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About the
book.
Someone,
and I genuinely forget who, once said that the Mozart
opera 'The Magic Flute' was 'a Pantomime for grown ups'.
This
play does not stick exactly to the Mozart libretto but
it does have the basic mix of good triumphing over evil,
love conquering all and a lot of funny stuff along the
way.
Large cast
15 principals plus various chorus parts for young dancers.
Two basic
sets but the forest set does need to be large enough
for the characters to 'progress' through as the story
is as much about the jorney as the arrival.
Warning!
There is a very funny attempted suicide scene towards
the end when Paul (the bird catcher) thinks he is totally
alone. If you would like your copy of the play to be
stripped of this very short but very funny sequence
please mark your order (No Rope) and you
will be sent a copy of the stripped version.
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