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The Fair Maid of the West

"Rip-roaring fun! There's not a dull moment in this thrill show...an avalanche of absorbing incidents and dazzling derring-do!"

Chicago Tribune

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 150 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Area Staging

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2 Joseph Jefferson Citations
Based on Thomas Heywood's The Fair Maid of the West, Parts I and II, this new adaptation combines both plays into one epic story recounting the adventures of lowborn tavern girl, Bess Bridges, and her true love, a gentleman soldier named Spencer.

Through a series of misadventures, the ardent lovers are separated and Bess is left believing Spencer dead in the Spanish wars overseas. Inheriting his fortune, she buys a ship and embarks on a journey, vowing to bring his body home. Accompanied by the brave Goodlack, the braggart Roughman, and the comic innkeeper Clem, Bess faces many a challenge, including roaring battles, mistaken identities and storm-tossed seas.

An old-fashioned swashbuckler in the spirit of Captain Blood and The Three Musketeers. 
REVIEWS:

"Rip-roaring fun! There's not a dull moment in this thrill show... an avalanche of absorbing incidents and dazzling derring-do!"

 Chicago Tribune

Characters

  • Casting: 14M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)

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The Fair Maid of the West Script Order Now

Based on Thomas Heywood's The Fair Maid of the West, Parts I and II, this new adaptation combines both plays into one epic story recounting the adventures of lowborn tavern girl, Bess Bridges, and her true love, a gentleman soldier named Spencer. Through a series of misadventures, the ardent lovers are separated and Bess is left believing Spencer dead in the Spanish wars overseas. Inheriting his fortune, she buys a ship and embarks on a journey, vowing to bring his body home. Accompanied by the brave Goodlack, the braggart Roughman, and the comic innkeeper Clem, Bess faces many a challenge, including roaring battles, mistaken identities and storm-tossed seas. An old-fashioned swashbuckler in the spirit of Captain Blood and The Three Musketeers. Area staging.

$19.95

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