Long Joan Silver
By Arthur M. Jolly
Long Joan Silver is a play that needs 14 to 30 performers (8 women, 6 men). Licensed by YouthPLAYS.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 14 to 30 performers
- Roles
- 8 women, 6 men
- Cast notes
- 8-20 females, 6-15 males (14-30 performers possible, plus non-speaking extras).
- Running time
- About 95 minutes
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- YouthPLAYS
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Synopsis
72 544x376 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The classic adventure story of buried treasure—and the original one-legged pirate with a parrot—gets a timely makeover, combining offbeat farce, sight gags and horrendous puns with a dramatic core that explores discrimination, privilege and greed. Unlike in Robert Louis Stevenson's book, where only one unnamed character is female, women are front and center as Long Joan Silver 's young Jim Hawkins comes of age during the fateful voyage of
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