Lost Half-Hour, The
- Short Play, Comedy
- 1M, 6F, 18M or F
- ISBN: 9780874400618
Bobo is a simple lad who is the subject of much ridicule. None of his cruel "friends" expects that he will actually find a lost half hour. But the boy returns from his search victorious, having found it, a lost temper, a lost reputation and a lost princess.
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Description
- Short Play
- Comedy
- 30 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 Lost Half-Hour tells the story of Bobo, a simple lad who cheerfully endures much teasing from 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 finds not only the lost half-hour but also a lost temper, a lost reputation and a lost princess who happily marries her heroic rescuer.
Published in The Princess Plays.
Published in The Princess Plays.
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 6F, 18M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Room for Extras, Features Teens, Expandable casting, Features Children, Color blind casting, Roles for Children
- Casting Notes: The cast for The Lost Half-Hour is very flexible. It can be performed by a larger or smaller cast by using more or fewer actors as PRINCESS COURT or KING'S COURT.
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, 4
TILDA
HORSE (gender neutral)
STRANGER 1, 2 (gender neutral)
KING (may be played as Queen)
KING'S 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)
