The Happy Prince
By Elizabeth Wong
The Happy Prince is a one-act play that needs 8 or more performers (5 women, 3 men, 2 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 8 or more performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 3 men, 2 any gender
- Cast notes
- 3m., 5w. (plus 2 either gender, or 4m., 4w. with doubling, plus extras.) Multicultural cast suggested.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- fantasy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
This play is a beautifully lyrical and faithful adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tale. Commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, this spiritually compelling play tells the story of a migrating swallow who befriends a prince made of stone. The prince, once a selfish human being, has been transformed into a statue bedecked with dazzling jewels and placed high above a squalid city. Together, the bird and the prince both learn the lessons of friendship and sacrifice. A cho
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