The Commedia Pied Piper of Hamlin
By Lane Riosley
The Commedia Pied Piper of Hamlin is a play that needs 4 performers (2 women, 2 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 4 performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 2 men
- Cast notes
- 2 m, 2 w
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- commedia
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Four commedia dell’arte actors perform all roles in this fast-paced, hilarious play. The rats of Hamlin (dressed with black ball caps) are hungry and demand the Mayor “set things rat, rat now!” And so you can see how poor pronunciation of a simple word created a terrible disagreement between the rats and the citizens of the clean little hamlet. The Mayor, portrayed by Punchin, the dell’ arte character with the big, proud nose, asks the Queen of the Cats, the Duke of the Dogs, the Earl of the Eag
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