Princess Plays, The
- Collection / Anthology, Comedy
- 20F, 45M or F
- ISBN: 9780874400618
Three utterly charming plays from the author of our immensely popular Lion and Mouse Stories.
Description
- Collection / Anthology
- Comedy
- 75 minutes
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Elementary School / Primary, Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups
The Princess and The Princess is about Popplepea, a poor polite princess, and Twinkleberry, a rich rude princess, who meet on a narrow mountain path and neither will step aside to let the other one pass. Everyone who comes to try and help gets stuck up there on the mountain with them. After a riddle provided by the Royal Wise Person proves that both princesses are "real" it is Popplepea who graciously steps aside -- not because she has to but because she so chooses.
In Twice Upon A Time the spells of three whimsical witches go awry and Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Beauty (from Beauty and the Beast) and Princess (from the Princess and the Pea) all appear out of nowhere, much to everyone's aggravation. Unhappy dwarves, soldiers and a frog materialize as the witches' spells continue to go wrong. The frog has been turned into a prince and the princesses are all turning into frogs before the witches stumble on to the solution to this fine kettle of fish.
The Lost Half-Hour is about Bobo, a simple fellow who cheerfully endures teasing at the hands of his "friends" who send him on a quest to find a lost half-hour, naturally assuming that he will fail. Bobo takes his quest seriously and amazes everyone when he not only returns with the lost half-hour but also finds a lost temper, a lost reputation, and a lost princess who happily marries her heroic rescuer.
Plays Include:
Characters
- Casting: 20F, 45M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Features Teens, Expandable casting, Features Children, Color blind casting, Roles for Children
- Casting Notes:
The Princess Plays provide a total of 65 roles. The casts of all three of the plays are very flexible and can be performed by larger or smaller casts by doing the following:
The Princess and The Princess is written for 21 but can be performed by a larger or smaller cast by using more or fewer actors as ROYAL GUARD, SOLDIERS or LADIES-IN-WAITING.
Twice Upon A Time is written for 20 but can be performed by a larger or smaller cast by using more or fewer actors as DWARVES or SOLDIERS.
The Lost Half-Hour is written for 24 but can be performed by a larger or smaller cast by using more or fewer actors as PRINCESS COURT or KING'S COURT.
THE LADY WHO TELLS THE STORY - may be played as The Man Who Tells The Story
TWINKLEBERRY
POPPLEPEA
ROYAL GUARD 1, 2, 3 - gender neutral
GENERAL GOOGE - gender neutral
SOLDIER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - gender neutral
QUEEN
LADY-IN-WAITING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
STAGEHAND - gender neutral
ROYAL WISE PERSON - gender neutral
STORYTELLER - gender neutral
FERMELDA - gender neutral
SLUG - gender neutral
GRUB - gender neutral
CINDERELLA
SLEEPING BEAUTY
SNOW WHITE
ALLERGIC - gender neutral
SARCASTIC - gender neutral
STUPID - gender neutral
DEPRESSED - gender neutral
BORED - gender neutral
JUST PLAIN MEAN - gender neutral
EXHAUSTED - gender neutral
BEAUTY
PRINCESS
ABRA - gender neutral
CA - gender neutral
DABRA - gender neutral
FROG - gender neutral
MOTHER TIME - may be played as Father Time
MOTHER - may be played as Father
MATTHEW - may be played as Martha
FERNANDO - may be played as Fanny
BOBO
PRINCESS PATTY
PRINCESS COURT 1, 2, 3
TILDA
HORSE - gender neutral
STRANGER 1, 2 - gender neutral
KING - can be played as Queen
KIND COURT 1, 2, 3, 4 - gender neutral
THREE O'CLOCK - gender neutral
FOUR O'CLOCK - gender neutral
ELEVEN O'CLOCK - gender neutral
NINE O'CLOCK - gender neutral
OLD WOMAN - may be played as Old Man
DRAGON - gender neutral
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The Princess Plays are three utterly charming plays from the author of our immensely popular Lion and Mouse Stories.The Princess and The Princess is about Popplepea, a poor polite princess, and Twinkleberry, a rich rude princess, who meet on a narrow mountain path and neither will step aside to let the other one pass. Everyone who comes to try to help gets stuck up there on the moutain with them. After a riddle provided by the Royal Wise Person proves that both princesses are 'real' it is Popplepea who graciously steps aside -- not because she has to but becauses she so chooses.In Twice Upon A Time the spells of three whimsical witches go awry and Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Beauty (from Beauty and The Beast) and Princess (from the Princess and the Pea) all appear out of nowhere, much to everyone's aggravation. Unhappy dwarves, soldiers and a frog materialize as the witches' spells continue to go wrong. The frog has been turned into a prince and the princesses are all turning into frogs before the witches stumble on to the solution to this fine kettle of fish.The Lost Half-Hour is about Bobo, a simple fellow who cheerfully endures teasing at the hands of his 'friends' who send him on a quest to find a lost half-hour, naturally assuming that he will fail. Bobo takes his quest seriously and amazes everyone when he not only returns with the lost half-hour but also finds a lost temper, a lost reputation and a lost princess who happily marries her heroic rescuer.Plays include: |
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