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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
The traditional tale told with a novel twist. Instead of just one beanstalk the beans produce five stalks – and Jack climbs them all to discover a different fantasy place – Toytown, Nurseryrhymeland, Pantoland and Wonderland, before finding the Giant’s Castle.
Lots of opportunity for dancing and singing, with many cameo roles and
plenty of parts for everyone. This pantomime will run for a full-length two hours or less if your wish to leave out one or two beanstalks. The script comes complete with suggested music, list of scenery, producer’s notes and a cast list as below:-.
| Fairy Storyteller |
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Immortal to keep the storyline going |
| Widow Trot |
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Dame and principal comic |
| Jack |
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Leading man. Singing part |
| Jill |
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Leading lady. Singing part |
| Hermatrude |
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Jack’s sister. Supporting part |
| Baron Hardheart |
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Principal baddie |
| Rough & Ready |
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Brokers’ men –Baron’s sidekicks |
| Magician/Doctor Proctor |
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Ever-present immortal |
| Buttercup |
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Pantomime cow |
| Giant |
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Cameo role in last few scenes. Should be played by a tall man |
| Singing Harp |
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Cameo role in last few scenes |
| Mystic Meg |
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Fortune teller. One –scene cameo part |
| Mad Hatter, Dormouse, March Hare, Alice, White Rabbit, Tweedledee & Tweedledum, Queen of Hearts, Cheshire Cat |
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One-scene cameo parts |
| Jack-in-the box, soldier/ puppet/teddy bear/ballerina & dolls |
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Non-speaking parts in Nurseryland |
| Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, Miss Muffett, Mary Mary, Wee Willy Winky |
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One-scene singing/dancing parts in Nurseryrhymeland |
| Puss-in-Boots, Babes–in-the–woods,Snow White, Hansel & Gretal, Sinbad |
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One-scene singing and dancing parts in Pantoland |
Mystic Meg Scene- sample
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(Mystic Meg’s voice is heard off-stage) |
| MYSTIC MEG |
Buy my lucky heather! Buy my lucky heather! |
| DAME |
Don’t look now, here’s Mystic Meg and she’ll want us to buy some pegs. Let’s pretend to be busy. |
| MYSTIC MEG |
Good Morning, ladies.
(Dame and daughter try to ignore her but she persists)
Good morning ladies!! |
| DAME |
(Pretends to be surprised) Oh, Mystic Meg! You look terrible, are you all right? |
| MYSTIC MEG |
No I’m not (shakes her head) my black cat was drowned yesterday (Ahhh!) … and this morning I tripped in the street and tore my dress (Ahhh!)… and as I lay in the road a horse and cart ran over me (Ahhh!)… and I lost all my heather in the gutter (Ahhh!)
Will you buy something off a Romany Lady? |
| DAME |
What are you selling? |
| MYSTIC MEG |
Good luck charms £1 each. Can I interest you? Guaranteed to work every time! |
| DAME |
Well, what I do need is to know what’s in store for us. Can you predict the next few months? |
| MYSTIC MEG |
The next few months? Oh, yes. February, March and April |
| MATILDE |
I don’t want to go to the rotten old ball. (kicks something as she is leaving) |
| HERMATRUDE |
If you’re such a good fortune teller you should be able to tell us the score of the next (local football team) match before the game even starts!! |
| MYSTIC MEG |
Oh that’s easy - Before the game starts the score will be nil nil |
| DAME |
When my husband was alive he said he wanted his fortune told but he didn't know whether to go to a mind reader or a palmist. I said go to a palmist at least he had a palm! |
| MYSTIC MEG |
(laughing) Ho! Ho! that’s a good one, Lady! (Daughter hits MYSTIC MEG) |
| DAME |
What’s that for? |
| HERMATRUDE |
I was told at school to always strike a happy medium. |
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John Yates has worked in amateur pantomime for over thirty years as an actor, writer and producer. He has written pantomimes for
most of the popular traditional pantomimes and currently runs a Community Drama Group in Cheshire. He has collected thousands
of gags, skits, sketches, and comedy routines and has now put these together in a convenient reference book He also writes scripts
for puppet plays and local concert parties.
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