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Description
- Short Play
- Dark Comedy
- 10 minutes
- Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
A lonely woodcutter finds three eggs in the middle of the dark forest, brings them home, and they hatch into three beautiful young girls who first enchant, then torment, and finally destroy him. This scary, funny, and haunting play is based on an old European folktale that was a favorite of Charles Dickens.
In Green Man & Other Plays.
In Green Man & Other Plays.
Premiere Production:
First produced at Iowa Braille & Sight Saving School in Vinton, Iowa, in 1980.
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 3F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast
WOODMAN
NAN
TESS
LEA
