Fish and the Ring
By Gerald Murphy
Fish and the Ring is a one-act play that needs 11 to 16 performers (8 women, 3 men, 5 any gender). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 11 to 16 performers
- Roles
- 8 women, 3 men, 5 any gender
- Cast notes
- 3 m, 8 w, 5 flexible, doubling possible
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Adapted from the English fairy tale. Baroness Agatha, a rich and powerful noblewoman, learns from a hermit that her newborn son, Alex, will marry Marie, a mere peasant's daughter. The Baroness will have none of this! She intends to kill her, but the baby somehow survives being thrown into a river and ends up being raised by a fisherman and his wife. Fifteen years later, Alex accidentally sees Marie and instantly falls in love with her. The Baroness again arranges to have Marie murdered, but a he
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