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Hijack Over Hygenia

Hygenia is the cleanest kingdom in the world. Disease is unknown. But one day a villainous measle enters illegally and starts bringing out the inhabitants in spots.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 60 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Children (Age 6 - 10)
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre
Hyjack Over Hygenia is set in an aeroplane interior, on a roof, in a throne room and in a bedroom. Hygenia is the cleanest kingdom in the world. Disease is unknown. But one day a villainous Measle enters illegally and starts bringing the inhabitants out in spots.

It is all the plot of Dr. Spicknspan who, owing to the pervading healthiness, is always out of work. Things look serious, but the plot is foiled by the gallantry of the royal staff: peace, health and cleanliness are restored.

REVIEWS:

…a roaring success

Sunday Mercury

…a masterpiece, as a full house of delighted children proved… I loved every minute of it – as packed with ingenuity as a Christmas pudding is with fruit.

Worcester Evening News
Premiere Production: Commissioned by the Worcester Repertory Company, Hijack Over Hygenia was first produced at the Swan Theatre, Worcester for Christmas 1973-4.
  • Casting: 8M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Expandable casting

  • PILOT HARE - Of United Hareways
    GADGET - Odd job man and part investigator, elderly, well-meaning, prone to mistakes, short-sighted
    MEASLE - An unpleasant germ, looks like a cross between a mouse and a weasel
    WEATHERVANE - Vain, revolting cockerel, superior though courageous
    MEASLYGERM THREE - One of Measle's disease-spreading colleagues
    AERIAL - A TV aerial who dabbles in science
    MEASLYGERM TWO
    KING SPRING OF HYGENIA - Obsessed by the cleanliness of his Kingdom, pompous, cowardly, but respected
    QUEEN CLEAN OF HYGENIA - Fat, chocolate-loving bossy wife of King Spring
    PRINCESS SPOTLESS - Plain, plaited, whiny, bespectacled daughter of the King and Queen
    GRIME MINISTER - Highest official of the Government of Hygenia, carries an ornate broom as staff of office
    MEASLYGERM ONE
    STAINLESS, THE CAT - Made of stainless steel for bravery, but now terrified of the untoward because Hygenia is so clean there are no more mice or rats left
    THE COURT DUSTER - New recruit to the Palace team, supposed to tell clean jokes while polishing
    AUNTIE SEPTIC - An elderly aerosol spray, devoted to her duty to keep everything germ-free
    HARE STEWARDESS
    DOCTOR SPICKNSPAN - Mid-Eurpoean hygiene expert attatched to the Court
    MULTIPLE HAIR PLANE PASSENGERS
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    Hyjack Over Hygenia is set in an aeroplane interior, on a roof, in a throne room and in a bedroom. Hygenia is the cleanest kingdom in the world. Disease is unknown. But one day a villainous Measle enters illegally and starts bringing the inhabitants out in spots. It is all the plot of Dr. Spicknspan who, owing to the pervading healthiness, is always out of work. Things look serious, but the plot is foiled by the gallantry of the royal staff: peace, health and cleanliness are restored.

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