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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 5m, 20any gender (adult)
David Wood, Dave Arthur, Toni Arthur
Book by David Wood Music by Dave and Toni Arthur
The Piper, as a modern busker, delights the children with his music. Their parents soon put a stop to the energetic dancing. Music has been banned on this street for hundreds of years. The townsfolk act out the story of the Pied Piper, but the Piper once again enchants the children with his music. I…
“This interpretation of Browning’s famous poem has the joy of invention as, with wit, song and dance, the haunting strains of the pipe adopt a hypnotic quality.” Express & Echo
“Wood has retained the darker undercurrents of the original, which gives the piece more depth and solidity than many ‘Christmas Shows’.” Event South West
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David Wood has been called “the national children’s dramatist” (London Times). His plays are performed worldwide, and include The Gingerbread Man, The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner, Save the Human, Aladdin, Hijack Over Hygenia, Jack the Lad, Larry the Lamb in Toytown, Old ...