Michael Jones

Derek Grant

This colourful, lively version of the traditional story is set in Nursery Rhyme Land. The King and Queen want to retire, and Humpty Dumpty is all set to take over as King. The wicked Knave, however, has other ideas. When the Queen's newly baked tarts are stolen, the Knave sets Humpty up as the thief. Humpty is banished to the top of the tower where he falls off the wall. The King's horses and the King's men try to put him back together again, but they can't succeed. It takes Jack and Jill, Simple Simon and all the boys and girls in the audience to bring about a happy ending where Humpty is fully restored and justice is done. Great fun for young children and all the family, this is a wonderful read in itself - and for those interested in performance, there is nothing more to pay for amateur rights which are included in the price of the book. (See publishers' page for details.)

Humpty Dumpty and the Queen of Hearts - Pantomime Script

Charles Dickens

"If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!"In this cleverly abridged version of Charles Dickens' heart-warming story of the mean-spirited and curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge who is transformed by several ghostly overnight encounters, the narrative has been adapted for use as a solo theatrical performance. This is a terrific one-man show that can be enjoyed by people of all ages."I have endeavoured in this ghostly little book, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no-one wish to lay it." So said Charles Dickens in the preface to A Christmas Carol, when it was first published in 1843. Now it can be performed for a whole new generation to enjoy, in this captivating and involving one-person adaptation by professional theatre producer Derek Grant.

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