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The Scarlet Pimpernel

A swashbuckling action/adventure musical! Based on Baroness Orczy's famous 20th-century novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel dramatizes the French Revolution and the battle for Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 18th Century
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a swashbuckling action/adventure musical, based on Baroness Orczy's famous 20th-century novel about the French Revolution and the battle for Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

With an epic, sweeping book by Nan Knighton and a rousing and passionate score by Knighton and Frank Wildhorn, The Scarlet Pimpernel is a colorful window into 18th century French and British history. The show's most popular numbers include "Into The Fire," "When I Look At You," "You Are My Home," "She Was There," and "I'll Forget You."

Premiere Production: The Scarlet Pimpernel played on Broadway in a progressive series of three different versions for a total of 772 performances at the Minskoff and Neil Simon Theatres. The original cast features Christine Andreas, Terrence Mann, and Douglas Sills. The third and final version was authorized for licensing.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Expandable casting
  • Chorus Size: Large

  • Principals
    MARGUERITE ST. JUST
    MARIE GROSHOLTZ
    PERCY BLAKENEY (Grappin and The Scarlet Pimpernel)
    CHAUVELIN
    ARMAND ST. JUST

    Sub-Principals
    ST. CYR
    OZZY — one of Percy’s Bounders
    DEWHURST — one of Percy’s Bounders
    ELTON — one of Percy’s Bounders
    FARLEIGH — one of Percy’s Bounders
    HAL — one of Percy’s Bounders
    BEN — one of Percy’s Bounders
    PRINCE OF WALES

    Supporting
    TUSSAUD
    MERCIER — aide to Chauvelin
    COUPEAU — aide to Chauvelin
    JESSUP — butler to Percy
    ROBESPIERRE
    SENTRY — at the Royal Palace

    Ensemble
    SATB Chorus:
    CUPIDS OF THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE
    SOLDIERS
    PRISONERS
    PARIS STREET MOB
    ROYAL BALL GUESTS
    6 GIRL SERVANTS AT THE BLAKENEY ESTATE

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Lib-Vocal Book

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    20 x Prompt Book / Vocal-Chorus Parts
    4 x Piano Conductor's Score

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 Reed I: Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute & Soprano Saxophone
    (Alto Flute music w/ interlinear transposition for Flute)
    1 Reed II: Oboe & English Horn
    (English Horn w/ interlinear transposition for Clarinet)
    1 Reed III: Flute, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
    1 Reed IV: Bassoon & Contrabassoon

    1 Horn I
    1 Horn II
    1 Trumpet I (doubling Piccolo Trumpey)
    1 Trumpet II
    1 Trombone I (Tenor Trombone & Euphonium)
    1 Trombone II (Bass Trombone)

    1 Percussion I (Trap Drum Set)
    1 Percussion II (Mallet Instruments)
    1 Keyboard I (Synthesizer, principally Piano)
    1 Keyboard II (Synthesizer, principally string substitute)

    3 Violin (6 players)
    1 Viola (2 players)
    1 Cello (2 players)
    1 Bass (Acoustic & Electric)

    Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material.

    The orchestration requires 25 players unless the parts for violin, viola and cello are left entirely for Keyboard II (Synthesizer -- strong substitute), then the minimum number of players required is 15.

    		 $350.00 +$135.00/pm

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