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Emperor's New Clothes or Five Beans For Jack, The

  • David Foxton
  • Full Length Play, TYA, Comedy
  • 11M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573150111

Tom "Tink" Bell is the town crier. Unfortunately he's prone to making mistakes, and when he accidentally announces that celebrations for the Emperor's birthday will take place every Friday, sure enough the Emperor insists that that is what must happen.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • TYA, Comedy

  • Target Audience: Children (Age 6 - 10), Appropriate for all audiences, Young Children (Age 2 - 5)
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student
Tom "Tink" Bell is the town crier, not a "boo hoo" crier, but a "yoo hoo" crier. Unfortunately he's prone to making mistakes, and when he accidentally announces that celebrations for the Emperor Persimmon the Twelfth's birthday will take place every Friday, sure enough the Emperor insists that that is what must happen.

Soon the town is on the brink of bankruptcy from the cost of all the festivities, and two tricksters, Sly and Wily, have convinced the Emperor to spend even more money on a new outfit that they claim only very intelligent and powerful people can see.

Sly and Wily have also tricked Jack into parting with his beloved cow in exchange for five "magic" beans, but can Jack save the town by retrieving the gold at the top of the beanstalk? And what will happen when the Emperor appears in his brand new "birthday suit"?

David Foxton's play for children merges two popular pantomimes with hilarious results and plenty of audience participation.

Characters

  • Casting: 11M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras

  • TOM BELL - the Town Crier, known to all as "Tink"
    ALOYSIUS SLY - a rogue and confidence trickster, partner to Wily
    CRESSIDA WILHELMINA WILY - a rogue and confidence trickster, partner to Sly
    ABIGAIL BELL - Tink's long suffering daughter
    ABACUS - the Treasurer to the Court
    LORD CHAMBERLIN
    GUARD CAPTAIN
    EMPEROR PERSIMMON - our Emperor
    EMPRESS PETRONELLA - the Emperor's wife
    JACK - the young man of Beanstalk fame
    JACK'S MOTHER
    2 ATTENDANTS
    COURTIERS, GUARDS, FASHION MODELS and STAGE HANDS

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    Emperor's New Clothes or Five Beans For Jack, The Script Order Now

    Tom "Tink" Bell is the town crier, not a "boo hoo" crier, but a "yoo hoo" crier. Unfortunately he's prone to making mistakes, and when he accidentally announces that celebrations for the Emperor Persimmon the Twelfth's birthday will take place every Friday, sure enough the Emperor insists that that is what must happen.

    Soon the town is on the brink of bankruptcy from the cost of all the festivities, and two tricksters, Sly and Wily, have convinced the Emperor to spend even more money on a new outfit that they claim only very intelligent and powerful people can see.

    Sly and Wily have also tricked Jack into parting with his beloved cow in exchange for five "magic" beans, but can Jack save the town by retrieving the gold at the top of the beanstalk? And what will happen when the Emperor appears in his brand new "birthday suit"?

    David Foxton's play for children merges two popular pantomimes with hilarious results and plenty of audience participation.

    		$24.95

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