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The Dancing Donkey

The Dancing Donkey is based upon a one-act play by Leon Chancerel, in which a donkey is stolen by two scoundrels who disguise themselves afterwards to sell the stolen donkey back to its original owner.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Appropriate for all audiences, Young Audiences
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student
The Dancing Donkey is based upon a one-act play by Leon Chancerel -- the great French pioneer of children's theatre -- in which a donkey is stolen by two scoundrels who disguise themselves afterwards to sell the stolen donkey back to its original owner.

This version of the play is intended for children, to be performed with or without music. The play is a production of fun and imagination with opportunities for improvisation in the style of the Italian commedia dell'arte. 

  • Casting: 3M, 2F, 1M or F

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The Dancing Donkey is based upon a one-act play by Leon Chancerelethe great French pioneer of children's theatreein which a donkey is stolen by two scoundrels who disguise themselves afterwards to sell the stolen donkey back to its original owner. This version of the play is intended for children, to be performed with or without music. The play is a production of fun and imagination with opportunities for improvisation in the style of the Italian commedia dell'arte. Set: one ext. set. Approximate running time: 75 minutes.

$19.95