Prince and the Pauper: Play Book

Play script adapted by Aurand Harris. Music by Steve Wheaton available from the publisher, Anchorage Press Plays. Mark Twain's famous story of a prince and a pauper exchanging places comes alive in scenes of action, humor, and pageantry, enhanced by appropriate music. Winner of the AATE Distinguished Play Award. Costumes of Tudor England. Flexible cast of 4 women, 2 boys, and 5 men (smaller by doubling) or larger for crowds as desired. After exchanging places, a prince and a poor boy discover their new roles are more difficult than their old ones. their challenges are played out against life in Tudor England, hard and cruel, with such colorful characters as the Witchwoman, an abusive father, and such diverse activities as a puppet show - - which echos the age - - a whipping post, and a coronation. The straight forward story, told in dramatic scenes bridged by singing minstrel, speeds the play to a genuine climax. From page to page, the curtain rises on a new and delightful THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.Read More